CelticFest offers several FREE workshops over the course of the weekend. Each of three workshop series (Heritage, Music, Dance) is housed in a seperate location with workshops running continuously throughout the day. Check at the CelticFest Schedule for times of all workshops.

Heritage Workshops

Fel Bautista & Friends Diamond Bar, CA	Who's Who in Irish Music
John Burleson Dallas, TX	The Art of Storytelling
Donna Fitch Bedford, TX	Celtic Music in America: Adapted and Parodied
Louisiana Rhymers New Orleans, LA	The Mummers Tradition in Ireland
Doyle Jeter Monroe, LA	Fine Arts Printmaking: Ireland and America
Dean Karres Champaign, IL	Bódhrán
Catherine Koehler	The Making of the Book of Kells: Ireland's National Treasure
Peg Loyd Little Rock, AR	Writing Songs in the Irish Tradition
Grace MacMaster Ontario, CA	Cape Breton Fiddling
Tom McCandlish Monroe, LA	Ancient Pictish & Irish Artwork
Jane Millette Springdale, AR	Genealogy: Tracing Roots
Tom Morley Fairhope, AL	Playing Irish Fiddle Tunes by ar and From Printed Music
Dan Neely Sunnyside, NY	About the Irish Session
Brian Ó Nuanáin Bossier City, LA	Ireland And Scotland, Here We Come!
Rickey Pittman Monroe, LA	Scottish and Irish Saints, History of the Scots and Irish in Texas
Linda Relph Dallas, TX	Learning, Playing, and Arranging Session Tunes
Davida Smyth Dallas, TX	Tin Whistle
Dance Workshops
Siobhán Butler	sean-nós dancing
Piper Call and Virginia Boone	Sean-nós dancing and Cape Breton dancing
Mary & Sarah Dougherty	Beginning set and céilí dancing	Ages 14 and up
Jan and Jim Gunter with Toni Calandria	Scottish ceilidh dancing
Jackson Irish Dancers	Irish set or céilí dancing	13 and up
Roberta Stamp Birmingham Irish Set Dancer	Irish set dancing	Teens and Adults

Music Workshops
CelticFest regularly schedules FREE music workshops on various Celtic instruments, including flute, tinwhistle, fiddle, guitar, bodhran (Irish drum), and more. We also arrange for top-notch singing workshops, in English and Celtic languages. All workshops are held by CelticFest's headlining and regional performers. It's a great way to get some musical instruction from great musicians in an intimate setting!

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