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Stellar Line Up of Celtic Bands!...Both Irish and Scottish groups are set to perform on Memorial Day weekend in Costa Mesa for the Annual Scottish Highland Games and Celtic Music Festival.

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Music LineUp The Ploughboys

Highland Way Always a crowd favorite, So. California based Highland Way will take the stage both days at this year’s Annual Scottish Highland Games and Celtic Music Festival in Costa Mesa!

Rich Cashman, (bass) Jesse Olema, (fiddle) Mark Romano, (accordion) and Peter Romano, (guitar.)

Highland Way features: David Burns banjo, mandolin, vocals, fiddler Michael Kelly, and world-renowned bassist Olivier Prud'homme, Jonathan Baer (percussion).

Playing everything from High Energy Festivals to Performing Arts Theaters, from Scotland to Nova Scotia, Ireland to California, Highland Way are uncompromising professionals. These seasoned studio session musicians bring that same polished energy to stages around the world. With their huge repertoire they know how to tailor their performance to the audience. A native Scot with his Glasgow accent, Brian Caldwell is well known for his wonderful ability to charm any crowd while his energetic and driving rhythm guitar blends flawlessly with the rest of the band. Joining Brian are Paul Graham Castellanos - on fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, Sharon Whyte - on accordion and keyboards, Bob Sale - on percussion and drums, Glen Fisher - on bass, and master of guitars Jim Soldi. Highlighting Celtic music from Scotland and Ireland, with originals and the occasional popular cover, Highland Way truly creates the ultimate Celtic Music experience! www.highlandway.us

Another, popular band that will be back at this year’s Scottish Fest and Celtic Music Festival was founded in 1994 by Mark Romano, LA’s beloved Ploughboys! The Ploughboys are a Los Angeles Celtic Institution. The Brothers Romano, Mark and Peter, breathe life and energy into old standards, and new classics. The rhythms, delicate or driving, are handled by Rich Cashman on the bass, and Rik Shannon, on the drums. Fueled by the virtuoso twin fiddles of Vito and Jesse, the Ploughboys bring an energy and fun-filled vigor to Celtic music that is matched by few bands, in any genre, today. Says Mark Romano of their upcoming booking at Scottish Fest USA, “We are honored to be one of the anchor bands at one of the most exciting Scottish Festivals in the US held over Memorial Day weekendat the Orange County Fairgrounds! It is always one of our favorite gigs; great location, terrific people, quality sound, and beautiful weather. Most of all, we're ready to rock ScotsFest, USA with new tunes and even more daring kilts, in 2015!” www.ploughboys.net

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Music LineUp Eric Rigler and Bad Haggis Bad Haggis

One of the best known professional musicians in Los Angeles and a favorite among those who work in LA’s fabled music industry just happens to be one of the favorites in Celtic Music circles too! We are referring to Eric Rigler is best known as an American who has mastered three traditional Celtic musical instruments, the Uilleann pipes, the Highland Bagpipes and for good measure the tin whistle. Rigler is also one of the most prolific studio musicians on the planet and has been featured on a number of movie soundtracks including BRAVEHEART and The Titanic. Rigler plays on his own and with the band Bad Haggis.

According to Wikipedia, Rigler has been has been described as "the most recorded bagpiper of all time". He has been playing all forms of bagpipes and tin whistles since he was a child, (Took up the bagpipes at 7) performing solo, with bagpipe bands and other musical groups. It has been said that if one hears bagpipes in a movie, a commercial or TV show, it is most likely to be Eric Rigler.

Bad Haggis was founded by Rigler over ten years ago and the band has garnered a fine reputation as a solid Celtic Rock group with traditional musical elements melding into the modern mix; they have become a Celtic fusion band far better than most.

Always on top of their game and eager to deliver a rousing fast paced, energy packed set; Bad Haggis are a must see group Eric Rigler at this years Celtic Music Extravaganza in Costa Mesa, AKA Scottish Fest USA! www.badhaggis.com “BAD HAGGIS fuses cutting-edge Celtic with influences of rock, alternative, jazz, pop, world beat, African and Latin influences. Driven by the dual leads of the “bagtar” by Eric and guitarist Mike Hoffmann, to the deeply grooving rhythms by bassist/vocalist Mick Linden and drummer Ryan Krieger, BAD HAGGIS produces a hearing-is-believing sonic experience.”

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Music LineUp Sligo Rags

(From left) Michael Kelly (fiddle); Eli Marcus (bass); Jonathan Baer (percussion); David Burns (guitar, banjo)

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Folkworks Magazine has praised Sligo Rags as one of the top acoustic bands today! They are also two-time winners of the Orange County Music Award for Best Folk Band! This dynamic ensemble presents Celtic Folk with a decidedly bluegrass attitude. Sligo Rags is taking the local and not-so-local Folk and Celtic music scenes by storm with a unique blend of eclectic musical influences. Dan Miller of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine says “These guys have it all-great vocals, lots of energy, captivating songs, well executed arrangements, and tasteful solos.” Their debut studio recording, “The Night Before the Morning After”, was called “the best I’ve heard from a stateside band” by Celtic Beat Magazine.

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ist David Burns who was recently featured in Flatpicking Guitar Magazine has the ability to weave musical styles together and it helps create their unique sound and style. The sum total of the talents of these four very individual and talented music makers are guaranteed to fill the room and your lives with electricity. They may give you a good laugh or two along the way as well.

Dave Burns also commented about the upcoming Scottish Fest USA Memorial Weekend event and festivals gone by, “We’re looking greatly forward to taking time out from our busy Disneyland schedule to participate in one of our favorite annual events, the ScottishFest at the OC Fairgrounds. We will continue to be missing the presence of Alex Beaton, but hope to pull off a performance that will make him proud.” www.sligorags.com

“…A ‘money back, no questions asked if you are not thrilled’ act. Bring friends. Dynamic, up tempo, multi-talented. A fusion that just crackles.” —Bob Stane, The Coffee Gallery Backstage

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MUSIC: every Thursday, Friday & Saturday (sometimes on Sunday)

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Costa Mesa, CA (949) 646-8855 HOURS: Monday - Thursday: 4pm to 2am

Friday: 2pm to 2am Saturday & Sunday: 11am to 2am

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Music LineUp Wicker Tinkers

Cask Strength Tribal Celtic Music!

The final extraordinary Celtic Band being presented by Scottish Fest USA and the Celtic Music Festival for 2015 is the invincible Wicked Tinkers. The band and their fans are legends in their own time. They are Wicked Good and been an essential part of the entertainment at Scottish Games and Celtic Festivals around the U.S. almost since their inception in L.A. in 1995!

Prepare yourself for a wild ride with WICKED TINKERS! Pioneers of the growing Tribal Celtic movement, the Tinkers have been playing haunting, heart-pounding bagpipes and irresistible tribal drums as a professional touring band since 1995.

With the addition, several years back, of the mesmerizing drone of the Australian didgeridoo and Bronze Age Irish horn, the magic was complete. Sit back and be

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transported to an earlier time in Scotland and Ireland, when battle cries filled the air and strange, unheard-of creatures roamed the night. Or better yet, get on your feet and let your body move to ancient rhythms and forgotten sounds.

In 1995, bagpiper Aaron Shaw met bass drum player Warren Casey at The Celtic Arts Center in Los Angeles, CA. Playing together, they discovered the simple beauty and power of the music created by these two instruments.

“The combination seemed to tap the very soul of Gaelic Music,” says Shaw.

Over the years, the band has evolved. Keith Jones joined in on snare drum and hand percussion in 2000, followed by CJ Henderson on didgeridoo and the recently discovered Bronze-Age Irish Horn – a sound that was lost for over three thousand years. Most recently in 2013, Tiki King replaced Warren Casey on the big drum. This strange and unlikely combination of instruments seems to access our deepest connection to a primal place that is both ancient and hauntingly familiar. It is the music of our Celtic ancestors, re-imagined for today. www.wickedtinkers.com

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Whisky Tavern Entertainment Celtic Performance Artist, Neil O'Neill and Those Manning Bhoys will also be performing on and near the very popular Whisky Tavern and Stage!

The Manning Brothers, Mike and Sean, friends and guests always deliver great shows and they are the O'fficial Irish Contingent at ScottishFest USA. When not on stage, you can find them at their MY IRISH PRIDE Booth conveniently located near the Whisky Tavern!

Neil O'Neill Celtic Performance Artist Neil O'Neill offers a deep range of Celtic and Irish Music! O’Neill is a gifted musician, educator and makar who was born in Johnstone, Scotland, about a mile from the William Wallace, BRAVEHEART monument in Elderslie.

A fine tenor, and multi-instrumentalist, he has been featured globally for the last three decades at many concertfestival venues around the world! One of the most notable, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Dunstaffnage Music Festival (Oban, Scotland) and of course many times at the Scottish Fest USA in Costa Mesa, CA! www.neiloneill.us

Nancy Lennon, Mike & Sean Manning and Bill Lomas at the recent Irish Spotlight in Newport Beach. The Mannings performed at the After Party at Muldoon's Irish Pub for the 16th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival!

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