Posts Tagged ‘ festival ’

Our sincere congratulations and a thunderous round of applause goes out to Fanrealm’s friend, Mary Kathleen Burke, a gifted folk singer / songwriter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Mary is this year’s winner of the Open Stage competition held this past Sunday at The Border Gaitherin’, a traditional music festival in Coldstream on the River Tweed.    Persuaded...

The wait is finally over. The complete line-up for Glasgowbury 2011 has now been finalized and announced. Cashier No. 9 will headline the main stage. Also confirmed are… The Answer, Mojo Fury, LaFaro, Phil Kieran, Foy Vance, More Than Conquerors, Rainy Boy Sleep, Furlo, Axis Of, Boxcutter, The Wonder Villains, The Rupture Dogs, Silhouette,...

This year the legendary Glasgowbury Festival will celebrate its 10th Anniversary. What started off as a meet up of local musicians in Draperstown NI has grown to truly massive proportions. In 2009 the festival was completely sold out. The entertainment roster reads like a who’s who of the Northern Ireland music scene. Many acts...

  Despite the frigid weather here in Chicago last weekend, Millennium Park and the Pritzker Pavilion were set afire and energized  by The ROGUES, a combination CeltRock, folk, classical band performing a mishmash of high energy, soulful wail, classic and rousing traditional music, switching between each without missing a beat. They took to the...

The 12th annual Sedalia Celtic Festival took place on Saturday, April 24th on a cool, overcast day. It was what the Irish might call soft weather. The mist was dancing across the mountain tops that surround the little valley where the festival was held at the Sedalia Center in Bedford County, Virginia. It was...

Two of our favorite groups have just announced additional tour dates. Enter the Haggis has added Abingdon, Va to their tour. They will appear on Friday July 30 at 7:30 PM at 120 N. Court Street. This show is part of the Virginia Highlands festival. This is a great festival which runs from July...

The North Texas Irish Festival is being held March 5-7, 2010 at Fair Park in Dallas, TX. The list of performers scheduled to appear is amazing! With both international and U.S.-based musicians appearing, the festival has got to be fantastic. It will be just the thing to energize us all for the remaining weeks...

The 6th Annual Guinness Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival will be held Feb 24-28, 2010. 150 songwriters will take part in the event which will feature 20 seminars and 42 concerts. More information about the event can be found at their website http://www.belfastnashville.com/ Tickets may be purchased through the website. I wish I was on...