Rockport Celtic Festival
Saturday, August 20 :: 7:30 PM

Global Celebration of Strings

Brian O’Donovan & Maeve Gilchrist, artistic directors

Alasdair Fraser, fiddle & Natalie Haas, cello
Doug Wieselman, clarinet
Lily Henley and Duncan Wickel, fiddle/vocals
Neil Pearlman & Kevin Henderson, fiddle, mandolin/piano
Logan Coale, bass
Olav Luksengård Mjelva, fiddle
Tony McManus, guitar

The artists will announce the program from the stage.

Thank you to our 2022 Celtic Festival Sponsors!

Brian O’Donovan & Maeve Gilchrist, artistic directors

For over three decades, Brian O’Donovan has been hosting A Celtic Sojourn on WGBH, a program exploring traditional and contemporary music from around the Celtic world. He’s also well known for his live concert series A Christmas Celtic Sojourn, as well as many other presentations around New England.  In partnership with Rockport Music and working in close collaboration with fellow Artistic Director, Edinburgh-born harpist/composer Maeve Gilchrist, Brian is proud to present the third annual Rockport Celtic Festival- Exploring Celtic Roots and Branches. Featuring a wide and quite extraordinary variety of new and familiar musicians, singers, dancers, and storytellers, the weekend will focus on the genre’s broad and vibrant range with an emphasis on musical influences from Scandinavia. The Festival brings crossover and collaborative work between musicians from different genres including classical, jazz, and American Traditional.