Shows Archive

Festival Club

May 26, 2012
October 8, 201211:00 pm-3:00 am
Gaelic College
$20 / $10 with ticket stub from show that day
Located at the Gaelic College in St. Ann’s, the licensed Festival Club offers an opportunity for artists to showcase in a more informal setting, as well as get a session in with friends and colleagues from near and far.
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Roarin’ Roots

May 26, 2012
October 8, 20127:30 pm-10:00 pm
Membertou Trade and Convention Centre
$35/30Celtic Colours Box Office – 335 George Street, Sydney 567-3000
Each of these bands is rooted in a different tradition, and each brings new vitality to those roots. Ireland, Newfoundland, Ottawa Valley and Cape Breton…it doesn’t get any better than this.
12:00 am The Beaton Sisters Band
12:00 am April Verch Band
12:00 am Nuala Kennedy & Oirialla
12:00 am The Dardanelles
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Across the Sea to Ireland

May 26, 2012
October 8, 20127:30 pm-10:00 pm
D’Escousse Civic Improvement Hall
$30/25Shamrock Store D’Escousse 226-2954 or Karen Pottie 226-3670
We give a nod to the Irish as Tommy Makem’s boys and Allan Kelly’s gang swap songs and tunes from the old country. You’ll swear you were across the sea.
12:00 am Alan Kelly Gang
12:00 am The Makem & Spain Brothers
12:00 am Buddy MacDonald
12:00 am Rachel Davis
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Songs of Sea and Shore

May 26, 2012
October 8, 20127:30 pm-10:00 pm
St. Matthew-Wesley United Church
$25Church Office 794-3651
There’s something about living on an island that shapes our vision. Tonight is all about songs.. songs from Ireland, Scotland and our own Island home.
12:00 am John Doyle
12:00 am Bruce Molsky
12:00 am J.P. Cormier
12:00 am Cyril MacPhee
12:00 am Cape Breton Chorale
12:00 am Kathleen MacInnes
12:00 am Carmel Mikol
12:00 am Norah Rendell
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Harp Strings

May 26, 2012
October 8, 20127:30 pm-10:00 pm
North River Community Hall
$25Dolena MacDonald 929-2456
There will be harps galore in the hall tonight. They’ll be with ensembles, as accompaniment, solo and en masse. Fortunately you can never get too many harps.
12:00 am Laoise Kelly
12:00 am Lucy MacNeil
12:00 am The Belkolora Quintet
12:00 am Papilio
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Fiddling Families

May 26, 2012
October 8, 20127:30 pm-10:00 pm
Judique Community Centre
$30/25Judique Community Centre 787-2434
Fiddling tends to run in families. In Cape Breton it’s the Beatons and in PEI it’s the Chaissons. Tonight they renew their friendship and swap their tunes in the place where the fiddle is king.
12:00 am Kinnon Beaton
12:00 am The Chaisson Family
12:00 am Rodney MacDonald
12:00 am Glenn Graham
12:00 am Andrea Beaton
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Our Gaelic Kids: Ar Clann Ghàidhealach

May 26, 2012
October 8, 20122:00 pm-4:30 pm
Christmas Island Fire Hall
$20Allison MacKenzie 622-2605
Gaelic is on the rebound and today we see the evidence. Kids from the core Gaelic program join with elders and professionals for an afternoon that will make your heart jump for joy.
12:00 am Goiridh Dòmhnallach
12:00 am Paul K. MacNeil
12:00 am Tracey Dares MacNeil
12:00 am Cathy Ann MacPhee
12:00 am Joanne MacIntyre
12:00 am Iona Gaelic Singers
12:00 am Colin Watson
12:00 am Melody Cameron
12:00 am Core Gaelic Students
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Festival Club

May 26, 2012
October 7, 201211:00 pm-3:00 am
Gaelic College
$20 / $10 with ticket stub from show that day
Located at the Gaelic College in St. Ann’s, the licensed Festival Club offers an opportunity for artists to showcase in a more informal setting, as well as get a session in with friends and colleagues from near and far.
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