Mary McNicholas steps up again to help start “Connections through Memory Loss” A Gateway to Caregivers and their Loved Ones   Mary and Kevin McNicholas and their family have been helping others in Denver and beyond for decades.  Through their business, K-M Concessions and Continental “Divine” Catering Company, they have donated catering services to many […]

April 2018 Ceolta Notes by Rodger Hara (from Colcannon) Cynthia is leaving Colcannon! After seven years as our flautist/whistler and contributor of fine tunes, Cynthia is leaving Colcannon. Given the uncertainty of the music business and the amount of time that must be spent in rehearsal to keep one’s chops in top form, she’s decided […]

Tim O’Brien –Profile Colorado, Ireland, Music By Rodger Hara In a homecoming of sorts, Tim O’Brien and his partner Jan Fabricius played to packed houses at Swallow Hill in Denver and The Armory in Ft. Collins for two nights at the end of March.  There his many fans heard old and new songs in Tim’s […]

    Boulder-based Irish duo celebrate the release of their second Album with a CD release concert at the Rialto Theater in Loveland on Friday, March 30th. Adam & Jon will be joined by special guest Bonnie Paine from the band Elephant Revival. Adam & Jon’s new album, entitled “Ceol na gCarad,” is a follow-up […]

Riverdance… 20 Years and still going strong!    March 27 – 29 at the Pikes Peak Center     Back by popular demand, Riverdance – The 20th Anniversary World Tour returns to Colorado Springs with a strictly limited engagement at Pikes Peak Center from Tuesday, March 27 through Thursday, March 29. An innovative and exciting blend […]

From Pouring Pints to Pulling Prints ( photo: Serious looking artist by day, Brendan Dorney creates custom drinks with a smile at the Irish Rover by night)   After you have had a week to recover from St. Patrick’s Day, why not parade around town visiting the studios of the many printmaking artist in and […]

The Denver Brass and Friends Go Celtic in March: Performance on 10,11,16,17,& 18 Founded in 1981, The Denver Brass ranks itself as one of Denver’s largest and longest-running nonprofit performing arts organizations. Their concert schedule encompasses a diverse mix of classical, pops, jazz and family programs, along with extensive community outreach efforts.  Every March the […]

MARCH 2018 ENTERTAINMENT and EVENTS GUIDE By Rodger Hara (Celtic Cfonnection (Denver) March 2018 issue)   Adam Agee and Jon Sousa March 30         Rialto Theatre, Loveland                                 7 PM Tickets: $22 advance, $26 day of show, $15 senior/student/military             Plus standard ticketing fees.   Altan March 3           Swallow Hill Music, Denver                            8 PM […]

  Voyage to the Heart of Celtic Culture With Celtic Nights at the Lincoln Center March 6   In the mid-19th century, pushed by famine, taxes, persecution, and war, half of the population of Ireland ended up on the shores of foreign lands. Celtic Nights, the internationally-proclaimed group of Irish singers and dancers, venture to […]

Altan releases new music “Gap of Dreams” March 2, Perform March 3 at Swallow Hill in Denver.   After thirty years of playing on stages all over the world from Dublin to New York, Tokyo to Sydney, the premier traditional Irish band, Altan came back to the hills of Donegal to record their new album, […]

The Celtic Connection presents ‘Galway Girl’ Sharon Shannon to perform in Denver March 1st Comedian DR Kevin Fitzgerald to open for Irish Icon   When Sharon Shannon and her band take to the stage March 1st in Denver, folks will be watching an Irish music legend. For some, she might be far too young for […]

February 2018 Ceolta Notes – By Rodger Hara The Pine Creek Tippers are downstairs in the lounge at The Margarita at Pine Creek in Colorado Springs on the 16th at 6:30 PM. St. Brigit Episcopal Church, in Frederick, CO at 110 Johnson St., presents a Celtic Cajun Ceili on the 9th from 6-9 PM with […]