Durango Celtic Festival

12/11/2024

Just in time for Christmas! See our latest post on the incredible deals for this year's Durango Celtic Festival!

12/09/2024

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We are commited to making this festival avalible for everyone. Thank you for supporting us for over 10 years.

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12/07/2024

It's that time of year again! Tickets for the Durango Celtic Festival (March 28-29 2025) are available now! Purchase tickets today at our website to reserve your seat.

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04/03/2024

Our 10th Festival was a beauty! We'll post more in the days ahead, but for now, a big thank-you to our audience, our artists, our food truck, our volunteers, the wonderful staff at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College and of course, our committee members: Shiela Lane, Kristy Alderton, Beth Miller, Bob Condon & Riley Alderton. May these great memories give us the stamina to dream big for next year's festival! Much love to all! -CJ

03/31/2024

It’s been an incredible Festival thus far! Wow! Wow! Wow! We invite you to join us this morning for Celtic Easter and performances by Patrick Crossing & The Jeremiahs! We end the day with all of our bands jamming together onstage. Come early! Our food truck is serving breakfast burritos this morning!

03/30/2024

TONIGHT! One For The Foxes at 4 pm and Super Trad at 7:30 pm! Also a full day of music with Truckely Howe, The Bowmaneers, and Tom Ward's Downfall; followed by a late night session with Heron Valley.
Workshops are going all morning too, starting at 9 am.
tickets: www.durangoconcerts.com

03/29/2024

Thank you Bryant Liggett for the story....here we go!

Ask a few select Celtic musicians if they would travel 4,500 miles from home to play a concert in Durango, and their answer is a solid “yes.” One such musician is Paddy Callaghan, a button accordion p...

03/29/2024

TONIGHT! Heron Valley is here! 7:30 pm.

In the quiet, farthest reaching parts of Scotland; authentic, skilful, energetic celtic music has been passed down from generation to generation. Heron Valley capture the iconic
sounds of the bothies, village halls and kitchen ceilidhs. Inspired by their previous three tours of the USA, the band have been developing their sound, shaped by the people they have met and the beautiful lands they have encountered.
The history of the Great Highland Bagpipe, and the West Coast fiddle mixed with the driving accompaniment of the piano and guitar are just some of the aural delights you will experience, captured in their latest release, “Erie Storm”. With a mixture of traditional Scots and original songs, Abigail Pryde tells stories from the places we were born. From the rugged Atlantic islands of the Outer Hebrides, to the mystical hills of Argyll. These musicians are passionate about their heritage and showcase the culture, language, sounds and stories of their homeland in their music. Let Heron Valley transport you to the heartlands of Scotland, through their dynamic performance of the ancient sounds of their home.
Tickets: www.durangoconcerts.com

03/29/2024

You've heard of Celtic Christmas, and this year we will bring you Celtic Easter. Brought to you by Patrick Crossing, this time of Easter Celebration, Celtic-style, will feature the music of Patrick Crossing with special guest James Ryan from The Jeremiahs and various Celtic musicians.
Everyone is welcome. This is a FREE event; no ticket required.

Sunday afternoon, stay for more music with Patrick Crossing, The Jeremiahs, and the Stramash. Tickets are needed for these concerts, so don't miss out.
www.durangocelticfestival.com

03/28/2024

SILENT AUCTION at the Festival - "THE GIBSON" by Lyn Boyer. This print is for sale at our silent auction at our Festival Merchandise table. All proceeds go to the Festival. Special thanks to Amanda Kiessel (Lyn's daughter) for donating this print.
The original oil is also available - please contact one of our staff if you're interested in purchasing that.
And yes, that is Dave Curley pictured. See him perform in concert this weekend! Dave and Lyn worked on multiple music and art projects together.
Tickets: www.durangoconcerts.com

03/28/2024

A fun and unique feature of the Festival, the Stramash is a collaboration of all the Festival Headliners. It will include One For The Foxes, Super Trad, The Jeremiahs and Heron Valley. There's no telling what will happen at the Stramash, but we guarantee it will be a one-of-a-kind fun mash-up of music that you won't see anywhere else! The Stramash takes place after the Jeremiahs on Sunday afternoon and will be the final event of the 2024 Festival.

You'll need either a Full Festival Pass or a Sunday Pass to see the Stramash, so make sure you get your tickets now.
www.durangocelticfestival.com

03/27/2024

Introducing the first ever Festival Food Truck - "Straight Outta Balboa Island". Featuring an Irish menu, including favorites such as Shepherd's pie and Irish stew, this food truck will be parked in the Community Concert Hall plaza the entire weekend. Make sure to stop by and check out the menu options between concerts.

03/26/2024

Joanna Hyde & Tadhg Ó Meachair will be performing Friday at 3:45 pm. They will be joined by Dave Curley Saturday at 4 pm in the trio One For The Foxes. These are unique concerts, so don't miss either one!
Joanna, a Colorado native, won numerous fiddle contests throughout her youth, including placing in the top 5 of her age division at the National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Contest. She spent many summers attending music festivals and camps, where she learned from renowned Irish fiddlers James Kelly, Liz Carroll, Tommy Peoples, Martin Hayes, and Antóin Mac Gabhann, among others. For her undergraduate studies, Joanna was awarded the Boettcher Scholarship, a full-tuition scholarship to study at any 4-year institution in the state of Colorado. In 2009 she graduated magna cm laude from Colorado College with a BA in Music, and was recognized with the Music Department’s top performance and academic awards.
In 2011, Joanna was selected as one of 10 scholars from across the United States by a panel of distinguished arts professors and professionals to receive the Jack Kent Cook Foundation’s Graduate Arts Award. With this generous grant, she moved to Ireland to pursue an MA in Irish Traditional Music Performance at the University of Limerick’s Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, graduating in 2014. She also taught for BA and MA music programs during her time in UL (and continues to when possible). Currently, Joanna teaches music, and performs with a variety of projects including The Hydes, named New Group of the Year 2017 by the LiveIreland Awards, and the transatlantic trio, One for the Foxes, which was awarded 2021 “Album of the Year” by the ACLSR (American Celtic Listener-Supported Radio) Music Awards.
A graduate of the Irish World Academy at the University of Limerick, Tadhg has established himself as a force in the world of traditional Irish music. An All-Ireland piano title win is among the various awards for piano, piano accordion, and accompaniment that have cemented this fact in the minds of the traditional music community.
As well as being a founding member of the multi-award-winning band Goitse, touring extensively across four continents, he has performed on a variety of stages around the world to huge crowds and esteemed audiences; from Ireland’s National Concert Hall to Music Crossroads in Zambia and from the Festival Interceltique de Lorient to a garden party hosted by Uachtarán an hÉireann, the President of Ireland.
Tadhg has not only made a name for himself in terms of his performing career. In recent years, he has recorded on many albums and worked with singers and musicians alike, including collaborations with legendary singers Aoife Clancy and Seán Ó Sé. He was also chosen by none other than Dónal Lunny to be the pianist in his ‘Lorg Lunny’ project which was recorded for an eight-episode TV series and culminated in the formation of the band Ciorras. Tadhg has also taught extensively at festivals across Europe and can teach a variety of classes from piano and piano accordion, to accompaniment classes for a range of accompaniment instruments. Having grown up in an Irish-speaking home, and having studied the Irish language to University level, he has even been known to teach a few Irish or ‘Gaelic’ classes.

03/25/2024

Dave Curley will be performing at the Durango Celtic Festival. Catch his solo performance Friday at 5 pm; and then he will be joined by Joanna Hyde and Tadhg Ó Meachair in the trio One For The Foxes on Saturday at 4 pm.
Dave Curley is one of Ireland’s leading multi-instrumentalists, vocalists and a champion step dancer. Hailing from Co. Galway on the west coast of Ireland, Curley has brought his wealth of talents to the largest of stages in North America and Western Europe.
He has performed at the prestigious Ryman auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, recorded with Grammy award winners Ron Block, Jeff Taylor and Buddy Greene, and toured with Grammy award winners Moya Brennan of Clannad and Ross Holmes of Mumford and Sons. For 10 years, Curley has worked with the award winning traditional super group, SLIDE and also spent 5 successful years with award winning American Roots band RUNA. More recently, Curley has become an integral member to the new Crannua Collective featuring Moya Brennan, John Doyle, Ashley Davis, Mick McCauley, Eamonn and Cormac DeBarra, Colin Farrell, Cathy Jordan and Gawain Matthews.

03/24/2024

The Bowmaneers will perform at the festival on Saturday, March 30 at 1:05 pm.
The Bowmaneers perform modern and contemporary Celtic music. Exploring the more recent imaginings of Celtic songs and tunes, you will hear songs about the sea, love, betrayal, mermaids, boats, and the occasional dragon or scoundrel. Songs are filled with multiple harmonies and vocal collaborations. Band members include: Brittany Hinger (ukulele, vocals), Zach Phelps (guitar, vocals), Elizabeth Lawyer (violin, vocals), Shiela Lane (piano, whistles, vocals), Linda Dolder (drum, vocals), and Jarod Lane (bass, vocals).

03/22/2024

Tom Ward's Downfall will be performing at the festival on Saturday, March 30 at 2:15 pm.
Tom Ward’s Downfall is a Durango based Traditional Irish Music trio that’s played Fridays at the Durango Winery since Spring of 2023. Aside from the Winery, the trio has had the pleasure of sharing their upbeat and lively tunes with audiences at house concerts, restaurants, non profit events, shops on Main Street and contra dances in the Durango area. The band features Erick Morningstar (Bouzouki and Bodhran), Ed Webb (Irish flute) and Ari Schermer (Fiddle).

03/22/2024

CONGRATULATIONS to JOE GIBNEY !! who has been chosen as Male Vocalist of the Year by the Ireland Tonight Radio Music Awards for 2023. Thanks to Sharon and all the team and huge congrats to all the other winners 💚🇮🇪

IRELAND TONIGHT RADIO MUSIC AWARDS FOR 2023

For many years, the Ireland Tonight Radio Music Awards (formerly known as American Celtic Listener Supported Radio Awards) have honored those who have impressed radio hosts and listeners with the excellence of their music.

For 2023, The Ireland Tonight Radio Music Awards have been presented to the following:

• Female Vocalist of the Year: Karan Casey, Nine Apples of Gold

• Male Vocalist of the Year: Joe Gibney, The Jeremiahs, Misery Hill and other stories.

• Album of the Year: Conor Mallon, Unearthed

• Debut Album of the Year: Reverie Road

• Female Musician of the Year: Katie Grennan

• Male Musician of the Year: Sean Heely

• Live Performance of the Year: Pauline Conneely, Reel Housewives of Irish Traditional Music

Congratulations to all of our Ireland Tonight Radio Music Award winners for 2023!