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Mark Oats has been playing fiddle since the age of four, growing up in Austinmere, NSW. As a teenager he became interested in Irish fiddle and during his twenties after completing a mechanical engineering course at Wollongong Uni, lived and worked in Europe for several years as a musician, perfecting his unique style of Celtic fiddling. 
Returning to Australia, he became and still is Sydney's premier Celtic fiddler, performing in just about every Irish pub in the city playing with local legends Rosin. He has been a member of the Bushwackers for over ten years, has toured with many country performers and Irish dance shows such as Celtic Reign, and is in demand as a session fiddler all over Australia.

In recent years, he has spent time ltouring and prforming in Scandinavia, England, Spain and continental Europe.
As well as performing at major festivals around Australia, he has toured to Japan and Hong Kong with Fiddlers Feastl and performs regularly back home with his own quirky Irish Band Finn MacCool.

This all round nice guy can be contacted by email cretoli@hotmail.com