The Saline Celtic Festival
Back and Bigger than ever in 2022!
Schedule
The Festival Schedule often changes in the weeks leading up to the Main Event. We do our best to update it here as changes occur, and an up-to-date schedule will be available upon your arrival to the Festival grounds.
Saline Celtic Festival Schedule - Friday
5:00 pm Shuttle Service Begins, Gate Opens
6:00 pm Entertainment begins
Food and Beer available
Merchants area open
Main Stage Schedule:
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6:00pm - Ironwood
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7:30pm - The Codgers
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8:45pm - Mr. Pretty Legs in a Kilt Competition (register on-site)
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9:15pm - Phoenix Theory
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10:45pm - Ring of Steel, Fire Show
Music & Dance Workshops:
Workshops that will be in various tents/locations around the entrance to the festival beginning at 6:00pm:
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Stepdance w/ Marcel Lim (Teaching Sean Nos' - very old Irish Step Dance) on the Highland dance Stage
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Tin Whistle with John Driscoll
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Bodhran with Tristan Pruss
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Fiddle with Marty Somberg
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Sea Shanty singing with Carol Mohr
6:00pm Contra on Brecon Stage with Martha Vander Kolk
Music for Contra: Michael Bean and Vee Rose Cieri
7:00pm Adult Irish Dancing Group, Brecon Stage
7:30-9:00 Ceili Dance on Brecon Stage with Liz Heinzman (from Ardan Dance Academy)
Music for ceili by Michael Bean and V
7:30 Session led by DIMA
11:30 pm Last call in Beer Tent
Midnight Shuttle Service Ends
Saline Celtic Festival Schedule - Saturday
7:00 am Shuttle Service Begins
8:30 am Highland Dance Registration, Edinburgh
10:00 am Gates Open
Merchant’s Area Open, Field
10:30 am – 5:00 pm Highland Dance Competition, Edinburgh
11:00 am - Opening Ceremony with Massed Bands
12:00pm - Wee Folks Island Opens
Main Stage Schedule:
12:00pm - Nessa
1:30pm - The Moxie Strings
3:00pm - Brother Crowe
4:30pm - CrossBow
6:00pm - The Moxie Strings
7:15pm - Motor City Dance
7:45pm - Brother Crowe
9:30pm - CrossBow
10:30pm - All Band Grand Finale
10:45pm - Ring of Steele Fire Dance
Bagpipes
11:00 am Opening Ceremony and Massed Bands
1:00 pm Flint Scottish Pipe Band
1:45 pm Cabar Feidh Pipe Band
2:30 pm Grand Rapids and District Pipe Band
3:15 pm Motor City Pipes and Drums
4:00 pm Glen Erin Pipe Band
5:00 pm Massed Bands
Music & Dance Workshops:
Noon: Saline Fiddlers, Brecon Stage
1:00 Step Dancing (Sean Nos' workshop - very old traditional Irish step dance) Marcel Lim
1:00 Tin Whistle workshop
1:00 Try an Instrument workshop and/or Purcell Pipes Demonstration
2:00* Motor City Irish dance
3:00 Ceili called by Angie Bontje
Music for ceili by Michael Bean and V
4:00 Traditional Dance Demonstration: CommonWealth Dance Collective
Music for Demonstration by Michael Bean and V
5:00* Motor City Irish dance
*Tentative time; updates will be made as they are received
Competition Jousting:
12:00pm
2:00pm
4:00pm
Ring of Steel Schedule:
Noon: Circus Show
1:00 Down and Out on the Barbary Coast - Pirate Comedy Fight Show
2:00 Pirates Noir - Pirate comedy fight show!
3:00 Circus Show
4:00 Down and Out on the Barbary Coast
5:00 Pirates Noir
6:00 Circus Show
7:00 Fire Show
Events to see throughout the day: (updated schedule with times to come)
Music & Dance performances
Ancient Athletic Games
Jousting competitions
Sheep Herding demonstrations
Ring of Steel performances and interactive events
Pipes & Drums
Textile demonstrations
4:30 pm
Wee Folks Parade, Festival Field
5:00 pm
Massed Pipe Bands
10:15 pm Grand Finale with all Artists, Main Stage
10:45 pm Ring of Steel, Fire Show
11:30 pm Last call in Beer Tent
Midnight Shuttle Service Ends
(This is a tentative schedule and may be subject to change.)



