9:00 am

St Andrews Legion Piper

Highland pipes awaken the stage and provide a magical start for the day!

9:30 am

Traditional Instruments

Phil Duffy demonstrates traditional instruments:whistles, bones, bodhrans

10:00 am

Mandolin and Bouzouki

Patrick Lewis demonstrates and discusses origins of various mandolins

10:30 am

Hammer Dulcimer

Beverly English demonstrates the Hammer Dulcimer and its ties to Alba

Opening Ceremonies at Parade Grounds

11:30 am

Uilleann Pipes

Stuart Jackson introduces the Uilleann pipes of Ireland

12:00 pm

Irish Dance Team

Students from Rhythm of Ireland explode in traditional Irish dance

12:40 pm

Harp and Bodhran
 

Candyce and Ben Dunham perform  and invite guests to join them at their tent for highly interactive workshops introducing harp and bodhran

1:20 pm

Gan Anim

Traditional Irish and Scottish tunes and songs performed by a few regulars of the Oasis  Wednesday Session.

2:00 pm

Scottish Ballads and Stories I
 

Carl Peterson brings the sounds and stories from Scotland  to Williamsburg

2:40 pm

Celtic Children’s Music
 

Cindy Kays delights with Irish and Scots songs for the young and young at heart

3:20 pm

Harp

Janet Whitman of the Brandywine Harp Orchestra solos with traditional tunes

4:00 pm

Celtic Classics I

So’ Lach combine the rough, driving songs from Ron’s bodhran and the gentle, melodic, haunting tunes of Lisa’s fiddle, for a set of classics you are sure to enjoy;

4:40 pm

Irish Rebel

James West presents ballads and patriotic songs of Ireland’s past

5:20 pm

Scottish Ballads and Stories II
 

Carl Peterson returns to the stage with Scottish ballads and ditties

6:00 pm

Scotland’s Own

Hugh Allison, straight from Scotland, spinning tales of the mists and hills

6:40 pm

Grace O’Malley Sea Shanties

Our own Grace O’Malley, Cindy Kays sings the songs of Celtic seafarers

7:15 pm

Rock and Rebel Irish

James West hits the stage with high energy contemporary Irish rock and rebel

8:00 pm

Gan Anim

Traditional Irish and Scottish tunes and songs performed by a few regulars of the Oasis  Wednesday Session.

8:40 pm

Session and Hooley

The Celtic Heritage Stage musicians  join up and play the night away. Silly to sublime, traditional to cutting edge!