MELBOURNE CELTIC FESTIVAL

Name: MELBOURNE CELTIC FESTIVAL
Start: 2023-03-17T12:00:00+11:00
End: 2023-03-17T12:00:00+11:00
Location: The Mission to Seafarers

About

Melbourne Celtic Festival is a celebration of Celtic Music in the heart of the city on St Patrick's Day, Friday, March 17, 2023. 12.00PM - 11.00PM at The Mission to Seafarers

Get your Clan together to enjoy a stellar line-up of Celtic musicians across 3 indoor stages in this community event that promises the best Craic in town on St Paddy's Day.

Beer Garden / Spanish Style Courtyard / Fully Licensed Bar / All Day Sausage Sizzle / Dimattina Coffee Cart / Raffle / Family Friendly / Accessible Access

WHO YOU'LL SEE: (Artists subject to change)

Special International Guest Artist, SCOTTISH GUITARIST TONY MCMANUS (5.00pm The Dome & 8.00pm The Chapel) Hailed by John Renbourn as “the best Celtic guitarist in the world.” Ranked by peers and predecessors alike alongside the guitar world’s all-time greats, his fiendishly dexterous, dazzlingly original playing draws on traditions from the entire Celtic diaspora – Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Galicia, Asturias, Cape Breton, Quebec – along with still further-ranging flavours, such as jazz and eastern European music.

Also featuring high energy Celtic group AUSTRAL, Winners of Traditional Folk Album of the Year at the 2022 Australian Folk Music Awards (8.00pm The Hall)

MC CHRISTOPHER McKENNA, VICTORIA WELSH CHOIR, Wendy Stapleton's AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S CHOIR, vibrant a cappella band THURSDAY'S CHILD, female trio BHAN TRE, MARIA FORDE, Voice and Celtic Harp CLAIRE PATTI with Cellist LOUISE GODWIN, PLAY IT MARTHA, KATHRYN CLEMENTS, COMHALTAS MELBOURNE, SHONA WILLIAMS and PHIL LESTER, EMMA-KATE TOBIA, TRACEY ROBERTS, PLATFORM 9 3/4 and more...

Join our Traditional Irish Singing Workshop with Kathryn Clements. Free with Fetival Pass. Kathryn has a depth of experience teaching Traditional Irish Singing at Port Fairy Folk Festival, National Folk Festival and National Celtic Festival. Bookings essential. (5.00pm - 6.00pm Room TBC)

100% of ticket proceeds go to Rotary Foundation Australia and Australian Rotary Health Mental Health Support and Research Programs.

Raffle Tickets $5 Lots of fabulous prizes to be won including a Weekend at Poolie's Place in beautiful San Remo Vic., 2 x $250 Vouchers to Nachos Cantina Aspendale, 3 x Summer Wine Packs of 4 from Stockmans Winery, Beautiful Hampers and more...

Melbourne Celtic Festival would like to thank our fabulous Volunteers (we can't do it without you) and our partners, sponsors and donors including Rotary D9800, The Mission to Seafarers, Community Bank Murrumbeena, FreshPict Creative, Oliver-Ramsay Security, Eric and Elizabeth Gross Foundation, Dimattina Coffee, Nachos Cantina Aspendale and a groundswell of community support.