query: halloween has roots in a celtic festival called what

pos: Halloween Halloween Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of Hallows' Even or Hallows' Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a celebration observed in several countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It begins the three-day observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed. It is widely believed that many Halloween traditions originated from ancient Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain; that such festivals may have had pagan roots; and that

pos: Halloween costume Halloween costume Halloween costumes are costumes worn on or around Halloween, a festival which falls on October 31. An early reference to wearing costumes at Halloween comes from Scotland in 1585, but they may pre-date this. There are many references to the custom during the 18th and 19th centuries in the Celtic countries of Scotland, Ireland, Mann and Wales. It has been suggested that the custom comes from the Celtic festivals of Samhain and Calan Gaeaf, or from the practise of "souling" during the Christian observance of Allhallowtide. Wearing costumes and mumming has long been associated with festivals at other

pos: Halloween costume Halloween party to an 'escaped Jamaican prisoner' dressed in dreadlocks and blackface. Halloween costume Halloween costumes are costumes worn on or around Halloween, a festival which falls on October 31. An early reference to wearing costumes at Halloween comes from Scotland in 1585, but they may pre-date this. There are many references to the custom during the 18th and 19th centuries in the Celtic countries of Scotland, Ireland, Mann and Wales. It has been suggested that the custom comes from the Celtic festivals of Samhain and Calan Gaeaf, or from the practise of "souling" during the Christian observance of Allhallowtide.

pos: Culture of the United Kingdom and much celebrated holiday in Scotland and Ireland on the night of 31 October. The name "Halloween" is first attested in the 16th century as a Scottish shortening of the fuller "All-Hallows-Even", and according to some historians has its roots in the Gaelic festival Samhain, when the Gaels believed the border between this world and the otherworld became thin, and the dead would revisit the mortal world. In 1780, Dumfries poet John Mayne makes note of pranks at Halloween; ""What fearfu' pranks ensue!"", as well as the supernatural associated with the night, ""Bogies"" (ghosts). Robert Burns' 1785 poem "Halloween" is

pos: Halloween the dead called Parentalia, it is more typically linked to the Celtic festival of Samhain, which comes from the Old Irish for 'summer's end'." Samhain () was the first and most important of the four quarter days in the medieval Gaelic calendar and was celebrated on 31 October – 1 November in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. A kindred festival was held at the same time of year by the Brittonic Celts, called Calan Gaeaf in Wales, Kalan Gwav in Cornwall and Kalan Goañv in Brittany; a name meaning "first day of winter". For the Celts, the day

pos: Halloween III: Season of the Witch Challis discover that Silver Shamrock Novelties, a company run by Conal Cochran (Dan O'Herlihy), is attempting to use the mystic powers of the Stonehenge rocks to resurrect the ancient aspects of the Celtic festival, Samhain, which Cochran connects to witchcraft. Cochran is using his Silver Shamrock Halloween masks to achieve his goal, which will be achieved when all the children wearing his masks watch the Silver Shamrock commercial airing Halloween night. "Halloween III" is the only entry in the series that does not feature the series antagonist Michael Myers, nor does it include story elements from either "Halloween" (1978) or

pos: Samhain were also a big part of the festival and often involved nuts and apples. In the late 19th century, Sir John Rhys and Sir James Frazer suggested that it was the "Celtic New Year", and this view has been repeated by some other scholars. In the 9th century AD, the Western Christian church shifted the date of All Saints' Day to 1 November, while 2 November later became All Souls' Day. Over time, Samhain and All Saints'/All Souls' merged to create the modern Halloween. Historians have used the name 'Samhain' to refer to Gaelic 'Halloween' customs up until the 19th

pos: Michael Myers (Halloween) Richards released a novelization of the film. The book follows the events of the film, but includes references to the festival of Samhain. A prologue provides a possible explanation for Michael's murderous impulses, telling the story of Enda, a disfigured Celtic teenager who butchers the Druid princess Deirdre and her lover as revenge for rejecting him; the king subsequently has his shaman curse Enda's soul to walk the earth reliving his crime for eternity. It is later revealed that Michael Myers suffers nightmares about Enda and Deirdre, as did Michael's great-grandfather before shooting two people to death at a Halloween

pos: Halloween ended and began at sunset; thus the festival began on the evening before 7 November by modern reckoning (the half point between equinox and solstice). Samhain and Calan Gaeaf are mentioned in some of the earliest Irish and Welsh literature. The names have been used by historians to refer to Celtic Halloween customs up until the 19th century, and are still the Gaelic and Welsh names for Halloween. Samhain/Calan Gaeaf marked the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or the 'darker half' of the year. Like Beltane/Calan Mai, it was seen as a liminal time, when the

pos: Halloween (franchise) He, along with the patient's daughter Ellie (Stacey Nelkin), travels to the small town of Santa Mira, California. The pair discover that Silver Shamrock Novelties, a company run by Conal Cochran (Dan O'Herlihy), is attempting to use the mystic powers of the Stonehenge rocks to resurrect the ancient aspects of the Celtic festival, Samhain, which Cochran connects to witchcraft. Cochran is using his Silver Shamrock Halloween masks to achieve his goal, which will be achieved when all the children wearing his masks watch the Silver Shamrock commercial airing Halloween night. Challis contacts the television stations and convinces all but one

pos: Halloween costume October–1 November, to mark the beginning of winter. It was called "Samhain" in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, and "Calan Gaeaf" in Wales, Cornwall and Brittany. The festival is believed to have pre-Christian roots. After the Christianization of Ireland in the 5th century, some of these customs may have been retained in the Christian observance of All Hallows' Eve in that region—which continued to be called "Samhain"/"Calan Gaeaf"—blending the traditions of their ancestors with Christian ones. It was seen as a liminal time, when the spirits or fairies (the "Aos Sí"), and the souls of the dead, could

pos: Autumn by strong, painful feelings of sorrow. Keats' "To Autumn", written in September 1819, echoes this sense of melancholic reflection, but also emphasises the lush abundance of the season. The song, Autumn Leaves, which is based on a French song, " "Les Feuilles mortes", uses the melancholic atmosphere of the season and the end of summer as a simile to compare to the mood of being separated from a loved one. Autumn is associated with Halloween (influenced by Samhain, a Celtic autumn festival), and with it a widespread marketing campaign that promotes it. Halloween is in autumn in the northern hemisphere.

pos: Halloween (1978 film) a "Fangoria" interview with Hill, "Yablans wanted the script written like a radio show, with 'boos' every 10 minutes." By Hill's recollection, the script took three weeks to write, and much of the inspiration behind the plot came from Celtic traditions of Halloween such as the festival of Samhain. Although Samhain is not mentioned in the plot of the first film, Hill asserts that: Hill, who had worked as a babysitter during her teenage years, wrote most of the female characters' dialogue, while Carpenter drafted Loomis' speeches on the soullessness of Michael Myers. Many script details were drawn from Carpenter's

pos: Turnip swedes. Neeps are mashed and eaten with haggis, traditionally on Burns Night. Turnip lanterns are an old tradition; since inaugural Halloween festivals in Ireland and Scotland, turnips (rutabaga) have been carved out and used as candle lanterns. At Samhain, candle lanterns carved from turnips — "samhnag" — were part of the traditional Celtic festival. Large turnips were hollowed out, carved with faces, and placed in windows, used to ward off harmful spirits. At Halloween in Scotland in 1895, masqueraders in disguise carried lanterns made out of scooped-out turnips. In Nordic countries, turnips provided the staple crop before their replacement by

pos: The Halloween Tree The Halloween Tree The Halloween Tree is a 1972 fantasy novel by American author Ray Bradbury, which traces the history of Samhain and Halloween. A group of eight boys set out to go trick-or-treating on Halloween, only to discover that a ninth friend, Pipkin, has been whisked away on a journey that could determine whether he lives or dies. Through the help of a mysterious character named Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud, they pursue their friend across time and space through Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Greek, and Ancient Roman cultures, Celtic Druidism, the Notre Dame Cathedral in Medieval Paris, and The Day of

pos: Ireland–United States relations USA has played a large role in the culture of the United States. About 33.3 million Americans—10.5% of the total population—reported Irish ancestry in the 2013 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. Irish Americans have made many contributions to American culture and sport. Halloween is thought to have evolved from the ancient Celtic/Gaelic festival of Samhain, which was introduced in the American colonies by Irish settlers. A number of the presidents of the United States have Irish origins. The extent of Irish heritage varies. For example, Chester A. Arthur's father and both of Andrew Jackson's parents were

pos: Culture of the United States of fireworks at night. Halloween is thought to have evolved from the ancient Celtic/Gaelic festival of Samhain, which was introduced in the American colonies by Irish settlers. It has become a holiday that is celebrated by children and teens who traditionally dress up in costumes and go door to door trick-or-treating for candy. It also brings about an emphasis on eerie and frightening urban legends and movies. Additionally, Mardi Gras, which evolved from the Catholic tradition of Carnival, is observed in New Orleans, St. Louis, Mobile, Alabama, and numerous other towns. Federally recognized holidays are as follows: The United States

pos: Halloween planner. Starting at sundown, Wiccans celebrate a holiday known as Samhain. Samhain actually comes from old Celtic traditions and is not exclusive to Neopagan religions like Wicca. While the traditions of this holiday originate in Celtic countries, modern day Wiccans don't try to historically replicate Samhain celebrations. Some traditional Samhain rituals are still practised, but at its core, the period is treated as a time to celebrate darkness and the dead – a possible reason why Samhain can be confused with Halloween celebrations." The traditions and importance of Halloween vary greatly among countries that observe it. In Scotland and Ireland,

pos: Culture of Scotland the Gaelic festival of Samhain, when the Gaels believed the border between this world and the otherworld became thin, and the dead would revisit the mortal world. In 1780, Dumfries poet John Mayne noted Halloween pranks: ""What fearfu' pranks ensue!"", as well as the supernatural associations of that night, ""Bogies"" (ghosts). The bard of Scotland Robert Burns' 1785 poem "Halloween" is recited by Scots at Halloween, and Burns was influenced by Mayne's composition. In Scotland, traditional Halloween customs include: Guising — children in costume going from door to door demanding food or coins — which became established practice by the

pos: Culture of Ireland according to some historians it has its roots in the gaelic festival Samhain, where the Gaels believed the border between this world and the otherworld became thin, and the dead would revisit the mortal world. In Ireland, traditional Halloween customs include; Guising — children disguised in costume going from door to door requesting food or coins – which became practice by the late 19th century, turnips hollowed-out and carved with faces to make lanterns, holding parties where games such as apple bobbing are played. Other practices in Ireland include lighting bonfires, and having firework displays. Mass transatlantic Irish and Scottish

pos: Halloween (franchise) (one of the filming locations of the original "Halloween") in October 2003. It also has extended versions of interviews featured in the documentary and much more. In 2010, The Biography Channel produced a television special titled "Halloween: The Inside Story", which premiered on October 28, 2010. When the original "Halloween" was released in 1978, a novelization of the film followed just a year later. Written by Curtis Richards, the book follows the events of the film, but expands on the festival of Samhain and Michael's time at Smith's Grove Sanitarium. "Halloween II", "Halloween III: Season of the Witch", and "Halloween

pos: Culture of Ireland is the most widely practiced religion in Ireland. Christianity was brought to Ireland during or prior to the 5th century and its early history among the Irish is in particular associated with Saint Patrick, who is generally considered Ireland's patron saint. The Celtic festival of "Samhain", known as Halloween, originated in Ireland and is now celebrated all over the world. Ireland is a place where religion and religious practice have always been held in high esteem. The majority of people on the island are Roman Catholics; however, there is a significant minority of Protestants who are mostly concentrated in Northern

pos: Samhain the 1 November date was a Germanic rather than a Celtic idea. In the 11th century, 2 November became established as All Souls' Day. This created the three-day observance known as Allhallowtide: All Hallows' Eve (31 October), All Hallows' Day (1 November), and All Souls' Day (2 November). It is widely believed that many of the modern secular customs of All Hallows' Eve (or Halloween) were influenced by the festival of Samhain. Samhain and Samhain-based festivals are held by some Neopagans. As there are many kinds of Neopaganism, their Samhain celebrations can be very different despite the shared name. Some

pos: Los Santos Province the province took its name from its ancient capital, La Villa de Los Santos. Founded on November 1569, All Saints' Day, takes its name from this Catholic celebration. The Day of All Saints is a Christian tradition instituted in honor of All Saints, known and unknown, as Pope Urban IV, to compensate for any lack of the feasts of the saints during the year by the faithful. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain or Samain. The Saints (<Latin sanctus, -i; ['chosen by God']) are distinguished men and women in the various religious traditions for their alleged special

pos: Christianization of saints and feasts St. Mark (April 25) are a continuation and adaptation of the Roman agricultural festival, Robigalia. "Hallowtide", refers to the three days of Halloween, All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day that are traditionally observed in Western Christianity from October 31 through November 2 as a commemoration of the dead. In many early cultures, the day was considered to start at dusk. Similarly, in Celtic countries the year was considered to begin in winter at Samhain, and it was thought that the start of the year was a time when the world of the dead met that of the living; rather

neg: Halloween Eve" is itself not seen until 1556. Today's Halloween customs are thought to have been influenced by folk customs and beliefs from the Celtic-speaking countries, some of which are believed to have pagan roots. Jack Santino, a folklorist, writes that "there was throughout Ireland an uneasy truce existing between customs and beliefs associated with Christianity and those associated with religions that were Irish before Christianity arrived". Historian Nicholas Rogers, exploring the origins of Halloween, notes that while "some folklorists have detected its origins in the Roman feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of

neg: Celtic Connections Celtic Connections The Celtic Connections festival started in 1994 in Glasgow, Scotland, and has since been held every January. Featuring over 300 concerts, ceilidhs, talks, free events, late night sessions and workshops, the festival focuses on the roots of traditional Scottish music and also features international folk, roots and world music artists. The festival is produced and promoted by Glasgow’s Concert Halls. Donald Shaw, a founding member of Capercaillie, was appointed Celtic Connections Artistic Director in 2006. Shaw announced in February 2018 that he would be stepping aside from the role. At the core of the festival is the Education

neg: Celtic Connections national station BBC Radio 2 and in BBC Alba's occasional series Cuirm @ Celtic. Celtic Connections The Celtic Connections festival started in 1994 in Glasgow, Scotland, and has since been held every January. Featuring over 300 concerts, ceilidhs, talks, free events, late night sessions and workshops, the festival focuses on the roots of traditional Scottish music and also features international folk, roots and world music artists. The festival is produced and promoted by Glasgow’s Concert Halls. Donald Shaw, a founding member of Capercaillie, was appointed Celtic Connections Artistic Director in 2006. Shaw announced in February 2018 that he would be

neg: Romuva (religion) Vėlinės (day of dead souls, common with Celtic Halloween), Užgavėnės (festival when winter ends and spring begins), and Rasos or Joninės. For Užgavėnės, people in Samogitia may dress in costumes including masks and burn an idol of an old lady, called Morė or Giltine, goddess of death. The philosopher Vydūnas is taken as a sort of founding father of Romuva. He actively promoted awareness of and participation in pagan festivals. Vydūnas saw Christianity as foreign to Lithuanians, and instead he brought his attention to what he saw as the spiritual vision of the adherents of the traditional Baltic religion. He

neg: Kekri (harvest festival) Kekri is celebrated also in other parts of Finland, for instance in the Southern Finnish island of Suomenlinna, where various events are prepared annually in honor of Kekri. The celebrations typically have included abundant feasts, with lamb roast traditionally being part of the menu. Although the Celtic-originated Halloween has gradually begun to penetrate into the Finnish autumn feast traditions from the United States, Kekri has held its ground. In part due to the celebrations of Halloween having become increasingly commercial, many Finns prefer not to have it associated with Kekri or the All Saints' Day (Finnish: Pyhäinpäivä). Kekri (harvest festival)

neg: Punkie Night explains how, in earlier times, farmers would put a traditional "Punkie" on their gates to ward off evil spirits at this time of year. The festival has been celebrated at various sites including Castle Neroche in the Blackdown Hills, Long Sutton and, more commonly, at Hinton St George and the neighbouring village of Lopen. In Ireland there is a similar halloween tradition called Pooky night, Pooky (welsh:Pwca, Cornish Bucca being a Celtic name for faeries or sprites. Children dress up in costumes going from door to door asking for treats for the pooky. Punkie Night Punkie Night is a Westcountry

neg: Grace Griffith with a degree in physical therapy and embarked on a career as a physical therapist. Several years after her college studies she was invited to sing for a local Irish band in Washington DC called “The Hags” and toured the college circuit for two years. Her successor in that band was to become the famed singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter. In 1987 Griffith formed a duo called “Hazlewood” with songwriter Susan Graham White. They produced some independent releases and ultimately appeared at the 1991 Philadelphia Folk Festival. Returning to her celtic roots Grace formed an East Coast Celtic group called Connemara

neg: Trowbridge Village Pump Festival Trowbridge Village Pump Festival The Village Pump Festival is a folk music festival that takes place near Trowbridge. It has its roots years ago in a barn at the Lamb Inn Trowbridge, it then moved to Stowford Manor Farm, Farleigh Hungerford, England. The music covers a variety of genres from folk and roots to blues, celtic and Ceilidh with a variety of other entertainment including a family field, with puppetry and story telling. The event arose from the folk club of the same name founded in Trowbridge in 1970 and the annual festival held there until 1984, when it moved

neg: Halloween costume times of the year, such as on Christmas. Halloween costumes are traditionally based on frightening supernatural or folkloric beings. However, by the 1930s costumes based on characters in mass media such as film, literature, and radio were popular. Halloween costumes have tended to be worn mainly by young people, but since the mid-20th century they have been increasingly worn by adults also. The wearing of costumes at Halloween may come from the belief that supernatural beings, or the souls of the dead, roamed the earth at this time. The practice may have originated in a Celtic festival, held on 31

neg: Death Makes a Holiday Death Makes a Holiday Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween is a non-fiction book by David J. Skal. The book talks about the history of Halloween such as exploring its dark Celtic history and talking about why it was evolved. The author travels throughout the United States and reviews people about what they think of Halloween such as people that go to extraordinary lengths, businessmen who see Halloween in terms of money, and practicing witches. The book tries to help us understand what the many rituals and traditions say about people's psyche. It talks about such things

neg: Death Makes a Holiday Death Makes a Holiday Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween is a non-fiction book by David J. Skal. The book talks about the history of Halloween such as exploring its dark Celtic history and talking about why it was evolved. The author travels throughout the United States and reviews people about what they think of Halloween such as people that go to extraordinary lengths, businessmen who see Halloween in terms of money, and practicing witches. The book tries to help us understand what the many rituals and traditions say about people's psyche. It talks about such things

neg: Binalbal Festival British Isles. The ancient Celts then believed that in the evening of October 31, Samon, ‘Lord of the Dead’, called forth many evil spirits. To ward off these supernatural creatures of darkness, the “Druids” (ancient religious leaders among the Celtic peoples) made great bonfires. Also, the similarity of Binalbal Festival with "Mardi Gras"—whose origins can be traced to medieval Europe, passing through Rome and Venice in the 17th and 18th centuries to the French House of the Bourbons—portrays merrymaking with parades, masked balls, street dancing and Halloween parties. These led to Binalbal's imitation of witches, ghosts, all kinds and shapes

neg: Mama's Boys led to himself and Pat revisiting their traditional Irish music roots and forming a celtic/new age group called Celtus. In 2003, Pat McManus joined with Irish rock band 'Indian' for an album and live shows. Pat is on line with a searing lead on the song Burning it Up. He also shows with the annual Rory Gallagher festival at Ballyshannon. His playing is immense but sadly not well known in USA. Pat McManus has his own band with Marty McDermott on bass and Paul Faloon on drums. They have just released a new live CD and DVD called "Live and

neg: Wicca with the Celtic festival is the name. Gardner himself made use of the English names of these holidays, stating that "the four great Sabbats are Candlemass, May Eve, Lammas, and Halloween; the equinoxes and solstices are celebrated also." In the Egyptologist Margaret Murray's "The Witch-Cult in Western Europe" (1921) and "The God of the Witches" (1933), in which she dealt with what she believed had been a historical Witch-Cult, she stated that the four main festivals had survived Christianisation and had been celebrated in the pagan Witchcraft religion. Subsequently, when Wicca was first developing in the 1930s through to the

neg: Hop-tu-Naa Hop-tu-Naa Hop-tu-Naa is a Celtic festival celebrated in the Isle of Man on 31 October. It is the celebration of the original New Year's Eve (). It is thought to be the oldest unbroken tradition in the Isle of Man. Hop-tu-Naa is a continuation of the Manx Oie Houiney, which is exactly the same as the Irish Oíche Shamhna and which is pronounced the same. The exact status of Oíche Shamhna and its role in the Celtic calendar has been a matter of debate. Oíche Shamhna eventually mutated in to Halloween in northern England and in Ireland, it was carried

neg: The Thistle & Shamrock download and live festival recordings. In the summer of 1990, Ritchie returned to Scotland where she continued to produce the program for NPR. Although WFAE is no longer licensed to UNCC and has switched to a mostly news-talk format, the Charlotte station continued to carry "Thistle" as one of its few music programs for several years. Ritchie has also produced several CD compilations of Celtic music, and authored a volume on Celtic music for the "NPR Curious Listener’s Guide" book series, published in 2005. In 2006, Ritchie launched Thistlepod, a free podcast from NPR featuring new-releases from Celtic roots. In

neg: Celtic nations in Italy also presents a claim of Celtic heritage. The Northern League autonomist party often exalts what it claims are the Celtic roots of all Northern Italy or Padania. Reportedly, Friuli also has a claim to Celticity (recent studies have estimated that about 1/10 of Friulian words are of Celtic origin; also, a lot of typical Friulian traditions, dances, songs and mythology are remnants of the culture of Carnian tribes who lived in this area during the Roman age and the early Middle Ages. Some Friulians consider themselves and their region as one of the Celtic Nations) Celtic tribes inhabited

neg: Geography of Halloween seasonal differences and the transition from spring to summer. Criticism stems largely from the fact that Halloween has little relevance to Australian culture. It is also considered, by some Australians, to be an unwanted American influence; as although Halloween does have Celtic/European origins, its increasing popularity in Australia is largely as a result of American pop-culture influence. Supporters of the event claim that the critics fail to see that the event is not entirely American, but rather Celtic and is no different to embracing other cultural traditions such as Saint Patrick's Day. Due to the opposition to Halloween by some

neg: Fishguard Folk Festival Fishguard Folk Festival Since 1999, the seaport town of Fishguard in Wales has hosted a traditional music festival, held over the late May Spring Bank Holiday weekend. A feature of the festival is the blur between audience and performers, creating an opportunity to meet the artists, engage in the workshops and master-classes, and soak up the atmosphere. International interest in Celtic roots has seen the festival introduce, and attract, Breton, Cornish and Scottish artists alongside the now regular Welsh, Irish and English groups. Organised by volunteers from the Tuesday night Fishguard Folk session, the festival is non-profit making, financed mainly

neg: Festival of the Dead Islands, the ancient Persians, ancient Romans, and the northern nations of Europe. In the Inca religion the entire month of November is 'Ayamarca', which translates to "Festival of the Dead". The Chinese and Buddhist festival is called Ghost Festival. In the 21st century, European traditions mark the celebrations of Halloween. It has been thought that the three day festival of the dead is a ritualistic remembrance of the deluge in which the first night, Halloween depicts the wickedness of the world before flood. The second night then celebrates the saved who survived the deluge and the last night celebrates those

neg: Fishguard Folk Festival by grants, ticket sales and donations. <br> Fishguard Folk Festival Since 1999, the seaport town of Fishguard in Wales has hosted a traditional music festival, held over the late May Spring Bank Holiday weekend. A feature of the festival is the blur between audience and performers, creating an opportunity to meet the artists, engage in the workshops and master-classes, and soak up the atmosphere. International interest in Celtic roots has seen the festival introduce, and attract, Breton, Cornish and Scottish artists alongside the now regular Welsh, Irish and English groups. Organised by volunteers from the Tuesday night Fishguard Folk session,

neg: Celtae (band) who performs music on guitar, but is also known for his bodhran playing. He has an eclectic musical history. MacDonald has performed at major festivals throughout Canada including the Canadian Tulip Festival, The Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival, The Regina Mosaic Multicultural Festival and more. He has also performed at prestigious venues such as the National Arts Centre, in Ottawa, The Savoy Theatre in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, and Centre Point Theatre in Ottawa. The Nathan Bishop project has been a sharp departure from his previous Celtic roots. The "Ottawa Citizen" referred to these compositions as "funky folk". In September 2008,

neg: Canmore Folk Music Festival Canmore Folk Music Festival The Canmore Folk Music Festival is an annual three-day outdoor music event held the first weekend of August in Canmore, Alberta, Canada, established in 1978. Though the town of Canmore has a population of less than 14,000, the festival averages an attendance rate of over 19,000 each year. As of 2018, the producer of the festival is Sue Panning & the festival is run by Ken Pillipow. The festival relies on over 600 volunteers and is a community affair. The festival showcases performers in many genres. Most years, folk, Celtic, bluegrass, blues, gospel, roots, and worldbeat

neg: Doll Asylum or other thrift shops." The Doll Asylum is open at no cost for a limited time each Halloween season. In 2017, the Doll Asylum moved to Astoria, Oregon, where open houses continue around Halloween. The event's attendance has grown over time, as has the size of the doll collection. One KOIN reporter said of his experience, "I didn't really know what to expect upon arriving to the home that has a hundred or so dolls dwelling inside. What I found was a family who absolutely loves Halloween… and they love celebrating it with everyone." Michael Lloyd of "The Oregonian" called

neg: Night Visions (film festival) Night Visions (film festival) Night Visions is a biannual film festival focusing on horror, fantasy, science fiction and cult cinema. The festival is held twice a year in Helsinki, Finland. The festival also showcases documentaries and short films. The first Night Visions festival was organized in November 1997. The first Night Visions festival was organized in Halloween 1997. The roots of the festival lay in Gorehound, a film zine focusing on genre cinema, whose readership and staff were responsible for the first Night Visions Film Festival. The current festival director Mikko Aromaa is former editor-in-chief of Gorehound. The first festival

neg: Halloween costume misfortune. In 19th century Scotland, youths went house-to-house with masked, painted or blackened faces, often threatening to do mischief if they were not welcomed. In parts of Wales, men went about dressed as fearsome beings called "gwrachod", while in some places, young people cross-dressed. Elsewhere in Europe, mumming and costumes were part of other yearly festivals. However, in the Celtic-speaking regions they were "particularly appropriate to a night upon which supernatural beings were said to be abroad and could be imitated or warded off by human wanderers". It has also been suggested that the wearing of Halloween costumes developed from

neg: Fairbridge Festival features a variety of musical genres such as blues, roots, Celtic, folk, dance, a cappella and world music as well as acts and activities specifically catering for children and young people. Fairbridge Festival has experienced steady audience growth with the 2016 tally of about 15,000 day attendees. The most common patrons are families, but Fairbridge Festival is enjoyed by all ages including teenagers, young adults and the young at heart. The 2017 Fairbridge Festival celebrated the festival's 25th anniversary, and part of these celebrations include an extended four-day event: 21–24 April 2017. The next festival is scheduled for 26-28 April

neg: Knockengorroch now an established event in the region. It has grown since its beginnings while still remaining an intimate and hospitable experience, welcoming people from all over Scotland, the UK and beyond for a relaxed, inspiring and riotous four days. The festival has grown from an audience of 300 locals to 2700, including international visitors. The origin of the festival's name is unclear, but in Gaelic ‘knock’ (Cnoc) means a hill and ‘gorroch’ has a variety of meanings. The featured artists originate from Celtic, world and roots music genre and the festival has been held in various other locations as the

neg: Alan Heusaff 1990, Heusaff wrote of the future of the League:""The Celtic League has a role to play in stimulating Inter Celtic contacts, Inter Celtic solidarity, which could express itself in contributing to pressure on politicians and international/European institutions to steer developments in Europe towards full recognition of the rights of our nations including languages. Other Inter Celtic organizations exist (i.e. Celtic Congress), also Inter Celtic events (Film and Television Festival. Celtic Congress of Writers etc.) – but we are the only association so far working on a continuous or permanent basis. We need to think about what contribution the Celtic peoples

neg: Square Roots Square Roots Square Roots (previously called the Folk & Roots Festival) is a two- to three-day music festival that has been held each summer in the Lincoln Square neighborhood in Chicago since 1998. Organized by the Old Town School of Folk Music and the Lincoln Square Chamber of Commerce, the festival features world music and dance performances from a variety of genres with particular emphasis on folk and world music. The Folk & Roots Festival began in 1998 and was coordinated solely by the Old Town School of Folk Music. Each year the event was held at Welles Park in

neg: Square Roots Square Roots Square Roots (previously called the Folk & Roots Festival) is a two- to three-day music festival that has been held each summer in the Lincoln Square neighborhood in Chicago since 1998. Organized by the Old Town School of Folk Music and the Lincoln Square Chamber of Commerce, the festival features world music and dance performances from a variety of genres with particular emphasis on folk and world music. The Folk & Roots Festival began in 1998 and was coordinated solely by the Old Town School of Folk Music. Each year the event was held at Welles Park in

neg: University of California, San Diego mid-May on the seventh week of the spring quarter. The festival has grown over its 30-year history into a 20,000 person event, featuring an eclectic mix of art, dance, and musical performances. Past performers have included: Kendrick Lamar, Porter Robinson, Macklemore, Silversun Pickups, Wiz Khalifa, Drake, T.I., Third Eye Blind, Ludacris, Michelle Branch, Sara Bareilles, The Roots, and My Chemical Romance. The 2017 festival featured ScHoolboy Q, DJ Mustard, Bad Suns, Manila Killa and Khalid. Two other popular campus traditions include the Pumpkin Drop and the Watermelon Drop, which take place during Halloween and at the end of the spring

neg: Edmonton Folk Music Festival come from Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The festival showcases performers in many genres. Most years, folk, Celtic, bluegrass, blues, gospel, roots, and worldbeat acts perform. Past main stage performers include k.d. lang, Joni Mitchell, Blue Rodeo, Stan Rogers, Great Big Sea, Oysterband, Loreena McKennitt, Norah Jones, Steve Earle, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, David Gray, Neko Case, Van Morrison, David Byrne, Michael Franti, Hanggai, K'Naan, and Passenger. In addition to mainstage and sidestage concerts by individual artists, the festival has artists collaborate on shared stages. Each year, the festival showcases local Edmonton performers, from youth to

neg: Hebridean Brewing Company course around Stornoway and Lews Castle. Since 2003, the Hebridean Brewing Company has sponsored and produced a beer specifically for the Hebridean Celtic Festival. The music festival aims to celebrate the Celtic culture of Scotland as well as the Isle of Lewis. The beer that the brewery has made for the annual event is called the "Celtic Festivale". The Hebridean Brewing Company uses various 'Food and Drink' exhibitions and festivals as a method of promoting their brands of beer and ale. Most notable among them are: The brewery produces the following six regular beers: The "Berserker", named after the Viking

neg: Celtic Media Festival of 22 different categories. The festival also presents a Gold Torc to the winner of Spirit of the Festival Award - a film or television programme wholly or substantially in a Celtic language that encapsulates the spirit of the Celtic Media Festival. The Celtic Media Festival has been chaired by dedicated and respected individuals working in the broadcasting industry: Irish Chairs: Scottish Chairs: Welsh Chairs: Celtic Media Festival The Celtic Media Festival, formerly known as the Celtic Film and Television Festival, aims to promote the languages and cultures of the Celtic nations in film, on television, radio and new media.

neg: Soul cake Lancashire, bonfires were lit on Halloween which were known as Teanlay fires which were lit on many hills to observe the fast (feast) of All Souls and the night was called Teanlay Night (after which the Teanlowe Shopping Centre is named in Poulton-le-Fylde). According to Hardwick (1872), the burning of fires on Halloween may also be related to earlier practices. In the English countryside, people lit bonfires to ward off evil spirits. Glassie (1969) believes that fires on Halloween were lit into modern times in the Celtic areas of "northern and western most counties of England". During the 1850s, in

neg: Trick-or-treating if the owners of the house refused. This tradition was claimed to have been started by the Rhodian lawgiver Cleobulus. Since the Middle Ages, a tradition of mumming on a certain holiday has existed in parts of Britain and Ireland. It involved going door-to-door in costume, performing short scenes or parts of plays in exchange for food or drink. The custom of trick-or-treating on Halloween may come from the belief that supernatural beings, or the souls of the dead, roamed the earth at this time and needed to be appeased. It may otherwise have originated in a Celtic festival, held

neg: Ardenwood Historic Farm museum is run by the Society for the Preservation of Carter Railroad Resources. The park hosts many events, a Celtic festival, an Independence Day celebration, the Washington Township Railroad Fair on Labor Day, a Renaissance Faire in September, The Harvest Festival in October, a Zydeco concert, and many Halloween celebrations, complete with a haunted railroad. Among other crops, in the fall the farm harvests a large pumpkin patch. The Ardenwood Farm today is a working farm producing grain and vegetables. The local area was in agricultural usage beginning sometime in the 1850s. The Ardenwood Farm locale was characterized first for

neg: The Iron Horse (Scottish band) The band toured extensively, appearing at many festivals, such as Ely, Edinburgh, Tarbert and Arran. They headlined the 1994 "Celts in Kent" festival, playing two shows in Faversham and the prestigious Lady Sassoon Gallery in Folkestone. In 1996 they headlined the Gosport Easter Festival, with the contemporaries the Old Blind Dogs sharing the stage for the finale. Additionally, they appear on; The Iron Horse (Scottish band) The Iron Horse was a Scottish Celtic music band formed in 1990. During the '90s the band, along with others, broadened Celtic music from its traditional roots to the wider range of music now

neg: Irish stepdance world increasingly divorced from perceived Celtic traditions. Irish stepdance Irish stepdance is a style of performance dance with its roots in traditional Irish dance. It is generally characterized by a stiff upper body and quick and precise movements of the feet. It can be performed solo or in groups. Aside from public dance performances, there are also stepdance competitions all over the world. These competitions are often called Feiseanna (singular Feis). In Irish dance culture, a Feis is a traditional Gaelic arts and culture festival. Costumes are considered important for stage presence in competition and performance Irish stepdance. In many

neg: Caledonia in early Welsh. According to Zimmer (2006), Caledonia is derived from the tribal name "Caledones" (or "Calīdones"), which he etymologises as possessing hard feet', alluding to standfastness or endurance", from the Proto-Celtic roots "*kal-" "hard" and "*φēdo-" "foot". The exact location of what the Romans called Caledonia in the early stages of Britannia is uncertain, and the boundaries are unlikely to have been fixed until the building of Hadrian's Wall. From then onwards, Caledonia stood to the north of the wall, and to the south was the Roman province of Britannia (consisting of most of what is now England and

neg: Birmingham, Alabama eight venues around downtown. Screenings are concentrated at the Alabama Theatre. The Sloss Furnaces has an annual Halloween haunted attraction called "Sloss Fright Furnace". During the summer, Sloss Furnaces hosts an annual music and arts festival known as Sloss Music and Arts Festival, or Sloss Fest. Since it began in 2015, the festival has attracted hundreds of national headliners as well as local bands. In its first year, Sloss Fest had approximately 25,000 attendees over its two-day span. Another musical festival is the Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival, presented at the end of August each year, concurrent with the

neg: Stockton's Wing Live – Take One Western Sky (‘83), Full Flight (‘86), Celtic Roots Revival (‘87), and 15 singles. Major Festivals included; Nyon Folk Festival (‘80), Lisdoonvarna Festival (‘81, ‘82, ‘83’), Edmonton Folk Festival (‘84), Festival de Cornouaille (‘86), Cambridge Folk Festival (‘82), Calgary Folk Festival (‘84), Ballisodare Festival (‘80, ‘81, ‘82), Belfast Folk Festival (‘82, ‘84), Milwaukee Irish Fest (‘84, ‘85), Chicago Irish Fest (‘88), Siamsa Cois Laoi (‘85, ‘86). Stockton's Wing Live – Take One Produced; Bill Whelan Executive Producer; Danny Kenny Engineer; Andrew Boland Assistant Engineers; Brian Nartey & Ian Bryan Live Sound; Mick Barry Stage Sound; Damien Hughes Lights; Trevor Hanna Sleeve

neg: Muddy Roots Muddy Roots Muddy Roots began in 2010 as an annual music festival at the June Bug Boogie Ranch in Cookeville, Tennessee. The music festival included camping, vendors, a car show, and a pin-up pageant. In 2012, the festival expanded to Europe at the Cowboy Up Steakhouse Saloon in Waardamme, Belgium and featured the same blend of musical styles as the festival held in Tennessee. Muddy Roots announced a third separate festival would be held in May 2013 at the Red River Canoe Campground in Adams, Tennessee, called the Muddy Roots Spring Weekender. All of the Muddy Roots music festivals featured

neg: Pay the Ghost Cleaning the wound, they find a symbol, which leads them to a Celtic Halloween celebration. A participant explains—the children are burning dolls to pay the ghost, so they won't be taken. In early New York, on Halloween night of 1679, because of her Celtic worship, a young widow living on the first New York settlement was burned alive with her three children by an angry mob of settlers suspecting her to be a witch, and she takes revenge every year on Halloween, when the border between the spiritual world and the physical world dissolves for a short time. Since then,

neg: Night Visions (film festival) was a one night event of an overnight screening of genre films showed back to back on one screen. From 2002 onwards, Night Visions film festival has been arranged twice a year, with Back to Basics in mid-April and Maximum Halloween on Halloween weekend. The Maximum Halloween event was extended from one night event to a weekend event in 2005, showing movies on three different nights. In January 2013 the film festival was awarded the Cultural Achievement Award 2012 from the City of Helsinki. The festival was credited for its bold, original and first-rate program, along with its unique atmosphere

neg: Celtic Media Festival Celtic Media Festival The Celtic Media Festival, formerly known as the Celtic Film and Television Festival, aims to promote the languages and cultures of the Celtic nations in film, on television, radio and new media. The festival is an annual three-day celebration of broadcasting and film from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Isle of Man, Cornwall and Brittany. The festival has existed for nearly forty years. The festival was first held in 1980, on the Scottish islands of South Uist and Benbecula. The 30th festival was held in March 2009 in Caernarfon, Wales. The festival presents the Torc Awards to the winners

neg: Motion Potion produce festivals and concert nights such as All Shook Down Music Festival, Sea of Dreams NYE, Ghost Ship Halloween, North Beach Jazz, Festival of the Golden Gate and Mojito Café. Motion Potion tours frequently, and from 2002 to 2004 was the first and only DJ at Bonnaroo. According to the "Los Angeles Times", in 2006 MoPo was the first DJ to play a silent disco in the United States, and since then he has founded Silent Frisco, a headphone dance concert production company. The "San Francisco Weekly" has called MoPo "the godfather of the silent disco," while "SFist" called him

neg: West Coast Blues & Roots Festival West Coast Blues & Roots Festival The West Coast Blues 'n' Roots Festival is an annual music festival held in Fremantle, Western Australia. It features many blues and roots performers, both international and local. The festival was founded by Sunset Events and began as a two-day event in 2004 and was called the 'Sunset Live’s Botanic Blues, Roots and Soul' held at Kings Park, Western Australia. From 2005, the event became a one-day event and was known as the West Coast Blues & Roots held at the Esplanade Park, Fremantle. In 2007, the event expanded to a two-day event and

neg: West Coast Blues & Roots Festival March 2013" "Sunday, 24 March 2013" West Coast Blues & Roots Festival The West Coast Blues 'n' Roots Festival is an annual music festival held in Fremantle, Western Australia. It features many blues and roots performers, both international and local. The festival was founded by Sunset Events and began as a two-day event in 2004 and was called the 'Sunset Live’s Botanic Blues, Roots and Soul' held at Kings Park, Western Australia. From 2005, the event became a one-day event and was known as the West Coast Blues & Roots held at the Esplanade Park, Fremantle. In 2007, the event

neg: Cruachan (band) of the band's career with very high-profile shows including a tour of Russia in March. Headline shows in Germany, Ireland, Ukraine and Israel, as well as appearances at Ostrov festival (Russia), Bandershtat festival (Ukraine), HoernerFest (Germany), Brutal Assault (Czech Rep.), Rock for Roots (Germany), Halloween Fest (Italy) and Eindhoven Metal Meeting (The Netherlands). In between these shows they have been recording their next studio album. This album is titled "Blood for the Blood God" and is scheduled for a December 2014 release. Due to these recording commitments they had to turn down a place on Paganfest USA 2014. John Fay

neg: Celtic Colours Celtic Colours Celtic Colours International Festival is a Celtic music festival held annually in October in communities all over Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada. First held in 1997, the festival has featured hundreds of musicians from all over the Celtic world and attracted tens of thousands of visitors to Cape Breton Island. For nine days in October, Cape Breton Island is home to a unique celebration of music and culture as the Celtic Colours International Festival presents dozens of concerts all over the island, an extensive line-up of workshops, a visual art series of exhibitions, and a nightly

neg: Alborosie close to reggae music's roots and Rastafari culture. There, he started working as a sound engineer and producer. He has also worked with artists like Gentleman and Ky-Mani Marley. His first solo album was called "Soul Pirate". In the summer of 2009 he released his second album which was called "Escape from Babylon". In August 2008 Alborosie played at the Uppsala Reggae Festival. The name 'Alborosie' comes from a name he was given in the early years after moving to Jamaica. "Borosie was what they used to call me. Let me put it like this. My early experience in Jamaica

neg: Jamie Lee Curtis current horror film glut what Christopher Lee was to the last one-or Boris Karloff was in the 1930s." Curtis has returned to the "Halloween" series five times, playing Laurie Strode again in the sequels "Halloween II" (1981), "" (1998), "" (2002), and "Halloween" (2018), and having an uncredited voice role in "" (1982). Her role in 1983's "Trading Places" helped Curtis shed her horror queen image, and garnered her a BAFTA award as best supporting actress. 1988's "A Fish Called Wanda" achieved near cult status – while showcasing her as a comedic actress; she was nominated for a BAFTA as

neg: Historic Irvington Halloween Festival Historic Irvington Halloween Festival The Historic Irvington Halloween Festival is a non-profit event founded in 1947 by the Historic Irvington Community Council in an effort to bring together residents, neighborhood organizations, and businesses in the Irvington Historic District of Indianapolis, Indiana for a celebration of heritage and community. The festival is currently the nation's oldest and largest Halloween festival. The festival encompasses the week leading up to October 31, culminating in a street festival on the final Saturday. East Washington Street is closed between Ritter Ave. and Arlington Ave. in Irvington to hold the street festival. Events include a 5-mile

neg: Historic Irvington Halloween Festival on University Avenue, before being converted to a new high school for the Irvington Preparatory Academy. Historic Irvington Halloween Festival The Historic Irvington Halloween Festival is a non-profit event founded in 1947 by the Historic Irvington Community Council in an effort to bring together residents, neighborhood organizations, and businesses in the Irvington Historic District of Indianapolis, Indiana for a celebration of heritage and community. The festival is currently the nation's oldest and largest Halloween festival. The festival encompasses the week leading up to October 31, culminating in a street festival on the final Saturday. East Washington Street is closed between

neg: Trick-or-treating on the back what the money can be used for in developing countries. Trick-or-treating Trick-or-treating has become a Halloween ritual custom for children and adults in many countries. The term ""trick-or-treat"", most commonly associated with the USA, but with its cultural origins in the Celtic regions of Europe, is now found in use all over the world since the spread and establishment of now popular cultural activities, previously by means of colonialism and the spread of Christianity. Typically, children in costumes travel from house to house, asking for treats with the phrase "Trick or treat". The "treat" is usually some

neg: 8 Ball Aitken Grand Finalist status in Toyota Star Maker Quest at the 2008, 2009, & 2011 Tamworth Country Music Festival. 8 Ball Aitken won the 'Rising Star Male Award' at the 2008 Southern Star Awards which are held in Mildura each year (also called the Australian Independent Country Music Awards). Aitken is also the founder of the Grass Roots Music Festival, funded as a special project by Brisbane's Lord Mayor Campbell Newman. The Grass Roots Music Festival has run for ten years 2005 to 2014 in the Brisbane City Botanical Gardens, Mount Coot-tha. 8 Ball Aitken has toured and performed at festivals

neg: State Street Halloween Party State Street Halloween Party The State Street Halloween Party, renamed Freakfest in 2006, is an annual Halloween party in Madison, Wisconsin. On Halloween State Street is a gathering place for tens of thousands of party-goers who come from several states. Before the city began charging admission, the festival saw crowds of up to 100,000, many dressed in costume, but in recent years the crowds have been a fraction that size. The Halloween celebration, which lasts all weekend, has often culminated in rioting, contributing to its "wild" reputation. As a result, the celebration has become a point of contention in local

neg: Vancouver Halloween Parade & Expo Vancouver Halloween Parade & Expo The Vancouver Halloween Parade & Expo is a festival of arts, performances, cosplay, comics, anime, films, costumes and makeup. The festival consists of an outdoor Parade in downtown Vancouver and an indoor Expo made of music and performing arts festival, arts exhibition and comic convention. It was founded by International Health Council and organized by Vancouver International Halloween Festival Society to advance the public's appreciation of the arts by presenting and producing arts, visual arts, dances and performances from diverse communities while reducing blood and gore themes to celebrate and sustain Halloween heritage in family

neg: MacTalla Mor MacTalla Mor MacTalla Mor is a Celtic Roots Band that was formed in 2002 and is based near New York City. The band combines traditional Bagpipes and Gaelic singing with modern music styles including, rock, blues, jazz, reggae and hip hop. MacTalla is made up entirely of members of the Ofgang family. Since their inception MacTalla Mor has toured the United States and Canada. They have played at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, for ESPN, ABC and NBC TV and at Pete Seeger's Clearwater Festival. The band has released four CDs. The CD "The New Colossus" released

neg: Ortigueira's Festival of Celtic World Ortigueira's Festival of Celtic World Ortigueira, a seaport and borough in County Ferrolterra (A Coruña) in Galicia, celebrates its patron saint day -Saint Martha of Ortigueira's Day- on 29 July. Held during Saint Martha's day, Ortigueira's Festival of Celtic World (Festival Internacional do Mundo Celta de Ortigueira) is the highlight of the borough's summertime festival calendar. The festival lasts for four days, Thursday to Sunday, and is free. The main stage is located in the port, and it has hosted performances by Celtic music groups of great level and international fame, such as Alan Stivell or The Chieftains, among many

neg: Zervas and Pepper A Small Town". In early 2014 the duo performed as part of Scotland's annual Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow, and were featured as part of the "Roaming Roots Revue" California Dreaming show at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall alongside artists such as Dawes, Roddy Hart, Lau and The Webb Sisters. Zervas and Pepper also performed two further live "In the round" acoustic performances, broadcast as part of the festival for Mark Radcliffe's BBC Radio 2 "Folk Show" and Ricky Ross's "Another Country" for BBC Radio Scotland. Further UK Festival appearances by Zervas and Pepper in Summer 2014 included performances at

neg: Halloween (2018 film) cooler, 'we're making "Halloween 2". For fans, we pay homage and respect to every "Halloween" that has been out there." Despite Green and McBride's comedy roots, "Halloween" was distanced from the comedy genre. McBride further elaborated that "I think there was, like, maybe one joke on the page, but the rest is straight horror." Believing that "good horror movie directors are good directors", Jason Blum hired Green for his perceived "amazing" storytelling. No major steps were taken without Carpenter's approval, including the acceptance of the initial pitch and bringing back actress Jamie Lee Curtis. Displeased with Rob Zombie's re-imagining and

neg: Beggars Night or Halloween Days' Trick-or-Treating, which in most places is just called "The day the town decided when Trick-or-Treating was." Traditionally, Halloween Day or Halloween Eve, children went trick-or-treating at night when Halloween festivities started. Due to both days being festival days, especially on weekends, many car accidents and intoxicated misbehaviors occurred. To make this holiday safer, in a county all towns in it, will receive a different day for children residing in that town to go trick-or-treating: hours between getting out of school and ending between 6-8pm. Due to the differing days, children are able to go trick-or-treating on multiple

neg: Pan-Celticism Galician nationalism and Asturian nationalism began to court Pan-Celticism, attending the "Festival Interceltique de Lorient" and the Pan Celtic Festival at Killarney, as well as joining the International Section of the Celtic League. Although this region had once been under Iberian Celts, had a strong resonance in Gaelic mythology (ie - Breogán) and even during the Early Middle Ages had a small enclave of Celtic Briton emigrants at Britonia (similar to the case with Brittany), no Celtic language had been spoken there since the 8th century and today they speak Romance languages. During the so-called "Galician crisis" of 1986, the

neg: Murder Party work in post-production on the make up effects to supplement what was done on set. The score on the Tomatometer was 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, and also currently has 4 positive reviews from critics. Murder Party Murder Party is a 2007 American horror comedy film written, directed and shot by Jeremy Saulnier. It was shot in Brooklyn, New York. It was given the Audience Award for Best Feature at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival and screened within such festivals as Maryland Film Festival. Christopher, a lonely and plain man, finds an invitation to a Halloween costume party entitled "Murder Party",

neg: Culture of Sheffield monthlong comedy festival in October and now the largest comedy festival in England. Open Up Sheffield is an annual event over the first two weekends in May where local visual artists and fine craft workers invite the public to their studios and other venues. The Sheffield International Documentary Festival, the UK's leading documentary festival, (now known as Doc/Fest) has been run annually since 1994. Summer Sounds is a yearly two-day world music event. Fright Night is a Halloween festival staged in the city centre and is billed as Britain's Biggest Halloween Party with a reported 38,000 people in 2008. Tramlines

neg: Vancouver Halloween Parade & Expo to 4 days from Oct 15 Thursday to Oct 18 Sunday, with performing arts in Tom Lee Music Hall, exhibitions at PNE, and a grand Parade in downtown Vancouver. Vancouver Halloween Parade & Expo The Vancouver Halloween Parade & Expo is a festival of arts, performances, cosplay, comics, anime, films, costumes and makeup. The festival consists of an outdoor Parade in downtown Vancouver and an indoor Expo made of music and performing arts festival, arts exhibition and comic convention. It was founded by International Health Council and organized by Vancouver International Halloween Festival Society to advance the public's appreciation of

neg: Eileen McGann (musician) studies. Her interpretations of Celtic traditional songs made her name quickly on the Canadian folk music scene. With the release of her first album, "Elements" (1986), which included seven of her own songs, McGann began to be redefined as a singer-songwriter, even though she continued to sing Celtic traditional music. This album garnered attention in Great Britain, including a favourable review in Folk Roots magazine, as well as North America; she played her first British festival, the Glasgow MayFest in 1987. Her second album, "Turn It Around" (1991), was hailed as one of the top albums of the year by

neg: Celtic Fiddle Festival Celtic Fiddle Festival Celtic Fiddle Festival is a group of Celtic fiddlers active since 1993. Representing the three main branches of Celtic culture, the members were Johnny Cunningham (late of Silly Wizard) of Scotland, Kevin Burke (best known for the Bothy Band) of Ireland, and Christian LeMaitre (member of Kornog) of Brittany. Since Cunningham's death in 2003, the group has continued to perform, replacing him with Andre Brunet (formerly of La Bottine Souriante) from Quebec. Cunningham and Burke were both resident in the US and decided they wanted to tour together. It was suggested that a show with just 2

neg: Celtic Fiddle Festival with a short solo performance from each fiddler to demonstrate the individual styles of music. The musicians then all play together. Celtic Fiddle Festival Celtic Fiddle Festival is a group of Celtic fiddlers active since 1993. Representing the three main branches of Celtic culture, the members were Johnny Cunningham (late of Silly Wizard) of Scotland, Kevin Burke (best known for the Bothy Band) of Ireland, and Christian LeMaitre (member of Kornog) of Brittany. Since Cunningham's death in 2003, the group has continued to perform, replacing him with Andre Brunet (formerly of La Bottine Souriante) from Quebec. Cunningham and Burke were

neg: Glen Innes, New South Wales Memorial Uniting Church and St Andrews Presbyterian Church which hail from the town's Scottish roots; as well as the Holy Trinity Anglican and St Patrick's Catholic Churches, Baptist, Assembly of God, Seventh Day Adventist and other smaller congregations. Annual events include: Minerama, a gem and fossicking festival; the Australian Celtic Festival, Land of the Beardies Festival, Pastoral and Agricultural Show and also horse racing, the prestigious Glen Innes Cup. The Glen Innes Arts Council produces their own theatrical productions throughout the year and presents travelling productions and film screenings. It is the longest continuously running arts council in Australia, housed

neg: Jack Skellington In combat, Jack uses some of his scary powers with demonstrations of some magic, making him a formidable sorcerer. Chris Sarandon reprises his role for the English version, and Masachika Ichimura provides Jack's Japanese voice. Jack Skellington introduces himself to Sora, Goofy, and Donald Duck as the ruler of Halloween Town. Jack plans to use the heart that Finklestein created to control the seemingly docile Heartless to make a festival called "Heartless Halloween" so that Halloween can be frightening, but the idea fails when not only the first experiment cause the Heartless to go berserk, but Oogie Boogie steals the

neg: Còig Folk Music Awards. They followed up in 2015 with "Carols", an album of Christmas music. Còig released the album "Rove" in 2017. It received nominations for Traditional Album of the Year at the 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards and Traditional Roots Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018. That year the band performed at the East Coast Music Awards ceremony. Also that year fiddler Colin Grant left the group. In 2017 and in 2018 the band once again performed at the Celtic Colours Festival. In 2018 the band was named Roots/traditional recording of the year at the