April 2017 Ceolta Notes

By Rodger Hara

The annual Colorado Tartan Day festival is on the 8^th and 9^th at the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont from 9 AM to 5 PM Saturday and 9 AM to 4 PM Sunday. Enjoy
Celtic Heritage, Scottish Clan village, Colorado Youth Pipe Band & Dancers, Renaissance Scots, Music by Angus Mohr, food and Celtic crafts.  Free admission.

Avourneen has a busy month with a 10 AM show on the 1^st at the Longmont Farmer’s Market, April 7 and 8 — We’ll be traveling to Omaha to play two nights at the Dubliner Pub in Omaha on the 7^th and 9^th, Denver Contra Dance in the Highlands Masonic Center at 8 PM on the 14^th and on the 15^th at the Fort Collins Contra Dance, Club Tico, Ft. Collins. Tickets $5 to $10, info at www.cfootmad.org.  On the 22^nd at 9 PM they play at Jack Quinn’s, Colorado Springs then close out the month with another Contra Dance gig on the 29^th at 7 PM for the Pikes Peak Traditional Contra Dance, Zesty, All About Dance, 2318 Vickers Drive, CO Springs, tickets $4 to $8, info at http://www.pptdcontra.com.

The Scottish Fiddle Club of Colorado presents a free concert on the 15^th at 6 PM in the Lakewood Church of Christ, 455 South Youngfield Court.  For questions, contact Ken McIntosh at [email protected] or 303-234-0469.  Visit www.scotsfiddle.org for information about Scottish fiddling.

Wild Mountain performs on the 14^th from 9:30 PM-12:30 AM at the Local 46 Bar and Biergarten at 46^th and Tennyson in North Denver and on the 15^th at Clancy’s in Wheat Ridge on W. 38^th Ave. from 7:30 – 10:30 PM.

Brian Clancy plays at Jack Quinn’s Irish Pub in Downtown Colorado Springs at 7:30 PM on the 6^th, 13^th, 20^th and 27^th.

The Mountain Road Ceili Band performs at The Margarita at Pine Creek on the 28^th from 6:30-9 PM.

Potcheen headlines for the FoCoMx (Fort Collins Music Experience) in Moe’s BBQ at 11 PM on the 29^th.

Jon Sousa and Andy Reiner provide the on the 1^st for the Ft. Collins Contra Dance at the Ft. Collins Masonic Temple – 225 W Oak St. 7:15 PM lesson, Dance 8-11 PM and on the 28^th for the Denver Contra Dance at the Highlands Masonic Center – 3550 Federal Blvd, 7:15 PM

lesson, Dance 8-11 PM.  On the 2^nd, Jon performs at St. Patrick Presbyterian Church

803 10th Ave. in Greeley at 3 PM.  Tix are $15 in advance, $20 at the door (email [email protected] to reserve seats)

Chancer’s Hooley appears at the Strange Craft Beer Company, 1330 Zuni St., Unit M, 6-9 PM on the 15^th and at the Blue Spruce Brewing Co., 4151 E County Line Rd G, Centennial, on the 29^th from 7-9 PM.

Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave. in Golden presents Martin McDonagh’s “A Skull in Connemara” March 24 through April 30. Directed by Billie McBride, performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM; Sundays at 1:00 PM with evening shows at 6 PM on the 2^nd, 9^th, 16^th and 23^rd. Tickets are $17 – $27 at 303-935-3044 or online at www.minersalley.com.

Skean Dubh is on the stage at Jack Quinn’s in Colorado Springs from 8 PM – 12 AM on the 8^th and at the1709 Pearl St. Laughing Goat in Boulder from 9-11 PM on the 29^th.

Natalie Padilla, fiddle-playing partner of Greeley’s Blayne Chastain and champion fiddler will release a new CD on May 1. No doubt cuts from it will be heard when she plays at St. Patrick Presbyterian Church in Greeley on the 2^nd at 3 PM.  Tix are $15 in advance, $20 at the door (email [email protected] to reserve seats)

Celtic Chaos plays at the Celtic House Pub in Parker on the 14^th from 6-9 PM.