About Celtic Calling
Our Purpose
A celebration of Celtic arts, culture and traditions. It includes music, dance, education, athleticism, and family fun.
In 2022 - we set a Guinness World Record for the ‘ Largest Gathering of People Wearing Unicorn Horns’ (Scotland's National Animal)
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history, Sponsors
Look for in 2026
Sponsors and Thank You
9 Years of Excellence
Athletics
5K Kilt Run/2K Walk
Irish Road Bowling
Children’s Highland Games Culture & Fun In General
Celtic Brunch
Clan tents
Crafters
Children’s Crafts
Dog Show for Celtic & all breeds
Pageant for Gathering Cheiftain and Cheiftainess,
Open mic POETRY
Kirkin o'the Tartans church service
Library Events
George Daugherty Tall Stories C
Athletics
5K Kilt Run/2K Walk
Irish Road Bowling
Children’s Highland Games Culture & Fun In General
Celtic Brunch
Clan tents
Crafters
Children’s Crafts
Dog Show for Celtic & all breeds
Pageant for Gathering Cheiftain and Cheiftainess,
Open mic POETRY
Kirkin o'the Tartans church service
Library Events
George Daugherty Tall Stories Competition
Playwright Competition
Capitol Street PARADE
Kanwaha Valley Pipes and Drums
Beni Kedem Highlanders
Jacobite Reenactors
Unicorns
Appalachian Lads and Lassies Dancers
Lincoln County Cloggers
Mary Louise King and Jim Wallace
FOOTMAD Ceili/Celidh Dance
Music
Acoustic Music Sessions
Almost Heaven Dulcimer Group
Kinnfolk
The Charleston Rogues
Tim and Maggie
Father Son and Friends
Patrick O'Flatherty
Twisted Laurel
Mountain Thyme
The Brickersons
House of Hamill
WVIFF Film
Celtic Theater, Stage Readings of Five One act Plays
9 Years of Excellence
Sponsors and Thank You
9 Years of Excellence
HIGHLIGHTS - The foundation we build on and add to every year.
Celtic Calling started in 2016. The 2021 Gathering was cancelled .
FOOTMAD Centerpiece Traditional Music Concerts have featured Irish and Scottish Groups, Daimh, Teada x 2, Skippers Alley, Heron's Valley , TannaHill Weavers and The Jeremiahs.
Mountain Stage has featured Seamus
HIGHLIGHTS - The foundation we build on and add to every year.
Celtic Calling started in 2016. The 2021 Gathering was cancelled .
FOOTMAD Centerpiece Traditional Music Concerts have featured Irish and Scottish Groups, Daimh, Teada x 2, Skippers Alley, Heron's Valley , TannaHill Weavers and The Jeremiahs.
Mountain Stage has featured Seamus Egan Quartet and
The Jeremiah's.
Local and Regional Music Artists: Father Son and Friends, Bastard Bearded Irishmen, Mountain Thyme, Tim and Maggie, Pepper Fandango, The Company Stores, Contrarians, Jenny Allinder and Jim Mullins, Patrick O'Flaherty, Beni Kedem Highlanders Pipe Band, Dina Hornbaker, Beeswing, Plaid Clash, Appalachian Celtic Consort, John Doyle, Autumn Equinox, Wild Ones, Kanawha Valley Pipes and Drums, Modock Rounders, The Charleston Rogues, Wild Ones, Almost Heaven Dulcimer Group, Sarah an Joe Marchio, George Daugherty, Swingstein and Robin, Andrew Branard—solo bagpipe, Dave Haas and Friends,
Minor Swing
Patrick Olwell, and sons,
St. Albans Scottish Fiddle Orchestra , Poor Mans Gambit, the Mudlarks, Kinnfolk, Patrick O'Flatherty
Films: The Commitments,
Brown Willy, Song of Granite,
The Camino Voyage, Bait,
Red Tide Moon, Kneecap
“Let the Wrong One In”
Heritage and Cultural Programs – Travelogues to Orkney Isles, Irleland, Galicia, Irish Fairy Folk Lore, The Campbells of Canna, Dr 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/Walk Playwright Competition - Theater, Fire Artists - Family Cycle, National Guard Rockwall Hymnsing - Cooking Workshop Guinness Cooking Competition
Sponsors and Thank You
Sponsors and Thank You
Sponsors and Thank You
Thank you to our sponsors and business partners for supporting the Festival in 2026.
Thank you to these sponsors:
WV Lottery
Brewer & Company of
West Virginia Inc.
WTSQ 88.1FM
Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation
Cindy McGhee
Donna James
Caldwell Insurance Agency
In Addition:
Thank you to those who host, help put on and promote events during th
Thank you to our sponsors and business partners for supporting the Festival in 2026.
Thank you to these sponsors:
WV Lottery
Brewer & Company of
West Virginia Inc.
WTSQ 88.1FM
Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation
Cindy McGhee
Donna James
Caldwell Insurance Agency
In Addition:
Thank you to those who host, help put on and promote events during the weekend, Kanawha County Main Library
Friends of Old Time Music and Dance -FOOTMAD
Kanawha United Presbyterian Church
Adelphia Sports Bar & Grill
Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema by WVIFF
WV Irish Road Bowling, Folklore Music Exchange
Taylor Books
Short Story Brewing
Bears Den
Wandering Wind Meadery
Charleston Nano Brewery
Hagy's Irish Pie Pub
Friends of Spring Hill Cemetery Park and Arboretum
Fife Street Brewery
Thank you to our presenters, performers musicians and dancers.
Thank you to the Volunteers who organize and help run Events.
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