FREE August 25 -Second Annual Clancy’s Celtic Festival Expands This year Clancy’s Irish Pub’s second annual Celtic Festival will be bigger and better according to owner Jeff Hurlburt of the popular Wheat Ridge restaurant and gathering spot.  “This year we had modified our liquor license to entail park of the parking lot.  The entire parking […]

August 2018 Ceolta Notes By Rodger Hara   The Grateful Dogs have been invited by the Alchemy Pub, 2625 W Colorado Ave in Colorado Springs, to do their business in the Pub’s back yard on the 11th at 8 PM. (Try to unsee that image…) On the 18th they’ll be doing their business at the Paradox […]

A Wee Bit of Scotland Comes to Town: Colorado Scottish Fest in Edgewater August 4 & 5 By Heather Miller   This year the Colorado Scottish Festival and Rocky Mountain Highland Games is returning to the Denver Metro area! Taking place August 4 & 5, 2018 in Edgewater, Colorado, the Festival is produced by the […]

The Colorado Irish Festival July 13-15   The Colorado Irish Festival will be commemorating its 24th Anniversary July 13-15 at Clement Park in Littleton.  The eclectic gathering is known for its outrageous display of kilts and bagpipes, Gaelic sports Irish step dancing, and the best Irish rock and classic music this side of the Emerald […]

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: […]