FionaFest: A Musical Celebration of 41 Years of the Thistle & Shamrock®

The Swannanoa Gathering will be hosting a tribute concert at White Horse Black Mountain on July 12th, in honor of Fiona Ritchie’s remarkable 41 years of producing and hosting NPR’s award-winning weekly program of Celtic music, The Thistle & Shamrock®. Ritchie, who retired the program last fall, has been a long-time instructor of Scottish song during the annual Swannanoa Gathering at Warren Wilson College. The concert, entitled “FionaFest”, will include twelve world class music performer/instructors from the Swannanoa Gathering – an unprecedented all-star concert line-up for western North Carolina including:

Matt Watroba
Kathy Bullock
Reggie Harris
Sara Grey
Sheila Kay Adams
Sean Gavin
Cathy Jordan
Finn Magill
Kevin Burke
Eamonn O’Leary
John Doyle
Tony McManus

You may also like the following events from White Horse Black Mountain:

• This Saturday, 28th June, 07:30 pm, Red June Reunion Show - Zoe & Cloyd with Special Guest Will Straughan in Black Mountain
• This Sunday, 29th June, 04:00 pm, Ménage & Lazybirds in Black Mountain
• Next Monday, 30th June, 07:00 pm, "Circle: The Gatherings" Community Film Premiere in Black Mountain

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