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Natalie MacMaster, Donnell Leahy, and the Celtic All Stars
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
500 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 333-6280
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The reigning couple of Celtic music, legendary Natalie MacMaster and her championship fiddler husband Donnell Leahy combine their Cape Breton heritage with French, Celtic, and Cajun styles for a show that dazzles with electrifying virtuosity, fancy footwork, and joyful energy. In an entertainment world filled with extraordinary stories, the achievements of this powerhouse couple-multiple Grammy and JUNO awards, honorary degrees, The Order of Canada, television specials and documentaries, and star-studded list of collaborators including Yo-Yo Ma, Allison Krauss, Rhiannon Giddens, The Chieftains, Faith Hill, Carlos Santana, Béla Fleck and more-underpin an incomparable off-stage life raising seven musically gifted children, running a fully operational farm, and building a thriving Farmers Market in Lakefield, Ontario.
Join Natalie and Donnell, some of their children, and an array
of the world's top Celtic musicians for an unforgettable musical journey.