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2024 Tour Dates 
Sunday, December 1
@ 4pm

BROOKS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634

Tickets: Clemson
Box Office: 864-656-7787

Tuesday, December 3
@ 7.30pm

THE HETTENHAUSEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS AT MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY 
701 College Rd,
Lebanon, IL 62254
​Tickets: McKendree
Box Office: 618-537-6863

Thursday, December 5
@ 7pm

CLAYTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Maryville College E. Lamar Alexander Parkway
Maryville, TN 37804
​Tickets: Clayton Center

Box Office: 865-981-8590

Friday, December 6
SIMMONS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
@7.30pm

W. Walnut Ave,
Duncan, OK 73533 
Tickets: Chisholm Trail Arts
Box Office: 580-252-4160


Sunday, December 8
MEDINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
851 Weymouth Road
Medina, OH 44256
Tickets: Eventbrite

Box Office: 216-777-5769


Friday, December 13
@ 7.30pm

UCSC Music Center Recital Hall
McHenry Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95064

Tickets: Eventbrite
Box Office: 831-566-2081

Saturday, December 14
@ 3.30pm

SEBASTOPOL COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER
390 Morris St, 
Sebastopol, CA 95472

Tickets: www.seb.org 
Box Office: 707-823-1511


Saturday, December 14
@ 7.30pm

SEBASTOPOL COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER
390 Morris St, 
Sebastopol, CA 95472

Tickets: www.seb.org 
Box Office: 707-823-1511


Monday, December 16
@7pm

LANDER PERFORMING ARTS,
 Lander Valley High School,
305 Baldwin Creek Rd, 

Lander, WY 82520
​Tickets: Lander Performing Arts


Wednesday, December 18
@ 7pm

HANNA THEATRE, PLAYHOUSE SQUARE
2076 East 14th Street
Cleveland, OH 44115
Tickets: Hanna Theater
Box Office: 
216-241-6000


Friday, December 20 
@ 7pm

VAN DUZER THEATRE CAL POLY HUMBOLDT 
 Harpst Street
Arcata, CA 95521
​Tickets: Van Duzer Theatre

Box Office: 707-826-3928 

Saturday, December 21
@ 7.30
pm
CASCADE THEATRE
1731 Market Street
Redding, CA 96001
(Our 20th year at the Cascade)
Tickets: Cascade

Box Office: 530-243-8877

Sunday, December 22
@ 3.00 pm

CRATERIAN THEATER
23 S. Central Avenue
Medford, OR 97501

(Our 27th year at the Craterian)
Tickets: Craterian.org
Box Office: 541-779-3000

Sunday, December 22
​@ 7.30 pm

CRATERIAN THEATER
23 S. Central Avenue
Medford, OR 97501

(Our 27th year at the Craterian)
​Tickets: Craterian.org
Box Office: 541-779-3000

Monday, December 23
​@ 7.30 pm
THE RESER 

12625 SW Crescent St
Beaverton, OR 97005
​Tickets: The Reser 
Box Office: 971-501-7722
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​2024
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Friday, March 9
HOMESTAKE OPERA HOUSE
@ 7pm

313 W MAIN ST
Lead, SD 55754
​Tickets: 
Homestake Opera House
Box Office: 605-584-2067
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Thursday, March 14
@ 7.30pm

ADMIRAL THEATRE
515 Pacific Ave,
Bremerton WA 98337
Tickets: Admiral Theatre
Box Office: 360-373-6743


Friday, March 15
TOWER THEATRE

835 NW Wall Street
Bend, Oregon
Tickets: TowerTheatre.org
Box Office: 541-317-0700
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2025
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Sunday, March 9 @ 3
pm
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Orchestra Hall
Woodward Ave, Midtown, Detroit, MI 48201
Tickets: DSO.org
Box Office: 313-576-1111

​Saturday, March 15 @ 7.30pm
OMAHA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Holland Performing Arts Center 
Douglas Street, Omaha, NE 68102
Tickets: www.ticketomaha.com
Box Office: 402-345-0606


​Sunday, March 16 @ 2pm
OMAHA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Holland Performing Arts Center 
Douglas Street, Omaha, NE 68102
Tickets: www.ticketomaha.com
Box Office: 402-345-0606

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UMSL GLOBAL
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - ST. LOUIS
VIRTUAL EVENT ON ZOOM

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“2000 seats sold out!”

WEIDNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS, GREEN BAY, WI

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“ . . . charmed a sold-out house at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts.” 

​​LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR, LINCOLN, NE

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“A very large audience turned out and sat rapt for A Celtic Christmas, 2½ hours of jigs, reels and wordsmithing.”

THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER, SPRINGFIELD, IL

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“We had to move the performance to a venue with twice as many seats . . . the mix of stories, music and dance was perfect.”

ROCKPORT OPERA HOUSE, ME

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“The most popular performance this year.”

​MELLON ART CENTER, WALLINGFORD, CT

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“Like a pint of Guinness, Tomáseen Foley’s “A Celtic Christmas” is going down rich and smooth with . . . another packed house . . . at the Keith-Albee Performing Art Center.”

​THE HERALD-DISPATCH, HUNTINGDON, WV

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“A rousing success . . . a magnificent performance.”

​WEST VALLEY FINE ARTS, LITCHFIELD PARK, AZ

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“1,800 Lied patrons joined the stage musicians for ‘Silent Night’ to close Foley’s warm, intimate and personal look at Irish history and culture.”

​THE LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR

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​“What a terrific program! The audience was completely charmed and captivated…wonderful storytelling…the best I have ever heard.”

​THE SOCIETY FOR THE FOUR ARTS, PALM BEACH, FL

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“In the tradition of great Irish storytellers…Tomáseen Foley is a master of the Irish narrative and a keeper of the flame for a priceless piece of Irish culture.”

​TOM HORAN, REGO IRISH RECORDS

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“Like a cup of Irish coffee in a neighbor’s kitchen on a dark night, it was warm, comforting and full of cheer.”

​JUSTINE SUTTON, SANTA BARBARA NOOZHAWK

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“Move over, Garrison Keillor. As a presenter of the performing arts who’s always looking for a sure bet, I assure Tomáseen delivers. He deserves a world stage.”

​CRATERIAN GINGER ROGERS THEATER, MEDFORD, OR

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“…a masterful weaver of a good tale… One of the great charms of the evening was Tomáseen’s skill in relating a story…a gentle and easy humor made his tales fascinating and eminently human.” 

​PALM BEACH DAILY NEWS, PALM BEACH, FL

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"...people told me that they LOVED it, that it was just what a Christmas show should be, that it fit in beautifully with our Arts Series and that we should have you back every year!”

​ARLENE SHAW, HOUSE MANAGER, OLIN FINE ARTS CENTER

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“I want to thank you for an absolutely terrific show! We have not had such a large crowd since the Juilliard String quartet six years ago. You are all sooo talented.”

JANE CARTAGE

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“You’ll love his warm-hearted, poignant stories of life in the homeland.”

​MIKE STURGILL, BRITT FESTIVAL, JACKSONVILLE, OR

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“A good storyteller . . . can carry (his) audience to another time and place. It’s an art—and a gift—and Tomáseen Foley has it in spades."

​THE SANTA BARBARA INDEPENDENT

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“In between musical presentations by five wondrously talented guest artists, storyteller and Ireland native Tomáseen Foley regaled the sold-out crowd of "good people of Cleveland, Ohio" with poetry, tales and jokes, evoking a quiet evening spent sitting around the hearth."

​THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER

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“Foley runs pictures and thoughts across the mind like shooting stars on a crystalline night, with emotions shaking the ground.”

​THE GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE, GREEN BAY, WI

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“Tomáseen Foley brings to his audience a mastery of the oral tradition that has marked the Irish spirit for generations.”

ROBERT CASEBEER, PROF. EMERITUS, SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY

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​“His warm voice wraps you with vivid imagery and stealthy Irish humor.”

​DIRTY LINEN MAGAZINE

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​“With dramatic impact, Foley brought his tales to a fitting close. He has captured the charm of the wit and wisdom inherent in a locality where people lived within the shelter of their neighbours.” 

​PAUL KEATING, THE IRISH VOICE, NEW YORK CITY, NY

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“Tomáseen Foley has made it nationally - and internationally - with his warm-hearted “A Celtic Christmas.”

RICHARD MOESCHL, MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OR

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​“Great storytelling swept up more than 1,000 listeners . . . "A Celtic Christmas" received a standing ovation at the end. Some people may have been standing to reach for a tissue . . . it was heart tugging."

​GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE

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​“Foley had people rapt and delighted . . . he has an engaging manner, a lightness of wit and a silver-tongued way of unwinding a tale.”

GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE, GREEN BAY, WI

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“He’s a spell-binding storyteller.” 

ROBERT MILLER, ASHLAND DAILY TIDINGS, ASHLAND, OR

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IRELAND PHOTO BY LUCA SARTONI
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PRESENTERS PAGE
A CELTIC CHRISTMAS
​CELTIC KNOTS: AN IRISH LOVE STORY
CELTIC JOURNEY WITH OMAHA SYMPHONY
​PARCEL FROM AMERICA: THE MUSICAL
​NEWSLETTER SIGN UP
CURRENT TOURS
BIOS
HISTORY OF A CELTIC CHRISTMAS
BOOKING/CONTACT
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​GENERAL ARTS TOURING, INC.
TOM GALLANT, PRESIDENT
845-546-3092

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