Celtic Calling Gathering 2020 Schedule

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HIGHLIGHTS

FOOTMAD Centerpiece Traditional Concerts have featured  Irish and Scottish Groups, Daimh, Teada, Skippers Alley,  Heron's Valley.

Mountain Stage has featured Seamus Egan Quartet and   

The Jeremiah's.

Local and Regional Artists: Father Son and Friends, Bastard Bearded Irishmen, Mountain Thyme, Tim and Maggie, Pepper Fandango, Company Stores, Contrarians, Patrick O'Flaherty, Beni Kedem Highlanders Pipe Band, Dina Hornbaker, Beeswing, Plaid Clash, Appalachian Celtic Consort, John Doyle, Wild Ones, Kanawha Valley Pipes and Drums, Modock Rounders, Charleston Rogues, Almost Heaven Dulcimer Group, Sarah an Joe Marchio, George Daugherty, Poor Mans Gambit

Films: The Commitments, Brown Willy, Song of Granite, The Camino Voyage

Heritage and Cultural Programs – Travelogues to Orkney Isles, Irleland, Galicia, Irish Fairy Folk Lore, Mick Moloney connecting Appalachia,  Spinning/ Weaving and Sheep Display, Highland Cows, Clydesdale

 Irish and Scottish Dance Performance and Workshops

  Tall Tales Storytelling       

Kirkin of the Tartans 

 Music Sessions - 5K Kilt Run, Playwright Competition - Theater,  Fire Artists - Family Cycle, National Guard Rockwall Hymnsing - Cooking  Workshop  Guinness Cooking Competition

Thank you to our sponsors and business partners for  supporting the Festival in 2020. Special thanks to, Beattie-Firth Inc , Guinness, McKinley Carter Wealth Services, WV Demolition,  Meyer, Ford & Glasser, PLLC, Pat Knows Ireland, Charleston Main Street, Taylor Books and The City of Charleston.

Thank you to those who host, help put on and promote events during the weekend, Charleston Convention and Visitor Bureau, Kanawha County Main Library, Friends of Old Time Music and Dance -FOOTMAD, Charleston Area Alliance, WTSQ 881.1FM, Kanawha United Presbyterian, Adelphia Sports Bar, Rock City Cake Company, Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema by WVIFF, Charleston parkrun, Uncork and Create, WV Irish Road Bowling, Boulevard Tavern and The Empty Glass.

Thank you to our presenters, performers musicians and dancers.

Thank you to the Volunteers who organize and help run Events.

Paper Schedules are available

 while supplies last at Starlings Coffee Shop, Tricky Fish, Bluegrass Kitchen and Zeegers on the East End. Charleston Visitors Center at Capitol Market, Taylor Books, Adelphia Sports Bar,  Rock City Cake Company, Art Emporium in Downtown Charleston.  Lola's Pizza in South Hills. Budget Tapes and Records in Kanawha City. Books and Brews on the West Side.