CELTFEST NEWS
The Elders In Concert
A special appearance Saturday, July 15, 2006!
The Elders will be performing an special advance show at the Almonte Old Town Hall Saturday, July 15th. Tickets available from Celtfest Committee members 256-3786/256-6753.
Celtfest Raffle
How would you like to go to Ireland for $5?
Win a week long vacation with open B&B vouchers and car hire…all you need is the luck of the Irish! All proceeds go to help cover some of the costs of this year’s Celtfest. Tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10. Tickets available from Celtfest Committee members or call Wendy @ 256-5830.
Open up the summer-kitchen Ceili - a Celtfest Fundraising Event
On Sunday, May 7th at the Old Town Hall in Almonte (1-4 pm), the Celtfest will be hosting a fundraising ceili supporting both the Almonte General Hospital/Fairview Manor and the Community Foundation of Ottawa (the Danny O'Connell Memorial Fund). A great line up of Celtic artists will include Terry-Lynn Mahusky, the Ironworks Celtic Session Band, Kyle Fellahauer Band, Dynamite, The Treble Irish Dansers and the Monday Night Fiddlers. Light refreshments provided by Ironworks! See you there!
ELDERS ARE BACK
Last year the Elders rocked the place, with two shows in town including the Celtfest as our headlining act... this year they are BACK! Due mostly to very popular demand, the Elders will, once again, grace our stages with their footstompin' Celtic styles! If you missed them last year, don't miss them this year!
2005 FESTIVAL A SUCCESS!
With an amazing crowd, continual Celtic music and dance the 2005 Celtfest went off without a hitch... save a bit of rain. The Elders were a great finally to a festival that featured some of the top Celtic talent in World. A great deal of thanks goes out to all our volunteers who made the show run seamlessly. We would also like to thank our sponsors who helped make this happen! Cheers... and see you next summer!
ELDERS PRE-SHOW CONCERT - SATURDAY NIGHT!!!
The headlining Celtfest group, The Elders, and Celtfest organizers are proud to announce a surprise cabaret-style performance at the Old Town Hall in Almonte, Saturday, July 16th at 8pm. Doors open at 7 and tickets are on sale now at the Chamber of Commerce Center as well as the Millar's Tale bookstore.
Celtfest Announces 2005 Performers
This year's festival will top off even the best of festivals with a recently announced lineup that will have all toes tapping! This year sees the first time appearance of special guests The Elders as well as appearances by The Ryans, Kelly Sloan & Adam Puddington as well as the Sue Fay Healy Dancers. There will be more announcements shortly! > Check out our performers
New Celtfest Web Site
Breathe Productions, Almonte's new web designer, has recently developed Celtfest's new web site. This site will feature a growing library of information on our performers and event details so be sure to keep a close eye here. > more
Thanks To All Our Volunteers
The Celtfest would like to thank all those who volunteered for the 2004 Celtfest! We welcome all of our visitors to know about the efforts that were lent to this festival. We welcome others to help us out in 2005. > more