Get in the holiday spirit with A Christmas Celtic Sojourn. Celebrate Celtic, pagan, and Christian musical & dance traditions of the season. . Enjoy this local favorite virtually this year, performed at the Shalin Liu Performance Center
Brian O’Donovan’s beloved radio program A Celtic Sojourn has entertained and enlightened radio audiences since 1986. For the last 17 years, the Christmas-time live version of the show has drawn on Celtic, Pagan, and Christian traditions to celebrate the music of the season. First launched in 2003, A Christmas Celtic Sojourn reflects the compelling and diverse offerings of the weekly and national radio programs. This season, despite the pandemic, the Christmas Celtic Sojourn will continue, albeit in an all-virtual format.
With a spectacular line up of top-level musicians, singers, and dancers from around the Celtic world, the 2020 iteration of the show promises to once again be a favorite regional Christmas offering.
Christmas Celtic Ensemble: Seamus Egan (banjo, whistles), Maeve Gilchrist (harp, piano), Chico Huff (bass), Owen Marshall (bouzouki, harmonium), Jenna Moynihan (fiddle, voice), Conor Hearne (guitar, voice), and Maura Shawn Scanlon (fiddle, voice, viola).
"...a calm, nostalgic, and musically resplendent stroll through Celtic midwinter... - Boston Globe
Guest Musicians/Dancers/Singers. Cathy Jordan (Sligo, Ireland), Eilis Kennedy (Dingle, Ireland), Mairi Campbell, Siobhan Miller, and Hannah Rarity, (Edinburgh, Scotland), Aoife O’Donovan and Eric Jacobsen, (New York), Cara Butler, (Canada), Nic Gareiss (Michigan), and Windborne (Vermont)
To purchase tickets go HERE
Note: Your Event Pass includes access to A Virtual Celtic Sojourn on the specific date and time chosen. Stream will be available starting 30 minutes before show time. In addition, your purchased ticket (pass) will give access to the program again in its entirety and on-demand from December 21st at noon through January 2nd. Ordering your event pass: When you purchase through the web site, the Event Passes will come in the form of an access link. Each access link can be used on any device (laptop, desktop, tablet, or phone).
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT LEVELS
A Christmas Celtic Sojourn provides multiple package levels to expand your Christmas Celtic experience as well as provide greater levels of support to the artists. When you purchase a CCS Patron or Sponsor level ticket, your gift is going to the Christmas Celtic Sojourn organization and its artists.
Christmas Celtic Sojourn Patron at $175
Christmas Celtic Sojourn Sponsor at $1,250
Phone: 978-546-7391
2020/12/18 - 2020/12/18
Shalin Liu Performance Center
37 Main Street, Rockport, MA 01966