Chicago Celtic fest

[Rambis]

If anyone here is in Chicago may I suggest you go see Troy MacGillivray an amazing fiddle player from Cape Breton
Sept 15th and 16th at 6:00pm-

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[tigereye]

1. we are having our Irish Fest this weekend here in Pittsburgh

some cool bands will be playing -trad. and otherwise. Including the Screaming Orphans. They sound like fun!

:hi:

[Maeve]

2. One of these years I'd like to get over to Pittsburgh's fest

This weekend was a local storytelling festival I was helping with, tho.
Next weekend is the Michigan Irish Music Fest in Muskegon (I'm doing a gig for them), so I'll get my "Irish fix" there (www.michiganirish.org for that one)

[tigereye]

3. it's always fun to see different bands

last night i saw The Screaming Orphans - it's the first all female "Irish rock" band I've seen, complete with a woman who sings and plays drums well - other than the hip -swaying sisters I saw a year or two ago. They were very good, too. I love those "all sisters" bands...

A few years ago at the fest here, I saw a band of guys who did period Civil War military and late 19th century American tunes- they also wore period uniforms. Wish I coud remember their names.