2019 ENTERTAINMENT

Fairy Festival Magical Entertainment to delight, inspire and dazzle!!

• ENCHANTMENT STAGE
  Located at the corner of 9th & G Streets

  • 12:00pm  Maypole Band from Humboldt Folk Dancers to play music for our Maypole Dance!

  • 1:30pm    Hayal
    Hayal is a new local ensemble of experienced musicians performing magical music from across the Middle Eastern including Turkey, Egypt, Armenia and beyond on traditional instruments.

  • 3:00pm   Good Company
    Good Company is a Celtic band from California's North Coast. From rollicking reels and toe-tapping tunes, to Irish airs and ballads, Good Company creates images of Celtic lands, seas, and peoples. They perform their original arrangements as singers and multi-instrumentalists on violins, flutes, pennywhistles, mandolin, cello, guitars, recorders, accordions, dumbek, and bodhran (Irish hand-held drum).

  • 5:30pm   Dance set by Shoshanna and the Ya Habibi Dance Company
    Founded in 1998, Ya Habibi (then Lailaa Chandani) has always enjoyed the exploration of traditional and creative fusion forms of Belly Dancing and Middle Eastern Dances. Shoshanna has danced her way from Arcata across the globe and loves nurturing dancers to pursue a lifelong love of dance and live music in all its pathways. 

  • 6:00pm   Cullan's Hounds of San Francisco, CA
    Culann's Hounds are a traditional Irish folk band from San Francisco, California, United States. Founded in 1999 by Steve Gardner and Michael Kelleher as The Irish Bastards, the band began playing gigs and soon adopted the more broadly appealing name. They present fast, furious Celtic music in the vein of Lunasa and the Bothy Band with vocals in the tradition of the Clancy Brothers. "San Francisco's Culann's Hounds are one of the purest and best tradition Irish groups I've heard in a long time." - John Murphy, Shite-n-Onions.com. 

  • 7:30pm   Dance set by Desert Lillies

  • 8:00pm   DJ Set by Akara
    Akara is sublime and surreal, embracing the genre of spiritual, digitally enhanced music bubbling up over the World.  Sacred music, however, is as old as humanity. It’s one of our greatest ancient mysteries that there are sacred sound frequencies which mirror nature, create our reality, as well as produce the effects of love, health and rejuvenation. Akara seeks to create a sacred space for the exploration of the our bodies, emotion and artistic expression. For this special headliner set, Akara will be joined by the dance magic of Alexandra Kiteri, Eva Brena and Alina Cerys.

• STORYTELLING STAGE
  ​Located at the corner of 8th and H Streets

  • 1:00pm   Isaac Bluefoot

  • 1:45pm    Tea Fairy Storytime​

  • 2:00pm   Seabury Gould - Music and Stories
    Seabury Gould is a singer, multi-instrumentalist, music teacher & recording artist. He performs on guitar, Irish bouzouki, bamboo flute, piano, etc. One of his specialties is Irish/Celtic music. He has performed at the National Storytelling Festival in Tennessee, & extensively with the North Coast Storytellers. He is known for his humorous stories & tales of enchantment. Info: www.seaburygould.com

  • 2:45pm    Trish the Dish

  • 3:00pm    FAIRY TALENT SHOWCASE! Email dance@shoshannaland.com if you'd like to share a piece! (5 minutes max)

  • 4:00pm   (costume contest at Enchantment Stage)

  • 5:00pm    Eccentri-Circus, directed by Shea Freelove

• TRICKSTER'S ALLEY
  In front of Threadbare Dancewear on 8th Street between G and F Streets

  • Coming TBA!

• OTHER FABULOUS ENTERTAINMENT​

  • 12:00pm   Maypole Dance... Center of the Plaza!

  • SCAVENGER HUNT - Check in with Isaac Bluefoot at the School of the Dragon Flower within the Fire Pixie Lounge area to learn how to participate .... try to find all of our Fairy Festival Enchanted Creatures!

  • 4:00pm   Costume Contest @ Enchantment Stage (sign up beforehand near the Storytelling stage), followed by the:

  • 4:30pm    FAIRY FANFARE... Dazzling procession across and around the festival led by Jesse Jonathan, our Costume Contest Judges, Elemental Royalty and Calypso the Dragon! Ends at the Storytelling Stage. 

  • 9:30pm    FIRE SHOW by Circus of the Elements & Bella Vita Fire Dance!

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