Christmas with The Celts

Sun, 16 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 pm UTC-05:00

1320 W. State of Franklin Johnson City, TN 37614, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, United States, Tennessee 37614 | Johnson City

ETSU Martin Center for the Arts
Publisher/HostETSU Martin Center for the Arts
Christmas with The Celts
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Christmas with the Celts
Sunday, November 16, 2025 • 7:30 pm
The original national PBS show Christmas with The Celts aired on over 200 PBS channels across the U.S., Canada and on the BBC in Ireland for three years. This successful TV show was the initial spark, which created a huge demand for the production bringing them into Performing Arts Centers, Theaters, and large casinos every year.
The first live performance of Christmas with The Celts was in front of a sold-out audience at the original Grand Ole Opry (voted top venue by Pollstar) the world-famous Ryman Auditorium.
Currently celebrating 14 years of successful national touring, Christmas with the Celts perform a wonderful combination of timeless ancient Irish Christmas Carols and lively Irish dance with modern contemporary songs but with Irish instrumentation. New Christmas hits, Celts originals and fresh Irish Dance tunes are added to the show each year so that no 2 years are the same. Always a pleasant surprise.
An Irish Christmas would not be complete without the unpredictable Irish jokes (craic) and banter that occurs between band members and the audience every year and the always crowd pleasing fiery Irish dancers.
The high-stepping spirited musical selections have audiences clapping along from the first lively renditions of popular contemporary Christmas classics. The show presents a perfect combination of modern Christmas hits, lively ancient Irish Carols, hilarious spontaneous humor, thrilling Irish dancing, a children’s choir and meaningful Christmas ballads with lush string arrangements giving audiences a most memorable interactive Christmas experience.
Show founder and Producer Ric Blair says, “You can’t listen to Celtic music and not be happy. Christmas with the Celts isn’t just a concert; it is a spiritual experience of music and dance uniting communities. It’s about bringing young and old together. It is a music of the people. I think that is why this unique melding of modern Christmas hits and organic Celtic instrumentation continues to resonate and grow in popularity every year with audiences.”
Tickets on sale to the public on Friday, August 15 at 10 am EST
Tickets range from $29.50 - $70.00 (+ tax & fees).
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1320 W. State of Franklin Johnson City, TN 37614, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, United States, Tennessee 37614

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