history, Sponsors
2024 - Highlights
Sponsors and Thank You
8 Years of Excellence
Art
Paint a Highland Coo
Athletics
5K Run/2K Walk to benefit:
The Friends of Springhill Cemetery Park and Arboretum
Irish Road Bowling @Kanawha State Forest
Children’s Highland Games with Caber Tossing and Sheaf Toss Culture & Fun In General
Celtic Brunch
Clan tents
Crafters
Children’s Crafts, including ‘Sockness Monster’ puppe
Art
Paint a Highland Coo
Athletics
5K Run/2K Walk to benefit:
The Friends of Springhill Cemetery Park and Arboretum
Irish Road Bowling @Kanawha State Forest
Children’s Highland Games with Caber Tossing and Sheaf Toss Culture & Fun In General
Celtic Brunch
Clan tents
Crafters
Children’s Crafts, including ‘Sockness Monster’ puppets
Dog Show for Celtic & all breeds
Pageant for Gathering Cheiftan and Cheiftaness,
Kirkin of the Tartans church service at
Kanawha United Presbyterian
George Daugherty Tall Stories Competition
PARADE
Kanwaha Valley Pipes and Drums
Beni Kedem Highlanders
West Virginia Highlander Pipes and Drums from Elkins,
Pipes and Drums of St Andrew from Parkersburg,
Loch Ness Monster & Mythological Puppets
Jacobite Reenactors
Unicorns
Celtic flag bearers
Appalachian Lads and Lassies Dancers
Lincoln County Cloggers
Parade Marshall - Leigh and Jane Shepherd
Dance
Savana Brown
Lincoln County Clogger's Appalachian Lads and Lassies doing both Irish and Scottish Dance
Children's Dance Workshop
Ceili Dance
Music
Acoustic Music Sessions
Almost Heaven Dulcimer Group
Dave Haas and Friends
Kinnfolk
St. Albans Scottish Fiddle Orchestra
Student Music Competition
Daimh
The Charleston Rogues
Tim and Maggie
Father Son and Friends
Theater & Film
Celtic Theater, Stage Readings of Five One act Plays , All winners of Playwright Competition
“Let the Wrong One In” Irish Film
8 Years of Excellence
Sponsors and Thank You
8 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
Films: The Commitments,
Brown Willy, Song of Granite,
The Camino Voyage, Bait,
Red Tide Moon
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 2025.
Please contact us if you would like to be a sponsor in 2025
Thank you to these sponsors:
Home Page Sponsor: $2000
WV Lottery
Beattie Firth Inc Realtors
Hearth Sponsor: $1500
Brewer & Company of
West Virginia Inc.
Circle Sponsor: $500
Thomas T. Kirk
P&E - Plumb
Thank you to our sponsors and business partners for supporting the Festival in 2025.
Please contact us if you would like to be a sponsor in 2025
Thank you to these sponsors:
Home Page Sponsor: $2000
WV Lottery
Beattie Firth Inc Realtors
Hearth Sponsor: $1500
Brewer & Company of
West Virginia Inc.
Circle Sponsor: $500
Thomas T. Kirk
P&E - Plumbing and Electrical
WTSQ 88.1FM
City Business Improvement District
In Addition:
“This project is supported with financial assistance from the
West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History and the
National Endowment for the Arts with approval from the West
Virginia Commission on the Arts.”
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, Kanawha United Presbyterian Church, Adelphia Sports Bar, Rock City Cake Company, Floralee Hark Cohen Cinema by WVIFF, WV Irish Road Bowling, Rock City Cake Company, Folklore Music Exchange, Taylor Books, Short Story Brewing, Bears Den, Wandering Wind Meadery
Thank you to our presenters, performers musicians and dancers.
Thank you to the Volunteers who organize and help run Events.
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