Central Missouri Celtic Arts Association

(For specific dates, please see our calendar page)

Regional Celtic Radio Shows

Strike the Gay Harp radio show
KOPN, 89.5 FM, Columbia, Moberly, Jefferson City, Fulton, Boonville
Every Sunday afternoon from 3 - 5 p.m. Carol Goodnick hosts this two hour show of traditional music from the the Celtic nations and lots of news about local Celtic events.

Celtic Connections radio show www.celticconnectionsradio.org
From Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, hosted by Bryan Kelso Crow
Celtic Connections is carried by the following stations in Missouri:
KBIA 91.3 Columbia, MO Saturday 8:00 pm
KKTR 89.7 (repeater KBIA) Kirksville, MO Saturday 8:00 pm
K210AG 89.9 (repeater KBIA) Osage Beach, MO Saturday 8:00 pm
KXCV-FM 90.5 Northwest Missouri State U. Maryville, MO Sunday 9:00 pm
KRNW-FM 88.9 (repeater KXCV) Chillicothe, MO Sunday 9:00 pm
KUMR-FM 88.5 Missouri Rolla, MO Sunday 10:00 pm
KRCU 90.9 Southeast Public Radio Cape Girardeau, MO Saturday 9:00 pm

Ireland in America with Bernie McDonald
KDHX St. Louis
Monday mornings from 9 am to noon - you can listen online

Columbia

www.moceltic.org (that's us!)
Central Missouri Celtic Arts Association

http://bcfdpipesanddrums.com/
Boone County Fire District Pipe and Drum Band
Contact -- Asst. Chief Ken Hines, (573)447-5000
The band plays at many local events such as Memorial Day Air Show, Twighlight Festival, parades and can be hired for special events. They hold weekly practices and teach Highland pipes.

www.concertseries.org
University of Missouri Concert Series. They occasionally have Celtic artists or an Irish dance company.

www.chivalry.com/iband
Thursday Night Irish Sessioners -- an informal group of players in Columbia who have been getting together to play music every Thursday night since 1980.
Find them at Twighlight Festival every Thursday evening in June and September

First Night Columbia
Community New Years Eve celebration in downtown Columbia, usually featuring at least one or two Celtic acts.

Kirksville

Galloway Highland Games. Contact: Kelly Barger

Jefferson City

www.paddymalones.com
Paddy Malone's Irish Pub -- live Irish music first Friday of every month

Lincoln University "Share in the Arts" Concert Series
http://www.lincolnu.edu/~sita/
They usually have at least one Celtic event each season.

Jefferson City Community Concert Series
www.communityconcert.com

Rolla

www.umr.edu/~stpats/
University of Missouri - Rolla St. Patrick's Day celebration.

Arcadia

Arcadia Valley Celtic Festival in March
http://billthedoc.tripod.com/

Bethel

Scottish Clans Heritage Festival, Bethel, MO, Labor Day Weekend
Clyde Monroe Burch
R1
Bethel, MO 63434

Hannibal

Northeast MO Friends of Traditional Music
http://www.angelfire.com/mo/sasschool/NEMOFOTMAD/
Monday evening jam sessions at The JAM FACTORY
207 North Main Street, Hannibal, MO 63401

Springfield

www.springfieldscots.org
St. Andrews Society of Springfield

Missouri Tartan Day Festival
www.motartanday.com

http://www.goldring.org/
The Gold Ring -- Traditional Celtic radio show on KSMU, 91.1 FM

www.itap2.com
Celtic Fire Irish Dance Co.

Kansas City

www.mvfs.org
Missouri Valley Folklife Society

www.hoairishlife.com
Heart of America Irish Life newspaper -- "Chronicling the Irish-American experience in the Midwest"

www.kcirishfest.org
Westport Irish Fest, Kansas City -- Memorial Day Weekend

www.kcscottishgames.org
Kansas City Scottish Highland Games (June)

www.kcscot.com
Kansas City St. Andrew's Society

http://www.welshkc.org/
St. David's Welsh Society of Kansas City

http://www.westonirish.com/
O'Malley's 1842 Irish Pub, Weston MO

http://www.odowds.com/plaza.htm
O'Dowd's Little Dublin, on The Plaza, KC

http://www.irishkc.com
KC Irish music listing

www.kcrenfest.com
Kansas City Renaissance Festival -- if you look hard enough you'll find some pretty good Celtic music. The Celtic-themed weekends usually feature Irish and Scottish dancers, more music and lots of kilts.

http://highxpress.tripod.com/
Store -- Highland X Press (scottish imports & dance supplies)

St. Louis

Traditional music sessions in St. Louis
Wednesday evenings, 7:00 p.m. at Music Folk http://www.musicfolk.com/
8015 Big Bend, St. Louis MO 63119 phone: 314-961-2838
Mixed experience levels, medium pace, hosted by Jerry Moloney jerrymoloney@yahoo.com
There is a Yahoo Groups list for discussion about the Wednesday session. To subscribe,
go to: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Stlirishsession/
Monday evenings - at the City Museum
Weekend session at McGurk's

The Dubliner Pub http://www.dublinerstl.com/

www.kdhx.org (they have a webcast!)
KDHX Radio 88.1 FM - Another great "community radio" station. Bernie McDonald hosts "Ireland in America" Monday mornings at 9.

www.tionol.org
St. Louis Tionol -- a weekend of workshops, concerts and ceilidhs with some of the great names in Irish music -- March/April every year.

www.slia.org
St Louis Irish Arts

home.i1.net/~theshaws/Irshnstl.htm
Irish in St. Louis

http://www.thefocalpoint.org/
Focal Point in St. Louis

http://members.aol.com/paradisemo/highland.html
Highland Mist Scottish Country Dancers

John D. McGurk's Irish Pub
http://www.saucecafe.com/mcgurks/
1200 Russell Blvd.
St. Louis (Soulard Area)
Phone: (314) 776-8309
Live Irish music every night.

http://www.stlouis-scottishgames.com/
St. Louis Highland Games

St. Charles (just west of St. Louis)

Fáilte St. Charles Irish Heritage Days www.failtestcharles.com

Belleville, IL (Just east of St. Louis)

Castletown Geoghan Pub http://www.ctgpub.com/index.html

In the central U.S.

http://www.angelfire.com/band/lcarter/CelticIndex.html
Heartland Celtic -- listing of resources and musicians in the Midwest

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/blevy/westside.htm
West Side Folk Concerts, Lawrence, KS

http://www.wvfest.com/
Walnut Valley Festival, Winfield, KS

http://intranet.siu.edu/~irish/
Southern Illinois Festival of Irish Music & Dance

Eureka Springs Arkansas Celtic Connections Festival, in January
http://www.papermoonattractions.com/cceureka/index.html

http://www.cgp-chicago.org/Default.htm
Chicago Gaelic Park

www.irishfest.com
Milwaukee Irish Fest -- largest Irish Fest in the world (no kidding!) -- Excellent!

www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5882/celtfest2000.html
All Things Scottish CelticFest, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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