Metagama: An Atlantic Odyssey

'This acclaimed 5* live stage show tells the story of 1920s mass emigration from the Hebrides, featuring some of Scotland's top folk musicians and singers. The show has played to capacity audiences across the Highlands and Islands, Celtic Connections and HebCeltc Festival, with the current 2026 Scottish tour supported by Creative Scotland.''

''The quality of the music is astonishing. A MUST LISEN! *****'' Folk London magazine
''A story full of imense contemporary resonances. ****'' Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman
''Top drawer music.'' Gary West, piper and piping podcast presenter
''A night of exquisite music and storytelling. *****'' Inverness Courier

Doors 7pm
Show Starts 7:30pm
Interval 8:30pm (approx)
Show over by 10pm

Metagama merchandise will be available for purchase.

In April 1923 the SS Metagama left Stornoway with over 300 young islanders onboard, bound for Canada. Within a year, nearly 1500 young people had left the Hebrides on the ships Marloch, Canada and Metagama. Coming on the back of WWI and the Iolaire disaster, this mass emigration would have a devastating impact on the Western Isles, still felt today.

This centenary concert celebrates the lives and stories of those emigrants, many of whom journeyed south to the USA, working in car factories and construction. Some returned home during the Great Depression, but many stayed to establish new lives in the New World.

An ensemble of acclaimed musicians and singers will carry you aboard the Metagama, a journey that will take you to the lakes and plains of Canada, to 1920s Detroit and Prohibition, through the ebb and flow of fortunes on both sides of the Atlantic.