July 2018 Ceolta Notes By Rodger Hara Brian Clancy, as usual, will be found at the nationally recognized Jack Quinn’s Irish Alehouse and Pub in downtown Colorado Springs on th 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th at 7:30 PM. Cassie and Maggie grace the Clontarf Stage at the Colorado Irish Festival at 5:15 PM on the […]

Uilleann Piper Dirk Mewes, Making Irish Traditional Pipes in the Rocky Mountains Dirk Mewes has been playing the Irish uilleann pipes for 18 years.  In 2006, he began building a workshop at his home, and learning to make the instruments from some of the top uilleann pipe makers in the world.  In 2010, he began […]

The Hydes feat. Tadhg Ó Meachair and Dave Curley Friday, June 22 8:00 PMDoors Open at 7:00 PM Daniels Hall 71 E. Yale Ave., Denver, CO 80210 $18.00   $2.00   “The Hydes imbue their musical diversity with such confidence and glove-like comfort that their cross pollination sounds natural and fresh at each turn. Green […]

Pikes Peak Celtic Festival June 15-17   Celebrate Celtic Heritage with great food, drink, entertainment, activities, and more June 15-17 at Memorial Park in Colorado Springs. Top Celtic Rock bands Seven Nations and the Young Dubliners will be musical headliners along with The McDeviants, Avourneen, and Adam Agee and Jon Sousa.  There will be plenty […]

Live eTown Radio Show Taping with Loreena McKennitt & Greg Laswell June 11 at eTown in Boulder. June 11, 2018 Time: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at eTOWN HALL, 1535 Spruce Street, Boulder, CO 80302 Purchase tickets at: $25 Plus Applicable Service Fees at http://bit.ly/Loreena_Laswell Loreena McKennitt is well known as a composer and singer. […]

June 2018 Ceolta Notes By Rodger Hara  Loreena McKennitt makes a special appearance on the 11th at ETown, Boulder, 7PM.  The Hydes featuring Tadhg Ó Meachair and Dave Curley are in Daniels Hall at Swallow Hill in south Denver on the 22nd at 8 PM. Tix $18 in Advance. Adam Agee and Jon Sousa are […]

Digging Up Irish Roots on the Western Front (June 2918 Celtic Connection, Denver) By Brendan O’Neill   Wait, did I hear that right? An excavation of a World War One battlefield? I backed up the podcast and listened again. It was true! And even better, it was a place I knew from history as a […]

Celtic Woman Homecoming Tour Stops in the Rockies in May By Rodger Hara On March 1, Celtic Woman began their 2018 Homecoming Tour that will make 91 stops in the U.S. including shows in Albuquerque, Salt Lake City, Colorado Springs and Loveland in May.  The tour will feature songs from their latest album, Celtic Woman: […]

May 2018 Ceolta Notes By Rodger Hara   Celtic Woman is visiting the west on their national Homecoming Tour.  On the 23rd, they’ll perform at the Pikes Peak Center in Colorado Springs at 7 PM, in the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland at 7 PM on the 24th and at the Cheyenne Civic Center at […]

Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI Present in concert “Celtic Universe” with Special Guest Carlos Nunez May 7 at Newman Center, Denver  “The thrill of a Savall concert is always a sense of discovery. The performances, deeply informed by scholarship but always fresh, had all of Savall’s hallmarks: richness of color, rhythmic proportion and a joyous […]

Orion’s Benefit to aid Tennyson Center for Children by Lydia Colligan, aka Nona/Grandma Orion’s Benefit to aid Tennyson Center for Children by Lydia Colligan, aka Nona/Grandma   There is going to be a “Birthday Bash” and the public is invited. Please join in celebrating the life of Orion Gabriel Colligan on April 29th at Scruffy […]

  Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman in Concert April 22 at The Mercantile in La Veta: Fundraiser for the International Spanish Peaks Celtic Music Festival   Márie Ní Chathasaigh,  Ireland’s amazing harper ,and Chris Newman, brilliant British guitarist, will perform in La Veta Colorado Sunday, April 22 at 2:00 pm for a fundraiser for […]