Steve Baughman
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...
View ArticleBBoy Supreme
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...
View ArticleElias Alexander’s RAMBLXR
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...
View ArticleRachel Hair & Ron Jappy
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...
View ArticleCassie and Maggie MacDonald
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...
View ArticleSocks in the Frying Pan
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...
View ArticleWake the Dead
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...
View ArticleHeron Valley
Their inception as a folk band began in 2014, after spending the first few years of their musical careers perfecting their craft as a young ceilidh dance band. In 2018 they formed the line up you now...
View ArticleMec Lir
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...
View ArticleOld Blind Dogs
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...
View ArticleAndrew Finn Magill Trio
North Carolina-native violinist/fiddler Andrew Finn Magill is a Fulbright Fellow, North Carolina Arts Council Fellow, All-Ireland fiddle finalist, and 2024 Seifert Jazz violin finalist in Poland....
View ArticleLearn an Advanced Tune with San Miguel Fraser
Join Maria San Miguel and Galen Fraser to have fun and learn a new tune. There will be an opportunity to perform this on stage with San Miguel Fraser on Sunday during the festival. San Miguel Fraser...
View ArticleTéada
A traditional band with a truly worldwide reach, Téada has appeared as a frequent headliner at major music festivals throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Africa, Russia, Israel and Australia....
View ArticleNatalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy
Born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Grammy-nominated fiddler Natalie MacMaster grew up immersed in the traditional Celtic dance music of the area. At 16, she self-produced her first album, Four on the...
View ArticleShawn Prescott and The Exiles of Erin
This local group of talented musicians features: Shawn Prescott: vocalist, flute, whistles, bodhran and guitar Guy Prudhomme: guitar, banjo, bodhran, whistles and vocals Ethan Lewis: fiddle and vocals...
View ArticleLow Coals
The Low Coals are a raggle-taggle group of musicians that have been playing together in the back rooms, kitchens, and dance floors of Nevada County for over a decade. Rooted in Scottish, Irish,...
View ArticleThe Dolli Mamas
Three songbirds come together to sing originals and favorites interwoven with vocal harmonies, acoustic guitars, piano and fiddle. Anni, Elena and Heart are all Nevada County based award-winning...
View ArticleThe Shanty Mountain Bards
The Shanty Mountain Bards are Rod Baggett, Robbie Merchant and Heather Grove. They have been performing and leading vocal gatherings together for many years and have been featured at the KVMR Celtic...
View ArticlePete Grant & Friends
Pete is joined on stage by three longtime musical friends, Danny Carnahan, Michael “Booi” Volk, and Aaron Hendel. For most of this century, the four musicians have gotten together after teaching...
View ArticleSummer McCall
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...
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