Mark Arrington Music
I've been performing Irish, Bluegrass, Folk, and Country music for 35 years. Here are just a few of the places I’ve played:
- Radio – WHYY, WXPN, various local stations
- Television – WPVI (ABC) KYW (CBS)
- Bethlehem Musikfest
- Longwood Gardens
- The Constitution Bicentennial (a few feet from Ronald Reagan!)
- The Philadelphia Folk Festival
- The Philadelphia Ceili Group Festival
- The Philadelphia Old-Time and Bluegrass Festival
- Spring Gulch Festival
- Many bluegrass festivals from NY to NC
- The Philadelphia Museum of Art
- The Union League in Philadelphia
- The Sellersville Theater
- Keswick Theater
- Penn’s Landing
- Camden Yards Stadium (Baltimore)
- The Celtic Fling at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
- The Philadelphia Ceili Group Festival
- Caesar’s Atlantic City
- Opening for stars like Loretta Lynn, Bill Monroe, The Whites, The Osborne Brothers, Doyle Lawson, Jim and Jesse, The Johnson Mountain Boys, Peter Rowan, Norman Blake, The Battlefied Band, The Clancy Brothers, and many others
- Filling in with Bluegrass greats Bob Paisley and the Southern Grass, Dave Evans, and Mac Wiseman
Besides performing with my bands Mountain Laurel, Celtic Crossroad, Vintage Country, solo, and with others, I also:
- Provide the music for Irish dance competitions in the East from Florida to Canada
- Teach fiddle, guitar, banjo, and mandolin
- Record in multiple styles.