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Moore & McGregor at Black Irish Pub

Our Pre-Holiday Shows

We have booked a pre-holiday tour in souther Ontario…from London to Renfrew. Check out our list of shows at the lower right of our home page to see which schools have booked us to find out if we’re coming to your area. You’ll notice some gaps in the dates we’re playing. If your school is […]

Celtic Rathskallions at Carp Memorial Hall

This was a great show for the Carp Historical Society. This was a ‘grown-up’ show arranged by MASC. A small but responsive crowd greeted our songs and tunes with enthusiasm. We shared refreshments after the performance and made some new friends. Always a pleasure to perform for fine folks!

Autumn Touring – 2016

We’ve been on the road in Maritime Canada for three weeks now with one more week to go! It’s one of the most beautiful seasons to be here. The leaves are turning, the harvest is in full swing, the nights are nippy. We just arrived in Halifax from a whirlwind two days in Cape Breton. We […]

Celtic Rathskallions at Stewart Park Festival

We are happy to be playing the wonderful Stewart Park Festival in beautiful Perth, Ontario on August 16 and 17, 2016. We’ll be playing a noon show on the main stage on Saturday and then a theatre show and a workshop on Sunday. Stewart Park is an excellent festival with a great lineup every year […]

New video – Rathskallions across Canada, Ireland and America

Contact us to book your Celtic Rathskallions show at your school, theatre, or home.

Wendy in Bahamas

View photos from Wend’s excursion to perform in the Bahamas.

2015: A year of change

2015. What a time we had! We toured New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Western Canada. We started adding Celtiçity http://www.celticity.ca shows to our tours and offerings. We both became full time performing musicians and music teachers. Major personal milestones dotted the year, reminding us that change is the only constant and the present moment […]

It’s time to visit the present!

We’ve seen a lot of changes since the last post on this site and we have decided to make performing and music teaching our focus so you’ll see more content in this site and more opportunities to see us.

Orchestral shenanigans

Ottawa Citizen “Orchestral Shenanigans”

It’s not that far from the oboe to the tin whistle. Or from the oboe to the bagpipes, for that matter. Wendy Moore, founding member of The Celtic Rathskallions, who played the oboe in a symphony orchestra for 10 years, demonstrates the principle behind the bagpipes for thousands of schoolchildren each year.