Ooops, it's December already - and yes, we do have two new Monthly Markers on our radio station: - Hartwin (BE) - 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑃𝑡. 2 - WÖR (BE) - 𝐷𝐺178 More information on our website: celtcast.com/monthly-mark...

The voting for the longlist of the 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 has started! You have until midnight (CET) on New Year's Eve to nominate and/or vote for your favourite artists and other participants in the fantasy scene! Vote: celtcast.com/vote More info: fantasy-awards.com

Before you know it, another month has passed and new Monthly Markers are being played on CeltCast radio: 1. Naragonia Quartet (BE) - 𝐻𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝 2. Moher-BZH (FR) - 𝑇𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑠 You can find more information (and our player) on our website: celtcast.com/monthly-mark...

Have you already heard our monthly markers for October? 1. Thalas (BE) with 𝐼𝑛 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦 2. Green Lads (FR) with 𝑆𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑘 Find more information about these great songs at: celtcast.com/monthly-mark...

Any plans for the weekend? How about meeting us at Fantasy Fest in the Broodfabriek Rijswijk? With Harmony Glen, Laguz, Rapalje, Prima Nocta, Womanhood, Daridel, Duo Baftig and a lot more! fantasyfest.nl

Next festival up: Elfia Arcen 2025, 20-21/09/2025. Come find us to get your buttons! 😄 www.elfia.com/arcen/

This week, 12-14/09/2025, some of us will be at Festival-Mediaval 2025! Feel free to say hello - there may be buttons! 😁 @festival-mediaval.bsky.social

🧵 Album Review On Friday 29/08/2025, Sowulo will release their 5th studio album called Niht. We were honoured that we were allowed to listen to the album in advance. Our reviewer Cliff de Booy has been all over this new masterpiece from Sowulo, and came back all enthusiastic and inspired.

Coming weekend you can find the CeltCast-team at Middeleeuws Winschoten (NL)! middeleeuws-winschoten.nl

🧵 First impressions from Castlefest 2025! 🏰✨ We had an amazing time with the team, soaking in the music, the vibes, and the magic. We would have loved to catch every band, but with the streets packed and time flying, we couldn’t make it to them all. But we loved everything we did see! ❤️

A new month is looming - and here it is: the CeltCast-agenda for August 2025! celtcast.com/celtcast-age...

🎉 Headed to Castlefest this week? So are we! And guess what, we’re bringing a brand new badge for you to collect! 🏅 Find the CeltCast team out in the fields and grab yours! 😎 Huge thanks to our amazing merch team for the awesome design and print work! 🥰 Team Button: Rosanne, Linda, Erik & Rowin

🧵 🎉 Radio Announcement! 🎶 We’re counting down to Castlefest the biggest folk & fantasy music festival in the Netherlands! ✨ To celebrate, we're taking you on a magical musical journey with 6.5 hours of brand-new tracks! 🌿🎧 📅 Sunday, July 27 🕒 Starting at 15:30 CET

🧵 Icw. vacation a bit on the late side, but of course, we have: 🎶 New Month, New Monthly Markers! 🎶 We have added two brand new tracks to the CeltCast spotlight! 🌟 🔥 Featured Artists This Month: 🇳🇱 Harmony Glen – "No Problem" 🇩🇪 Marcus Friedeberg – "Jah Fa Panwa, the Last Party"

🧵1/3 On 24/05/2025, Marcus Friedeberg released his most recent album "Hunter's Moon". He celebrated the release with a release party together with some friends - resulting in a fantastic performance! 📷 for CeltCast - @celtcast.com #marcusfriedeberg #concertphotography

Zomerfolk 2025 Rapalje Celtic Folk Music Chris Murphy Irish dancers (Rosalie & Madelief Wagenaar) Volunteers and visitors 📷 by Thomas Ribbrock - @tribbrock.bsky.social #rapaljecelticfolk #zomerfolk #zomerfolk2025 #chrismurphy

🧵 📢💿✒️ New Album Review Four years ago Wouter Kuyper of BmB sent me (Cliff de Booy) a copy of their - then new - 💿 album: Ge Vindt Wel Een Taal. Due to the CeltCast sabbatical I took, a review of this album sadly fell by the wayside.

Zaterdag 7 en zondag 8 juni alweer de 11de editie van Rapalje Zomerfolk Festival op en om de Zonneweide in #StadsparkGroningen Twee dagen lang smullen van muziek, cultuur, ambachten en pure gezelligheid gic.nl/uitgaan/be-e...

🧵 Lots of times all the attention is given to the big stages - and yes, we do love the energy of big crowds connecting through music ­— but at least equally beautiful are the unexpected moments of bumping into a spontaneous session or a bard such as Celtic Folk Bard McHollander (NL), …

🧵 01/05: **Beltane** ❤️ and… Our new Monthly Markers on CeltCast Radio! 💿 Band 1: Stringflip (DK/SE) Song: Gådevisen, The Riddle »On their new studio album “Antics”, the quartet explores new sides of itself, when Sofie Bollen's singing voice, for example, is allowed to unfold with the two…

Rhythm madness with Tribubu’s (CI, ES, UK, based in DE) unique world music at Elfia Haarzuilens 2025 (NL). #Tribubu #ElfiaHaarzuilen #Elfia

It’s always a pleasure to see Merulsa (NL) perform her dreamy songs and judging from the audience’s reaction, she was not dreaming alone at Elfia Haarzuilens 2025 (NL) last weekend. #Merulsa #ElfiaHaarzuilens

For balfolkers the Folk Nexus Stage was the place to be at Elfia Haarzuilens 2025 (NL) since they were provided with great dancing music the whole weekend, in this particular case by the wonderful Airboxes (BE).

What an emotional farewell to Elfia Haarzuilens by The Trouble Notes 🥹❤️🏰💛🥳 last Saturday. Were you there? (Video by @germainehelene.bsky.social)

Coming weekend it's time for the next festival: Elfia Haarzuilens (NL)! You may even meet some of us there - and there may be buttons... 😉 See for more: www.elfia.com/en/

⏳ REMINDER: NEW playlist alert! Today, 15:30 CEST 🎙 6.5 hours of NEW songs! Go to: 🌎 celtcast.com/player/ or find us on radio streaming apps like "Simple Radio" or "TuneIn Radio" 📷 of Blóð Dýr by Thomas Ribbrock (@tribbrock.bsky.social) at Festival Historisch Zoetermeer

🧵 🎉 Big Radio Update! 📻 🎶 This Sunday, April 6th around 15:30 CET, we’re adding over 100 new songs to our playlist, and we’re super excited to share them with you!

🧵 📢 💿 🖋 New Album Review Irdorath Fantasy-Folk Band released a new album this February called "Live In The Woods" but this news got a bit lost amongst the social buzz of their first European tour.

🧵 It's the 1st of April which means two new Monthly Markers for this month! 🎵 Band: Hartwin , feat Nicolas Dupont - Label: Studio Trad Song: Head In The Clouds 🎵 Band: Seth Lakeman - Label: All About Promotions Song: The Gallows Tree

🧵 Hi all! It's almost a new month with new folk music news. 🪗 ▫️ 01/04: Our new Monthly Markers on CeltCast Radio: 💿 Band: Hartwin, feat Nicolas Dupont (B) Song: Head In The Clouds 💿 Band: Seth Lakeman (UK) Song: The Gallows Tree ▫️ 03/04: Birthday CeltCast Team member Ralph! 🥳

🧵 🏆Fantasy Awards Friday (this time on a Saturday 😉) Week 4 📻📀🌊 - Best Monthly Marker (Chosen by our Volunteers) Every month our radio team members select two songs as monthly markers. Those songs are then set into the spotlight by being played five to six times per day on CeltCast Radio.

🧵 🏆 Fantasy Awards Friday Week 3 🧚‍♀️👽 - Best Costume Today is the perfect day to celebrate the beautiful winner (Aafke den Otter) with her representation of "Gaia", since "Gaia" is also known as Mother Earth (fittingly the costume was created by a mother-daughter team) and her combination of

Happy Equinox! Spring is coming!

Idun's Apples (NL) at Midwinter Fair Archeon (NL) 2024 Photo by Thomas Ribbrock (@tribbrock.bsky.social), team CeltCast

🧵 REVIEW-day! ✒️ Noiduin is a Finnish dark folk band that we have been following since their debut EP Korven Kolkon Kainalossa came out in 2022. Fascinated by the sound of the jouhikko and Finnish folklore, founding member Jemina Kärvi started building her own instrument and writing her own music.

🧵 🏆 Fantasy Awards Friday In the coming weeks each Friday, we will shine a light on each of the CeltCast Fantasy Awards winners of 2024. Week 2 👗🥻👗 - Best Stand 2024 One beautiful thing about Fantasy Festivals is that everyone gets to be the person they want to be - and be accepted that way!

Lovely to see Systir getting some richly deserved press attention! @michaelmcglynn.bsky.social @MusicSky www.irishnews.com/entertainmen...

🧵 The closing act from the Saturday of Fantasy Fest Rijswijk 2025/02, all the way from Czechia: Deloraine! This time, they enhanced their already impressive stage show even further by adding dancers! 📷 for CeltCast - @celtcast.com #deloraine #fantasyfestrijswijk #concertphotography

🧵 The second band at Fantasy Fest Rijswijk 2025/02 - with a 'P' as in 'party': Pyrolysis! 📷 for CeltCast - @celtcast.com #pyrolysis #fantasyfestrijswijk #concertphotogtaphy

The opening act of the February-edition of Fantasy Fest Rijswijk: Rapalje! 📷 for CeltCast - @celtcast.com #rapalje #fantasyfestrijswijk #concertphotography

Today is Bandcamp Friday, an excellent opportunity to show your support for your favourite artists! Bandcamp is waiving their revenue share, which means that more funds will go straight to the artists. Check out the link in the comments below!

🧵 🏆CeltCast Fantasy Awards 💚Winner "Lifetime Achievement" 2024 (chosen by the CeltCast-board) To close off this year's Fantasy Awards, the board of CeltCast handed out the Lifetime Achievement award to Lies Sommer for her unwavering support to our scene and the Celtic history in the Netherlands.

Resilience award for Fantasy Forest, Martin Pelgrim! 🏆 Photo by Ralph De Gaël at Fantasy Fest Rijswijk & CeltCast Fantasy Award show. #fantasyfestrijswijk @ralfbiermann.bsky.social #celtcastfantasyawards

Lots of new albums for @celtcast.com Radio. Hartwin from Belgium made a beautiful album, I really love it! Soon, we will play all these beauties on our radio station! 💚🎶💚

Pirates' picnic, winners CeltCast Fantasy Award Best Off-stage Act 2024, jamming on the terrace of Fantasy Fest Rijswijk! We saw familiar faces joining the band 🎶 Photos taken for @celtcast.com #fantasyfestrijswijk #celtcastfantasyawards

🧵 🌊 Special Radio News! Tune in for five hours of ‘Sea’-themed music! 📻 After an exciting week with our CeltCast Fantasy Award Show at Fantasy Fest (NL), it’s time to unwind with beautiful music!

🧵 Hi all! It's a new month with new folk music news. 🪗 01/03: Our new Monthly Markers on CeltCast Radio 💿💿 🏆 Both won an award at our CeltCast Fantasy Award show! 🥳 🎶 Band1: Cesair (NL)-Song: Storm 🎶 Band2: Deloraine (CZ)-Song: Odin-Havranů Pán #CeltCastMonthlyMarker

Pirates' picnic, winners CeltCast Fantasy Award "Best Off-stage Act 2024"! 🏆 Fantasy Fest Rijswijk - Feb 2025 Photo by Thomas Ribbrock (@tribbrock.bsky.social), team CeltCast #fantasyfestrijswijk #celtcastfantasyawards

La Maisnie Hellequin has released a new video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwMd...