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2025 Speakers
Check back for updates as we add to our lineup!

Rhiannon Giddens
Keynote Speaker Grammy and Pulitzer Prize winning musician and songwriter.

Dirk Powell
Grammy Winning Multi-Instrumentalist

Peter Rowan
YRAS Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient / Musician / Speaker / Grammy Winner

Brent Cassidy
The Irish Festival of Oulu / Artist

Thomas Gabriel
Singer / Songwriter / Speaker / Grandson of Johnny Cash

Francesco Turrisi
Musician and Composer

Alison Brown
Grammy Winning Musician and Founder of Compass Records

Martin Nolan
MPI Artists

Ron Block
Ron Block is a multi Grammy Award and Country Music Award winning musician who is part of Alison Krauss & Union Station.

Liam Ó MaonlaÃ
Singer, Songwriter, and Composer

Stuart Bailie
Music Journalist and Author

Garry West
Founder of Compass Records
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