Travel Ireland, Scotland and Beyond with Celtic Invasion Vacations

It's funny how when I start planning this podcast, I frequently have NO news to share. Then I start searching to see what I did the past week, or what I have planned to come. Everything comes together. I end up with a longer show. I start the show off as usual with my Celtic Music Spotlight of the Scottish band Breabach. I also made an update to my Gunn Runners page to earn more patrons on Patreon. I talk about how I created this week's Irish & Celtic Music Podcast which features three hours of awesome Celtic music picked from my past ten years producing this podcast. I also share about some of my plans for GenCon this weekend. Finally, I finished the "itinerary" of next year's Celtic Invasion of Cornwall. I picked Cornwall because of its Arthurian history more than it's Celtic. But both are super important. I give you a day-by-day glimpse of what is completed thus far for next year's vacation. It's gonna be fun and exciting. Will you join me?

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Find out more about the Celtic Invasion of Cornwall at http://celticinvasion.com/itinerary/cornwall-2016/

I had a great weekend at Johnny McCracken's Celtic pub this past weekend. It got me thinking and planning a street team for the weeks to come, as I finish the last shows of the year there. But first GenCon is coming up. And that means comedy music. This week I highlight some of the comedy music singers and performers at Friday Night Live, the big comedy event of the convention. Finally, I share a rant about the Celtic festival booking that will not happen.

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I finally came up with a plan for promoting the Irish and Celtic music Podcast. It's called the Celtic Music Challenge. The goal is to hit a Milestone on Patreon, plus get lots of voicemails which will bring a three hour Celtic music retrospective to the show. In the meantime, the new Brobdingnagian bards podcast is now online, and it's a good one. And of course, I have a lot of shows coming up in the weeks to come.

It's all this week on The Celtfather Podcast. http://marcgunn.com/celtfather035

To subscribe, go to iTunes, or go to Celtfather.com where you can also join my mailing list. This show is sponsored by my Patrons at marcgunn.net. Your generous monthly donation feeds a human family of three and half plus three cats. Post feedback in the shownotes, use the hashtag #celtfather on social media, or email me [email protected]

Apple Music launched this week and I already joined the bandwagon because I find most other social networks crappy. So even if this one is no better than Ping, it won't be much worse than everything else out there. This Wednesday, July 8th also marks my 10 year anniversary as a full-time musician.

If you want to wish my Irish & Celtic Music Podcast a big congrats, call 678-CELT-POD or email an MP3 to [email protected] To subscribe, go to iTunes, or go to Celtfather.com where you can also join my mailing list. This show is sponsored by my Patrons at marcgunn.net. Your generous monthly donation feeds a human family of three and half plus three cats. Post feedback in the shownotes, use the hashtag #celtfather on social media, or email me [email protected]

Life is busy so it's time for a six month review. I decided to look at my ideas and to do list and try to decide what I really should be working on. Especially considering my time is more limited than ever. It turns out I've been off track. No big surprise there. Hopefully this will get me back on track.

Well, we've reached Donegal, and are currently enjoying our stay in a cottage by Mt.Charles! Though I'd initially intended to put out more podcasts during the trip, but because I'm enjoying putting more production into each one, several of them will probably be posted after the trip. There are only so many hours in the day, and when on vacation, they should be spent having fun! This idea was reflected by all of us, as we enjoyed a lazy morning (resting up from so much vacation!) at the cottage.

While there are a lot of merits to bus tours and CID trips, there are also a lot of cons that come along with those. Primarily, you don't have any say in the itinerary, and you're rushing about to see as many things as possible. That works for some folks, but our group is very happy to take it a little easier, and to enjoy the sites. This morning, I cooked up breakfast for the crew – potentially one of my favourite parts of Celtic Invasion Vacations, giving us a nice, quiet start to the day, along with some fun! This afternoon, we're heading off to visit a national park and castle on the Peninsula, followed by an evening at Leo's Tavern!

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Exploring the Titanic by Marc Gunn

Ireland Air Travel Tips: Celtic Invasion Vacation 2015 by Marc Gunn

I have a lot of awesome news to share with you in show #28 of The Celtfather podcast, including a new band, an interview, a 10-year anniversary and a new feature--Celtic Music Spotlight featuring The Killdares. My Hobbit Drinking Songs show was a success and I also take a look at Mumford & Sons' new album, why I didn't like it, and how that could affect my music.

You can find out more about the show by visiting http://marcgunn.com/celtfather028

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Inara Claire Gunn was born yesterday at 7:08 pm. She's a happy, healthy girl of 7lbs. 11 oz and 20.5 inches long. Come meet her this Sunday on Concert Window.

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