Durango Celtic Festival
Schedule
Fri Mar 29 2024 at 12:00 am to Sat Mar 30 2024 at 11:00 pm
Location
Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College | Durango, CO
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Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, the Durango Celtic Festival offers three days of concerts, workshops and late-night sessions and ceilidhs from Friday - Sunday, March 29 - 31 at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. The festival features award-winning bands and artists including The Jeremiahs, SuperTrad , One for the Foxes, and Heron Valley. Tickets go on-sale Thursday, November 16 at 12 noon. The Jeremiahs (Ireland)
The Jeremiahs, is an Irish folk band that comprises four musicians who have come together with the common goal of writing, composing and performing folk songs and music. They have traveled worldwide to enthusiastic audiences bringing their music far and wide and are heralded as a live band not to be missed. With a wonderful mixture of newly composed songs and tunes in the folk genre and a well selected catalog of older folk songs, they are sure to rouse all the emotions. Hailing from County Dublin is singer Joe Gibney (Male Vocalist of the Year Chicago Irish American News 2015) on vocals. On fiddle, viola and vocals is County Cork’s Niamh Varian-Barry (formerly of Solas). On flutes and whistles is the French born Julien Bruneteau and on Guitar is Dublin born James Ryan.
Super-Trad (Scotland/Isle of Man)
The festival is excited to bring back this collaboration trio that can only be enjoyed at the Durango Celtic Festival. Each of these celebrated and award-winning musicians are busy with other bands such as: Imar; Mec Lir; Barrule, etc. This pop-up band formed just to play for the Durango Celtic Festival. The trio is made up of: Tomas Callister (fiddle); Adam Rhodes (bouzouki); and Paddy Callahan (button accordion). As a bonus, Super-Trad will be helping to lead our late-night ceilidhs.
One For The Foxes (Ireland)
Dave Curley, Tadhg Ó Meachair & Joanna Hyde form an exciting and dynamic transatlantic trio that presents a rousing blend of Irish and American folk music, having already won over audiences on both sides of the ocean. The group is made up of Dublin's Tadhg Ó Meachair (Goitse), Galway's Dave Curley (SLIDE) and Denver, Colorado's Joanna Hyde (The Hydes), and features a mix of traditional Irish and American folk music presented in an energetic and engaging manner. Their performances strike a tasteful balance between the stories found in ballads across both sides of the Atlantic and the respective instrumental music traditions of these places. Award-winning instrumentalists, each in their own right, Dave, Tadhg & Joanna take a unique twist on the diverse strengths of their individual backgrounds, weaving between traditional melodies, their own compositions, and songs from the broader folk canon. The results are highly personalized and thrilling in their daring and forthright grasp of the material. Through a shared deep-rooted passion for Irish traditional music, this trio highlights the vital role of Irish traditional music as an origin of many American folk music.
Heron Valley (Hebrides/Scotland)
In the quiet, furthest reaches of Scotland; authentic, skillful, energetic Celtic music has been passed down from generation to generation. Heron Valley captures the iconic sounds of the bothies, village halls and kitchen ceilidhs. Inspired by their previous three tours of the USA, the band has been developing their sound that’s been shaped by the people they’ve met and the beautiful lands they’ve encountered. The history of the Great Highland Bagpipe, the Irish banjo, the West Coast fiddle mixed with the driving accompaniment of the piano and guitar are just some of the aural delights you will experience that’s captured in their latest release, “Erie Storm”. With a mixture of traditional Scots and original songs they tell enchanting stories from the places they were born. From the rugged Atlantic islands of the Outer Hebrides, to the mystical hills of Argyll these musicians are passionate about their heritage.
Full Festival Tickets are $170, $150 and $50. Special “early bird” priced tickets - Durango Celtic Festival “Winter Fox Sale” passes are $140, $120 and $50 for children under 12 years old through December 15th and available online at www.durangoconcerts.com or by phone at 970-247-7657. Posted ticket prices include applicable service charges. All sales final.
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Where is it happening?
Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, 925 Talon Ln, Durango, CO 81301, United States,Durango, ColoradoEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
