Brigid’s Flame

A Tale of Healing

January 29, 30 & 31, 2027

Featuring art and puppetry, Brigid’s Flame will again again bring together our community to reawaken a sense of belonging, wonder, and connection to the earth and one another through the participatory experiences of Song, Dance, Storytelling, and Silence—the “four universal healing salves”—through a mythical retelling of Irish folklore.

Join us in 2027 as Dubuque County Fine Arts Society partners with Groundswell to bring you our second, expanded Brigid’s Flame—sold out in 2026—with an original script, an added matinee performance, artistic leadership from nationally-recognized song leader Te Martin, and improved audience viewing…while continuing to offer tickets at a sliding scale cost!

Tickets on Sale in December!

Our annual celebration takes place on the eve of the feast of Saint Brigid — which in the Irish Calendar signifies the time of the year when the seeds begin to stir, the light begins to grow, and Spring is on its way!

Using art and puppetry, Brigid’s Flame performers engage the audience in Song, Dance, Story, and Silence as together we explore our human connection to one another, to the earth, and to her creatures.

Grounded in the Rhythms of Nature…

Featuring the music and song leadership of

Brigid's Flame: A Tale of Healing features the music of Te Martin, a nationally-recognized song-keeper and ritual artist. Te facilitates oral tradition singing classes and workshops that focus on song as a tool for collective liberation, somatic regulation, and ancestral connection.

Te is the co-founder of Mountain Song, a 3-day community singing gathering in the high desert of New Mexico, and is a student of Gaelic song and the Irish bodhrán drum. They serve on the Wisdom Council of the Ireland-based Abbey of the Arts.

Listen to Te's album “Water & Bones” and their music video, “May This Body Be a Bridge.”

Te Martin

This year, Dubuque County Fine Arts Society (DCFAS) is partnering with Groundswell Joy Collective to to present Brigid’s Flame: A Tale of Healing, and has been awarded an Art Project Grant from the Iowa Arts Council, which exists within the Iowa Economic Development Authority.

Help us raise the “cash match” for the grant by donating to the production!