Tickets for the seventh annual Celtic Colours International Festival go on sale Monday, July 14 at 9:00 am, Atlantic Standard Time. That may seem pretty specifically stated, but when you are selling tickets all over the world, you have to be that specific. “We get calls from all over the United States from people anxious [...]
Lineup Announced for 2003 Celtic Colours . . .
For nine days in October, Cape Breton will be alive with music and visitors as the seventh annual Celtic Colours International Festival takes over the island. From October 10-18, Celtic Colours will present hundreds of local and International artists in 44 concerts scheduled in 33 Island communities. Venues range from an 18th Century reconstructed French [...]
Queen of the Highlands Newsletter – issue 11
Celtic Connections: Greetings from a rainy Cape Breton which is helping to thaw the icy world that has formed over us in the last month. Joella and Max attended the Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow in January. Among many other things, Joella was one of the judges of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician [...]
Queen of the Highlands Newsletter – issue 10
“It’s getting dark again!” here in Cape Breton as we head toward the winter solstice but spirits are high and bright here. We’re wrapping up this year’s event and working on next year at the same time. We are very pleased to report that, thanks to your support and the dedicated work of over 700 [...]
Festival and Foliage in Cape Breton
By Earle Hitchner – Irish Echo Celtic Colours offered 44 concerts in 33 communities over 9 picturesque October days Just how popular was the sixth annual Celtic Colours International Festival, held Oct. 11-19 on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia? Consider the case of Danú. The Waterford-based septet, who had played at the festival in 2000 [...]
Better than the best Celtic Colours
By Stephen Cooke – Halifax Herald ‘Better than the best’ Celtic Colours reels in record crowds in CB St. Anns – As Celtic Colours festivals go, the 2002 edition has been, in the words of director Max MacDonald, “better than the best.” With ticket sales numbering roughly 2,000 more than in 2001 – its most [...]
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