Celtic Colorado Pipes & Drums | Rocky Mountain Highland Dancers Wick School of Irish Dance | Todd Teske – Tenor | The Hydes – Fiddles Let music and dance sweep you away on a spirited trip through the Emerald Isle, and immerse yourself in this annual Celtic celebration of sound! Brass, bagpipes, fiddles, and dancers […]

Adrian Farrell, Consul General of Ireland, Grand Marshall of Denver St. Patrick’s Day Parade When the Denver St. Patrick’s Day Parade steps off at 19th & Wynkoop at 9:30am on Saturday March 12, it will be led by Grand Marshall Adrian Farrell. As Ireland’s first Consul General to the U.S. Southwest, Farrell’s job is to […]

Cherry Creek Chorale Celtic Fest By Rodger Hara Depending on the source, there are either six or seven Celtic Nations; most agree on Brittany, Cornwall, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Isle of Man – all linked by root languages and similarities in music. Galicia is often left out though there are many words in the […]

MARCH Ceolta Notes & 2016 ST. Patrick’s Season ENTERTAINMENT and EVENTS GUIDE Compiled by Rodger Hara for March 2016 Celtic Connection newspaper (Denver) Across the Pond March 13 Tennyson St. Coffee and Books, Denver 10 AM-12 PM Adam Agee and Jon Sousa March 17 Rialto Theatre, Loveland 7 PM Tix $22 Advance, $26 at the […]

Free! As part of Greeley’s First Night Friday, uilleann piper Dirk Mewes will be a special guest along with Frontier Academy Arts Students Music starts at 6:00 p.m. Art show reception begins at 5:00 p.m. closes at 8:00 p.m. The Bean Plant Studio is located at 701 7th Street Greeley, Colorado 80631 Dirk Mewes lives […]

INCO February 2016 Event Announcements INCO is hosting a soiree in appreciation of current members and to welcome new prospective members. Learn how INCO can promote your business and how you can support bringing “Friends of Ireland” together in Colorado! Build relationships, find resources and possibly long lost Irish relatives. See you there for “Caint, […]

Starlight Rhythms welcomes lively Celtic Rock group, Potcheen, February 12th at 7:30p.m to their monthly concert series at Hampden Hall, 1000 Englewood Parkway, 2nd level of the Englewood Civic Center (Next to the Santa Fe Light Rail Station). Potcheen blends Celtic Rock, Bluegrass, SKA, Cajun-zydeco, punk and folk. Tickets are only $10! Bring a date […]

Solas in concert -Sunday, Feb. 28 at Daniels Hall 2016 marks the 20th Anniversary of the quintessential Irish-American band, Solas. Formed in 1996, in a manner befitting their name (Gaelic for “light”), Solas burst onto the Irish music scene and instantly became a beacon – an incandescent ensemble that found contemporary relevance in timeless traditions. […]

The Irish American Hall of Fame announced its 2016 Class of Inductees. Among the ten outstanding Irish Americans (in seven categories) who will be inducted is Coloradoan Emily Hanrahan Warner. She was also a nominee in 2015, but this year she was the selected as an Inductee in the Science category. Born in Denver, Colorado, […]

February 2016 Ceolta Notes by Rodger Hara (compiled for the February Celtic Connection newspaper) Brian Clancy is at Jack Quinn’s in Downtown Colorado Springs at 7:30 PM on the 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th and also at The Irish Snug on Capitol Hill in Denver at 8:30 PM on the 6th and 20th. Scruffy Murphy’s […]

HAVE YOURSELF A MUSICAL MERRY CHRISTMAS! “THE CHRISTMAS SESSIONS”—ASHLEY DAVIS with JOHN DOYLE DAISYRINGS MUSIC Interview with Cindy Reich Think on this. What if you could have two superb musicians invited to your house to sing and play Christmas songs for you and yours? Crystalline vocals, a guitar genius, lush harmonies, a bit of flute…. […]