Enter the Haggis is one of the hardest working bands we know. They seem to hit more cities on their tours than anyone else. This is great for their fans because they get to see them often. Here is a list of the cities they will be touring this time. The fun begins on...
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This has been a hectic week for sure and this weekend I will be heading for the Maryland Irish Festival so Music Friday will start on Thursday. It feels like a folk rock kind of day so here are some great folk rock bands and artists from around the world to enjoy. Next week...
Tags: Amidships, Enter the Haggis, Mike Donaghy, Music Friday, Paddy Nash The Happy Enchiladas, Scarlet Virginia, Switchback, The Seer
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Not long ago, Enter the Haggis finally nailed their feet to the ground and spent sometime in a cabin near a lake to put together a new album. We love the fact that they tour so much and that so many of their fans get a chance to see them perform. But the results...
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Two of North America’s premier Celtic/World music bands, Scythian from Washington, DC and Enter The Haggis from Toronto, Canada are teaming up for what will be one of the most highly anticipated tours of the fall. The bands will be covering eight states on this month long tour that brings together these two great...
Tags: Enter the Haggis, Rootstomp Road Show Tour, Sythian
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Can you believe it’s almost October already? This summer sure went flying by. But there are still a few festivals going on and October is a perfect time to be out – a little nip in the air and Mother Nature is putting on her annual fall show in most places. What more could...
Tags: Albannach, Alex Caton and Pat Egan, Amadaun, Barley Juice, Bob Reeder, Bogside Rogues, Celtibillies, Connacht Town, Connie Dover, E. L. Kurtz, Ed Yother, Eddie Delahunt, Enter the Haggis, Flannigan's Right Hook, Ian Walsh and Kevin Buckley, Jamie and the Quiet Men, Kyle Carey, Reverse Cowboy, Screaming Orphans, Scythian, Shaina's Strings, The Barley Boys, The Dorians, The Elders, The Kelly Band, The Mickey Finns, Three Dollar Band, Tullamore, Warpipe
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September is a great month for festivals. The weather is a little cooler and nothing ushers in a change of season like some great Irish Music. Festivals have a lot of entertainment. There are generally fabulous dance shows, great pipe bands. Some festivals also sponsor runs and fun contests like Reddest Hair, Greenest Eyes...
Tags: Amadaun, Black 47, Blackwater, Burning Bridget Cleary, CARBON LEAF, Celtic Cross, Derek Warfield & the Young Wolf Tones, EMISH, Ennis Clare, Enter the Haggis, Finn's Fury, Gaelic Storm, Girsa, Goitse, Indianapolis Ceili Band, Jameson’s Revenge, John Whelan, Leahy, Makem and Spain Brothers, McPeak, Rathkeltair, Robert Tincher, Screaming Orphans, Scythian, Seamus Kennedy, Searson, Shileigh Law, Solas, The Bogside Rogues, The Causeway Giants, The Elders, The Fenians, The Flyin’ Column, The Glengarry Bhoys, The Jameson Sisters, The Kells, The Killdares, The Kreellers, The Mickey Finns, The Prodigals, Tullamore
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August is the month that festivals really step into high gear. If you haven’t been to one yet this year, make sure you hit one in August. Most have a lot of local bands, dance acts and pipe and drum bands that we didn’t have room to mention so be sure to click the...
Tags: Altan, Baal Tinne, Bandwagon, Barley Juice, Bernadette Morris, Brigid’s Cross, Campaign LK, Cashier no 9, Clown Parlour, Colly Strings, Craiceann, Dead Presidents, Deadlights, Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tone, Dervis, Different Drums of Ireland, Duncan Campbell & The Duty Paid Society, Dutch Schultz, Eilis Phillips, Enter the Haggis, Everyday Superheroes, Extra Stout, Four Courts, Gaelic Storm, Gareth Dunlop & Band, Gascan Ruckus, Girsa, Inishowen Gospel Choir, Intinn, Invinyl, Jifubuki, Johnny Vans, Junior Johnson & The Handsome Bastards, Kasper Rosa, Kathleen Fitzgerald and The Screaming Orphans, Katie and the Carnival, Katie McMahon, Leeward Side, Like Statues, Liz Carroll, Louisiana Joyride, Love Seeds, Magwere, Mental Deficiency, Mojo Fury, Moya Brennan, NASA Assassin. Naiomh O’Hagan, Nathan Miller, Noise Control, Not Squares, Patrick Bell, Paul Corrigan, Pay*ola, Phoenix Fire, Pocket Billiards, R51, Rachel Austin, Rams’ Pocket Radio, Rassie Ai, Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Rising Gael, Roger Drawdy & The Firestarters, Roysta, Sandcarvers, Scorpion Jack, Screaming Orphans, Scythian, Seamus Kennedy, Seanchai and the Unity Squad, Searson, Seven Summits, Shake!, Silhouette, Skerryvore, Southern, Stevie McCann, Swanee River, Tanya & The Whiskey Princes, Tartan Terrors, Teada, The Barley Mob, The Bloody Tinth, The Bonnevilles, The Defects, The Elders, The Farriers, The Fuchsia Band, The High Kings, The Indulgers, The Kicks, The Murder Balladeers, The Prodigals, The Rupture Dogs, The Sabrejets, The Sons of Robert Mitchum, The Tossers, the Young Dubliners, Tony McHugh, Tric, Trucker Diablo, Whiskey of the Damned, Wookalily, Worldsend
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Enter the Haggis is now in the Northeast and will move onto the Midwest. If you have never seen this band you have been sadly deprived of a great show. If you have seen then you know you want more – so check out the tour below and get yerself to a show! Wednesday,...
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July and August are the height of festival season and that’s when the really big festivals are. Lots of fabulous acts to see along with other activities for the whole family. The Scottish festivals generally also have highland games which are a must see – staggering feats of strength and agility all performed in...
Tags: A Plastic Rose, Albannach, Axis Of, Baal Tinne, Barley Juice, Beltaine, Blackthorn, Boston Blackthorne, Brigids Cross, Burning Bridget Cleary, Cara Dillon, Cashier no 9, Chasin' Hooley, Cherish the Ladies, Ciara Walton, Claymore, Colcannon, Coyote Run, Dulahan, Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul, ELSPETH, EMISH, Enter the Haggis, Gaelic Storm, Girsa, Glengarry Bhoys, Hair of the Dog, High Kings, Homeland, Hounds of Finn, Intermission, Irishtown Road, John D’Arcy, Katie & The Carnival, Kennedy's Kitchen, LaFaro, Larkin and Moran Brothers, Makem and Spain Brothers, McPeake, Mickey Coleman, Mickey Finns, Mojo Fury, Mondragon, Mythica, Paddy Homan, Paddy Nash, Paul Casey, Paul Shevlin, Poor Paddy, Potcheen, Rams’ Pocket Radio, Runa, Scythian, Searson, Seven Nations, Seven Summits, Shane MacGowan and his band, Skeeryvore, Slide, Sweet Jane, Switchback, The 1930s, The Answer, The Avondale Ramblers, The Druids, The Dublin City Ramblers, The Elders, The Fuchsia Band, The Indulgers, The Kreellers, The Logues, The Prodigals, The Sandcarvers, The Screaming Orphans, The Tossers, The Wakes, The Waxies, The Wolfe Tones Derek Warfield, Tommy Fleming
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Enter the Haggis is taking a break from working on their next album to get back on the road for a bit. Here is where they will be appearing in the near future. You can get more details and their full tour schedule at their website here. Friday, June 3 – Club Helsinki-Hudson, Hudson,...
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Here it is the end of May already. How did that happen? June launches us into no holds barred festival season and there are some really great ones happening that you won’t want to miss. Attending a festival supports your local Celtic community and is a great way to see a lot of great...
Tags: Alasdair Fraser, Albannach, Alex Beaton, Andy M. Stewart, Anton Emery, Barley Juice, Beltaine, Brian Clancy, Brian McNeill, Brick Top Bloggers, Brigids Cross, Brother, California Celts, Clandestine, Cutthroat Shamrock, Dublin 4, Dulahan, Dullahan Rogue, Ed Miller, Enter the Haggis, Eric Rigler, Gaelic Storm, Glengarry Bhoys, Icewagon Flu, Irish Blessing, Isla St Clair, Jeffrey Hoag and Brian Fitzgerald, Jiggernaut, John Taylor, Kells Irish Pipe Band, Kevin Flynn and the Avondale Ramblers, Kilmaine Saints, Larkin and Moran Brothers, Leahy's Luck, Michael Black, Minstral, Natalie MacMaster, Nua, Ocham's Razor, Pladdogh, Rising Gael, Screaming Orphans, Scythian, Seamus Kennedy, Seven Nations, Sligo Rags, Tempest, The Fenians, The Glengarry Bhoys, The Gothard Sisters, The New Barleycorn, The Rogues, The Rovers, The Spalpeens, The Town Pants, the Young Dubliners, Westside Steve, Whistlebinkies
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Here are some tour/show updates or cd announcements from some of our favorite acts. Declan O’Rourke recently released his third studio album. Mag Pai Zai received critical acclaim and is available at major record stores throughout Irleand as well as through Amazon and Itunes. Click here for ITunes A single from the album, A...
Tags: Blaggards, Building Pictures, Captain Kennedy, Cashier # 9, Declan O'Rourke, Enter the Haggis, Ghost Trains, Great Big Sea, John Gribbin, McHugh's Basement, Nathaniel McAuley, Orla Lynch, Paddy Nash and the Happy Enchiladas, Paul Shevlin, Pete McAuley, Scythian, Siobhan Day, Switchback, The Vires
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A new year brings a new tour schedule for two of the hardest working bands we know. Both Gaelic Storm and Enter the Haggis have thrown themselves into 2011 with tour schedules that would cripple bands made of less stern stuff. This means they will both probably come to your area sometime during the...
Tags: 2011 Tour Info, Enter the Haggis, Gaelic Storm, Shamboozle
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Well, sorta. It’s midweek and we want it to be the weekend. We are eager for the holidays to get here but need 6 more months at least to get everything done in time. So the only thing to do when faced with such paradoxical situations is to go to the movies and escape...
Tags: Blaggards, Enter the Haggis, Indies, It Being Christmas, Jewels of the Sky, Kilmaine Saints, Oracle, Paddy Nash The Happy Enchiladas, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney SNL Outtake, videos
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Tour season is winding down but most bands are still gigging locally. Enter The Haggis is still on the road so check their schedule below along with those of some of our favorite bands. Be sure to check the websites of your favorite bands to see where they will be playing during the holidays...
Tags: Blaggards, Ceann, Coyote Run, Enter the Haggis, Killmaine Saints, The Kreellers, The Saw Doctors
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