Strains of “Caledonia” will fill the air in Grass Valley, California, Oct. 3-4, where leading Scottish singer-songwriter Dougie MacLean is among the headliners in the 13th Annual Celtic Festival & Marketplace. Produced by and benefiting KVMR Community Radio (89.5 and 101.5FM in Tahoe/Truckee and streaming at www.kvmr.org), the festival takes place at the Nevada County Fairgrounds.
[To read the entire article, click on the headline.]
Throngs of people are expected to converge on Historic Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Sept. 25-27, for the 22nd annual Celtic Classic. Presented by the nonprofit Celtic Cultural Alliance, the free event is a celebration of the Irish, Scottish and Welsh cultures and heritage. Its six stages of continuous entertainment will feature performances by Albannach, Barley Boys, Barleyjuice, Blackwater, Bua, Burning Bridget Cleary, Fil Campbell, Gaelic Storm (who close out the festival on Sunday night), Ontario’s Glengarry Bhoys, Kane & Beatty, Seamus Kennedy, Malinky, McPeake, Timlin & Kane, Town Pants, and Robert Watt & Charlie Zahm. Other musical attractions during the weekend include The Celtic Classic Invitational Pipe Band Competition and a fiddle competition. Irish and Highland dancers also will take part in the festivities.
[To read the entire article, click on the headline.]
Sounds from the Emerald Isle – including bagpipes, bodhrans, button boxes, fiddles and more — abound this summer, with a number of Irish music festivals taking place across the U.S. Here’s a glimpse at a few, with web links for a dozen more.
[To view the entire article, click on the headline.]
Ashling Colton, a recent Fordham University graduate, who co-hosts Ceol na nGael (“music of the Irish”) on WFUV 90.7 FM in New York, will represent New York in the Rose of Tralee International Festival, in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland late next month.
[To read the entire article, click on the headline.]
