Services
Gaelic Culture Productions offers passion, experience and creativity to bring professional culture events, creative productions and performances to life. With 18 years of successful experience and a creative mindset to make visions a reality, I aim to empower and inspire teamwork to achieve goals with positive results.
Culture Events
Specialising in creative concept, organising, brand building, producing and consulting with success in turning a vision into creative success.
- Festival or Event Producing
- Consulting
- Programming and band management
Creative Productions
If it can be envisioned, I can make it happen. From brainstorming to concept plan to production to finalisation, I use an outside the box creative mindset for artistic projects.
- Storytelling & Music Productions
- Global Greening Light Installations
- Fun Promo Films
Performance
Traditional Irish music and storytelling are my passion and I have vast experiences performing in bands or solo. As a public speaker, I offer interesting experiences to inspire, educate and entertain all ages of audiences.
- Irish Music Performances (Band/solo)
- Tales & Tunes: a solo performance storytelling and Gaelic songs
- School Performances: Tales & Tunes
- Public speaker (motivational, inspirational and various professional topics)
Portfolio
The Story
What’s an Irish American, Gaelic speaking, sean nós singing, bodhrán playing, story telling, country boy from North Carolina who also speaks Finnish, loves Lexington style pulled pork BBQ, Tarheels basketball, cross-country skiing, surfing, ice swimming and sauna doing in Oulu, Finland?
You guessed it, Irish music and culture.
Originally from Mocksville, North Carolina, I came to Oulu, Finland in 1997 as an exchange student to Oulu University and have resided here for 22 years. In 2006, I founded The Irish Festival of Oulu alongside several friends and fellow musicians as a way to play and experience more Irish music. Yes, it was a wild dream, an Irish culture festival not far from the Arctic Circle, but it has become the premier Irish festival in the Nordics attracting 100.020 people as well as many of the best Irish performers on the planet.
It’s a true honour and adventure being a small part of the global Irish music tradition experiencing many brilliant performances from 6 time Grammy Award winners The Chieftains to Altan, Danú, Dervish to legends like John Doyle, Andy Irvine, Liam O Flynn, Paddy Glackin, Donal Lunny and many others respectively.
As well, I am a traditional Irish musician and storyteller and have many performance highlights including with my own bands The Soap Pig and Droichead to countless early morning sessions. I have had the honour to join legendary uilleann piper Paddy Keenan on stage, played bodhrán with the Oulu Symphony Orchestra and conductor David Brophy to Bill Whelan’s Riverdance: A Symphonic Suite and a fun solo performance at Divulge Dancers’ Film Fest in Hollywood, California.
Simply put, it’s been all about the craic. My passion burns bright for Irish music and culture and sharing this experience with fans, musicians, friends and colleagues from all walks of life is the most rewarding aspect of all. Peace, love and harmony.
Let's Create Together!
Contact me to get started with your event / idea.
Brent Cassidy
Business ID: 1652577-6
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