Oct 10th to 18th-2008-Celtic Colours International;-all over CB
Island; www.celtic-colours.com
Friday 10 Oct
--Port Hawkesbury-Civic Centre-‘Common Ground’-7:30 PM ($60/50/40)
Carlos Núñez' Celtic Journey , Carlos Nunez Band ,
J.P. Cormier,
Jerry Holland, Marion Dewar, Buddy MacMaster,
Gaiteros de La Habana,
Annie Ebrel, Blue Engine , String
Quartet, Sabra MacGillivray & Celtic
Touch Dancers
Saturday 11 Oct
--Inverness - St. Matthew's United Church -
‘Inverness to Inverness’ 2PM
@ ($20)
Inverness Gaelic Choir,
Archie Fisher, Coisir an Eilein, Sandy
MacIntyre, Douglas Cameron,
--Port Hawkesbury-Civic Centre-’He'd Be Your Mother's Father's
Cousin’ 6PM @
($60)-Mary Colin Chisholm, Kimberley
Fraser
--Sydney-Marine Terminal-’Ceilidh at the Big Fiddle’
-7:30 PM ($40/35/30)- Brock McGuire Band,
Beolach,
Jerry Holland, Marion Dewar, Grace, Hewat
& Polwart, Genticorum, Mairi Smith,
Forrester Dancers
--Boularderie -School - ‘Kelly's Dream’ - 7:30 PM @ ($25/20)
David Francey, Dave Gunning,
Buddy MacDonald, Allie Bennett,
Ryan P. MacNeil, Gabrielle
MacLellan & Tom Daniels
--Wagmatcook -Culture & Heritage Centre -
‘A Nifty Night’ - 7:30 PM @
($30/20/15) Shooglenifty, Troy MacGillivray,
Tuig
Sunday 12 Oct
--Sydney -St. Andrew's United Church -‘Coming Home’:2PM ($25/20/15)
A Songwriters Concert -Karine
Polwart, James Keelaghan,
David Francey, Dave Gunning,
Rose Cousins, Lori Watson
--St. Ann's -Gaelic College of Celtic Arts & Crafts -’ Pipers'
Ceilidh’ -2PM @ ($25/20)
Gaiteros de La Habana, Ryan
MacDonald, Ryan P. MacNeil, [Limited
tickets]
Annie Grace, Rankin
MacInnis, Wally MacAulay
--Louisbourg -Fortress Chapel-‘Step Into the Past’ 6PM @
($90) [Sold Out]
Genticorum, Mary Jane Lamond, James
Keelaghan, Wendy MacIsaac, Patrick Gillis
--Johnstown - Sacred Heart Church -’Na Gaidheal Oga:
The Young Gaels’- - 7:30 PM @ ($20)
Tuig, Shelly Campbell, Allan
Dewar, Calum Alex MacMillan, Colin
Watson
--Marion Bridge-Recreation Centre-‘Tunes for the Mira’-7:30PM ($20)
Carl MacKenzie, Patricia Chafe, Lyndon
MacKenzie, Gadelle, Marc Boudreau, Joel
Chiasson
--Whycocomagh -Education Centre -‘Legendary Celts’ -7:30 PM @ ($20)
Buddy MacMaster, Archie Fisher,
Theresa MacLellan,
Aonghas Grant, Doug MacPhee, Joey
Beaton, Mairi Smith, Harvey MacKinnon
--Boisdale-Volunteer Fire Department-‘Raising the Roof’-7:30 PM ($20)
Brock McGuire Band, Paul K.
MacNeil, Tracey Dares, Rod C. MacNeil,
Lewis MacKinnon
--Sydney -Marine Terminal - ‘Thanksgivin'er’ 9PM @ ($25/15)
Shooglenifty, Ashley MacIsaac,
Gillian Boucher Band
Monday 13 Oct
--Membertou -Trade & Convention Centre-‘Celtic Comedy’:
Turkey, Tunes & Tea (Hee) 6PM
@ ($65/55)
Bette MacDonald & Maynard
Morrison, Colin Grant, Jason Kempt,
Grace, Hewat & Polwart, Archie
Fisher
--Petit-de-Grat -LaPicasse Centre-‘The French Connection’ -7:30 PM
@ ($30/25/15) -J.P. Cormier, Genticorum,
Gadelle, Annie Ebrel
--Judique-Community Centre-‘Bho Linn gu Linn: Generations’-7:30 PM
@ ($30/20/15)-Kinnon Beaton,
Andrea Beaton, Betty Lou Beaton, Aonghas Grant, Angus
Grant,
Doug MacPhee, Seonaidh Beag
MacMillan, Calum,
Alex MacMillan, Marion
Dewar, Allan Dewar, Joan Dewar
--North River -Community Hall -’Seinn nam Fonn:
Singing of the Tunes’ - 7:30
PM @ ($20)
Mairi Smith, Tuig, Lewis MacKinnon,
Shawn MacDonald, Paul MacDonald
--Lower River Inhabitants -Riverdale Community Center -
‘A Touch of the Irish’ -7:30 PM @
($20)-Brock McGuire Band,
James Keelaghan, Brenda Stubbert,
Kimberley Fraser
--Albert Bridge - Union Presbyterian Church - 7:30 PM @ ($20)
- ‘Anull gu Aiseag Mhira: Over to Mira
Ferry’
Mary Jane Lamond, Inverness Gaelic
Choir, Wendy MacIsaac, Mairi Rankin, Patrick
Gillis
Tuesday 14 Oct
--Mabou -Strathspey Place -‘Close to the Floor: Mary Janet's Bunch’ [Limited tickets]
-7:30 PM @ ($35/25)- Mary Janet
MacDonald & family,
Buddy MacMaster, Joey Beaton, Glenn
Graham, Dawn & Margie Beaton,
Jean MacNeil, Colin Watson ,
Maureen Fraser
--Sydney River -United Protestant Church - 7:30 PM @ ($25/20)
‘Let the Voices Ring’ -Cape Breton
Chorale,
Inverness Gaelic Choir, Winnie
Chafe, Patricia Chafe, Kim Lantz, Lewis
MacKinnon
--Christmas Island -Fire Hall -- 7:30 PM @ ($20)
- ‘Comhla Cruinn: Gathered
Together’
Mairi Smith, Calum Alex MacMillan,
Seonaidh Beag MacMillan,
Derrick & Melody Cameron,
Flying Fiddles, Milling Singers
--North Sydney - St. Matthew-Wesley United Church
-’Fiddle Heaven’ - 7:30 PM @ ($20)
Haugaard & Høirup, Jerry
Holland, Marion Dewar,
Kimberley Fraser, Tracey Dares, Manus
McGuire
--Cheticamp - Place des arts de Cheticamp- 7:30 PM @ ($30/25)
- ‘Girls' Night Out’ -Grace, Hewat &
Polwart, Gadelle,
Wendy MacIsaac, Andrea Beaton, Shelly
Campbell, Annie Ebrel
Wednesday 15 Oct
--Mabou - Strathspey Place - ‘The Mentors’- 7:30 PM @ ($35/25)
J.P. Cormier, Carl
MacKenzie, Mary Jane Lamond,
Theresa MacLellan, Flying Fiddles,
Feis Mhabu Youth Performers
--Dingwall -Octagon Arts Centre -‘Old Friends & New’-7:30 PM @
($20)
Howie MacDonald, Brenda Stubbert, Doug
MacPhee, Bryan Gear, Aonghas Grant
--Glendale -Parish Hall (St. Mary's) - 7:30 PM @ ($20)
-’Cèilidh anns a' Bhràigh’- Cèilidh in
the Glen -Dave MacIsaac,
Maybelle Chisholm McQueen, Brian Doyle,
Calum Alex MacMillan,
Seonaidh Beag MacMillan, Colin
Watson, Brandi, McCarthy
--Louisbourg-Playhouse -‘Louisbourg Crossroads’- 7:30PM ($35/25/20) [Limited tickets]
Haugaard & Høirup, Carreg
Lafar, Glenn Graham, Joel Chiasson
--Port Morien-Community Centre -‘Cow Bay Ceilidh’- 7:30PM @ ($20)
Jennifer Roland, Angus Lyon
& Ruaridh Campbell, Lori Watson & Rule of
Three
--St. Peter's-Lions Hall -‘Ceilidh on the Canal’-7:30 PM ($30/20/15)
Dwayne Cote, Tim
O'Brien, Brollachan
Thursday 16 Oct
--Judique -Community Centre -’The Guitar Summit’-7:30 PM ($30/20/15) [Limited tickets]
J .P. Cormier, Tim
O'Brien, Dave MacIsaac, Danny Maillet, Gordie
Sampson
--Iona-Highland Village Church-’The Waters of Iona’-7:30 PM @ ($20)
Ryan MacDonald, Ryan P.
MacNeil, Bryan Gear,
Kenneth & Calum
MacKenzie, Joanne MacIntyre
--Baddeck-Greenwood United Church-‘Beinn Bhreagh’-7:30 PM @ ($20)
Haugaard & Høirup, Otis
Tomas, Dawn & Margie Beaton
--Ingonish -St. Peter's Church-’The Hills Are Alive’-7:30 PM ($20)
Dwayne Cote, Angus Lyon & Ruaridh
Campbell, Buddy MacDonald, Rachel Davis
--Sydney River-Our Lady of Fatima Church-’Pan-Celtic Voices’
- 7:30 PM @ ($25/20)-Mary Jane Lamond,
Carreg Lafar,
Mairi Smith, Wendy MacIsaac, Tracey
Dares, Mairi Rankin, Annie Ebrel
--Terre Noire -Cape Breton Highlands Academy -’No Boundaries’
- 7:30 PM @ ($25/20)-Chrissy
Crowley, Lori Watson
& Rule of Three, Marc
Boudreau, Robbie Fraser, Jason Roach,
Keith & Kyle MacDonald,
Colin Watson
Friday 17 Oct
--Orangedale -Orangedale United Church-’Orangedale Whistle’
- 7:30 PM @ ($20) -Brollachan, Jackie
Dunn MacIsaac, Stephanie Wills, Darrell
Keigan
--Glace Bay-Savoy Theatre-’J.P. Cormier's Celtic Road’
- 7:30 PM @ ($35/25/20)-J.P.
Cormier, Tim O'Brien,
Bryan Gear, Danny Maillet, Brenda
Stubbert
--Westmount -United Church -’Westmount Welcome’-7:30 PM @ ($25/20)
Kendra MacGillivray, Lori Watson &
Rule of Three, Hannah Stockley, Allie
Mombourquette
--Inverness-Academy-’The Cutting Edge’-- 7:30 PM @ ($30/20/15)
Ashley MacIsaac, Haugaard &
Høirup, Gillian Boucher Band,
Mary Jane Lamond, Angus Lyon &
Ruaridh Campbell
--Big Pond-Community Fire Hall-’Big Pond Pals’-7:30 PM @ ($30/20)
Gordie Sampson, Karine Polwart, Howie
MacDonald, Joel Chiasson, Cyril
MacPhee
--Ingonish-Keltic Lodge-’The Road to Middle Head’- 7:30 PM @ ($20)
Wally MacAulay, Sandy
MacIntyre, Doug MacPhee, Chrissy
Crowley
--Baddeck -Community Centre-’Celtic Pub’ 9PM @ ($20)
Beolach, Carreg Lafar, John
Ferguson, Roger Stone
Saturday 18 Oct
--Mabou - Strathspey Place -’Salute to the Cape Breton Fiddler’-
2PM @ ($35/25)-Cape Breton
Fiddlers' Association, Ron MacInnis
--St. Ann's-Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts
-’Luadh 's Ceol: Milling and Music’
2PM @ ($25/20)
Mary Jane Lamond, An Cliath
Clis, Bryan Gear, Boisdale Trio
--Sydney -Marine Terminal -’Home She'll Be’
: A Tribute to Rita MacNeil - 7:30
PM @ ($40/35/30)
Rita MacNeil, The Men of the Deeps,
Scott Macmillan,
J.P. Cormier, Gordie Sampson,
Raylene Rankin, Ryan J. MacNeil
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Celtic Colours Festival-has golden touch-Nov 7, 2007
named "Event of the year" at Tourism Industry Association of
Canada national awards
