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Highland Reign--Saturday 10:00 am, 3:15 pm and after hours ceilidh (5:00 pm-7:00ish pm) and
​ Sunday at 9:00 am and 2:15 pm

PROGRESSIVE SCOTS-AMERICAN CELTIC WITH ACOUSTIC FOLK ROCK UNDERTONES...AKA TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH ROCK!


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Blarney Coast--Saturday 9:00 am and Sunday 1:30 pm

Mississippi's home-grown Celtic band, Blarney Coast, is back to entertain everyone at this year's festival. Their repertoire ranges from sea shanties to traditional and contemporary Scottish and Irish jigs and tunes. There's always something for everyone to enjoy! https://www.facebook.com/BlarneyCoast/

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Celtic Crossroads-Saturday
12:15 pm & 2:30 pm

Celtic Crossroads has members scattered throughout Mississippi and into Florida, and we all love Celtic music, song, and dance. For the 2017 Highlands and Islands festival, Brian Kreiser (guitar/bodhran), Debbie Kreiser (whistles/vocals), Erin Kreiser (fiddle/vocals), and Bill Rogers (fiddle/vocals) will be performing songs from the silly to the serious with lots of lively dance tunes thrown into the mix. The Kreisers live in Petal, MS, and Bill makes his home in Seminary, MS. We look forward to seeing you at the festival!

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Southern Strings Dulcimers
​Saturday at 1:15 pm

Southern Strings was formed over 20 years ago and meets each Tuesday at the Dixie School Log Cabin, Elks Lake Road, Hattiesburg , MS. Special classes are held from 4:30- 5:30 pm with jamming 6-8 pm and free lessons by appointment. All acoustical instruments are
 welcome to join in the fun each week. For the past 10 years Southern Strings has held a festival and the 2018 our festival will be held at Calvary Baptist Church, Petal, Ms, where classes will be offered on mountain and hammered dulcimers along with other acoustical instruments taught by very talented instructors.

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Presbyterian Christian School Pipes and Drums
Saturday at 10:30 and massed band at 11:45 pm

PCS Pipe Band is a fun and exciting traditional Scottish bagpipe and drum band serving Presbyterian Christian School in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and the surrounding area. The band is the only high-school based pipe band in the state.

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Kracker Dan
Sunday at 10:00  & 12:45 

Kracker Dan is a 7 member folk string band hailing from South Alabama. Originally, the group was a 3 piece consisting of Stephen Wainwright, his wife Heather Wainwright, and his brother Daniel Wainwright. Over the years it has had grown and become a large Family ensemble adding Steve (Pa) Wainwright, Elizabeth Wainwright, and Stephen Wainwright III. Rounding out the group is Mr. David Morgan, percussionist extraordinaire and master coffee maker.

We play traditional american Folk, Irish folk and traditional Celtic along with some of our own personal favorite modern tunes and we spice things up with a few of our own original tunes!

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