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Friday, May 13, 2005

Celtic Music in Texas

THIS WEEK'S MUSICAL HIGHLIGHT: Bonnie Rideout at the Houston Highland Games 5/14-15 (Separate concert Saturday night after the Games) NEXT WEEK'S MUSICAL HIGHLIGHT: Teada in Tulsa 5/20-21 TEXAS PERFORMERS ON THE ROAD: Blaggards in Austin 5/20 Jed Marum in Louisiana 5/13 and Houston 5/22 Note: These mailings assembled by unpaid volunteers in a sleep-deprivation experiment. All schedules subject to change or perhaps even error. Send listings, preferably in text-only format, to calendar@texcelt.org. The calendar covers Monday to Monday (under normal circumstances) and is mailed over the weekend (under normal circumstances). Submit your listings by Friday (under normal circumstances) or better yet, as soon as they're confirmed. Regular events are listed once a month. *********************** EVENTS IN CENTRAL TEXAS *********************** Friday, May 20, 2005 Blaggards Fado Irish Pub 214 W. 4th St. Austin, TX 512/457-0172 10 PM http://blaggards.com/ ************************************************ EVENTS IN EAST TEXAS, MISSISSIPPI, AND LOUISIANA ************************************************ * Friday, May 13, 2005 Houston Highland Games & Celtic Festival Scottish singalong Holiday Inn Select 14703 Park Row I-10 West & Highway 6 Houston, TX 281/558-5580 or 888/252-9879 7:30 - 10 PM http://www.houstonhighlandgames.com/ Jed Marum Enoch’s Pub 507 Louisiana Ave. Monroe, LA 318/388-3662 http://www.jedmarum.com Betsy McGovern Kerry Pub 331 Decatur St. New Orleans, LA 504/527-3523 http://www.betsymcgovern.com/ Saturday, May 14, 2005 Bonnie Rideout Houston Farm & Ranch Club Bear Creek Park 1 Abercrombie St. Houston, TX (713) 871-0061 or (713) 774-7179 7:30 PM $10 http://www.bonnierideout.com/ Saturday & Sunday, May 14-15, 2005 Houston Highland Games & Celtic Festival Houston Farm & Ranch Club Bear Creek Park 1 Abercrombie St. Houston, TX (713) 871-0061 or (713) 774-7179 http://www.houstonhighlandgames.com/ 9 AM - 7:30 PM Saturday Adult $12 Saturday, $10 Sunday $5 Children (with parent) & Seniors (+65), $7 Students (age 13-19 with student ID) Piping, drumming, bands, highland dancing, children's activities, athletics, national Scottish fiddle championships, Scottish harp Music includes Bonnie Rideout, Ed Miller, Bayou City Pipes and Drums, the Churn, Gallus, the Sarah Dinan Band, Tartanic, Trinity River Whalers, Constant Billy, Contra Band, Gilmer & Moore, Mark Kenneth, Sia LaBelle Beaton, Hugh Morrison, Murder the Stout, Brian Turner * Tuesday, May 17, 2005 Thistle & Harp: Celtic Heritage Society of East Texas Monthly meeting Oakland Heights Baptist Church 1607 Judson Rd Longview, TX 7 - 9 PM http://www.txcelt.com/ * Thursday, May 19, 2005 Blaggards The Continental Club 3700 Main St. Houston, TX 713/529-9899 10:30 PM http://blaggards.com/ * Saturday, May 21, 2005 Betsy McGovern Kerry Pub 331 Decatur St. New Orleans, LA 504/527-3523 http://www.betsymcgovern.com/ * Sunday, May 22, 2005 Celtic Concert: Jed Marum The Knights of Columbus Council 803 2616 Louisiana Houston, TX 5- 8 PM http://www.jedmarum.com/ http://ceilidhmusic.home.att.net/CelticConcert.htm Kirkin' o' the Tartans Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church 7575 Alden Bridge Drive The Woodlands, TX (936) 321-3298 11 AM For information contact Virginia Staat at staatve@sbcglobal.net http://www.timberridgepres.org/ * Monday, May 23 Heather and Thistle Society meeting St. Thomas Episcopal School 4900 Jackwood Houston, TX 7:30 - 9:30 PM For information contact Paul Ross at 713/661-5240 http://heatherandthistle.org/index.html * Tuesday, May 24 Irish American Heritage Association meeting Harris County MUD Building off the intersection of Cimmaron Parkway at Hidden Canyon Road Katy, TX 7:30 - 9:15 PM For more information contact Pat McMahon at 713-271-0784. http://www.texirish.com/ ********************************************** EVENTS IN NORTH TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, AND ARKANSAS ********************************************** * Weekends April 9 - May 22 Scarborough Faire Renaissance Festival Waxahachie, TX (972) 938-3247 Celtic music includes The Rogues (of Scotland) and ParaCelt. * Weekends April 30 - May 22 Muskogee Renaissance Festival Muskogee Castle Muskogee, OK Celtic music includes Red McWilliams and Scottish Mayhem http://www.scottishmayhem.com/ * Saturday, May 14, 2005 Brothers 3 Open Door Coffeehouse Trinity United Methodist Church 3321 W. Park Row Arlington, TX 817/429-2196 8 - 10 PM Door opens at 6:45 PM TR Ritchie plays at 7 PM $12 ($10 in advance) http://www.brothers3.us/ Amberhawke Tipperary Inn Dallas, TX 8 PM - midnight Seamus Stout Irish Rover Pub, Restaurant, and Bar 8250 Gaylord Parkway (Rte. 121, next to Stonebriar Mall) Frisco, TX (214)618-6222 8:30 PM - 12:30 AM * Thursday, May 19, 2005 Brothers 3 Bedford Masterworks Twilight Thursday Old Bedford School 2400 School Lane Bedford, TX http://www.brothers3.us/ * Friday, May 20, 2005 The Killdares Poor David's Pub 1313 South Lamar Dallas, TX (214) 565-1295 10 PM http://www.killdares.com/ * Friday & Saturday, May 20-21, 2005 Teada John H. Williams Theater Tulsa Performing Arts Center Tulsa, OK 8 PM http://www.ceolproductions.com/ - Texas Celtic Music Network http://texcelt.org calendar@texcelt.org
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