Polly Plumb Productions brought these amazing performers to Yachats, Oregon in 2025 for the 24th annual Celtic Music Festival.
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John Doyle and Mick McAuley
John Doyle and Mick McAuley We are so pleased and fortunate to have caught John and Mick when their busy schedules aligned with ours. John Doyle: Name many of the most notable recordings and/or performers in Irish music and it’s a fair bet that John Doyle had something to do with them. Liz Carroll; Eileen…
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Skye Consort & Emma Björling
Skye Consort & Emma Björling “A beautiful melding of all of the Trans-Atlantic Celtic traditions, including the music of Ireland, Scotland, France, and the Nordic countries.” – Danielle Devlin, Canis Major Music Skye Consort & Emma Björling perform songs and tunes from Sweden, Norway, Ireland, Scotland, England, Québec, Acadia, and the USA, as well as original compositions.…
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Kevin Burke
Kevin Burke Kevin Burke has walked and played among music giants for almost his entire life. His early work in the 70’s and 80’s helped to shape and define Irish music for the next 50 years. We feel so fortunate to have him joining us again. Kevin will be in Yachats this year with many…
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Breabach
Breabach remains securely ranked amongst Scotland’s most skilled & imaginative contemporary-folk acts and at the forefront of the burgeoning traditional music scene. Versatility, love of experimentation, and a willingness to push the boundaries of Scottish roots music, have endured as the core values of the band over the past two decades. With 8 critically acclaimed…
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Dreos
As performers and teachers, the three members of Dreos have been at the forefront of the Pacific Northwest Celtic music scene for decades.Combining the blazing piping of Eliot Grasso, virtuosic fiddling of Brandon Vance, and powerhouse accompaniment of Glen Waddell, Dréos offers listeners exciting, handcrafted music in a living tradition, and brings audiences and students into a centuries-old cultural-artistic dialogue. https://www.dreosmusic.com/
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One for the Foxes
“Dave Curley, Tadhg Ó Meachair & Joanna Hyde form an exciting and dynamic transatlantic trio that presents a rousing blend of Irish and American folk music, having already won over audiences on both sides of the ocean. The group is made up of Dublin’s Tadhg Ó Meachair (Goitse), Galway’s Dave Curley (SLIDE) and Denver, Colorado’s Joanna Hyde (The Hydes), and features a mix of Irish and American folk music and song. Through a shared deep-rooted passion for Irish traditional music, this trio highlights the vital role of Irish traditional music as part of the foundation of American folk music. https://oneforthefoxes.com/
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Susan McKeown
“Born in Dublin, Ireland, grammy award-winning and BBC Award-nominated vocalist and songwriter Susan McKeown is widely acknowledged as one of the most powerful and innovative voices in folk music today. In a distinguished career, she has performed at Glastonbury, The Edinburgh Festival, Carnegie Hall and the Walt Disney Concert Hall and had her music featured on on PBS, NPR, PRI, BBC and RTE. Susan joins us with her trio featuring Kyle Sanna ( https://www.kylesanna.com ) and Matt Mancuso . Susan McKeown https://susanmckeown.com/
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É.T.É
The fruitful meeting of three young musicians with vibrant artistic journeys, É.T.É propose a dynamic and contemporary vision of Québécois trad music. With influences from jazz, progressive rock, and classical music, violinist Élisabeth Moquin, bouzouki player Thierry Clouette and cellist Élisabeth Giroux create their own trad universe with original compositions and unique arrangements of Québécois and Acadian repertoire. Their rich vocal harmonies, their groove, their ease at their instruments and their electrifying simpatico onstage creates an unforgettable show.We are very excited to be able to present these outstanding musicians to you this year. https://www.etemusiquetrad.ca/en
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Alan Murray and Andrew Finn Magill
For twenty years North Carolina-native violinist/fiddler Andrew Finn Magill has been pursuing parallel careers in traditional Irish music, Brazilian choro, jazz and American fiddle.Alan Murray has shared the stage with such artists as Karan Casey, Eileen Ivers and Scotland’s Battlefield Band and has toured extensively across Ireland, Britain, Europe, Australia and the United States. Alan has joined us here in Yachats previously with Caitlin Warbelow, and again with Cillian Vallely.We are delighted to have them here together this year, and we’re sure you will be too. https://andrewfinnmagill.bandcamp.com/album/murray-magill
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Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter
Lisa and Aryeh have been with us before and we are always excited to have them come back.Masterfully combining Celtic harps, Swedish nyckelharpa, Ukrainian bandura, bouzouki, cittern and more, they will take you on a journey through the history of Celtic music, with their unique show and wondrous stories and humor. https://lisalynne.com/about/live-performances/lisa-lynne-aryeh-frankfurter/
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Marco Caturegli, Piper on the Point
Marco Caturegli, pipe major with the Eugene Highlanders, will be joining us again this year as our featured Piper on the Point.This Yachats tradition blends the majesty of a seaside sunset with the magic of the bagpipes, on the observation deck at the Yachats State Park at the west end of town.Join Marco at Sunset on Friday and Saturday of the festival for this enchanting show.
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Kevin Carr
“For over thirty years dynamic fiddler-piper-storyteller Kevin Carr has honed his craft in smoky Irish pubs, remote cabins in Quebec, and in dance halls across America. He’s played banjo in Latvia, learned to play the bagpipes of a dozen countries, and dug deep to find just the right stories to share. His one-man musical theater…
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Cécilia – Erin Leahy, Timi Turmel, and Louis Schryer
Cécilia This band will make you move! ‘Cecilia’ is Erin Leahy, Timi Turmel, and Louis Schryer. With their mix of Celtic, Québecois, and Cape Breton styles they rock the house wherever they play. “They bring the best of many musical worlds together in their explorations of traditional, Celtic, and Quebecois music. Every one of their pieces is skillfully arranged…
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Caitlin Warbelow and Chris Ranney
Caitlin Warbelow Caitlin Warbelow hails from a family of entrepreneurs and bush pilots in Alaska and for the last seven years served as the violinist/fiddler in the original Broadway cast of the Tony Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated musical, Come From Away. (When Come From Away closed in late 2022, it was the 40th longest-running musical in Broadway…