Inverness Festival Association

📣 AGM/ FESTIVAL UPDATE 2026-2027 📣

Hi everyone,

I’m pleased to announce that tonight I was re-elected to the role of Chairperson of the Inverness Festival Association by a unanimous vote 🙂 I’m delighted the committee have placed their trust in me once again again to be continuing in this role and keep leading the festival going forward! 🤩

Also, pleased to announce all of our other roles tonight, some of which are new roles created to continue strengthening what we do:

Chair/assistant Festival Organiser: Jason McClurg
Vice-chair/Festival Organiser: Samara Hodi
Treasurer: Angus Bethune, nominated in absentia but tbc at next committee meeting
Secretary: Munro Ross
Trophies Secretary: Amanda James
Friends Secretary and Committee Contact: Mary Dormer
Volunteers Secretaries: Moira Leslie and Mhairi Ross
Facilities Secretary: Nellie McClurg

🔉New roles created tonight:

Contracts Secretary: Mhairi Ross
Church Representatives/Ambassadors: Andy Bryer, Janet Bryer, Irene McCulloch or any other designated member of the church leadership team
Festival Materials Organiser: Carolyn Edees

New committee member: Trish Robertson, unanimous vote to accept by all committee. 🎵

All members above are committee members, automatically making them friends of the festival and all have voting rights in line with our constitution/guidelines. 🙂

What happens next? The planning for 2027 is already well underway!

🗓️ Tonight we provisionally set the dates for the 2027 Festival, but these will be shared once they have been fully confirmed/finalised

💰 Funding applications have been written and will be submitted by the end of the month

📝 The syllabus will start being written and completed in the next couple of months

I will do my best to keep this page updated as we go forward!

Here’s to the next year! 🎵🎭🎼🎤🎬🏆

Jason 😃

AGM ZOOM LINK

I have popped the link below for anyone wanting to join our AGM starting at 7pm ☺️

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85239384638?pwd=1TCNxIBJxzFH3wfHMDWGqtUy41CPrn.1

Alternatively you can use the details below as well:

Meeting ID: 852 3938 4638
Passcode: 586034

Jason 🙂

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AGM TOMORROW NIGHT

Just a reminder that we will be holding our postponed AGM on zoom tomorrow night starting at 7pm.

I will share the link here shortly before, if you would like to request the link privately, please just get in touch using the festival gmail ☺️

Also, if you’d like to come and join our committee we would love to see some new faces! Feel free to give me a message on this page if you’d be interested!

The agenda for the AGM is below:

1. Welcome and Apologies
2. Minutes of last AGM
3. Chairpersons report
4. Treasurers report
5. Election of office bearers
6. Date of next AGM

Following the AGM there will be a short committee meeting to review the 2026 festival and begin planning for 2027.

Many thanks,

Jason ☺️🎵

🔈AGM TONIGHT CANCELLED 🔈

Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances we have had to cancel our AGM that was due to take place tonight. ☹️

We will reschedule it to either be held on Zoom or in person before the end of August. I will post details of this on Facebook once we finalise a date. Apologies for any inconvenience this may chase.

Jason ☺️

🎼 GOLSPIE MÒD 🎼

Sharing on behalf of one of our wonderful adjudicators from this year’s festival! If you would like to enter the Golspie Mòd, please see the details and links below! 🎶

The Caithness & Sutherland local Mòd will be held in Golspie High School on June 6th.

Here is the syllabus. Please remember entries and spectating are free - so encourage everyone to come and enjoy themselves:

https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/0b5nHFbEHb9bqe4GV23zuRZiw

The Online entry form is here:

https://forms.gle/xRrnLikf4UUATRGq7

If you would prefer to enter via email or post, please see all info on the syllabus. Thanks

Golspie Mòd 2026 Entry Form Mὸd Ionadail Ghallaibh is Chataibh Caithness & Sutherland local Mòd, Golspie Saturday 6th June 2026