Re: F??ile S??amus Creagh
David Dalton <[email protected]> Mon, 02 Sep 2024 17:25:31 -0230
| Newsgroups | alt.religion.druid, rec.music.makers.squeezebox, rec.music.makers.bowed-strings, rec.music.makers.bagpipe, alt.arts.storytelling, rec.folk-dancing |
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| Organization | Eternal September |
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On Aug 18, 2024, David Dalton wrote (in article<[email protected]>): > Féile Séamus Creagh is a festival of Traditional Music, Song and Dance from > Newfoundland and Ireland. It is held in memory of the late fiddle master > Séamus Creagh. The festival features top performers, and indeed, tradition > bearers from both the Newfoundland musical tradition, and its forebear, the > Irish musical tradition. > > It will be held this year from September 4--8, 2024 in Freshwater > (Carbonear), St. John’s, and Ferryland, on the Avalon Peninsula > of Newfoundland. > > The performers for 2024 are: > > MATT CRANITCH, JACKIE DALY& PAUL DE GRAE from Ireland, > > THE CAME THE DAWN BAND from Newfoundland > > EOIN O RIABHAIGH, JOHNNY McCARTHY & AOIFE BLAKE from Ireland > > ANITA BEST & SANDY MORRIS from Newfoundland > > ELEANOR DAWSON, LINDA BYRNE & JOE BYRNE from Newfoundland > > LEE DUNNE, BRAD KLUCOWICZ, DARREN BROWNE WITH > MAXINE DUNNE from Newfoundland > > For more details on performers plus a schedule and to buy tickets > online (though they should still be available at the door), see > https://www.nltradfest.com/ . The lecture on September 4 > is free but you need to reserve a space. The price of each > evening concert is CAN$25 (US$18.29 or EURO-16.58) > and they are indoors in an intimate setting. For the St.John’s and Freshwater concerts kids 12 and under get in for free. The Ferryland concert is for 19 and older. -- David Dalton [email protected] https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “Mary walks down to the water’s edge and there she hangs Her head to find herself faded a shadow of what she once was" (S. McL.)