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LXCL:LOWENDER: A CORNISH/ KERNEWEK WORD FOR MIRTH, JOY OR FESTIVITY. We celebrate Cornwall’s rich and distinctive culture; championing Cornwall’s living traditions locally, nationally and internationally. We are passionate about the power of cultural exchange to connect communities, contributing to a society that finds strength and joy in diversity. Come to the festival, join us at an event, get involved as a partner – let’s celebrate Cornish culture!

Book your Festival Rover pass to enjoy the Lowender Festival at your own pace 🎟️. This flexible pass lets you dip into a rich mix of Cornish and Celtic music, dance, and language sessions across the programme and includes access to all Wesley concerts, events at The Ladder, Community Centre ceilidhs, dance workshops and most music workshops from Friday 16th October to Sunday 18th October. Thursday night&#39;s album launch with Anna Anise,&nbsp;the music workshops with Tim Edey and Michael McGoldrick and the Regal Cinema film screenings are excluded from this Festival Rover pass. For events in venues with a small capacity, your Festival Rover pass provides access but does not guarantee entry. In small venues, a number of spaces are allocated to season ticket holders and entry is on a first come, first served basis. No admission will be possible once a venue reaches capacity. &nbsp; By registering, you&rsquo;re helping celebrate and safeguard Cornwall&rsquo;s living heritage through shared experiences, workshops, and late‑night tunes. Lowender is a registered charity, and we appreciate your help in keeping Cornish / Celtic culture accessible through your ticket purchase and any additional donations 🎶.

Festival Rover

Cabaret with Woodkern, a highly popular, youth-led contemporary folk band based across Cornwall and Devon. They perform a fresh, vibrant blend of traditional Cornish, Irish, and English folk music alongside original material, using a lineup of fiddles, accordions, bagpipes, bouzoukis, and powerful vocals. The seven-piece ensemble consists of talented young musicians&mdash;Lily Lakeman, Olly Kessell, Eva Reid, Karenza Lily-May, Max Morrison, Harry Kessell, and Ruby Gillson. Taking their name from the historical Irish and Celtic &quot;woodkerns&quot; (who acted as guardians of the land), they are deeply passionate about preserving Cornish musical heritage while giving it a modern, energetic twist. Survivors&#39; Ceilidh: for those who have made it to the bitter end - we salute you! A last chance to dance out Lowender! ******************&nbsp; By registering, you&rsquo;re helping celebrate and safeguard Cornwall&rsquo;s living heritage through shared experiences, workshops, and late‑night tunes. Lowender is a registered charity, and we appreciate your help in keeping Cornish / Celtic culture accessible through your ticket purchase and any additional donations 🎶.

Cabaret with Woodkern & Survivors' Ceilidh

Exploring Cornish &amp; Welsh Tunes with Tommie &amp; Christine, aka The Twin Tides. 📅 &nbsp;Sunday 18th October &nbsp;<br style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center; box-sizing: inherit;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">📍 Redruth Community Centre<br style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">🕗 14:00 - 16:30 ******************&nbsp; By registering, you&rsquo;re helping celebrate and safeguard Cornwall&rsquo;s living heritage through shared experiences, workshops, and late‑night tunes. Lowender is a registered charity, and we appreciate your help in keeping Cornish / Celtic culture accessible through your ticket purchase and any additional donations 🎶.

Exploring Cornish & Welsh Tunes with Tommie & Christine

Bodmin Moor, an ancient, wild, and beautiful landscape, was once home to over 36 flourishing communities. They farmed, streamed for tin, and dug for china clay. From pre-history to the 19th century they lived, loved, and laughed. Where now there is open moorland they sang songs, told stories, played tunes.&nbsp;In &#39;The Lost Voices of the Moor&#39; Mike O&#39;Connor and Barbara Griggs take us to this lost world, with a programme of little-known songs, stories, and instrumental music. ******************&nbsp; By registering, you&rsquo;re helping celebrate and safeguard Cornwall&rsquo;s living heritage through shared experiences, workshops, and late‑night tunes. Lowender is a registered charity, and we appreciate your help in keeping Cornish / Celtic culture accessible through your ticket purchase and any additional donations 🎶.

The Lost Voices of the Moor

Enter Lowender&rsquo;s Annual Raffle 2026 and help keep Cornish music, dance and language alive for one and all. Every ticket supports year‑round events, resources for schools and community groups, and our festival in Redruth. By taking part, you&rsquo;re backing the people who share tunes, stories and steps across Cornwall and beyond. Fill in this form to join the raffle and stand a chance of winning while supporting Cornwall&rsquo;s living traditions. PRIZES INCLUDE:&nbsp;- &pound;25 voucher to spend at the Buttermarket&nbsp;- Spa and dine for 2 at the Rose Cottage&nbsp;- Voucher for 5 yoga classes with Amy Hughes&nbsp; - Afternoon Tea for 2 at the Penventon Hotel&nbsp;- Free pottery Throwing Session with Sarah Sullivan Ceramics- 2 Merlin Cinema guest tickets&nbsp; - Artroom Vouchers Plus a selection of goodies from our amazing craft fair stalls and&nbsp;more prizes being added all the time! Please note we will post or email vouchers to you, but it may not be possible to send bulkier prize items if you are based outside Cornwall.&nbsp; A huge meur ras / thank you to our amazing supporters! The raffle is taking place in person and online. The draw will take place on Sunday 18th October and you&#39;ll be contacted if you&#39;re a winner!

Lowender's Annual Raffle 2026

What happens when traditional Cornish dance inspires new contemporary performance?&nbsp;In a special collaboration between Hall for Cornwall and Lowender, contemporary dance artists have come together with traditional dancers to explore Cornwall&#39;s dance heritage and its potential to inspire new creative work.&nbsp;Following a day of workshops exploring traditional Cornish dance, contemporary dance artists have begun developing brand-new work inspired by these traditions. Featuring more than 100 performers, including HFC Youth Dance, Freefall, Propeller, CScape and more, this special sharing offers a rare opportunity to see a new creative collaboration in its earliest stages.&nbsp;You&#39;ll also experience traditional dance in action with performances from Cornwall&#39;s Kekezza and the Isle of Man&#39;s Skeddan Jiarg.&nbsp;&nbsp;The showcase forms part of the Lowender Celtic Festival, bringing together more than 300 performers from the Isle of Man, Brittany, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and, of course, Cornwall for a full weekend&rsquo;s celebration of Celtic music, dance and culture.&nbsp;With thanks to FEAST for their support of this project.

Cornish Dance Mash Up!

The Lowender Walk is back! Join Will and Hetty from Cobweb Tours for a fascinating journey through the streets and stories of Redruth, discovering the people, places and events that have shaped the town. With an incredible knowledge of Redruth and Cornwall&#39;s history, Will and Hetty bring the past to life through stories, forgotten tales and local details you simply won&#39;t find in a history book. The walk will remain within the town and is suitable for all ages. As with all Cobweb Tours walks, it&#39;s the perfect combination of walking and talking, with plenty of stops along the way to hear the stories behind the places around you. Whether you&#39;ve lived in Redruth all your life or you&#39;re discovering the town for the first time, you&#39;re almost guaranteed to learn something you didn&#39;t know!

Cobweb Tours Walk

Breton &amp; Cornish Langage Taster. 📅 &nbsp;Sunday 18th October &nbsp;<br style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center; box-sizing: inherit;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">📍 Redruth Community Centre<br style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">🕗 10:00 - 11:30 ******************&nbsp; By registering, you&rsquo;re helping celebrate and safeguard Cornwall&rsquo;s living heritage through shared experiences, workshops, and late‑night tunes. Lowender is a registered charity, and we appreciate your help in keeping Cornish / Celtic culture accessible through your ticket purchase and any additional donations 🎶.

Breton & Cornish Language Taster

Irish Set Dance Workshop with Kevin &amp; Carol Monaghan 📅 &nbsp;Sunday 18th October &nbsp;<br style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center; box-sizing: inherit;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">📍 Redruth Community Centre<br style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">🕗 10:00 - 11:30 ******************&nbsp; By registering, you&rsquo;re helping celebrate and safeguard Cornwall&rsquo;s living heritage through shared experiences, workshops, and late‑night tunes. Lowender is a registered charity, and we appreciate your help in keeping Cornish / Celtic culture accessible through your ticket purchase and any additional donations 🎶.

Sunday Dance Workshop: Irish Set

Book your Super Saturday Bundle to enjoy Saturday&#39;s events at the Lowender Celtic Festival at your own pace. This bundle gives you access to:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Wesley Concerts&nbsp;<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Matinee with Neear Nesa&ntilde;, Duo Landat Moisson &amp; The Twin Tides</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Evening with Stone Club Presents Mari Mathias</li></ul></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Ladder Events<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="font-weight: bold;" style="font-weight: bold; box-sizing: inherit;">Celtic Languages in Translation</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">&quot;Cornwall - a Sense of Place&quot; with Tir ha Tavas (Dee &amp; Dave Brotherton) and guest reader Helen Musser</li></ul></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Irish Ceilidh with Kevin &amp; Carol Monaghan, Fest Noz with Duo Landat Moisson&nbsp;and Ginger&#39;s Remix: Reels &amp; Heels Ceilidh with Ginger &amp; Splann in Redruth Community Centre</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">All Dance Workshops</li></ul>For events in venues with a small capacity, your Super Saturday Bundle provides access but does not guarantee entry. In small venues, a number of spaces are allocated to season ticket holders and entry is on a first come, first served basis. No admission will be possible once a venue reaches capacity. &nbsp; By registering, you&rsquo;re helping celebrate and safeguard Cornwall&rsquo;s living heritage through shared experiences, workshops, and late‑night tunes. Lowender is a registered charity, and we appreciate your help in keeping Cornish / Celtic culture accessible through your ticket purchase and any additional donations 🎶.

Super Saturday Bundle

An evening of&nbsp;<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Irish Ceili with Kevin &amp; Carol Monaghan</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Breton Fest Noz with Duo Landat Moisson&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Ginger&#39;s Remix: Reels &amp; Heels - a troyl with a twist from the sweetest Queen in town. Ginger from Redruth&#39;s famous Drag Queen Diner joins Splann for an epic covers-ceilidh guaranteed to &#39;splanna&#39; (&#39;shine&#39;)</li></ul> ******************&nbsp; By registering, you&rsquo;re helping celebrate and safeguard Cornwall&rsquo;s living heritage through shared experiences, workshops, and late‑night tunes. Lowender is a registered charity, and we appreciate your help in keeping Cornish / Celtic culture accessible through your ticket purchase and any additional donations 🎶.

Saturday Night Dance: Irish, Breton & Ginger's Remix : Reels & Heels

An evening of music with Mari Mathias presented by Stone Club, with support from Issac I. Ockenden. Singing in one of Europe&#39;s oldest living languages, native Celt , Mari Mathias conjures up bold &amp; compelling contemporary folk songs, seemingly sculpted from the celestial yet inspired by land, memory and myth. Answering to a higher calling, she preserves her rich cultural inheritance through transforming traditional melodies, collected from the wilds of west coast of Cymru , into immersive, multi-dimensional modern anthems that feel both ancient and strikingly new. Shaped by nature, ritual and a deep sense of place, Mari&#39;s music is mystical yet rooted, intimate yet electrifying. Following the release of her 2022 debut album Annwn, Mari and her band appeared on major UK and European festival stages including Cambridge Folk Festival, Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Green Man Festival ,Glastonbury, The Great Escape, Between the Trees, Summer Camp, Wanderfal &amp; many more.&nbsp; After much enthusiasm and anticipation for brand new music, Mari Mathias returns with her second album this April of 2026 , &#39;Cyfarwydd&#39;, meaning &#39;familiar&#39; in modern-cymraeg o&#39;r the &#39;storyteller / the spell&#39; a term originated from medieval cymru and medieval Mabinogi texts. The new album will carry your spirit away along heather rooted coastlines of the wild saltwater edges, or high among the mystic mountains &amp; magic of the Preseli bluestone. This new album invites listeners to journey into a deeply atmospheric landscape, where the ancient ingenious language of Cymru, land and story merge and unfurl. Mari Mathias offers audiences a rare experience: music that feels timeless, elemental, and profoundly alive. *** Isaac.I.Ockenden is an experimental ballad singer from the east coast of scotland, Blending guitar, banjo, harmoniums, tape loops &amp; hollowing vocals into a rich tapestry of sounds and textures as a back drop to ballads telling tales of Deportation, Alcoholism, Mischief, Nonsense &amp; Much More. Recently described as sounding somewhere between God Speed You Black Emperor &amp; Ivor Cutler. Isaac&#39;s sets are heart felt enigmatic journeys that are different every show. ******************&nbsp; By registering, you&rsquo;re helping celebrate and safeguard Cornwall&rsquo;s living heritage through shared experiences, workshops, and late‑night tunes. Lowender is a registered charity, and we appreciate your help in keeping Cornish / Celtic culture accessible through your ticket purchase and any additional donations 🎶.

Mari Mathias presented by Stone Club

Formed in February 2013, Tir ha Tavas, which means &ldquo;land and language&rdquo; in the Cornish language Kernewek, is Delia Brotherton, Myrghwyn Melynor and Dave Brotherton, Ilewydh Porthia, bards of Gorsedh Kernow, musicians and singer-songwriters based in St Ives, West Cornwall. Tir ha Tavas&#39; new show is &quot;Cornwall - a Sense of Place&quot; with several new original songs in Kernewek and English plus readings with guest reader and fellow bard, Helen Musser.&nbsp;Granite stones and monuments, rugged cliffs, windswept hills and moors, medieval fields and farms, summer visitors, all filling our minds with a deep sense of our beloved land of Kernow. A longing for times past and sincere hopes for the future play out in our lives while time ticks on.&nbsp;&quot;Cornwall &ndash; a Sense of Place&quot; will take you on a journey in music, words and images around this beautiful world at the end of the land.&quot;&nbsp;From an audience member: &quot;It was a pleasure to see this new show. What joy it brought to not only us, but the entire audience. It felt transportational, flowing over the parts of this land that the songs inspired.&quot; ******************&nbsp; By registering, you&rsquo;re helping celebrate and safeguard Cornwall&rsquo;s living heritage through shared experiences, workshops, and late‑night tunes. Lowender is a registered charity, and we appreciate your help in keeping Cornish / Celtic culture accessible through your ticket purchase and any additional donations 🎶.

Cornwall - a Sense of Place

An afternoon of dance workshops in The Crypt and Redruth Community Centre. Manx Dance Workshop with Skeddan Jiarg📅 &nbsp;Saturday 17th October &nbsp;<br style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center; box-sizing: inherit;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">📍 The Crypt, Redruth<br style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(32, 32, 32); color: rgb(32, 32, 32); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;">🕗 10:00 - 11:30 Irish Set Dance Workshop with Kevin &amp; Carol Monaghan📅 &nbsp;Saturday 17th October &nbsp;📍 Redruth Community Centre🕗 15:00 - 16:30 Breton Dance Workshop with Duo Landat Moisson📅 &nbsp;Saturday 17th October &nbsp;📍 Redruth Community Centre🕗 17:00 - 18:30 ******************&nbsp; By registering, you&rsquo;re helping celebrate and safeguard Cornwall&rsquo;s living heritage through shared experiences, workshops, and late‑night tunes. Lowender is a registered charity, and we appreciate your help in keeping Cornish / Celtic culture accessible through your ticket purchase and any additional donations 🎶.

Saturday Dance Workshops: Irish, Manx, Breton

A unique opportunity to experience literature written in each of the celtic languages performed at one event! &nbsp; Following a groundbreaking collaboration with the international online literary journal, Words Without Borders, which brought together translations into English of recent literature from each of the celtic languages, translators from Scotland, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Wales, Brittany and Cornwall will be convening in Redruth for a very special performance. &nbsp; Each translator will read a short story, essay or poems in the celtic language in which they were originally written, followed by their literary translation into English of those works. &nbsp; The event will be compered by Welsh translator, Emyr Wallace Humphreys, who curated the collection for Words Without Borders, and will feature the following translators: Michelle Couny (Breton), Sue Walton (Welsh), Ellen Corbett (Irish Gaelic), Taylor Strickland (Scots Gaelic), Ailish Kilgallon (Manx) and Elizabeth Ellis (Cornish). ******************&nbsp; By registering, you&rsquo;re helping celebrate and safeguard Cornwall&rsquo;s living heritage through shared experiences, workshops, and late‑night tunes. Lowender is a registered charity, and we appreciate your help in keeping Cornish / Celtic culture accessible through your ticket purchase and any additional donations 🎶.

Celtic Languages in Translation

An afternoon matinee of Celtic music with Neear Nesa&ntilde;, Duo Landat Moisson and The Twin Tides. Neear Nesa&ntilde; brings together musicians from Brittany and the Isle of Man, exploring the musical traditions of both nations and the connections between them. The group was formed in 2019, with their first public performance taking place at Yn Chruinnaght Celtic Gathering on the Isle of Man, as part of a collaboration supported by Culture Vannin.&nbsp;The group brings together Breton singer Lors Landat and accordionist Thomas Moisson, who have performed together for more than 15 years, alongside Manx keyboard and violin player David Kilgallon. For their performance at Lowender, they will be joined by young Manx musician Frank Joughin, who is involved in several folk groups and is currently working on his own album exploring traditional Manx music and language alongside modern production styles. Their music combines traditional songs and tunes from Brittany and the Isle of Man, bringing together the Breton and Manx languages, traditional dance music and new arrangements. In 2021, Neear Nesa&ntilde; released their album&nbsp;Beyond the Pier, featuring 13 tracks celebrating the music and shared heritage of the two nations. The name Neear Nesa&ntilde; loosely translates as &lsquo;Nearest West&rsquo;, reflecting the geographical and cultural connections between Brittany and the Isle of Man. *** Duo Landat Moisson&nbsp;are Bretons Thomas Moisson and Lors Landat.&nbsp; Thomas Moisson is indisputably one of the most talented accordeonists of his generation. His encounter with the distinctive voice and legendary charisma of Lors Landat has given rise to a unique duo on the avant garde of Breton music. Having given over 400 concerts in the last 15 years both in France (Interceltic festival of Lorient, Bogue d&#39;Or in Redon, Yaouank in Rennes, ...) and abroad (USA, Canada, Spain, Romania, UK, Isle of Man), the pair have without a doubt become one of the most accomplished duos in contemporary Breton music. *** The Twin Tides are Cornwall&#39;s Tommie Black-Roff and Wales&#39; Christine Cooper. Together, Christine and Tommie weave a tapestry of mesmerizing melodies, promising an unforgettable musical journey. Christine imparts her music with a sense of adventure, drawing from Welsh, American and Scandinavian fiddle traditions. Twice winner of the Welsh Celtic Fiddle Competition, she has a background in both dance music and storytelling and is known from bands such as Fernhill. Tommie, a Cornish accordionist, creates music that spans European folk traditions, working between the UK and the Nordic Countries in folk, theatre and dance. His other projects include TEYR, Ville &amp; Tommie and V&auml;rivarjo.Together, Christine and Tommie weave a tapestry of mesmerizing melodies, promising an unforgettable musical journey. ******************&nbsp; By registering, you&rsquo;re helping celebrate and safeguard Cornwall&rsquo;s living heritage through shared experiences, workshops, and late‑night tunes. Lowender is a registered charity, and we appreciate your help in keeping Cornish / Celtic culture accessible through your ticket purchase and any additional donations 🎶.

Neear Nesañ, Duo Landat Moisson & The Twin Tides

Join us for the launch of a book of poetry by C18th Scottish Gaelic poet, Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (Gaelic tutor to Charles Edward Stuart, popularly known as &#39;Bonnie Prince Charlie&#39;), newly translated into English by Taylor Strickland. &nbsp; Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair&rsquo;s poetry can be found in one volume, self-published in 1751, and was the first nonreligious work to be published in any of the Celtic languages. Dares Paradise presents two long poems by mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, newly translated by Taylor Strickland. In his translation, Strickland takes a subversive approach, writing in a transatlantic English idiom with Scots and Gaelic inflections. This is mac Mhaighstir Alasdair for the twenty-first century Anglophone reader.&nbsp;The poems offer a rare pre- and post-1745 Jacobite Uprising perspective on a world, and a language, at risk of disappearing. The first, &ldquo;Allt an t-Si&ugrave;cair,&rdquo; is a lyrical celebration of place, a vivid evocation of the landscape of the peninsula at Britain&rsquo;s westernmost edge. The second, &ldquo;Birlinn Chlann Raghnaill,&rdquo; considered mac Mhaighstir Alasdair&rsquo;s masterpiece, conjures instead a placelessness, recounting an epic sea journey from the Hebridean island of South Uist to Ireland that can be read as an allegory for persistence. Taylor Strickland is an award-winning poet and translator whose most recent book is Dwell Time. His collection Dastram/Delirium was 2023 Scottish Poetry Book of the Year and PBS-recommended.&nbsp;

Book Launch with Taylor Strickland

Join Tim Edey for an accompaniment masterclass aimed at guitar players who already have a good level of experience. This session is not for beginners &mdash; you should be confident playing your instrument and able to pick out tunes by ear. Learn how 1 dropped d tuning will open up your Folk/Celtic playing and also some tricks and basic chords and tunes. It will be a practical, hands-on session with plenty to challenge and inspire more advanced players. ******************&nbsp; By registering, you&rsquo;re helping celebrate and safeguard Cornwall&rsquo;s living heritage through shared experiences, workshops, and late‑night tunes. Lowender is a registered charity, and we appreciate your help in keeping Cornish / Celtic culture accessible through your ticket purchase and any additional donations 🎶.

Accompaniment Workshop with Tim Edey

Join Michael McGoldrick for a whistle masterclass aimed at players who already have a good level of experience. This session is&nbsp;not for beginners&nbsp;&mdash; you should be confident playing your instrument and able to pick up tunes by ear. The class will focus on learning and developing tunes, as well as working on ornamentation and style. It will be a practical, hands-on session with plenty to challenge and inspire more advanced players. ******************&nbsp; By registering, you&rsquo;re helping celebrate and safeguard Cornwall&rsquo;s living heritage through shared experiences, workshops, and late‑night tunes. Lowender is a registered charity, and we appreciate your help in keeping Cornish / Celtic culture accessible through your ticket purchase and any additional donations 🎶.

Whistle Workshop with Michael McGoldrick

The Plygain Talk will focus on the Welsh folk carol, traditionally sung at a church service held in the early hours of Christmas morning, latterly at evening gatherings throughout December and January and followed by a community supper. Welsh traditional carols are strictly orthodox poems, and at one time played an important part in the religious education of a semi-literate people. This session will describe the content and preservation of Welsh plygain carols, the order of service, the informal order of performance, and will feature unaccompanied singing of centuries-old carols as well as more modern examples. Dr Rhiannon Ifans&rsquo; main field of research is medieval Welsh literature. Other research interests include Welsh folk life and folk culture, carols, Welsh theatre (with special reference to the eighteenth-century interludes), and the assessment of Welsh publishing. She is also an award-winning novelist and children&rsquo;s author. Trefor Pugh is a hill farmer in mid-Wales. He has been singing plygain carols at church services since he was three years old, as did his mother and other generations of his family. He is one of the leading exponents of traditional Welsh folk singing, and is former Chair of the Welsh Cerdd Dant Society (singing a counter melody over a harp melody).

Plygain Carols Talk

Book your Fun Friday Bundle&nbsp;to enjoy Friday night&#39;s events at the Lowender Celtic Festival at your own pace. This pass gives you access to:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Michael McGoldrick &amp; Tim Edey with support from Toby &amp; Jen Kessell at the Wesley</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Nos Lowen with Dalla Duo, Scottish Ceilidh with Kate Smith of Ceilidh Cornwall and the Manx Ceilidh with Scran at Redruth Community Centre</li></ul>For events in venues with a small capacity, your Fun Friday Bundle provides access but does not guarantee entry. In small venues, a number of spaces are allocated to season ticket holders and entry is on a first come, first served basis. No admission will be possible once a venue reaches capacity. &nbsp; By registering, you&rsquo;re helping celebrate and safeguard Cornwall&rsquo;s living heritage through shared experiences, workshops, and late‑night tunes. Lowender is a registered charity, and we appreciate your help in keeping Cornish / Celtic culture accessible through your ticket purchase and any additional donations 🎶.

Fun Friday Bundle

An evening of&nbsp;<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Nos Lowen Cornish dancing with Dalla Duo</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Scottish dancing with Kate Smith of Ceilidh Cornwall</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Manx dancing with Scran &amp; Skeddan Jiarg.</li></ul> ******************&nbsp; By registering, you&rsquo;re helping celebrate and safeguard Cornwall&rsquo;s living heritage through shared experiences, workshops, and late‑night tunes. Lowender is a registered charity, and we appreciate your help in keeping Cornish / Celtic culture accessible through your ticket purchase and any additional donations 🎶.

Friday Night Dance: Cornish, Scottish, Manx

An evening of Celtic music with Michael McGoldrick &amp; Tim Edey, with support from Toby &amp; Jen Kessell with Joe Doyle. Michael McGoldrick and Tim Edey are celebrated musicians in the realm of Celtic folk music, renowned for their exceptional skills and innovative approaches. Former BBC Folk Awards Musician of the Year Michael McGoldrick is a gifted multi-instrumentalist and composer. Born in Manchester to Irish parents, he is a master of the wooden flute, low whistles and uilleann pipes, making him a go-to contributor for many artists. Mike has collaborated with Mark Knopfler since 2009 and been a core member of the Transatlantic Sessions since 2007. Steeped in Irish traditional music, he has, from his ground-breaking 2000 solo album &#39;Fused&#39; onwards, assimilated a wide range of musical styles into his work including jazz, funk, African and Indian rhythms. Mike has made an immense contribution to the Irish and UK folk scenes through his many solo and collaborative projects including being a founder member of the supergroup L&uacute;nasa and later through his work with Capercaillie.&nbsp;Recently nominated as Best Folk Instrumentalist at the 2024 RT&Eacute; Radio 1 Folk Awards, Mike&rsquo;s reputation as one of the leading musicians of his generation is undeniable. Tim Edey is a guitarist &amp; melodeon player, a BBC musician of the year &amp; BBC Scotland best traditional musician winner. Having spent years touring with acts like The Chieftains, Seamus Begley, Brendan Power, Natalie MacMaster to name a few, Tim is now an accomplished solo artist and joins Mike, a huge musical influence, having first met him at Rochester Sweeps Festival in 1996. The duo is a special meeting of old friends bringing together virtuosity and sheer musical magic. *** Toby &amp; Jen Kessell are a fresh new duo bringing together three of Cornwall&#39;s finest traditional musicians, Jen Kessell, Toby Kessell and Joe Doyle. Playing a beautiful mix of Celtic music on viola, melodeons, guitar and vocals, you can expect to hear a celebration of the best tunes from Cornwall to Ireland and beyond. Toby and Jen have been playing for dance nights, concerts, festivals and events all over Cornwall, as well as providing the music for popular theatre company, Miracle Theatre. They&rsquo;ve also been gigging on tour with 3 Daft Monkeys and Skillywidden &ndash; friends and excellent musicians! Find them in 2026 at festivals both local and international, venues up and down the UK, and at a session or two along the way! ******************&nbsp; By registering, you&rsquo;re helping celebrate and safeguard Cornwall&rsquo;s living heritage through shared experiences, workshops, and late‑night tunes. Lowender is a registered charity, and we appreciate your help in keeping Cornish / Celtic culture accessible through your ticket purchase and any additional donations 🎶.

Michael McGoldrick & Tim Edey

The eagerly awaited album launch show from Anna Anise introduces a radiant new voice in modern folk. Blending melodic hooks, rich vocals, and full-bodied guitar tunings, her debut bilingual album Aneth seamlessly weaves together English and Cornish (Kernewek), creating something truly captivating. On this very special night, and Anna&rsquo;s biggest show to date, she will be joined on stage by a host of Cornwall&rsquo;s most accomplished artists who have contributed to the album&rsquo;s journey, from development and recording to live performance. Guests include Ben Sutcliffe (People&rsquo;s String Foundation), Lizzie Pridmore (Salt &amp; Sky) Jon Fazal, Elizabeth Freeborn, Lukas Drinkwater and many more.&nbsp; Rooted in her Cornish identity, Anna&rsquo;s latest work brings a rhythmic, lament-tinged optimism to the evolving sound of Kernewek in song. The album follows a successful crowdfunding campaign that raised over &pound;6,700, supporting this collection of songs that showcases both the Cornish language and some of the region&rsquo;s most exceptional musicians. This album has been made possible by the creative support of translator Elizabeth Ellis, musical director Daniel Woodfield and producer Sam Jones, alongside many others working at the forefront of Cornish arts and music. Aneth will be out in the weeks leading up to this event and on sale on the night.&nbsp; To follow the journey find Anna Anise on youtube, instagram and Music Patron on the links below.&nbsp; &ldquo;Truly great modern folk music&rdquo; - &nbsp;Neil King, FATEA &ldquo;rhythmic lamentful optimism&rdquo; - Lee Morgan, The PRSD &ldquo;Lovely DIY folk sound &hellip; just brilliant&rdquo; - &nbsp;Adam Crowther, BBC Radio <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.annaanise.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Website</a> | <a fr-original-style="" href="https://musicpatron.com/composer/anna-anise/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Music Patron</a> | <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.instagram.com/_anna_anise_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.youtube.com/@annaanise" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">YouTube</a> *** Support comes from the amazing Salt &amp; Sky, a dynamic Cornish folk band known for their infectious energy, rich cultural roots, and irresistible sense of fun. Fiddle duo Emma Packer and Lizzie Pridmore are joined by Dan Roach on guitar and Tom Jane on percussion and melodeon, forming a powerhouse quartet that&rsquo;s as joyful to watch&nbsp;

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