Alison has performed at the Celtic Classic Highland Games & Festival, Musikfest, the Philadelphia Ceili Group Festival, Godfrey Daniels Folk Listening Club, the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Kutztown Folk Society, Moravian College, Seton Hall College, Lafayette College, The College of New Jersey, Myrtle Beach St. Patrick's Festival, Maryland Irish Festival, The Oyster Festival, MayFair Festival of the Arts, Gaelfest, Buffalo Irish Festival, Jersey Shore Irish Festival, Jack Frost Irish Festival, Graeme Park Celtic Festival, Smithville Irish Festival, Allentown Symphony Hall, The Scottish Rite Cathedral of Allentown, The Civic Theater of Allentown, Levitt Pavilion Steel Stacks in Bethlehem, Mid-Atlantic Fleadh Cheoil, Sellersville Theater, Zoellner Arts Center at Lehigh University, Wind Creek Casino & Resort, Brittingham’s Irish Pub, and at many more venues and events.
Bands
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Blackwater
Founder, Fiddler, Arranger Follow the link above to read more about this PA/NJ based veteran Celtic band. With regular performances at major festivals up and down the East Coast, college concert circuits, theaters, listening rooms, pubs and restaurants, and private events, Blackwater has been entertaining audiences for almost 25 years. |
Big Valley Bluegrass
Fiddler
Follow the link above to read more about this award-winning Lehigh Valley based bluegrass band performing country, bluegrass and Americana.
Fiddler
Follow the link above to read more about this award-winning Lehigh Valley based bluegrass band performing country, bluegrass and Americana.
Banna Lach
Founder, Fiddler, Arranger
Perfect for more intimate stages, coffee houses, celebrations, and educational settings,
Banna Lach explores the intersection between Irish, English, Scottish and American folk music with a lively blend of traditional tunes and ballads.
Founder, Fiddler, Arranger
Perfect for more intimate stages, coffee houses, celebrations, and educational settings,
Banna Lach explores the intersection between Irish, English, Scottish and American folk music with a lively blend of traditional tunes and ballads.
Harp and Violin
Available for concerts, church services, holiday events, and celebrations. Read more about harpist Joanna Mell at:
https://joannamell.com/
Available for concerts, church services, holiday events, and celebrations. Read more about harpist Joanna Mell at:
https://joannamell.com/
Alison also performs with her husband Tom who plays guitar/keyboard and sings. This duo is available playing Classical and Folk for weddings, parties, venue openings, corporate events, and other special occasions. They also sometimes perform with their three grown musician daughters. Eldest and middle daughters, Fiona and Genevieve, perform with the band The Chivalrous Crickets. Check out their website and performance schedule by clicking on the link. Youngest daughter Abigail is a harpist.
Alison sometimes performs with her daughter Abigail, seen here playing the Celtic harp. They are regular musicians for the monthly Celtic Spirituality Service at the Cathedral of the Nativity on the last Saturday of each month in Bethlehem.
Videos
Celtic Classic 2018
Blackwater
Blackwater
Heartland Hayride concert series 2019
Big Valley Bluegrass
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Concert with Joanna Mell and Alison Gillespie
Harp and Fiddle duo, 2009 |
Calendar
Big Valley Bluegrass virtual concert:
Perkasie Patchwork Coffeehouse Virtual concert series:
https://perkmenno.net/calendar-of-events/perkasie-patchwork-coffeehouse/
Showing on Saturday, February 20th. Go to the website above for details on the concert.
Appalachian Fiddle and Bluegrass Association (AFBA) Monthly Shindig:
Saturdays, April 10th and May 8th. Featuring Big Valley Bluegrass and many other great bands all afternoon beginning at Noon. Outdoor venue in a Mountain View Park, Wind Gap. Food vendor onsite, bring your own chairs.
http://afbawindgap.org/shindigs/
Borderland Family Band live in Cape May:
Featuring the entire Gillespie clan of musicians playing Celtic, English and American folk music styles on the grand porch of the historic Chalfonte Hotel, Wednesday, July 21st all evening. Reserve a dinner table: https://www.chalfonte.com/
Ongoing:
Celtic Spirituality Service at Cathedral of the Nativity,
Bethlehem, PA
Last Saturday of every month at 5pm
Watch virtually on Nativity's website: http://www.nativitycathedral.org/
Watch our special family performance from December 26, 2020:
https://www.facebook.com/nativitycathedral/videos/395054681562405
Next up: May 29th at 5 pm---In Person!
Stay tuned for more post-COVID events!
Contact me at:
[email protected]
610-533-0017