The musical evolution of Old Blind Dogs began in Aberdeen in 1992 with roots that grew from the eclectic music scene that flourished in the Granite City during the early 90’s. Four musicians from very different musical backgrounds came together to create a full-time professional touring band with the aim… READ MORE
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The festival begins with the Friday night Ceilidh!
And don’t forget the fabulous Sessions Stage too!
Genre-busting quartet Mec Lir exploded onto the Celtic music scene in 2014 with their debut release Not An EP, launched during their first appearance at one of the world's largest Celtic music festivals, Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany. Since then they went on to release two singles in 2016,… READ MORE
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Wake the Dead was born in 2000 when three veteran Celtic performers who shared a love for the Grateful Dead experienced a joint flash of inspiration and began weaving the two seemingly alien musical genres into something new and immediately appealing. Singer-fiddler-mandolinist Danny Carnahan, singer-mandolinist Paul Kotapish, and Celtic harper… READ MORE
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Socks in the Frying Pan are a multi-award winning trio from County Clare on the West coast of Ireland, the universal hub of Irish traditional music. Their dynamic vocal harmonies, virtuosic musical ability and their onstage wit has captured and captivated audiences the world around. One of the most sought after… READ MORE
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Cassie and Maggie MacDonald encompass everything you could ask for in a musical act, their talent is only surpassed by the joy with which they so generously share it. Exciting and innovative, they have found the perfect balance between musical integrity, and sheer entertainment. While still staying true to their… READ MORE
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Ron also performs in a duo with critically acclaimed harpist Rachel Hair. Purveyors of Scotland’s most ancient and contemporary instruments, clarsach and acoustic guitar, these two halves created a whole in September 2017: a subtle yin-yang between spine-tingling clarity and virtuosic drive. Originally paired for a 2 and half week… READ MORE
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Elias Alexander is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter whose work swells from the intersection of traditional music, electronic production, and songwriting. Using electronics, he alchemizes tradition into something healing, deeply personal, and of this moment. Wielding bagpipes, fiddle, guitar, whistles, and keyboards on stage while deftly looping and sampling to… READ MORE
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Jai Haines has 20+ years as a multi-media artist, producer, and local community youth advocate promoting cultural awareness & racial equity through public speaking and various artistic platforms such as production, photography and music. As a DJ and beatmaker, he specializes in creating experimental instruments by way of circuit bending. He… READ MORE
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Steve Baughman is known as one of the worlds premier Celtic, finger style guitar players. His latest album was recently featured on NPR’s “Thistle and Shamrock.” He is known especially for his solo guitar arrangements of Turlough o’Carolan’s harp music. More about Steve Endorsements "Once in a while an album comes… READ MORE
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With an enthusiastic and infectious love for movement, Summer has found herself with long standing experience and joy calling traditional dances for Scottish ceilidhs (pronounced kālē). With a background of well over a decade in ballet, modern, Middle Eastern, Irish/Scottish step dancing and tap, calling for dances came natural in… READ MORE
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“Bringing the ancient story songs to life” The Story Wrens were formed approximately 2008 by performers at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Sothern California who met at the St. Helena’s Guild, home to more than a few pagans, vegans and libertines, and a hotbed of traditional arts and lore. “Let… READ MORE
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Cassidy Joy is a multi-genre vocalist, instrumentalist and songwriter, with roots spanning from Celtic & Folk music to Classic Rock, Country, Pop and beyond. Joy has made a name for herself as a successful solo artist, band leader & concert producer, and has contributed vocals throughout the years to Cousin… READ MORE
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Heads turn and people ask Three times Through, “Did you just mash-up a Rolling Stones song with an Irish jig?” Three Times Through is a quartet that delights in blending traditional Celtic tunes with recognizable contemporary melodies; from the Harry Potter theme to Light My Fire, Jump, StarWars and beyond!… READ MORE
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The BOHO 11 WOMEN STRONG ensemble brings a big sound that creates a foot-stomping good time to our performances which includes 4 fiddle players, mandolin, guitar, electric bass, accordion, 2 percussionists, washboard, cello and banjolele.
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Colin Cotter picked up the fiddle at the age of 4 beginning a life-long journey building upon several generations of his family's intimate relationship with traditional Finnish music. Over time, musical influences from Scotland to Quebec to New York City to West Africa crept in rendering him a genre-defying folky, unencumbered… READ MORE
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Old Soles Masha and Geff Crawford offer traditional moonshine-flavored music with a twist of wry-whiskey humor. Enjoy roots-inspired driving fiddle, bluesy, rhythmic banjo, and close harmonies from two masters of traditional music, interweaving old with new, Appalachian with Irish, Kate Wolf with John Prine. VISIT THEIR WEBSITE
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