Performers
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Meet the 2024 Headlining Band — Blaz Dañjerus
The headlining band for the 2024 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival is… Blaz Dañjerus (Breton for “dangerous taste”) is an exciting new project focusing on both Irish and Breton dance music and featuring the musical talents of Preston Wilde, Channing Dodson, and Zac Léger. Preston Wilde (fiddle, Flemish bagpipes, uilleann pipes, bombarde) grew up in Northern California where he first heard traditional dance music in the form of a Finbar Furey recording belonging to his father. He began learning the uilleann pipes at age 17 with the help of the late Dingle piper Con Durham as well as the Pub Scouts, the local Irish music collective in Chico, CA. Now…
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2020 Samhain Celtic New Year Festival kicks off with special virtual concert
The Ceili of the Valley Society’s Virtual Samhain Celtic New Year Festival kicks-off October 3 with festival openers Jim and Susie Malcolm “Live from Scotland.” Jim Malcolm is the ultimate Scots troubadour. Traveling the world with his guitar, harmonicas, and engaging wit, he sings the traditional songs of Scotland and his own masterfully crafted songs in a style which is modern and accessible, yet utterly authentic. He is highly regarded as an interpreter of the songs of Robert Burns, and has been described as “one of the finest singers in Scotland in any style”. The virtual concert takes place at 7 p.m. Saturday, October 3 via Zoom. Suggested donation $10-$15…
