The latest was Tuesday, when the popular Yachats Celtic Music Festival announced it was canceling its three-day event in November for the second year in a row. The COVID-19 Delta variant that is surging through Oregon and Lincoln County has started knocking off entertainment and other events scheduled the next few months. *** Altan, a traditional Irish group, was to headline this year’s Yachats Celtic Music Festival, but had to pull out because of travel restrictions. ArtsWatch is republishing the piece with permission. 25, 2021, by, an ArtsWatch Community Partner. Join the mailing list to hear the news first or follow us across Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.EDITOR’S NOTE: “Yachats Celtic Music Festival canceled due to COVID surge,” Cheryl Romano’s story about recent event cancellations caused by the pandemic, was published originally on Aug.

The Trust aim to be back with HebCelt in a live format from 13-16 July 2022.

Seisean HebCelt was produced in July 2020 and the team delivered Survival Sessions, a hybrid programme (live and digital) presented during 14-17 July 2021. In these pandemic years, the HebCelt team have had to adopt a different approach to presenting content that we all feel represents the ethos of the event, promotes our diverse local talent and maintains engagement with our loyal global audience. HebCelt is a cultural phenomenon for its community, it offers a sense of homecoming to those islanders returning to meet family and friends and it extends a Hebridean hand of friendship to visitors who invariably come back for more. The result is a diverse blend of sights and sounds that is true to Celtic traditions but also welcoming to new ideas and influences. It mixes the best local talent with leading Scottish, UK and world artists and brings together household names and emerging talent to provide a feast of music to appeal to all ages. HebCelt passionately protects and promotes its heritage, including the vibrant Gaelic and traditional music that is both part of its history and its contemporary life. Its welcoming and friendly atmosphere reflects the ethos of the dedicated team of volunteers who have created a festival with global appeal and a strong community identity. This internationally renowned event has a unique setting in the Scottish Hebridean island of Lewis, the heartland of the Gaelic language and culture.

The multi-award winning Hebridean Celtic Festival (HebCelt) has been a key feature in the cultural landscape of the Outer Hebrides since 1996.

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