2023
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Thank you Capital Community Media!
We are grateful for the support we have received from Capital Community Media in helping capture the educational and entertaining side of the Samhain Celtic New Year Festival! We hope you enjoy these videos they have created from our 2023 and 2024 events. Oct 30, 2024 — Join us as we attend Céilí of the Valley’s 2024 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival! Learn about the history of this event about why it’s important to keep these cultural traditions alive. Nov 4, 2023 — Ceili of the Valley Society hosted their Samhain Celtic New Year Festival at the Willamette Heritage Center in Salem Oregon this year. Take a look at…
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Did someone say photos?
Our 2023 photos are (finally) available online. Check out the gallery here And save the date for our 2024 festival on October 19, 2024. More info coming soon!
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2023 Celtic Quilt Raffle
Enter to win this custom-designed, one-of-a-kind Celtic quilt with beautiful, intricate hand-quilted knotwork created by Lesli Ficker. The design of the quilt is called “Irish Chain” and it has a delightful, hand-appliqued border. Quilt size is 90″square. The raffle will take place at the 2023 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival on Saturday, October 21 at Willamette Heritage Center. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20.
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2023 Samhain Festival headliner is Two Rivers Ceili Band
For over 50 years, our region has been rich with Irish music and Irish dance. Dancers have enjoyed céilí (Irish social) and set dancing to great live music, and learned step dancing and Sean-Nós (old-style) dancing from great teachers. What the region hasn’t had was a dedicated céilí band–that is, musicians committed to providing music for céilí and set dancing. The Two Rivers Céilí Band assembled in July 2022 to remedy this. In Ireland and worldwide, céilí bands represent the talents of their locality. Two Rivers Céilí Band well represents our region with fiddles, flutes, whistles, uilleann pipes, guitar, piano and song. Our members: Niamh Branigan is a fiddle player…
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SAVE THE DATE!
The 2023 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival will take place on Saturday, October 21. It will return to the heart of Salem at the Willamette Heritage Center. Watch for more information coming soon. We will be looking for sponsors, presenters, vendors and a headline performer!
