Name: Tony McManus
Start: 2026-05-21T19:00:00-06:00
Location: Gallatin Labor Temple

Hailed by John Renbourn as ‘the best Celtic guitarist in the world’, Tony McManus has been listed as one of the 50 transcendental guitarists of all time by Guitar Player Magazine.
Conjuring a unique but universal language from that most ubiquitous of instruments, the acoustic guitar, Tony McManus has both extended and transcended the parameters of contemporary Celtic music. Ranked by peers and predecessors alike alongside the guitar world’s all-time greats, his fiendishly dexterous, dazzlingly original playing draws on traditions from the entire Celtic diaspora – Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Galicia, Asturias, Cape Breton, Quebec – along with still further-ranging flavours, such as jazz and east European music. Long applauded for his uncanny ability to transpose the delicate, complex ornamentation characteristic of traditional bagpipe or fiddle tunes – even the phrasing of a Gaelic song – onto his own six strings, McManus is increasingly being acknowledged also as a pioneering figure in bridging the realms of Celtic music and other guitar genres.
You can catch this not-to-be-missed performance at the Gallatin Labor Temple, 422 E. Mendenhall in Bozeman, on Thursday, May 21. Doors open at 6:15, show starts at 7:00. Tickets can be purchased at https://bozemanfolklore.org/concert-tony-mcmanus/ for $25 each – children 12 and under admitted free. Any additional tickets can be purchased at the door the night of the show.