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Playing traditional and contemporary music from Scotland, Ireland and other Celtic and Celtic-influenced regions of the world (e.g. Cape Breton, Brittany, Wales, Galicia & Asturies). |
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Coming Events The National Celtic Festival, Australia’s largest and most diverse celebration of Celtic culture will be held in Portarlington on Victoria’s beautiful Bellarine Peninsula 8-11 June 2007. The 23rd edition of the Celtic World International Festival will be held in Ortigueira, Spain 5-8 July 2007. Milladoiro, Flook and Kepa Junkera are among the artists appearing. The Ceilidh Trail School of Celtic Music, dedicated to the culture of Cape Breton music, offers classes in fiddle, piano and step dancing, 9-13 & 23-27 July 2007. Instructors include Jerry Holland, J.P. Cormier, Brenda Stubbert, Ashley MacIsaac and Howie MacDonald. The Isle of Lewis will be the scene of the Hebridean Celtic Festival from 11-14 July 2007. The lineup includes The Proclaimers, Moving Hearts, Berrogüetto, and Peatbog Faeries, The 30th Galway Arts Festival will take place 16-29 July 2007. County Down, Northern Ireland will be the site of the Celtic Fusion International Musical Arts Festival, 14-22 July 2007. The exciting line-up includes Paul Brady, Mary Black, Kate Rusby, Altan, Marian Bradfield, Cora & Breda Smyth and Flook. The 21st Fiddler's Green International Festival will take place 22-29 July 2007 in Rostrevor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Eddi Reader, Flook, the McPeakes, Frankie Gavin, the Sands Family and Steve Cooney are scheduled to appear. Le Festival Interceltique de Lorient, one of the largest festivals in Europe, will be held in Lorient (Brittany), France from 3-12 August 2007. Over 600 performers will appear during the 7 days and nights of the World Fleadh Irish & Celtic Music Festival in Portlaoise, Ireland, 6-12 August 2007. Scheduled performers include The Proclaimers, Hothouse Flowers, Carlos Nuñez, Frankie Gavin, Patrick Street, Cherish The Ladies, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Alison Brown, Flook and Gráda. ICONS, formerly know as the Irish Connections Festival, will be held at the Irish Cultural Centre of New England in Canton, Massachusetts, 10-12 August 2007. Altan, Dervish , the Saw Doctors, Black 47, Nanci Griffith, the Black Crowes, Tommy Makem, Cherish The Ladies and Liz Carroll & John Doyle are among the artists scheduled to appear. The Milwaukee Irish Fest will be held 16-19 August 2007 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The 33rd Tønder Festival will take place in Denmark, 23-26 August 2007. Blas Festival, the Highlands' premier Gaelic and traditional music festival, will take place in venues across the Highlands of Scotland 31 August - 8 September 2007. Among the performers will be Anam, Duncan Chisholm , Dàimh, Dòchas, Flook, Mary Ann Kennedy, Mary Jane Lamond, Karen Matheson, Bruce MacGregor, Rod C. MacNeil, Shooglenifty and Kathryn Tickell. The Festival of the Peninsula will celebrate music, history, literature and folklore in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland, 11-16 September 2007. The Michael McGoldrick Trio, Flook and Julie Fowlis are this year's headliners. The 13th Annual Sebastopol Celtic Music Festival will take place in Sebastopol, California 21-23 September 2007.
If you have an event which you would like to be listed here, please send email with details, including website URL and contact information, to info@celticquest.info.
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| Updated: 06 Jun 2007 |
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