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On the radio...
Strike the Gay Harp Celtic music radio show with Carol Goodnick
Every Sunday, 3 - 5 p.m.on KOPN, 89.5 FM Columbia
Celtic Connections radio show, every Sunday on KBIA 91.3FM, 7 - 8 p.m.
upcoming events
Wed. April 1
Ged Foley and Michael Cooney (Irish trad) at Paddy Malone's in Jeff City, 8:30 pm
Friday, April 3
Ged Foley and Michael Cooney at The Big Muddy Festival in Boonville.
Sunday April 5
7 pm Gerry O'Beirne concert in Columbia,
Orr Street Studios
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Irish Music at Artrageous Weekend tomorrow
(Saturday, 10/10)
Orr Street Gallery (102 Orr. St) is hosting an Irish Music Jam session with
local musicians from 11am to noon or 12:30 tomorrow, during their all-day open
house. Come out and listen and check out the gallery and also the Artist's
Market along Orr Street.
Following the Irish music jam, there will be a belly dancing
demonstration from 1 - 1:30 and contra dancing demonstration
from 1:30 - 2 p.m. From 2 - 4 p.m. Arlan and the Blues Singers
will perform.
www.orrstreetstudios.org
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Lincoln University hosts
Battlefield Band, Friday, Oct 23
Lincoln University Share in the
Arts concert series presents
Battlefield Band from Glasgow,
Scotland on Friday, Oct. 23.
573-681-5041 or
573-681-5261
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Brock-McGuire Band returns to Columbia,
Wednesday, November 4
Manus McGuire, Denis Carey,
Niamh Ni Charra* and Paul Brock
Brock-McGuire Band in
concert
Wed. November 4, 7 pm
Unity Center of Columbia, 1600
W. Broadway
$15 adults $12
students/seniors
"Brock-McGuire is the best Irish
traditional instrumental group
in the world....No group has
this concentration of truly
gifted heavyweights of this
caliber." - Bill Margeson, music
writer for www.LiveIreland.com
and Irish Music Magazine
Happy music! Your toes
won't stop tapping with this
band!
*Niamh ni Charra is filling in on this tour for banjo player
Enda Scahill, whose wife is due to give birth in November.
Niamh toured with Riverdance for 8 years and more than 2500
performances as a soloist before returning to Ireland where she
is now based. She tours these days with the Carlos Nunez band
from Galicia, Spain. Her debut album "On Da Thaobh / From Both
Sides" was released in 2007 to much critical acclaim and was the
only Irish album to make MOJO's Top Ten Folk Albums for 2007.
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Central MO Renaissance Festival, Oct 17-18
In its fourth year, the Central Missouri
Renaissance Festival offers family fun with
entertainment, costumes, food and fun.
This year Milwaukee-based Celtic band 3 Pints
Gone brings lively ballads and shanties from
Ireland and Scotland, complimented by their
three-part harmony arrangements. They have been
performing at Midwestern Renaissance and Irish
festivals for more than 15 years (previous to
2004 as Wild Mountain Thyme).
Listen to samples on their web site:
Regional events
Other Celtic/folk music events coming up in the region.
Paddy
Keenan
will perform at
The Focal Point
in St. Louis on
Saturday, Oct.
31.
http://thefocalpoint.org/concerts.html
Matt and
Shannon Heaton
perform in the
midwest:
Sunday, October
18 in St. Louis,
4 pm family show
Immaculate
Conception
School
2934 Marchall
Ave, St. Louis
MO 64143
tix:
314-646-7338
Saturday, Oct 24
in Kansas City
www.mvfs.org
for details
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Central MO
Celtic Arts
Assoc is a
501(c)3
nonprofit
organization and
member of the
North American
Folk Alliance
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Music workshops in many instruments, set and ceili dancing workshops with Ultan Mulcahy, master dance instructor from Ireland. See web site for details. Weekend package price and a la carte available.
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Central MO Celtic Arts Assoc is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and member of the North American Folk Alliance www.folk.org
For the full list of upcoming concerts, events, classes and regional Celtic music events, please visit our web site: www.moceltic.org |
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