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Free- “UPTOP UNPLUGGED” Session and Picnic at Spanish Peaks Celtic Fest
DAY 1 AT SPANISH PEAKS CELTIC FEST (SEPT 21-24 2023) TRAD Folks pack your bags and get ready for opening day at Spanish Peaks Celtic Fest 2023! On Thursday, September 21, the Fest welcomes all to the FREE “ UPTOP Unplugged” at UPTOP ghost town on top of Old La Veta Pass. Bring your picnic […]
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Cindy Reich chat’s with Seamus Egan of SOLAS
(from Cindy’s monthly column “Around the House”in November 09 Celtic Connection) Seamus called into Cindy Reich”s “The Long Acre” radio show to talk about the new Solas album, Seamus” ongoing solo project, baseball and “balloon boy”! CR You”re calling from Scotland and I know you”re supposed to be in studio working on a new […]
Save the Francis McPeake School of Irish Traditional Music ” Enter the Prize Draw Ballot and be in to win!
Many of you might have seen the awesome band McPeak at the Colorado Irish Festival last summer and can give witness to some of the great Irish music that comes out of Francis McPeake School of Irish Traditional Music in Belfast. The school is currently in crisis and as a result they are creating fundraising projects […]
Fado Irish Pub Hits Homerun with New Menu
(from October 09 Celtic Connection) ”I”ve been drinking in this pub a month before it opened,” says Glen Eastwood, of Fado. “I know this pub very well.” He says this while sitting at the long, curvy wooden bar in one of Fado”s snug little drinking and dining spaces. He”s managed this Irish pub and restaurant for […]
Irish Outreach: Consul General Staunton Visits Colorado to Connect with Diaspora
Gerry Staunton, Consul General of Ireland spent a couple of days in Denver last month meeting members of the Irish community. He wanted to offer himself as a resource who can be called on to assist with matters concerning the Irish community in Colorado and was open to more frequent visits and contact with this […]
The Francis McPeake School of Music Asks for Your Help: Celebrities and Music Lovers join in campaign to save Legendary Irish Music School in Belfast
(from September 09 Celtic Connection) The McPeake Family started playing music, in Ireland, in 1904. The family were at the forefront of the revival of Irish and folk music throughout the 1950″s and 1960″s. Francis McPeake I penned the folk anthem “Will Ye Go Lassie Go” aka “Wild Mountain Thyme” in the early 1950″s. With such […]
Cindy Reich chats with Anthony Kearns: Irish Tenor to Perform Benefit Concert Colorado October 9
Singing “Danny Boy” down a phone line landed Anthony Kearns a place in “Ireland”s Search for a Tenor” contest. The contest was in conjunction with the release of a new ten-pound note (commonly referred to as a “tenner”) and Anthony”s phone audition would change his life dramatically. Kearns had to hitchhike to Dublin for the […]
A+ for Argyll Scottish Gastropub
Sometimes, you just know you’re in the right place. And while Scotland might not be the place that comes to mind when thinking of great food, that country’s often-maligned culinary tradition has been re-born and dressed in some sleek new clothes at Argyll, a new Scottish restaurant and pub in Cherry Creek. For me, I […]
Tony McManus to perform at Swallow Hill August 14
by Michael Reshetnik When you hear a fine Gaelic singer, or a great piper or fiddler, you know that their music comes straight from the heart, that they embody and express the soul of a rich and deep tradition. Tony McManus is one of this sort. With his twin obsessions of guitar and traditional music he […]
Dance in the moonlight with Nessie to sounds of U2 at Colorado Scottish Festival
Join mascot Nessie, the friendly Loch Ness monster and friends, at the ALL NEW Colorado Scottish Festival, August 8-9, 2009. The Festival has adjusted it”s hours to Rocky Mountain Party Time on Saturday, extending from 4pm to 10pm. Kilts will me swinging at the evening concert featuring the high energy of Angus Mohr, Colorado”s popular Celtic […]
Celtic Events, Swallow Hill, and Twist & Shout presents Celtic super-group SOLAS w/ Americana/bluegrass sensation Bearfoot November 6th, at L2 Arts & Cultural Center, Denver
Friday, November 06, 2009, 8:00 pm MST at L2 Arts & Culture Center, Denver CO ALL AGES SHOW Subscribers get tickets now and save money at: SOLAS-BEARFOOT http://. ”Simply one of the best Celtic bands around.” ” PEOPLE MAGAZINE ”Solas is one of my favorite groups. Lovely music from lovely people. They’re the best.” – EMMA LOU HARRIS ”It”s […]
WAVE the flag of friendship from Belfast to Salida
By Jennifer Dempsey Last month, 14 members of Northern Ireland’s Circus WAVE became part of the Salida Circus family in Chaffee County, Colorado. For two weeks, Circus WAVE members stayed with host families and joined in a circus schedule that included stiltwalking in the July 4th parade, community potlucks dinners, a sold-out show in downtown Salida, […]
Spanish Peaks Reduce Prices forCeltic Connection Readers
Spanish Peaks International Celtic Music Festival Huerfano County Colorado American Indian tribes called them “Wahatoya”, Huajatolla” or Guajatoyah”, roughly interpreted as “breasts of the earth”. Some Indian tribes believed that they were the site were mankind first emerged onto earth. The “Double Mountains” were easily recognizable reference points to European explorers and pioneers. One pioneer […]