"If you're looking for authentic Celtic music, Logical Fleadh is the group to call. This energetic, talented group makes you feel as if you're back in Ireland." - Mary Jean Bankmann, Geneva Cultural Arts Commission

Since 2008, Character Fleadh has honored Celtic traditions while forging its own path. The band’s spirited approach to traditional Irish and Scottish folk music is exuberant, sophisticated, and full of… character.

Founding guitarist/vocalist Ethan Sellers has guided Character Fleadh through various line-up changes while maintaining a top-quality ensemble comprised of some of the Chicago area's finest Irish and Scottish musicians. Starting as an exclusively-instrumental fiddle/guitar duo, Character Fleadh gradually expanded its line-up and learned hours and hours of traditional instrumental and vocal repertoire, playing regional festivals, concert series, and private events.

Character Fleadh operates as a collective whose core members include Sellers, Dana Joras (flutes, whistles, vocals), Pat Buzby (bodhran), and Nathan Britsch (bass). Other members join the band from time to time on fiddle, bouzouki, mandolin, tenor banjo, concertina/accordion, and Uilleann pipes.

Character Fleadh recently collaborated on a recording with art rock band Tautologic to create Logical Fleadh. The Logical Fleadh project was funded by both the Illinois Arts Council and the City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. The resulting album fuses Character Fleadh’s vigorous and fun-loving approach to acoustic traditional music with Tautologic’s world music and rock-inspired rhythm section. Logical Fleadh also feature prestigious special guests like Grammy-winning cellist Nick Photinos, Seán O'Riada Gold medal winner Seán Gavin, and Solas co-founder and accordionist John Williams.

A partial accounting of Character Fleadh's past performances includes festivals (Bartlett Heritage Days, Crown Point Irish Parade, Peoria Irish Fest, Chicago Scottish Highland Games, Illinois State Fair, Shamrock and Roll, Guinness Oyster Fest), museums (Adler Planetarium, Lombard Historical Society, Cantigny), public libraries (Barrington, Itasca, Lansing, Lincolnwood, Mount Prospect, Oak Lawn, Park Ridge, Skokie, Orland Park), colleges and universities (College of Lake County, Kalamazoo College, Lewis University, Notre Dame, Loyola), concert series (Allerton, Bucktown Garden Walk, Chicago Riverwalk, Oak Park Thursday Nights Out, Des Plaines, Geneva), park districts (Chicago - Nichols Park, Bartlett, Veteran’s, Oswego), cultural organizations (Beverly Art Center, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Wilmette Center for the Arts), bars and restaurants (Duke’s Alehouse, Durty Nellie’s, Fiddlers Hearth, Hailstorm, Horse Thief Hollow, House of Blues, Imperial Oak, Kaiser Tiger, Kerry Piper, Mrs Murphy and Sons Irish Bistro, Milk Money Brewing, Molly Malones, Nevin’s, Nine Irish Brothers, Goose Island, Palmer Place, Sister Lakes Brewing, Timothy O’Tooles, Irish Patriot), churches (Holy Nativity, Old St. Pat’s, Saint Athanasius, Saint Zachary, Saint Philip Neri, Southminster Presbyterian, Wesley United Methodist, Saint Cornelius), retirement/senior events (Alto Wheaton, Autumn Green, Bridgeview, Covenant Living, Bartlett Township, Lincolnwood, Monarch Landing, Park Place Elmhurst, Saint John’s on the Lake, Rolling Meadows), non-profit clients (Barrington Area Community Trust, Bishop McNamara school, Glen Ellyn Lions, Chicago Scots), corporate clients (Tullamore Dew, Aberdeen Investments, Ball Horticultural, Edward Jones, Glenlivet, Metropolitan Capital, University of Glasgow, Whole Foods), and countless private and wedding events.