by Rodger Hara (from September 2015 Celtic Connection newspaper)

The Wicked Sheehogues Celtic Band plays at Clancy’s Irish Pub in Wheat Ridge on the 5th from 5 – 8 PM
Colcannon closes the Celtic Harvest Festival Edgewater on the 20th at 3:30 PM on the 20th.
You can see Big Paddy on the 6th at 9 PM in the Back East Grille in Denver or on the 18th at the Bohemian Biergarten in Boulder on the 18th at 10 PM.
The Rare Ould Times is on stage at Jack Quinn’s Irish Ale House and Pub in Colorado Springs on the 26th from 7-11 PM.
Skean Dubh has a busy September with appearances at the Colorado European Festival in the Civic Green Park, Highland Ranch on the 12th at 12:30 PM, the Commonwealth festival,
Memorial Park, Manitou Springs on the 7th from 12:30-1:30 PM, the Exchange Tavern in Westminster on the 18th for the Halfway to St. Patrick’s day party from 8:30-10:30 PM, at the Celtic Harvest Festival Edgewater on the 19th, 1:30-3:30 PM and at the First Presbyterian Church of Littleton, Wisdom Elders Concert on the 26th at 1 PM.
Avourneen fills their usual time at Katie Mullen’s downtown at 9 PM on the 4th, 11th and 25th, move to the Sheabeen Pub in Aurora for Halfway to St. Pat’s Day at 8 PM on the 18th, head to Edgewater for the Celtic Harvest Festival stage 1-3 PM on the 20th, and The Abbey Tavern on East Colfax in Denver at 9 PM on the 26th. Adam Goldstein is at Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret for his solo act each Saturday at 11 PM.
Skanson & Hansen’s All Beatle’s Set Premier Show is on the 13th at 7:30 PM in Nissi’s in Lafayette. Tickets are $15 in advance, $17 at the door.www.nissis.com
Celtic Friends are at Brendan’s Pub, 4th and Broadway, Denver, at 7:30 PM on the 1st and on Karl Kumli’s Seolta Gael program on KGNU on the 16th.
The Indulgers are on the Heritage Stage at the Taste of Colorado on the 4th at 8 PM, the Pirate Ball in Northglenn at 5:30 PM on the 18th, Boulder’s Fall Fest at 8 PM on the 19th and close out the month at Conor O’Neill’s pub in Boulder at 10 PM on the 25th.
Brian Clancy is at Jack Quinn’s Irish Alehouse and Pub in Colorado Springs on the 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th at 7:30 PM and The Irish Snug on Capitol Hill in Denver on the 12th and 26th at 8:30 PM.
Chancers Hooley provides the entertainment at Living the Dream Brewery in Littleton for their Labor Day Lobster Bake and Brews party at 4 PM on the 5th.
Angus Mohr rocks out at Lonigan’s in Estes Park on the 11th and 12th and closes the Saturday show at the Celtic Harvest Festival in Edgewater at 7 PM on the 19th.
The Mountain Road Ceili Band does their FAC/Happy Hour gig on the patio at The Margarita, Colorado Springs on the 4th at 6 PM, followed by an outside movie at dusk.
Adam Agee and Jon Sousa perform at GIG in Santa Fe on the 18th and the Spanish Peaks International Celtic Music Festival in La Veta the 25th-27th. Jon plays with Andy Reiner for the Boulder Contra Dance on the 4th and does a solo show on the 12th at 2 PM in the Central Branch of the Denver Public Library for their Fresh City Life concert series.
On the 5th, Harpist Margot Krimmel appears at 6 PM with poets Jared Smith and Janice Gould at The Book Bar, 4280 Tennyson St., does a solo show in the Vail Library on the 16th from 5:30-6:30 PM then performs with Beth Gadbaw at the Black Rose Acoustic Society gathering in the Black Forest Community Center on the 11th at 7 PM. Beth and the members of Take Down the Door are in Lyon’s Sandstone Park for a free show on the 12th, time TBD.
Potcheen opens a busy month on the 5th at the Whitewater Bar and Grill in Canon City at 8 PM, plays for the Central City Fest at 4 PM on the 12th, is at Pirate Con in Boulder at 7 PM on the 18th, takes center stage at the Celtic Harvest Festival Edgewater at 4 PM on the 19th then heads to Northglenn later that day for Pirate Fest in E.B. Rains. Jr. Memorial Park at 7 PM and closes out the month at the Fruita Fall Festival in downtown Fruita at noon.
The Stubby Shillelaghs and Keep Britain Irish play at Scruffy Murphy’s Irish Pub in LoDo on the 25th, time TBD.