Posts Tagged ‘ The Tossers ’

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...

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...

Here it is Music Friday again and with St Paddy’s Day approaching, it’s time for some great Celt Rock to kick the best week of the year off. We will probably have some more for you on the day itself. Here are seven great bands from seven different parts of the US. No matter...

It’s Music Friday again and it will be Celt Rock this week. That seems to be a big favorite around here. So much so that we will be doing Celt Rock again next week. Because of the holiday here in the US next week, we will be bumping Music Friday up to Wednesday so...

There are a lot of great festivals in the US in July. Here is a list of some of the best ones. If you know of one I missed please let me know. The festival must have musical entertainment for us to list it. All of these have great line-ups. Most include fine pipe...

Last month The Tossers were profiled here along with four other Chicago area Celtic bands not to be missed. These guys are a huge favorite of Chicagoans, consistently selling out and pleasing the fans with their traditional folk and Celtic punk rock fury presentations. During the month of March, they’ll be performing around the Midwest...

Fanrealm continues to highlight great local Celtic bands and musicians with several excellent groups from the greater Chicago area. Just outside the city and right up there close to the top in visits to Fanrealm are Naperville and Plainfield, both filled with Celtic music lovers. For these two towns and the rest of Chicagoland, here are several of my favorite groups. You’ll find them...

With the weekend approaching and the need for entertainment upon us I thought I would throw out a few names of good bands and the area they are from. I will give you links so you can check them out. If you know of bands that others would enjoy contact us via the contact...