Alan Doyle  to sign new book “A Newfoundlander in Canada” In Denver November 15   Following the fantastic success of his bestselling memoir, Where I Belong, former Great Big Sea front man Alan Doyle returns with a hilarious, heartwarming account of leaving Newfoundland and discovering Canada for the first time. Doyle will discuss and sign […]

November 2017 Ceolta Notes by Rodger Hara   The Colorado Youth Pipe Band hosts their annual fundraising ceilidh with plenty of food, fun, drink and dance at the Jefferson Unitarian Church, 14350 W. 32nd Ave. in Golden from 5-9 PM on the 4th with featured guest Angus Mohr.  Tickets are available at cypb.net and all […]

Julie Fowlis: Music of the Scottish Isles  7:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 13, Lakewood Cultural Center  Tickets start at $20 at www.Lakewood.org/LCCPresents, 303-987-7845 or the Box Office   Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis, BBC Award winner and Scottish cultural ambassador, returns to Lakewood Cultural Center with her ensemble of virtuoso players for an evening of song, 7:30 p.m., […]

Scotland’s “Live Band of the Year” Skerryvore at to perform in Denver October 8 Reserved seats available now at direct link (Tickets now $20, Ticket day of show $25) http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/selectSeats?id=1524099&seatSelectorOnly=true     “Skerryvore are the most promising young band in Scotland today”  Mick MacNeil, Simple Minds To quote the words of one local journalist: “ […]

October 2017 Ceolta Notes By Rodger hara   The Rocky Mountain Fiddle Club presents their Fall Festival at The Old Gallery in Allenspark, CO on the 21st from 10 AM – 9 PM.  www.theoldgallery.org Located on the eastern edge of Rocky Mountain National Park, classes in Klezmer, Texas fiddle, singing, Scottish and Cape Breton fiddle tunes, […]

The 2017 Spanish Peaks International Celtic Music Festival Welcomes folks to “Crossroads of Tradition”in Huerfano County September 21- 24   Hundreds, maybe thousands of years ago, Spanish Peaks Country became an intersection of cultures and traditions.  Indigenous natives, Spanish explorers, mountain men, traders, work seekers, and homesteaders migrated from foreign lands to hunt, mine, farm, […]

September 2017 Ceolta Notes by Rodger Hara   Brian Clancy continues to be a fixture at the Jack Quinn Alehouse and Pub in downtown Colorado Springs on Thursdays at 7:30 PM.  You’ll find him ensconced on the seat of honor on the 7th, 21st and 28th.  You’ll also find him there on the 14th accompanied […]

Legendary uillean piper Paddy Keenan to teach at Spanish Peaks Celtic Fest/Pipping Retreat.     Paddy Keenan  is an Irish player of the uilleann pipes who first gained fame as a founding member of The Bothy Band. Since that group’s dissolution in the late 1970s, Keenan has continued to delight fans with a number of […]

Clancy’s Irish Pub:  The Legacy Lives On – Inaugural Celtic Festival August 26 and 27 By Lisa Switzer   When Jeff Hurlburt and his partners bought Clancy’s Irish Pub, he had no idea where the venture would lead him.  Clancy’s, now the oldest and longest running Irish Pub in Colorado, was founded in Wheat Ridge […]

August 2017 Ceolta Notes by Rodger Hara   Potcheen kicks off their August with a concert in Homestead Park on E. Florida in Aurora for the Murphy Creek folks on the 13th at 5 PM then closes out the month in the Golden Speakeasy in Miner’s Alley on the 26th at 8 PM.   The […]

Tartan Up!  The Highest Scottish Festival in the World is Coming to Snowmass Village! By Susan M. Thornton Get your kilt on and enjoy a Celtic weekend as the Colorado Scottish Festival returns to Snowmass Village, Aug. 4-6, 2017. At 8,209 feet of elevation, the Festival is believed to be the highest Celtic festival in […]

The Rockies are going to Rumble! GAA Tournament comes to Denver July 22-23  (from July 2017 Celtic Connection newspaper/Denver) This July, Denver will be the host for a very exciting and highly anticipated Irish sporting event. Rumble in the Rockies is the inaugural United States Gaelic Athletic Association (USGAA), Southwest Division Invitational Tournament for the […]