Concerts & Events
Concerts
CELTFEST SCHOOL & CONCERT SERIES
Announcing our 12th Annual Summer School & Concert Series--known to many as the best summer school and shows of Celtic Performing Arts in the western seaboard! This year we are hosting our summer festival in beautiful Victoria, BC.
LEARN! Information on Summer School and how to register here.
GO TO CONCERTS! Information on Concerts & Ceilidhs below. plus here.
PARTICIPATE! ...
Saturday, July 14, 2012 - 12:00am - Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 12:00am
LORI & INNES WATSON: Scots Kith & Kin
Lori's musical roots lie firmly in the Borders of Scotland while her understanding and interpretation of Scots and worldwide traditions are undeniably resonant. With an accolade of awards and nominations including BBC Radio Scotland Young Trad Finalist, Danny Award Winners 2005, Burnsong Winner 2007, Eiserner Eversteiner Nominees 2007 and Celtic Colours Song House writer 2008, Lori & Innes...
Monday, July 16, 2012 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
STEPHANIE CADMAN & OWEN BARRINGTON: Dancer-Musician Double Threats
Appearing together for the first time, Stephanie Cadman and Owen Barrington each represent their own unique brands of dance and musical styles in their chosen fields of dance and music, home-grown right here in North America.
Fiddling and stepdancing her way into peoples' hearts, Stephanie Cadman has come a long way since her mother, Gwen McDonell Cadman, taught her her first...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wacky Jig & Hornpipe Contest & Family Pub Night
it's BAACK! This evening is a CeltFest classic not to be missed!
In a "no barriers" theme chosen by CeltFest summer school performers, and often in unorthodox costumes, students and instructors put on their finest--and arguably most entertaining performances of their lives! The only criteria of the contest is to play, sing, or dance to a Jig and/or Hornpipe during their performance....
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 7:30pm - 11:00pm
CeltFest 2012 Sunset & Stars GALA
"The old country can be proud that its fine Celtic traditions have been passed on to such a deserving lot. 10 tartans and shamrocks out of 10" - Peter Rusland, Cowichan News Leader
For the twelfth year running, the Celtic cultures merge spectacularly in the CeltFest 2012 Vancouver Island finale, an exciting NEW showcase of world-renowned Celtic musical artists from east to west in...
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Ceilidhs/Dance
CELTFEST SCHOOL & CONCERT SERIES
Announcing our 12th Annual Summer School & Concert Series--known to many as the best summer school and shows of Celtic Performing Arts in the western seaboard! This year we are hosting our summer festival in beautiful Victoria, BC.
LEARN! Information on Summer School and how to register here.
GO TO CONCERTS! Information on Concerts & Ceilidhs below. plus here.
PARTICIPATE! ...
Saturday, July 14, 2012 - 12:00am - Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 12:00am
LORI & INNES WATSON: Scots Kith & Kin
Lori's musical roots lie firmly in the Borders of Scotland while her understanding and interpretation of Scots and worldwide traditions are undeniably resonant. With an accolade of awards and nominations including BBC Radio Scotland Young Trad Finalist, Danny Award Winners 2005, Burnsong Winner 2007, Eiserner Eversteiner Nominees 2007 and Celtic Colours Song House writer 2008, Lori & Innes...
Monday, July 16, 2012 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
STEPHANIE CADMAN & OWEN BARRINGTON: Dancer-Musician Double Threats
Appearing together for the first time, Stephanie Cadman and Owen Barrington each represent their own unique brands of dance and musical styles in their chosen fields of dance and music, home-grown right here in North America.
Fiddling and stepdancing her way into peoples' hearts, Stephanie Cadman has come a long way since her mother, Gwen McDonell Cadman, taught her her first...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wacky Jig & Hornpipe Contest & Family Pub Night
it's BAACK! This evening is a CeltFest classic not to be missed!
In a "no barriers" theme chosen by CeltFest summer school performers, and often in unorthodox costumes, students and instructors put on their finest--and arguably most entertaining performances of their lives! The only criteria of the contest is to play, sing, or dance to a Jig and/or Hornpipe during their performance....
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 7:30pm - 11:00pm
Summer School
CELTFEST SCHOOL & CONCERT SERIES
Announcing our 12th Annual Summer School & Concert Series--known to many as the best summer school and shows of Celtic Performing Arts in the western seaboard! This year we are hosting our summer festival in beautiful Victoria, BC.
LEARN! Information on Summer School and how to register here.
GO TO CONCERTS! Information on Concerts & Ceilidhs below. plus here.
PARTICIPATE! ...
Saturday, July 14, 2012 - 12:00am - Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 12:00am
BE A BARD Workshop
Be a Bard (Sunday & MONday only: NOTE: TIME TBA)
Instructor: John Beaton
It is the word, blossoming as legend, poem, story, secret, that holds a community together and gives meaning to its life. If words become functional ciphers merely, as they are in white papers and business letters, they lose their 'ghosts' — the rich aura that has grown about them from the start, and grows...
Sunday, July 15, 2012 - 4:00pm - Monday, July 16, 2012 - 5:30pm
Celtic Singer's Intensive
Celtic Singer's Intensive 2012
"A sharing of gold is but brief, but a sharing of song lasts long." - Gaelic Proverb
Programme
Instructor(s) ...
Monday, July 16, 2012 - 9:00pm - Friday, July 20, 2012 - 12:01pm
Wacky Jig & Hornpipe Contest & Family Pub Night
it's BAACK! This evening is a CeltFest classic not to be missed!
In a "no barriers" theme chosen by CeltFest summer school performers, and often in unorthodox costumes, students and instructors put on their finest--and arguably most entertaining performances of their lives! The only criteria of the contest is to play, sing, or dance to a Jig and/or Hornpipe during their performance....
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 7:30pm - 11:00pm
CeltFest 2012 Sunset & Stars GALA
"The old country can be proud that its fine Celtic traditions have been passed on to such a deserving lot. 10 tartans and shamrocks out of 10" - Peter Rusland, Cowichan News Leader
For the twelfth year running, the Celtic cultures merge spectacularly in the CeltFest 2012 Vancouver Island finale, an exciting NEW showcase of world-renowned Celtic musical artists from east to west in...
Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Community Events
CELTFEST SCHOOL & CONCERT SERIES
Announcing our 12th Annual Summer School & Concert Series--known to many as the best summer school and shows of Celtic Performing Arts in the western seaboard! This year we are hosting our summer festival in beautiful Victoria, BC.
LEARN! Information on Summer School and how to register here.
GO TO CONCERTS! Information on Concerts & Ceilidhs below. plus here.
PARTICIPATE! ...
Saturday, July 14, 2012 - 12:00am - Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 12:00am
BE A BARD Workshop
Be a Bard (Sunday & MONday only: NOTE: TIME TBA)
Instructor: John Beaton
It is the word, blossoming as legend, poem, story, secret, that holds a community together and gives meaning to its life. If words become functional ciphers merely, as they are in white papers and business letters, they lose their 'ghosts' — the rich aura that has grown about them from the start, and grows...
Sunday, July 15, 2012 - 4:00pm - Monday, July 16, 2012 - 5:30pm
LORI & INNES WATSON: Scots Kith & Kin
Lori's musical roots lie firmly in the Borders of Scotland while her understanding and interpretation of Scots and worldwide traditions are undeniably resonant. With an accolade of awards and nominations including BBC Radio Scotland Young Trad Finalist, Danny Award Winners 2005, Burnsong Winner 2007, Eiserner Eversteiner Nominees 2007 and Celtic Colours Song House writer 2008, Lori & Innes...
Monday, July 16, 2012 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
STEPHANIE CADMAN & OWEN BARRINGTON: Dancer-Musician Double Threats
Appearing together for the first time, Stephanie Cadman and Owen Barrington each represent their own unique brands of dance and musical styles in their chosen fields of dance and music, home-grown right here in North America.
Fiddling and stepdancing her way into peoples' hearts, Stephanie Cadman has come a long way since her mother, Gwen McDonell Cadman, taught her her first...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Wacky Jig & Hornpipe Contest & Family Pub Night
it's BAACK! This evening is a CeltFest classic not to be missed!
In a "no barriers" theme chosen by CeltFest summer school performers, and often in unorthodox costumes, students and instructors put on their finest--and arguably most entertaining performances of their lives! The only criteria of the contest is to play, sing, or dance to a Jig and/or Hornpipe during their performance....
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 7:30pm - 11:00pm
Workshop
CELTFEST SCHOOL & CONCERT SERIES
Announcing our 12th Annual Summer School & Concert Series--known to many as the best summer school and shows of Celtic Performing Arts in the western seaboard! This year we are hosting our summer festival in beautiful Victoria, BC.
LEARN! Information on Summer School and how to register here.
GO TO CONCERTS! Information on Concerts & Ceilidhs below. plus here.
PARTICIPATE! ...
Saturday, July 14, 2012 - 12:00am - Thursday, July 19, 2012 - 12:00am
BE A BARD Workshop
Be a Bard (Sunday & MONday only: NOTE: TIME TBA)
Instructor: John Beaton
It is the word, blossoming as legend, poem, story, secret, that holds a community together and gives meaning to its life. If words become functional ciphers merely, as they are in white papers and business letters, they lose their 'ghosts' — the rich aura that has grown about them from the start, and grows...
Sunday, July 15, 2012 - 4:00pm - Monday, July 16, 2012 - 5:30pm
Celtic Singer's Intensive
Celtic Singer's Intensive 2012
"A sharing of gold is but brief, but a sharing of song lasts long." - Gaelic Proverb
Programme
Instructor(s) ...
Monday, July 16, 2012 - 9:00pm - Friday, July 20, 2012 - 12:01pm
