
Fèis Ìle 2025 ~ Information for visitors
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Opening times during Fèis week
Check around the website for availability of tours & tastings.
We will be closed as usual on Sundays.
We are usually closed on Mondays but we will be opening on Mon 26th.
Our café will be closed all day to allow us to prepare for the festival, but the shop will be open until 2pm.
See below for further details.
Check around the website for availability of tours & tastings.
Please note that on Friday it will be possible to drive to and park at Ardnahoe ~ parking arrangements at Persabus on that day are for those attending Bunnahabhain's festival events.
Please note that we will not be open on Saturday 31st.
Ardnahoe's Fèis day
Our festival day this year is Wednesday 28th May.
We will open to the public at 12pm, and we will close at 5pm.
Our shuttle bus from Persabus will start running at about 11am - see "Travel" below.
The festival day itself is free to attend and you don't need a ticket.
Tickets for our Ardnahoe Fèis '25 tasting can be booked via our main festival web page.
Under-18s are welcome at our festival day, however they must be accompanied by a responsible adult at all times and are not allowed in either of our two designated bar areas.
Tickets for our Fèis '25 tasting are available to over-18s only.
Pets are welcome in our outside festival area.
You can view our Accessibility Guide here.
What's on?
We will be offering the full range of Ardnahoe whisky along with our new Fèis Ìle 2025 release (see below).
Our whisky bar also carries a wide range from the stocks of our parent company Hunter Laing.
We have a variety of local producers offering a hog roast, seafood, curry, and ice creams. Coffee, sandwiches & cakes are available in the outside festival area.
We have both an inside & outside licensed bar, with a range of soft drinks also.
We are very pleased to have Skerryvore playing at around 2.30pm. We will also have live music throughout the day from Rhuvaal, and a special performance from Islay’s very own Ella Edgar Dancers.
It's Islay ... you'd always be wise to bring a raincoat. In the event of rain, then we have a good-sized inside area with balcony views out over the Sound of Islay to Jura.
Travel
Traffic for the Ardnahoe festival day will park at Persabus. We will be running a free shuttle service back and forth to the distillery throughout the day.
Please note that you might have to wait a bit for a shuttle at busy times.
You can see our general information about taxis & buses here.
There will be a limited amount of accessible parking at the distillery on the day. Please ask our traffic marshalls at Persabus for directions and permission to pass up the road.
There will be no regular parking at the distillery on the day.
Ardnahoe's Festival bottling
Yes. We are proud to offer a very limited-edition release of individually numbered bottles which is exclusively available to buy whilst physically at the distillery on the day.
Our doors will open at 12pm, and we anticipate there may be a queue forming from about 11am onwards. Bottles are limited to two per customer.
We will be issuing physical numbered tickets to customers who wish to buy a bottle, and you will only be able to make a purchase at the tills with one of these tickets. Once you have a ticket then you can enjoy the festival in your own time as you wish, your bottle will be held for you until the end of the day. Any unclaimed bottles at the end of the day will be put on general sale.




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