Oct 9th to 17th-2009-Celtic Colours International;-all over CB
Island; www.celtic-colours.com
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October 9th, 2009 (Friday)
-Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre, -
7:30 PM-‘Island to Island: The Cape
Breton-Ireland Musical Bridge’
@ $60/50/40 [ reserved
seating ]; Artists-Prof. Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin,
Jerry Holland, Maireád Ní Mhaonaigh,
Manus Lunny, Howie MacDonald,
Maighread & Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill,
Máire O'Keeffe, Paul MacDonald,
The Begleys, Dave MacIsaac, Laoise
Kelly, Carl MacKenzie, Liam ó Maonlaí,
Goiridh Dòmhnallach, Dwayne Cote, Fidil,
Tracey Dares, Paul K. MacNeil,
Martin McGinley, Brenda Stubbert, Hilda
Chiasson-Cormier,
Jamie MacInnis, Harvey Beaton, Seosamh Ó
Neachtain
------- Saturday, October 10th
-St. Matthew's United Church, Inverness
2PM-’Sandy MacIntyre's Trip to
Toronto’ @ $20; Artists
Sandy MacIntyre, Steeped in
Tradition, Kimberley Fraser & Tracey Dares
Colin Grant, Dawn & Margie
Beaton; Hosted by St. Matthew's United Church
-Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion, Sydney
7:30 PM-’A Taste of the
Festival’ @ $40/35/30 [ reserved seating]
Artists;-Le Vent du Nord, Prof.
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Paul Cranford & Doug MacPhee,
Maireád Ní Mhaonaigh & Manus
Lunny, Maighread & Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill
Máire O'Keeffe & Paul
MacDonald, Liam ó Maonlaí, Chris Stout & Catriona McKay, Laoise
Kelly .
-Boularderie School, Boularderie
7:30PM-’Kelly's Dream ‘@ $25/20;
Artists-J.P. Cormier, The Begleys, Buddy MacDonald
& Rachel Davis, Seosamh Ó Neachtain
Hosted by Ross Ferry Fire
Department and the Big Wave Festival
-Wagmatcook Culture and Heritage Centre, Wagmatcook
7:30 PM-‘From Coast to Coast’ @
$30/25/20; Artists
Ashley MacIsaac, Sierra Noble & Brian Doyle,
Fidil, Qristina & Quinn Bachand
Hosted by Wagmatcook Culture and Heritage Centre
Sunday, October 11th
-Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts, St. Ann's
2PM-’The Cape Breton Fiddlers’ @
$25/20 [ reserved seating ]; Artists
Cape Breton Fiddlers' Association, Martin
McGinley, Fidil, Qristina & Quinn Bachand
Michéal Cherry; Hosted by Gaelic
College of Celtic Arts and Crafts
-Fortress of Louisbourg Chapel, Louisbourg
6PM-‘Step Into the Past’ ; @ $90 [
reserved seating ]
. Le Vent du Nord , Laoise Kelly , Chris
Stout & Catriona McKay
Mairi Rankin , Patrick Gillis
; Hosted by Fortress Louisbourg Association
-Boisdale Volunteer Fire Department, Boisdale -
7:30 PM-‘Raising the Roof’ @ $20;
Artists-Jim Payne & Fergus O'Byrne,
Glenn Graham & Joel Chiasson, Fidil,
Seosamh Ó Neachtain
Hosted by Boisdale Volunteer Fire Department
-Marion Bridge Recreation Centre, Marion Bridge -
7:30 PM-‘Tunes for the Mira’ @
$25/20; -Artists
Maireád Ní Mhaonaigh & Manus Lunny, Troy
MacGillivray & Shane Cook,
Abby Newton & Kim Robertson & Mairi
Campbell, Sabra MacGillivray
Hosted by Marion
Bridge Community Council
-Whycocomagh Education Centre, Whycocomagh -
7:30 PM-‘All in the Family’ @
$30/25/20 [ reserved seating ] hosts=The Barra MacNeils,
The Begleys -[ Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich, sons
Bréanainn & Cormac, & daughter Cliodhna,
Sisters Maighrëad & Triona Ni Dhomhnaill
Hosted by The
Whycocomagh Summer Festival
-Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion, Sydney -
9PM-‘Thanksgivin'er’ @ $25/15;
-Artists-Tom Fun Orchestra,
Colin Grant Band, United
Steel Workers of Montreal
Monday, October 12th
-Membertou Trade and Convention Centre, Membertou -
6PM-‘Celtic Thanksgiving: Dinner & Concert’ @
$65/55; Artists-
The Men of the Deeps, Sierra Noble &
Brian Doyle, Fidil & Seosamh Ó Neachtain
-Judique Community Centre, Judique -
7:30 PM-‘The Hand that Rocks the
Bow’ @ $30/25/20 [ reserved seating ]
Artists;-Maireád Ní Mhaonaigh, Máire
O'Keeffe, Wendy MacIsaac, Andrea Beaton
Brenda Stubbert, Kimberley
Fraser; Hosted by Judique Community Centre
-North River Community Hall, North River -
7:30 PM-‘Singing of the Tunes: Seinn nam
Fonn’ @ $20 [ general seating ]
Artists;-Shelly Campbell & Allan
Dewar, Joanne MacIntyre, Martin McGinley
Hosted by
North River Community Hall
-St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Sydney Mines -
7:30 PM-‘The Fiddle Tree’ @ $20;-Artists-Otis
Tomas, Paul Cranford, Laoise Kelly,
Paul MacDonald, Abby Newton, Mairi Campbell, Sarah
McFadyen
Hosted by St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church
-Union Presbyterian Church, Albert Bridge -
7:30 PM-‘Gaelic Warriors: Gaisgich na
Gàidhlig’ @ $20 [ general seating ]
Artists;-Liam ó Maonlaí, Goiridh Dòmhnallach,
Brian Ó hEadhra, Glenn Graham &
Joel Chiasson, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin &
Eamonn Mac Donncha, Ryan J. MacNeil
Hosted by Union Presbyterian Church
-D'Escousse Community Hall, D'Escousse -
7:30 PM-‘Acadien Roots’ @ $30/25/15 [ reserved
seating ]
Artists;-Ashley MacIsaac, Le Vent du Nord, Qristina
& Quinn Bachand
Hosted by D'Escousse
Civic Improvement Society
Tuesday, October 13th
-Strathspey Place, Mabou -
7:30 PM-‘Close to the Floor: Steps Across the
Pond’ @ $35/25 [ reserved seating ]
Artists;-Jim Payne & Fergus O'Byrne,
The Begleys, Dawn & Margie Beaton, Robbie Fraser,
Derrick & Melody Cameron, Warner
Sisters, Seosamh Ó Neachtain, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
Hosted by Chestico Museum &
Historical Society
-Place des arts de Cheticamp, Cheticamp -
7:30 PM-‘Musique à la Carte’
@ $30/25 [ reserved seating ]
Artists;-Le Vent du Nord, Colin
Grant & Joel Chiasson, La Swing du Suête
Hosted by LeMoine Volunteer Fire Department
-Riverdale Community Center, Lower River Inhabitants -
7:30 PM-‘A Touch of the
Irish’ @ $25/20 ; - Artists-Máire O'Keeffe,
Laoise Kelly, Martin McGinley, Jimmy
McBride, Andrea Beaton & Fiona Black
Hosted by Riverdale Community Services
Society
-Our Lady of Fatima Church, Sydney River -
7:30 PM-‘The Piano Summit’ @
$25/20 [ reserved seating ] ;Artists-Doug MacPhee,
Tracey Dares, Troy MacGillivray, Mac
Morin, Liam ó Maonlaí, Jason Roach
Hosted by Our Lady of
Fatima Church, CWL
-Christmas Island Fire Hall, Christmas Island -
7:30 PM-‘Gathered Together: Comhla
Cruinn’ @ $20; Artists- Mary Jane Lamond,
Wendy MacIsaac & Patrick
Gillis, Brian Ó hEadhra, Ryan MacDonald, Milling Singers
Hosted by Comunn Féis an
Eilein
-Port Morien Community Centre, Port Morien -
7:30 PM-‘Cow Bay
Ceilidh’ @ $25/20;-Artists
Chris Stout & Catriona McKay,
Donnie Campbell, Keenan Barrett
Michael Hall & Leanne
Aucoin; Hosted by Port Morien Development Association
Wednesday, October 14th
-Strathspey Place, Mabou -
7:30 PM-‘Mentors & Musical Minds’ @
$35/25 [ general seating ];-Artists
Shelly Campbell, Allan Dewar, Patrick Gillis,
Marc Boudreau, Joanne MacIntyre
Féis Mhàbu Youth
Performers; Hosted by Comunn
Féis Mhabu
-Octagon Arts Centre, Dingwall -
7:30 PM -‘Traveling Tunes’ @ $20;-Artists
Jerry Holland & Marion Dewar,
Paul Cranford, Doug MacPhee, Howie MacDonald
Brenda Stubbert, Máire O'Keeffe &
Paul MacDonald
Hosted by Friends of the Octagon Society
-Glendale Parish Hall (St. Mary's), Glendale -
7:30 PM -‘Over There and
Back Here: Thall Agus Abhus’ @ $20;-Artists
Mary Jane Lamond,
Wendy MacIsaac, Tracey Dares, Jimmy McBride
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
& Eamonn Mac Donncha, Doug Lamey & Sandy MacDonald
Hosted by Glendale Community Co-op
-Louisbourg Playhouse, Louisbourg -
7:30 PM-‘Louisbourg
Crossroads’ @ $35/25/20;-Artists-Ryan P. MacNeil
& Boyd MacNeil, Sierra
Noble & Brian Doyle, Gay McKeon & Seán McKeon
Hosted by Louisbourg
Playhouse Society
-St. Peter's Lions Hall, St. Peter's -
7:30 PM-‘Songs from the
Islands’ @ $30/20/15;-Artists
J.P. Cormier,
Jim Payne & Fergus O'Byrne, John Ferguson & Roger Stone
Allie
Mombourquette; Hosted by Village on the
Canal Association
-St. Andrew's United Church, Sydney -
7:30 PM-‘Harmonies & Melodies’
@ $25/20/15 [ reserved seating ];-Artists
Cape Breton Chorale, The Begleys, Abby
Newton & Kim Robertson & Mairi Campbell
Hosted by St. Andrew's United Church
Thursday, October 15th
-Judique Community Centre, Judique -
7:30 PM-‘Guitar
Summit’ @ $30/25/20 [reserved seating ];-Artists
J.P.
Cormier, Jamie Gatti, Patrick Gillis, Clifford (Ciffie) Carter
Hosted by Judique Community Centre
-Highland Village Church, Iona -
7:30 PM-‘Waters of Iona’
($20)=general seating-Artists
Lewis MacKinnon, Gay McKeon &
Seán McKeon, Shawn MacDonald
Hosted by Highland Village Museum/An Clachan Gaidhealach
-St. Peter's Church, Ingonish -
7:30 PM-‘The Hills Are
Alive’ @ $20;-Artists
Winnie Chafe & Patricia Chafe, Jim
Payne & Fergus O'Byrne
Martin McGinley & Michéal Cherry,
Jimmy McBride
Hosted by St. Peter's CWL Ingonish
-Greenwood United Church, Baddeck -
7:30 PM -‘Fiddlers Corner’ @
$20;-Artists
Paul Cranford & Mario Colosimo, Rocky
Shore, John MacLean, Sarah McFadyen
Hosted by Greenwood United Church Council
-Cape Breton Highlands Academy, Terre Noire -
7:30 PM-‘A Tribute to Angus
Chisholm’ @ $25/20;-Artists
Ashley MacIsaac, Carl MacKenzie,
Dave MacIsaac, Dwayne Cote, Karen & Joey Beaton
Maybelle Chisholm McQueen, Brian
Doyle, Chrissy Crowley
Hosted by Margaree Tourism Association
-United Protestant Church of Sydney River, Sydney River -
7:30 PM-‘The Boys and Their Ballads’ @
$25/20[ reserved seating ];-Artists
Evans & Doherty, Cyril MacPhee
,Darrell Keigan, Keenan Barrett
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin & Eamonn Mac
Donncha
Hosted by The Men's Brotherhood of Sydney River United Church
Friday, October 16th
-Shannon Studio, Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre, Port Hawkesbury -
6PM-‘Lauchie, Liza & Rory’ @
$60; - Artists
Christian Murray &
Natasha MacLellan
-Savoy Theatre, Glace Bay -
7:30 PM-‘Suite Silver Dart
Premiere’ @ $35/25/20 [ reserved seating ]
Artists-Symphony Nova Scotia, Scott
Macmillan, Peter Gillis ,Chris Stout & Catriona McKay
Paula Jane Francis, Laurel Browne ,
Sky's the Limit Youth Project
-Inverness Academy, Inverness -
7:30 PM-‘Return To Ireland: Tilleadh gu
Eirinn’ @ $30/20/15 [ reserved seating ]
Artists-Máire O'Keeffe, Laoise Kelly,
J.P. Cormier, Mary Jane Lamond, Gay McKeon &
Seán McKeon, Brian Ó hEadhra, Goiridh
Dòmhnallach, Kinnon & Betty Lou & Andrea Beaton
Keenan Barrett, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
& Eamonn Mac Donncha
Hosted by Inverness Academy (Student Council)
-Big Pond Community Fire Hall, Big Pond -
7:30 PM-‘Big Pond Gathering’ @
$30/20 [ reserved seating ]; Artists-
Dwayne Cote & Joel Chiasson,
Gillian Boucher & Andrew White & Brendan Power
Hosted by
Big Pond Community Council
-Orangedale United Church, Orangedale -
7:30 PM-‘Orangedale Whistle’ @
$20;-Artists
Cyril MacPhee & Haley MacPhee, Boisdale
Trio, Kenneth & Calum MacKenzie
Hosted by Orangedale United Church
-Baddeck Community Centre, Baddeck -
9PM-‘Celtic Pub’ ;19+ @ $20;
-Artists
Evans & Doherty, Jennifer
Roland Band, Rachel Davis & Buddy MacDonald
Hosted by Baddeck Volunteer Fire Department
Saturday, October 17th
-Strathspey Place, Mabou -
2PM-‘Suite Silver Dart Encore’ @
$35/25 [ reserved seating ]; -Artists
Symphony Nova Scotia, Scott Macmillan,
Peter Gillis, Chris Stout & Catriona McKay
Paula Jane Francis, Laurel Browne, Sky's
the Limit Youth Project
-Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts, St. Ann's -
2PM-‘The Pipers Ceilidh’ @
$25/20;-Artists
John MacLean,Gay McKeon & Seán McKeon,Ryan
MacDonald,Duncan Gillis
Hosted by Gaelic
College of Celtic Arts and Crafts
-Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion, Sydney -
7:30PM-‘Master Cape Breton Fiddler: A Tribute
to Jerry Holland’
@ $40/35/30 [ reserved
seating ]; Artists-Jerry Holland, Howie MacDonald,
Máire O'Keeffe, Dave MacIsaac,
Paul Cranford, Brenda Stubbert,
Hilda Chiasson-Cormier, Dougie
MacDonald, Marion Dewar, Allan Dewar,
Doug Lamey, Paul MacDonald
>>Please Note: Artists and Events subject to change without
notice.<<
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============= 2009 Community
& Venue Schedule =========
October 9, 2009
Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre
Port Hawkesbury
October 10, 2009
Sydney Marine Terminal
Sydney
Boularderie School
Boularderie
St. Mathew's United Church
Inverness
Wagmatcook Culture &
Heritage Centre Wagmatcook
October 11, 2009
Gaelic College of Arts and Crafts
St. Ann's
Boisdale Volunteer Fire
Department Boisdale
Marion Bridge Recreation Centre
Marion Bridge
Whycocomagh Education Centre
Whycocomagh
Fortress of Louisbourg Chapel
Louisbourg
Sydney Marine Terminal
Sydney
October 12, 2009
Judique Community Centre
Judique
North River Community Hall
North River
St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church Sydney Mines
Membertou Trade & Convention
Centre Sydney
Union Presbyterian Church
Albert Bridge
D'Escousse Community Hall
D'Escousse
October 13, 2009
Strathspey Place
Mabou
Place des Arts de Cheticamp
Cheticamp
Riverdale Community Centre
Lower River Inhabitants
Our Lady of Fatima Church
Sydney River
Christmas Island Fire Hall
Christmas Island
Port Morien Community Centre
Port Morien
October 14, 2009
Strathspey Place
Mabou
Octagon Arts Centre
Dingwall
Glendale Parish Hall (St. Mary's)
Glendale
Louisbourg Playhouse
Louisbourg
St. Peter's Lions Hall
St. Peter's
St. Andrew's United Church
Sydney
October 15, 2009
Judique Community Centre
Judique
Highland Village Church
Iona
St. Peter's Church
Ingonish
Greenwood United Church
Baddeck
Cape Breton Highlands Academy
Terre Noire
United Protestant Church of
Sydney River Sydney River
October 16, 2009
Savoy Theatre
Glace Bay
Inverness Academy
Inverness
Big Pond Community Fire Hall
Big Pond
Orangedale United Church
Orangedale
Baddeck Community Centre
Baddeck
Shannon Studio, Port Hawkesbury
Civic Centre Port Hawkesbury
October 17, 2009
Strathspey Place
Mabou
Gaelic College of Arts and Crafts
St. Ann's
Sydney Marine Terminal
Sydney
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