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ZELTIK 2017 A totally fresh 20th edition !
The 20th anniversary will be one that combines a new freshness as well as a history of experience! Indeed, after the traditional opening of the festival by the Celtic Prelude on Friday March 10th in St-Martin church, Saturday will take place under the guise of great atmosphere, exciting music and discoveries of all colours. No less than 7 groups will ignite the stage with their energy and originality. A Celtic evening just as we love it!
CELTIC PRELUDE
10.03.2017 // 8 pm // St. Martin’s Church CONTRA PUNCTUM ENSEMBLE Juan Ulibarri: bagpipes, baroque clarinet, pastoral pipes Idoia Bengoa: baroque bassoon Alessandro Urbano: organ
CELTIC CELEBRATION 11.03.2017 // 6 pm // Hall Sportif Annexe Alliance Lycée Nic Biever
RED HOT CHILLI PIPERS The Masters of BagRock are back in town to celebrate the Zeltik’s 20th anniversary! Bagpipes with attitude, drums with a Scottish accent and a show so hot it carries its own health warning. The quality of the entertaining characters does not stop with their talents as musical actors, as their good humour is real and very contagious. Joyfully transgressing taboos, they attack the classics with an iconoclastic, unparalleled fervor and a virtuosity that leaves you fascinated. Dressed in the kilt of rigor, these accomplished musicians celebrate in hilarious style within the discipline of Scottish music. Revisiting the good old pop music classics and the revered 70s rock‘n’rolls with a saving insolence, they infuse an incredible fire with their bagpipes. And who better to blow out the candles of this Zeltik twentieth anniversary?! / www.rhcp.scot
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CELTIC SOCIAL CLUB A home of good vibrations! Brittany’s all Star Band! In two years and a first concert in front of 50,000 spectators at the Festival des Vieilles Charrues (France), two albums and a European tour, the Celtic Social Club entered the huge realm of world music concerts. An energetic and perfect synthesis between tradition, rock, reggae, dub and hip-hop. Their repertoire infuses a heavenly therapy of old Celtic melodies gleaned in Brittany, Ireland, Scotland and Asturies. The Celtic Social Club have quite simply exploded the barriers of genres and styles. And so the Celtic Social Club arrives from Brittany with a rather envious line-up: Jimme O’Neill (The Silencers), Manu Marko (Red Cardell), Ronan The Bars (uilleann pipes), Pierre Stephan (violin), Richard Puaud (bass), Mathieu Péquériau (harps)… / www.celticsocialclub.com
THE PAPERBOYS Celtic Mexican Music Club For 20 years (and 10 albums), The Paperboys have made their unique sound in the landscape of Celtic music. And this unique sound is no coincidence: Tom Landa, leader of the band, in addition to his voice that would melt anyone, claims Mexican roots. Add to this the Irish, Scottish and Latin American origins of the other members of the group, and you get a cocktail that will set you alight! One of the favourite groups of the Zeltik. / www.paperboys.com
CÚIG Cutting edge Irish music! The future of Irish Trad. Cúig means quintet in Welsh. This young group brings us fresh winds full of energy. They’ve been playing together for 5 years, bringing both maturity and youth to their music. Known in their country by almost everyone, their music is simultaneously inspired by the traditions Scottish, Welsh, and even American sounds. Public enthusiasm, and that of music professionals, promises them a long career full of originality! Another peculiarity of the group: no member was born when the 1st Zeltik Festival took place. The future of Celtic music belongs to them. / www.cuigmusic.com
COBBLESTONES Folkaholic: Irish, Scottish & more Want to dance? It’s this group you need! With a mixture of Irish and Scottish folk, this group of young Berliners has no equal on stage and excels in extravert and exuberant style, sometimes in melancholic and dreamlike music. They are already known in most European countries since 2003, from Germany to Portugal, as well as Austria and the Netherlands. And for good reason: at the end of their concert, you will be infected by their general good humour! / www.cobblestones.de PRESS RELEASE - 01/03/2017 3
TOXIC FROGS The new Queens of Celtic Punk Rock! Toxic Frogs is the first female Celtic Punk Rock group in the world. Both festive and explosive their style is destined to make the crowds go wild. In just two years, the Toxic Frogs gang has performed on the best stages, invoking unanimous enthusiasm from the public and international critics. The music of these little mischievous frogs is in their image: lively, funny and punchy! Jumping, running, while playing to their femininity, they encase their compositions with heady riffs, moving from a catchy jig to a devastating punk rock sound, not hesitating to swap a violin for a bass guitar. Toxic Frogs has a show made for the stage. Literally Celtics enjoying punk and wild rock. Their strength is undoubtedly to please all audiences, even the most demanding. / www.toxic-frogs.com
THE LUXEMBOURG PIPE BAND Bagpipes with marching drums The Luxembourg Pipe Band, founded in 2006, draws on traditional Scottish, Breton, Irish and Galic music. Pleasure is their fuel, the know-how their engine, and the machine turns around just perfectly. It is the first Luxembourg formation of its kind. Enjoy their bagpipes, percussion ... and kilts. An entire program. / www.pipeband.lu
TICKETS & INFOS
TICKETS Presale : 20€ (+ taxes) Outlets: • www.opderschmelz.lu • www.luxembourg-ticket.lu • www.e-ticket.lu • www.ticket-regional.de • www.ticketmaster.fr • www.fnacspectacles.com • Regional Cultural Center Dudelange opderschmelz & city hall • CID container Place de l’Hôtel de Ville: 06.-10.03.2017 from 10am - 6pm
Box office: 25€ (from 6 pm)
ORGANISATION City of Dudelange in collaboration with CID (Centre d’Intervention Dudelange)
INFOS www.zeltik.lu www.facebook.com/Zeltik.Dudelange PRESS RELEASE - 01/03/2017 4
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PRESS CONTACT John Rech [email protected] Tel.: +352 51 61 21 280 www.zeltik.lu www.facebook.com/Zeltik.Dudelang