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Past Event Performers


Chief O'Neill Day (Hastings Irish Festival)
August 8, 2004
John Williams & Dean Magraw
Paddy Keenan
Laura MacKenzie
Barra
Scoil na d'Tri
The Eddies
Roisin Dubh

Henry Ford Fiddle Fest
June 19 & 20, 2004
Mike Seeger
Spider John Koerner
Cousin Dad
Jerry Rau Band
Barra

2004 Minnesota Folk Festival
April 30, May 1 & 2, 2004
Old Blind Dogs
John Renbourn & Jacqui McShee
Ann Reed
Pat Donohue
Wyrd Systers
Machinery Hill
Cam Waters
Sara Thomsen
Nordic Angst
Cousin Dad
Barra
New Folk Songwriting Contest

2004 St. Paul Celtic Connection
February 20 & 21, 2004
O'Shaughnessy Auditorium, College of St. Catherine, St Paul, MN

Irish Dance (music by Barra)
The Eddies
Teada
Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
Irish Dance
(music by Barra)
5 Mile Chase
Cathie Ryan and Her Band
Eire Japan

9th Annual St. Patrick's Day IRISH CEILI DANCE
March 17, 2004



Antique Power Show
July 25, 26 & 27, 2003 - Little Log House Pioneer Village, Hastings MN
James Keelaghan
Frankie Gavin & Rick Epping
Becky Schlegel
Laura Mackenzie
The Skirts
Bill Hinkley & Judy Larson
The Gaels
Pop Wagner
The Cajun Hot Soles
The Mastadons
5 Mile Chase
The Eddies
Moon Coin Ceili Dancers
Barra
Art Carnage
Girl Germs
Jim Price
Curtis & Loretta

St. Patrick's Day Special Event
March 17, 2003 - CSPS Hall, St. Paul, MN
Frankie Gavin
7th Annual Irish Ceili Dance featuring Barra

Fundraiser for the Minnesota Folk Festival
December 7, 2002 - St. Paul MN
Frankie Gavin
Rick Epping
Roger Landes
The Eddies
Becky Schlegel
Barra

2002 Minnesota Folk Festival
September 21 & 22, 2002 - Mounds Park, St. Paul MN
John Gorka
Vance Gilbert
Lynn Miles
Tim Eriksen
Cafe Accordion Orchestra
Lehto & Wright
Becky Schlegel
The Eddies
Bill Isles, winner of the 2001 MFF New Folk Songwriting Contest
Laura MacKenzie
The Bells of the North, English Morris Dancing
Also appearing:
Louis Killen
Barra
Bill Cagley
Katryn Conlin
Adam Granger
Bob Douglas
Lisa Kane
Kip Peltoniemi

Fundraiser for the Minnesota Folk Festival
June 22, 2002 - St. Paul, MN
Christine Lavin
Vance Gilbert
Bill Isles, winner of the 2001 MFF New Folk Songwriting Contest
Guest appearance by Buddy Mondlock

2001 Minnesota Folk Festival
September 15 & 16, 2001 - Mounds Park, St. Paul MN
James Keelaghan
Pat Donohue
Peter Ostroushko
Lojo Russo & Funks Grove
The Deadly Nightshade Family Singers
The Wild Goose Chase Cloggers
Snaker Dave Ray
Papa John Kolstad
Monroe Crossing
David Hanners, winner of the 2000 MFF New Folk Songwriting Contest

St. Paul Celtic Connection
March 16 & 17, 2001 - St. Paul MN
The Boys of the Lough
James Kelly & Daithi Sproule
Ethnic Dance Theater Vocal Ensemble
Charlie Piggott & Gerry Harrington
Louis Killen
Calliope House
Bill Watkins
Louis Killen
Ethnic Dance Theater Ensemble
Jerry Rau
Scoil na d'tri Wild Goose Chase Cloggers

2000 Minnesota Folk Festival
September 16, 2000 - Mears Park, St. Paul MN
New Riverside Ramblers
Christine Lavin
Minnesota Pipes & Drums
Kathy & Leo Lara
Ross Sutter
Linda Breitag
Jamie Gans
Eric Mohrting
Scoil na dTri
Tom Robinson, winner of the 1999 New Folk Singer Songwriting Contest

1999 Midway Folk Festival
Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band
Dakota Dave Hull & Kari Larson
John Van Orman
Charlie Maguire with Gordy Abel & Lisa Fuglie
Spider John Koerner
Jerry Rau
JJ's Zydeco Pay Dirt
Eric Peltoniemi
Calliope House
The Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band
Clann na' Cairde
Ethnic Dance Theater Vocal Ensemble
Grande Prairie
Dick Hensold & Karen Mueller
Swallow the Earth
Tom Schaefer & Bill Cagley & Bob Black
Karl Smelker & Lee Tedrow
Urban Renewal Bluegrass
The Wild Goose Chase Cloggers

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