2005 MAINSTAGE LINEUP:

KARAN CASEY BAND
The Faerieworlds Festival is proud to present world-renowned Irish vocalist Karan Casey. Karan's stunning voice and her beautiful repertoire of magical songs has been inspiring to us for many years. We are very honored to feature her at this year's event on the evening of Sunday July 24th.

WOODLAND
Woodlands music is inspired directly by the realm of Faerie. Their songs explore the landscapes of Faerie, with mythical lyrics and ancient melodies. For three years Woodland has worked to create and produce the Faerieworlds Festival with Robert Gould of IMAGINOSIS. Their set of Faerie dance songs will feature the World of Froud Digital Faerie Lightshow on Saturday evening.

TRILLIAN GREEN
For years, Trillian Green dazzled audiences with their raw acoustic tantric-trance music. The trio is comprised of Christine Gunn on cello, Ben Klein on flute, and Jarrod Kaplan on percussion

Founded on the wooded trails of the Oregon Country Fair in the early 90's, Trillian Green is known for their ability to inspire audiences to get up and stomp wildly to their energized celto-tribal acoustic sounds. Trillian Green returns to the forests outside Eugene, Oregon at Faerieworlds this year on Sunday July 24th.

KEVIN BURKE
Kevin Burke is a world-renowned Irish fiddle master, playing the beautiful fluid, highly ornamented style of County Sligo. Kevin has been a mainstay of several seminal Irish supergroups, from The Bothy Band to current all-star Irish band Patrick Street, and the Celtic Fiddle Festival which featured Faerieworlds favorite Johnny Cunningham for many years.

"Lyric, fluid and precisely as tricky as he needs to be...probably the greatest Irish fiddler living."
- The Village Voice

SASHA BUTTERFLY
Immersed in music since childhood, Sasha has been recording and touring extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and Europe. Graced with a voice of an angel and a soulful grit, Sasha performs on a wide variety of instruments including guitar, flute, piano, djembe and more. Her timeless original lyrics and melodic creations leave listeners visibly moved. She brings the feel of a gospel singer into her heartfelt music about love, creation, and the beauty of the earth.

GAIA CONSORT
The visionary Seattle, Washington pagan rock band Gaia Consort mixes tribal rhythms and mythic themes to weave a driving sound that is beautiful, original and inspiring. For almost a decade Gaia Consort has been creating powerful music with intelligent lyrics that evoke the beauty and magic of the Old Ways.

FIDDLEHEAD
Hailed as one of the finest Celtic groups in the Northwest, Olympia, Washington's Fiddlehead plays an exciting blend of Celtic music and song. The band features Anthea Lawrence on fiddle and vocals, Audra Poor on Uillean pipes, flute, and whistle, and Lawson Dumbeck on guitar, banjo, and bodhran. The distant drone of pipes, sweet ballads sung in Gaelic, upbeat jigs, melodic airs twining between guitar and flute, fiery reels driven by the fiddle; all this is part of a Fiddlehead performance.

THE SUGAR BEETS
Playing their own style of high-energy acoustic music, the Eugene, Oregon's Sugar Beets are unlike any contemporary band on the scene today. Defined by impeccable musicianship, multiple singers and songwriters, and unbeatable live performances, their music draws from the foot-stomping traditions of bluegrass and Celtic music, mixed with contemporary and pop sounds. This year at Faerieworlds they will present a never-before-seen Faerie themed set.

TRANCE ZEN DANCE
Trance Zen Dance is a collective of performance artists, poets, and cybernauts, coming together to celebrate and share their gifts and intentions through live performance. Featuring highly-acclaimed world-music vocalist Kimberly Bass, California based Trance Zen Dance weaves realms of acoustic music and electronica to create energized live performances, while bridging worlds between the future and the past.

LORANES WELL
Featuring Kathryn Claire and Matthew Hayward-McDonald of Toad in the Hole, Loranes Well is a rich blend of original and traditional music inspired by the Celtic and old world sounds. The groups powerful harmony vocals, matched with Karthryn Claire's precision fiddling makes Lorane's Well one of the pacific northwest outstanding new Celtic acts.

Stay tuned to www.faerieworlds.com and faerieworlds.tribe.net/ for further updates!!