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The Kilt Lifters
The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome The Kilt Lifters, bringing a wee bit o' the Emerald Isles on the Hawaiian Isles to our virtual event. The Kilt Lifters progressive Irish and Celtic rock band celebrates our island nations with their eclectic and electric Celtic rock sound.
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The Fire
The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome The Fire, a high-energy traditional music band that combines world-class performances of blazing Scottish music with a distinctly Californian flare.
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Peter Daldry
The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome Celtic folk singer/songwriter Peter Daldry, who brings his talent and unique voice from the familiar roads of his hometown of Clydebank, Scotland to the sun-kissed beaches of California and our virtual festival!
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Kathryn Rose
The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome Oregon folk singer and recording artist Kathryn Rose, who as been singing since she could talk and grew up listening to Irish and Scottish folk music.
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Brick Top Blaggers
The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome the Brick Top Blaggers! Armed with original and traditional melodies of Celtic Folk music and the epic power and energy of Punk Rock, Brick Top Blaggers have been winning over die-hard fans since 2009. Hailing from Orange County, this five-piece band of dedicated musicians bring a party full of shenanigans and unforgettable music.
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Lisa Lynne & Aryeh Frankfurter
The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome Lisa Lynne & Aryeh Frankfurter, a multi-instrumentalist duo with Celtic Harps, Swedish Nyckelharpa, Ukrainian Bandura, Bouzouki, Cittern and more.
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Claire Hastings
The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome Glasgow based folksinger, songwriter and ukulele player Claire Hastings, who has made a name for herself on the folk scene since winning BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year in 2015.
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Iona Fyfe
Aberdeenshire folksinger, Iona Fyfe, has become one of Scotland’s finest young ballad singers, rooted deeply in the singing traditions of the North East of Scotland. Winner of Scots Singer of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2018, Iona has been described as “one of the best Scotland has to offer.” (Global-Music.de)
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Bill Mullen
The 2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is excited to welcome Bill Mullen! Born and raised in Dundee, Scotland, Bill’s musical launch came on Scottish Hogmanay (New Year’s Eve) when he was eleven and performed for the first time, to his parent’s surprise. By age 16, he was performing concerts on his own.
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Aleys Chumakov
Watch the video for a chance to win! Aleys is hosting a contest especially for our festival "attendees" (Contest closes Oct. 31, 2020) Aleys is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist from Minsk, Belarus. He has performed with medieval band STARY OLSA since 2002, on vocals, shawms, gusli (Baltic Psaltery), rebec, hurdy-gurdy and more.
