Monthly Archives: December 2021

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Calling All Fiddle Players

Happy New Year, fiddle aficionados, If you recall, the virtual 2020 Spanish Peaks International Celtic Music Festival featured the debut performance of The Bow Tides, three wonderful fiddle players with [...]

December 30th, 2021|

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Once Again, From Lúnasa….

May 20, 2022

Back in 2018 the Spanish Peaks Celtic Music Festival was thrilled to have two fabulous musicians attend: flute and whistle player, Kevin Crawford and fiddler Collin Farrell. Both play with Lúnasa, the band... Read more →

Announcing Our Featured Artists for the 2022 Festival!

May 17, 2022

Dear Friends of the Festival: We are in the process of putting together a star line-up of performers for this year’s Festival. In the days to come we will be... Read more →

Hello! I’m Ben Kelley!

May 5, 2022

I have had a long history of working and volunteering at many events in the Denver area as well as coordinating many parades, most notably the National Western Stock Show... Read more →

New Festival Administrator!

April 23, 2022

Spring is just around the corner in the Spanish Peaks region. The grass is greening, the perennials are sprouting leaves and new growth, and we have tulips in full bloom. ... Read more →

Katherine Emsden 1

May 3, 2016

The SPICF of Huerfano County is a unique experience both for musicians and for we who attend the quantity and quality of their performances. Where else can one walk into a harp or bodhran class, sit down and have a marvelous first encounter with your own instrument? Where else do performer tell of their own lives and of their development of several musical styles from Ireland, Scotland, Appalachia and other Celtic heritage places?