Now in their tenth season, Tullamore numbers amoung Heartland's premiere Celtic bands. Mark Clavey, Mary Hanover, and Rachel Gaither render the music of Scotland and Ireland in compelling vocals and vibrant instrumentation.

This Kansas City trio draws from diverse musical experiences, and a broad range of influences to strike a remarkable poise on the traditional and progressive fronts. Their dynamic arrangements appeal to mainstream audiences, yet remain loyal to the heart and soul of Celtic music.

From the Rocky Mountains to the Ohio Valley, Tullamore enjoys a regular fare of Irish Festivals, Scottish Highland Games, folk festivals, as well as the grassroots intimacy of pubs, coffehouse crowds, and university folk clubs.

Deryl currently is a member of The Tulsa Pipes And Drums. He competes regionally as a solo piper and has won many awards and honors for his precise and skillful piping.

His technique and solid demur make him a favorite at Celtic Festivals and many of the area clubs in the Tulsa area.

I have had the pleasure to perform with Deryl for the past several years onstage, and at many different venues, and I am always impressed with his professionalism and increasing skill on the pipes. Definately a wonderful addition to our Festival.

Emily is a Celtic Harpist and vocalist who enjoys many styles of music, including Scottish and Irish folk songs played at various Celtic Festivals. Her voice has been described as "angelic" and "sensational".

This will be Emilys' third appearance at our festival and definately if you haven't heard her perform, you are truly missing something fabulous. A truly gifted and talented performer!!!!

Flower O' Scotland Dance Troupe is an interactive dance troupe bringing their skills and demonstrating Scottish Country Dancing.
Having performed for the past several years at our Festival, they bring an incredibly interactive and crowd pleasing demonstration for all of us to either enjoy watching, or participating with them.

Back for his third year, Scotty fox had so much fun in the past he can't wait to come back and see all his friends! Scotty is a Scottish Fox who tends to show up when Jon is performing near his den. As Scotty says, he LOVES to sing and have fun! We wonder what new outfits and new songs he will have to show us this year!

A native St. Louisan, Nancy was born into a multi-European family. Her ancestors emigrated from County Cork, Ireland, Germany and Poland. Nancy grew up being proud to have Irish heritage.

Nancy enjoys sharing her Irish culture with children and adults alike through music and song. She is known for her interactive performances that encourage audience participation. She has entertained at school assemblies, Celtic Festivals, Renaissance Faires and community events, performed for American Civil War reenactments, accompanied the Messiah Project orchestra, jammed on stage with the Chieftains and has provided music for numerous wedding ceremonies.

Nancy's powerful ballads and hammered dulcimer are truly remarkable and definately a testament to her years of entertaining. She also plays guitar and bodhran. We welcome Nancy back this year to share again her wonderful talent as an artist and performer.

Sarah Hook performs solo with only her guitar and her marvelous Celtic singing voice. She also excels on the tenor guitar which broadens her musical background.

Currently a member of the Muddy Valley Serenaders, focusing on the American Civil War, she works as a regular guest artist with Tom Hook in New Orleans.

Sarah performed last year and took the audience immediately with her wonderful Celtic voice, variety of songs, and relaxed demeanor, which makes her stand out as purely professional.

The Central High Kilties, from Springfield, MO were founded in 1926 by Dr. Ritchie Robertson. The Kilties are the first and oldest all girl drum and bugle corps in the United States. For the past 85 years they have passed down their music and dances by self teaching. They have traveled all over the world performing not only at local festivals and parades but also for past Presidents and Royalty. The girls practice all year round including countless hours during the summer. They feel it is an honor to become a Kiltie and wear the traditional Scottish dress.

Maintaining the corps is a monumental task that is funded solely through fundraising efforts of the girls. The rising costs of uniforms, (fifteen hundred dollars each) instruments, repairs and bus transportation (two hundred dollars per local parade) makes this an impossible and never-ending task for today's girls.

The Kilties have many traditions which include circling up before each performance to sing the Kiltie song and pray. They also have a saying, a tradition that will go on forever- Once a Kiltie, Always a Kiltie.

Tom's distinctive voice adds to his extensive list of Irish and Scottish Folk songs. Specializing on guitar, he brings to life his ballads and their backgrounds with his songs and the stories that go with them.

Thanks to his demonstration on the bodhran, Tom has inspired many at his various shows and festivals to take up this truly wonderful instrument.

When he's not at our festival you may find him St. Patricks Irish Fest in Gladstone, O'malleys in Weston, The Celtic Fox in Topeka, The Kansas City Irish Festival, and even as far south as the Kilgore Texas Celtic Festival.

Tom has been at our festival since the beginning and we are happy to welcome him back.

Joining her husband Jon, Heidi returns this year also as co-entertainment director focusing on dance, children and enhancing Jons’ performances. She does choreography for renaissance festivals as well as other venues and at times even still dances a bit herself. Together, Jon and Heidi have added a more children-friendly focus, and has made our Festival a family oriented show catering to all ages.

Adding to her many talents Heidi is a Family Nurse Practitioner, and a Certified Nurse Mid-Wife. She is an accomplished artist excelling in watercolor and charcoal sketching. As a kilt-maker and costume designer she makes all of her and her husbands outfits for the different festivals that she and her husband attend.

Returning this year as Entertainment Director, Jon is a remarkable musician playing any genre of music from ballads to renaissance, rock and roll to celtic! His abilities to excel on so many instruments from bagpipes, strings, keyboards, woodwinds, as well as percussion  are all included in his collection of CD’s. His recording are all done by himself including all backup vocals and instruments.  His impressive finger-style guitar playing makes so many of his songs unique and beautiful.

Performing at renaissance festivals around the US Jon is also known as Kerridwynn. He has authored several songs including the theme song Castletons’ Goodbye for the Castle of Muskogee as well as several other songs for numerous venues.  

Come enjoy Jons music and you will find yourself unable to avoid joining in and singing and maybe even dancing!!

2 Cents Plain started out as Kathleen introducing her daughter, Megan, to Celtic music. They have blossomed into a lovely duet between mother and daughter. Hailing from Buffalo, MO, they sing together whenever they can stop long enough. The similarities in their voices make for beautiful blending of harmonies, and the differences in styles make for great listening. Meagan brings a style all her own to the duet with her pure soprano vocals and harmonies. Kathleen brings a contralto base supporting and harmonizing Meagan. Together, they blend and wrap around each other in a lovely lyrical style. They enjoy performing and hope that everyone enjoys their unique flavor of Celtic, folk and a few children songs also.