TroubadourFolk: Celtic Guitar Heaven Sun 19 April'26

Name: TroubadourFolk: Celtic Guitar Heaven Sun 19 April'26
Start: 2026-04-19T14:00:00+11:00
End: 2026-04-19T14:00:00+11:00
Location: Everglades

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Tony McManus and Marcus Sturrock, 2-5 p.m., Sunday19 April, 2026. Auditorium, Everglades Club, Woy Woy

$25 members/ $30 general public

Two truly great finger style guitarists together in one afternoon: Tony McManus originally from Scotland and now resident in Canada, in a double bill with Marcus Sturrock from Australia. This will be an afternoon of beautiful, emotionally rich music with a touch of wonderous magic! Truly, this is Celtic Guitar Heaven, and you can find it only in Woy Woy, on the NSW Central Coast.

Tony McManus has been hailed by John Renbourn as “the best Celtic guitarist in the world”; and listed as one of the 50 transcendent guitarists of all time by Guitar Player Magazine.

Tony has extended and transcended the parameters of contemporary Celtic music. Ranked alongside the guitar world’s all-time greats, his dexterous, dazzling, fiendishly original playing draws on traditions from the entire Celtic diaspora – Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Galicia, Asturias, Cape Breton, Quebec – along with flavours, such as jazz and east European music. His has an uncanny ability to transpose the delicate, complex ornamentation of traditional bagpipe or fiddle tunes – even the phrasing of a Gaelic song – onto his own six strings.

Marcus Sturrock (Australia) is a hidden musical treasure, one of the few performers in the world who could be paired alongside Tony McManus. Much of his career has been spent in the world of music recording. A short description of Marcus Sturrock at work covers all the following, and much more: Guitarist; Multi-instrumentalist; Film maker; musical mentor to other musicians; recording studio owner; Music producer; TAFE Lecturer in Music Composition & Audio Engineering; Magician; Sound & lighting for Aboriginal Dance company; Session musician; Drummer, Guitarist, and Bassist for 40 bands & 2 Orchestras; Artist; Composer; Caregiver; Graphic Artist; Music therapist for the profoundly autistic; Poet, Lyricist, Vocalist; Composer for Movie Soundtracks.

Here's what a few music critcs and fellow musicians have to say about him:

“Marcus has forged a truly unique sound from the acoustic guitar, melody, harmony & in your face Rhythm on one instrument, astounding”. Tony McManus (Celtic guitar virtuoso)

“I was fortunate enough to catch a performance by Marcus Sturrock emotively weaving his musical influences from Folk, Funk, Jazz, Middle Eastern, Classical, Celtic, to Flamenco & more with technical ease and diverse percussive beats on the Guitars body while simultaneously playing melody, harmony & scatting; Marcus is a standout innovative composer”.
Robin Lumley - Audio Engineer/Producer for David Bowie, Genesis, Phil Collins, Moody Blues, Pete Townsend, Stéphane Grappelli, Bill Bruford, Eric Burdon, Procol Harum, Gary Moore & the London Symphony Orchestra.

'... an incredible musician who had this magical gift of connection ... It's his love language... Marcus's music is an extension of his heart and soul and i dare say it's impossible to not feel that when Marcus plays. And for that I am eternally grateful. The lessons, the time, the inspiration but most importantly, Marcus shows us his heart each and every time.'
Guy Ghouse, WAM Award Guitarist of the year. Member of the Order of Australia (OAM).

'Marcus is not merely an adept guitarist; he has the happy ability to play music rather than just notes, and to infect the audience with his own joy'.
Doug Spencer - Ex Producer /Presenter ‘The Planet’ ABC Radio National.

All of this adds up to one fabulous afternoon of music. DON'T MISS OUT, book now while you still can.