Sunday (06/09/2026)
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Daniel Quayle – Backing workshop (intermediate)
Sunday, September 6, 13:30 at Sala Kominkowa. Most Celtic traditional music was historically unaccompanied, but throughout the last 100 years, many new techniques and instruments have come along to provide a rhythmic and harmonic background for the ancient melodies. In this workshop, we’ll discuss and learn some techniques for accompanying these melodies (primarily on stringed…
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Elizabeth Davidson-Blythe – Fiddle workshop (intermediate)
Sunday, September 6, 12:00 at Sala Kominkowa. In this fiddle workshop, we’ll learn a traditional Manx tune by ear and use it as a starting point to explore other techniques used in traditional Celtic fiddle music. We will be looking at bowing, ornamentation, rhythm, and phrasing, with a focus on finding your own musical voice.…
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Duo Le Pottier L’Haridon – workshop
13:30–14:30, Sunday, Underground, Centrum Kultury Dworek Białoprądnicki.(ENG). Breton music is best learned from the Bretons! Our special guests will lead an inspiring workshop in Breton music on violin and saxophone, but the workshop is dedicated to all instruments. You will learn about the main styles and movements in Breton music, ornamentation, and the relationship between…
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Patryk Hołoga – bodhrán workshop (intermediate)
12:00–13:00, Sunday, Underground, Centrum Kultury Dworek Białoprądnicki, (PL). Bodhrán workshop for intermediate players. We will learn how to communicate and collaborate with other accompanists (both drum and chord players) in Celtic music. We will also learn some of the more unusual rhythms. Patryk Hołoga – percussionist coming from Poznań Celtic community. For many years present…
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Pracownia Kultura w Pracy: Celtic Poetry Workshops
10:00–12:00, Sunday, Sala Kominkowa, Centrum Kultury Dworek Białoprądnicki, (PL/ENG). “I and Pangur Bán, my cat,‘Tis a like task we are at;Hunting mice is his delight,Hunting words I sit all night.” „Pangur Bán”, anonymous author, 9th century We invite you to a two-hour workshop devoted to one of Europe’s most fascinating literary traditions. We will read…
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Foireann (Beata Michniewska) – group Celtic dance
12:00–13:00, Sunday, Sala Wielofunkcyjna, Centrum Kultury Dworek Białoprądnicki (PL/ENG). On Sunday, September 6th at 12:00 noon, I invite you to a unique folk dance experience, where the most important things are having fun, laughter, and charging your batteries with positive energy. To warm up, I’ll introduce you to an Irish polka step to the musical…
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Duo Le Pottier L’Haridon – Brittany, then and now
12:00–13:00, Sunday, Sala Teatralna, Centrum Kultury Dworek Białoprądnicki, (ENG). Floriane Le Pottier and Yann-Ewen L’Haridon will explore the cultural melting pot that is Brittany, the melting pot where tradition and modernity collide. The musicians will describe musical cultures of Brittany, the role of music and dance in past and present Breton society, the sung and…
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Dr. Hab Bożena Gierek – Celtic culture and environmentalism
13:00–15:00, Saturday, Sala Teatralna, Centrum Kultury Dworek Białoprądnicki, (PL). We invite you to a lecture by Dr. Hab Bożena Gierek – a religious studies and cultural studies expert, and an economist. She has authored four books, including the acclaimed “Religie Celtów”, numerous scholarly articles, and over a hundred entries published in various lexicons. She currently…
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Aleksandra Kałużny – Irish dance workshop
13:00–14:00, Sunday, Sala Wielofunkcyjna, Centrum Kultury Dworek Białoprądnicki (PL/ENG). On the festival Sunday at 13:00, we invite you to an Irish dance workshop for everyone. I’ll reveal the secrets of fast footwork in soft and step, and we’ll stretch and strengthen our entire body, so that we’ll have the energy for festival dancing until dawn…