U.S. Celtic Festivals?
Terry Rudderham
venues in the United States. Can anyone help me?
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Terry
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Ceolas
nstn...@fox.nstn.ns.ca (Terry Rudderham) wrote:
> I am interested in finding contact names for Celtic festivals, presenters,
> venues in the United States. Can anyone help me?
>
Check out the /pub/Festivals directory at the Ceolas archive. It's
accessible by FTP (celtic.stanford.edu) or World Wide Web
(http://celtic.stanford.edu/ceolas.html). If you are representing celtic
artists, you may also wish to send us publicity materials, which we can
use on the archive. See the file /pub/About.Ceolas for more details.
Gerard Manning
ceo...@celtic.stanford.edu
SmiPad
nstn...@fox.nstn.ns.ca (Terry Rudderham) writes:
>I am interested in finding contact names for Celtic festivals,
presenters,
venues in the United States. Can anyone help me?
There is a Celtic/French festival in Randolph Vt in it's 2nd year, my
group has played at both. Good crowd, good music.
Mostly Celtic and French-Canadian musicians. I doubt that you'd have heard
of most of the players as we're mostly New England groups without
recordings (with the exception of course of Paddy Keenan, Pendragon and
Barand&Roberts). I'll give you the names anyway in case anyone gets out
your way, they're all worth hearing: Wind that Shakes the Barley (one of
the longest running Northern New England Irish bands, great ensemble
playing), Loose Cannon (a very hot “Celtic” group from New Hamster), Peat
Fire (a rather loose “session” group featuring a hot woman fiddler named
Vivica Fox), Jeter le Pont (French-Canadian singing and HOT!!! fiddle),
Eamon Flynn ( champion on whistle, fiddle and accordion), Les Freres Labri
(Franco songs and tunes) Sheefra (Vt. based concertina and harp from a
husband & wife team[he is also one of the top storytellers in the country
name of Tim Jennings}), Sarah Blair Band (traditional and not so trad
fiddle tunes, 2 hot women fiddlers 1 man fiddler and INCREDIBLE!!!
guitar), Mango Jam (Burlington Vt. based WICKED ZYDECO PARTY BAND) and of
course my band Poteen (Irish, British & Breton trad)
Contact: New World Festival at Chandler
Chandler Cultural Center
Randolph, Vt.05060
hope we'll see you next year
Paddy of Poteen
Jay Blackwood
There is a publication that I have found recently named "The Scottish Banner".
It it published monthly in Canada and distributed in North America. In this
months paper they list about 80 "events" from September until June of next year.
The events are for Canada and the U.S. Contact names seem to be on every entry.
If you'd like I can mail or fax it to you.
If you need to see the list on a regular basis I suggest you get a subscription.
They want $19 + $1.33 GST per year, ($34+2.38GST) for 2 years. Their address
is :
The Scottish Banner
P.O. Box 724
Niagara Falls, Ontario
L2E 6V5
Phone: (716)754-4507
For what its worth, they say the are "The largest Scottish newspaper in the
world outside Scotland". Septembers issue was 36 pages. The size format is
very similar to a tabloid or Sun newspaper.
For the record, I am in NO way associated with this newspaper. I simply bought
it for the event listings recently and thought this info would be helpful.
Jay Blackwood
JohnsDog
There is a Celtic Festival in Bethlehem Pennsylvania every fall. This year
the dates are September 30, October 1 and October 2.
David Scott
wrote:
It is called the Chevrolet Classic Highland Games and Festival this year.
It is on my "North American Scottish/Celtic Festivals & Events" list. To
find out more about this event, call (610) 821-8300 or (215) 868-9599.
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Michael Talman
first 2 weeks of March. (Jeez, does EVERYTHING have to be in honor of St.
Patrick? After all, he WAS an agent of Roman imperialism! But I digress.)
It's two days of music, food and capitalism. It was held at the Festival
Pier at Fort Mason last year - awful acoustics - and had a great lineup,
although it was overly Ireland-oriented (no Scottish or Breton music at
all!) Check it out.
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EdDale
Looking for celtic festivals??
October 21-23, 1994 is the second annual Irish Party of the Year sponsored
by Green Linnet Records and held at Kutsher's Resort in Monitcello, NY. I
went last year and it is the best event of its kind I've ever attended.
Performers include Patrick St., Cherish the Ladies, Kips Bay Ceili Band,
Johnny and Phil Cunningham, Eileen Ivers, Seamus Egan. Cost includes
lodging at tacky kosher resort, bland kosher food and ocassional open
bars. Music goes from 10 am to 3 am!! 1-800-431-1273 for Kutsher's for
more info and reservations.
Tuned 2
13th Annual 1995 North Texas Irish Festival
Produced by the Southwest Celtic Music Association, a 501(C)(3)
organization.
"The Largest Gathering of the Celtic Clans in the Southwest"
Date: March 3rd - 4th - 5th, 1995
Hours: NEW> Fri. - 5:00 - 11:00 pm
Sat. - noon - midnight
Sun - 12:00 noon - 8:00 pm
Location: Fair Park, (6 buildings north of the Cotton Bowl),
near downtown
Dallas, Texas
Admission: Friday Night - 2 cans of food or $3 donation.
Benefits North Texas Food Bank.
Daily (Sat. + Sun.) - $10 ($9 SCMA, Senior Citizen
and Student)
Weekend - $15 ($12 SCMA, Senior Citizen and
Student)
FREE <> 11 and under <> Physically Disabled with
proper ID.
Attendence: 20,000 + (1994 attendence 18,900 and 600
volunteers)
Stages: 7 music and 1 Urchin St. Faire kids stage
Headline Acts: Cherish the Ladies - New York City
Music Tommy Sands - Belfast, N. Ireland
The Clancy Brothers with Robbie O'Connell -
Dublin, Ireland
The Makem Brothers with Brian Sullivan - Dover, NH
Patrick Ball - Bodega Bay, CA
Kevin Burke's Open House - Boston,MA
The Mollys - Tuscon, AZ
Kip's Bay Ceili Band - Boston, MS
Grand Auld Time -
Dance New> Ongoing International Irish Step Dance
Competition.
1st year at NTIF - Details on
Feis TBA
Other Acts: 35+ Local or Regional Bands or Dance Schools.
Other: New> 1st Annual SCMA Student Scholarship
Celtic Dog Parade and Exhibition
Bird of Prey Exhibition
Celtic Music Instrument, Gaelic Song and Dance
Workshops
Music Ceilis
Children: Urchin St. Faire - 3000 sq. ft. of kids activities
and 1 stage with
daytime activities. Converted to music at
night.
Booth Fees: 10 x 10 booth - $135 + deposit
10 x 15 booth - $165 + deposit
10 x 20 booth - $220 + deposit
Electricity included with booth
fee.Electricity is not available in
some booths. $25 deposit refunded at end of
festival.
Program Ads: Full Page - $200 7 1/2 x 10
1/2 Page - $100 4 7/8 x 7 1/2 wide
1/4 Page - $50 3 5/8 x 4 7/8 tall
1/8 Page - $30 3 1/2 x 2 wide (Business Card )
Deadline for program ads - February 15th, 1995
Accommodations: Quality Hotel / Market Center
2015 Market Center Blvd. Dallas, TX 75207
214/ 741-7481 <> 800/ 221-2222
Confirmed Sponsors: Quality Hotel / Market Center Fair Park,
Dallas KLIF-AM
N. Texas Food Bank Mailers Software,
Inc. KDGE-FM
Dallas Morning News Dirty Linen
Magazine WRR-FM
Co-Marketing: Dallas Freeze Hockey Team V. Ft. Worth Fire
Hockey
Mar. 4th, 1995 - Fair Park Coliseum
For more info: North Texas Irish Festival Southwest
Celtic Music Assoc.
4340 N. Central Expwy., #104 4340 N
Central Expwy., #104
Dallas, TX 75206 Dallas, TX
75206
214/ 821-4174 214/
821-4173
Media Info: Rick Sainz 214/526-8709 voice & fax
E-mail > NTI...@aol.com <general
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Lalii
For info on the North Texas Irish Festival, call Kevin Alewine @ (214)
827-6610