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Thursday, March 16, 2006

Celtic Music in Texas

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. Regular events are listed once a month. *********************** EVENTS IN CENTRAL TEXAS *********************** # Friday, March 17, 2006 Irish Roots of Country and Bluegrass Mother Egan's Irish Pub 6th Street Austin, TX noon - 11:30 PM $5 donation to the Celtic Cultural Center of Texas http://www.celticcenter.org/ noon Tea Merchants http://www.theteamerchants.com/ 1:00 PM Ed Miller & Rich Brotherton http://www.songsofscotland.com/ 2:00 PM Uncle Earl (all-female bluegrass band) http://www.uncleearl.com/ 3:15 PM Silver Thistle Pipes & Drums http://www.silverthistle.com/ 4:15 PM James Keane & Jeff Moore http://www.jameskeane.com/ 4:50 PM The Clickety Cloggers http://www.clicketycloggers.com/ 5:20 PM The Irish Dance Center http://www.reelsnjigs.com/ 5:55 PM James Keane & Jeff Moore http://www.jameskeane.com/ 6:45 PM Austin Irish Tenors 7:10 PM champion Irish dancer David Bologna 7:30 PM BeauAmis avec Michael Doucet http://www.beausoleil.com/ 8:30 PM Cluan http://www.cluan.com/ 9:30 PM The Weary Boys http://www.wearyboys.com/ 10:30 PM Throwdown with pretty much everybody 10:45 PM Silver Thistle Pipes & Drums http://www.silverthistle.com/ B.D. Riley's Pub 204 E. 6th St. Austin, TX 512/494-1335 11 AM - 2 AM 11:00 AM Gan Fidil http://www.ganfidil.com/ 2:00 PM Tip the Jar 5:30 PM Cluan http://www.cluan.com/ 8:30 PM Pubcrawler http://www.themidtown.com/pubcrawler/home.asp midnight Tea Merchants http://www.theteamerchants.com/ Dog and Duck Pub 406 West 17th Street @ Guadalupe Austin, TX 512/479-0598 11 AM Tea Merchants http://www.theteamerchants.com/ noon Capitol City Highlanders 1:30 PM Cluan http://www.cluan.com/ 2:30 PM Ptarmigan 4:00 PM Bedlam Bards http://www.bedlambards.com/ 5:00 PM Silver Thistle Pipes & Drums http://www.silverthistle.com/ 6:00 PM Pubcrawler http://www.themidtown.com/pubcrawler 7:30 PM Ed Miller & Rich Brotherton http://www.songsofscotland.com/ 9:00 PM The Flametrick Subs Opal Divine's Penn Field (South) 3601 S. Congress Suite K100 Austin, TX 512/707-0237 11 AM - midnight: noon - 1 PM Harpist "Doc" Grauzer http://www.docgrauzer.com/ noon Silver Thistle Pipes & Drums http://www.silverthistle.com/ 12:40 - 2:00 PM Brobdingnagian Bards http://thebards.net/ 2:20 - 3:40 PM Paisley Close http://www.paisleyclose.com/ 4:00 - 5:20 PM Ed Miller & Rich Brotherton http://www.songsofscotland.com/ 5:40 - 7:00 PM Traveler 7:20 - 8:30 PM Black Irish http://www.theblackirish.com/ 8:30 - 9:00 PM Silver Thistle Pipes & Drums http://www.silverthistle.com/ 9:00 - 10:20 PM Shootin' Pains 10:40 - midnight Shoulders Opal Divine's Freehouse (North) 700 W. Sixth St. Austin, TX 512/477-3308 11 AM - 6:30 PM: 11:30 - noon Silver Thistle Pipes & Drums http://www.silverthistle.com/ noon - 1:30 PM Paisley Close http://www.paisleyclose.com/ 1:50 - 3:10 PM Ed Miller & Rich Brotherton http://www.songsofscotland.com/ 3:30 - 4:50 PM Traveler 5:10 - 6:30 PM Shoulders Fado Irish Pub 214 W. 4th St. Austin, TX noon Pipers/Irish Dancers 1:20 PM Emerald Exile 3:00 PM Cluan (back stage) http://www.cluan.com/ 3:00 PM Teague (street stage) 4:00 PM Tea Merchants http://www.theteamerchants.com/ 5:05 PM Pubcrawler http://www.themidtown.com/pubcrawler/ 5:20 PM NeedFire http://www.needfire.com 8:00 PM Traveler 9:15 PM Black Irish http://www.theblackirish.com/ 10:20 PM Mysterious Ways 11:05 PM DJ Pumpkin Spice No J&J BBQ session today J&J BBQ session players It's A Grind coffeehouse Parmer Lane & Silver Creek Austin, TX 7:30 - 7:45 PM Campbell & Wilson Casbeers 1719 Blanco Road San Antonio, TX 210-732-3511 8 PM - midnight http://www.celtictexas.com/ 17th Annual Alamo Irish Festival Arneson River Theater in La Villita Downtown, near the Riverwalk San Antonio, TX 5:00 - 6:00 PM St. James Gate 6:05 - 6:35 PM Priscilla 6:40 - 7:10 PM Footnotes Jump Rope 7:15 - 7:45 PM Dance Company Cloggers 7:50 - 8:20 PM Priscilla 8:25 - 8:55 PM Trinity University Ropers 9:00 - 9:30 PM Cadence Cloggers 9:35 - 10:05 PM Trinity University Ropers 10:10 PM - close San Antonio Street & Drum Boru Irish Cultural Society's St. Patrick's Day party Durty Nelly's on the Riverwalk San Antonio, TX 2 - 4 PM http://www.boru.us/ Boru Sisters Care Champagne and Shamrocks Gala Crown Plaza Hotel 111 E. Pecan St. San Antonio, TX 7 PM http://www.boru.us/ http://sisterscaresa.catholicweb.com/ # Saturday, March 18, 2006 James Keane with Jeff Moore Walsh Ranch House Concert Round Rock/Cedar Park area 8 PM $15 Reservations required. Email windhover@aol.com with your name, phone number, and the number of people in your party. House concert seating limited to 50 people. Sponsored by the Celtic Cultural Center of Texas http://www.jameskeane.com/ http://www.jeffmooremusic.com/ http://www.celticcenter.org/ The Killdares 7th Annual Quadruple Bypass Heart of Texas Music Festival Spill on Sixth 6th Street Austin, TX 5 PM, Main Stage Festival wristband $39 http://killdares.com/ http://texasrockfest.com/main.php Murder the Stout 7th Annual Quadruple Bypass Heart of Texas Music Festival Vicci's 6th Street Austin, TX 8 PM Festival wristband $39 http://texasrockfest.com/main.php 38th Annual St. Patrick's Parade Alamo St. South to La Villita San Antonio, TX 2 PM 17th Annual Alamo Irish Festival Arneson River Theater in La Villita Downtown, on the River Walk San Antonio, TX noon - 1:00 PM St. James Gate 1:05 - 2:05 PM Tennessee Valley Authority 2:10 - 2:40 PM Alamo Area Line Dancers 2:45 - 3:30 PM Alice Knight & Mananaland 3:35 - 4:05 PM Bluebonnet Scottish Country Dancers 4:10 - 5:10 PM Tennessee Valley Authority 5:15 - 5:45 PM Priscilla 5:50 - 6:20 PM Texas Thunder Cloggers 6:25 - 6:55 PM Texas Twisters 7:00 - 8:00 PM Campbell & Wilson 8:05 - 9:05 PM Musicales de Tejas 9:10 - 9:40 PM Hermann Sons Polkateers 9:45 - 10:15 PM Great NW Sounds 10:20 PM - close San Antonio Street & Drum # Sunday, March 19, 2006 Doc Grauzer Cafe Caffeine 909 West Mary Austin, TX 4 PM http://www.docgrauzer.com/ 37th Annual Dyeing O' the River Green parade Arneson River Thater, La Villita San Antonio, TX 1 PM 17th Annual Alamo Irish Festival Arneson River Theater in La Villita Downtown, on the River Walk San Antonio, TX 3:00 - 3:30 PM Fire On The Mountain 3:35 - 4:20 PM The Ledbetters Blue Grass 4:20 - 5:10 PM Fire On The Mountain & The Ledbetters 5:20 - 6:20 PM San Antonio Street & Drum 6:25 - 7:25 PM Musicales de Tejas 7:30 - 9:00 PM Campbell & Wilson ************************************************ EVENTS IN EAST TEXAS, MISSISSIPPI, AND LOUISIANA ************************************************ # Friday, March 17, 2006 St. Patrick's Day Celebration McGonigel's Mucky Duck Pub 2425 Norfolk Houston, TX 713/528-5999 entertainment starts at noon $14 E.J. Jones, Wyndnwyre, Poor Man's Fortune, the Rogues, the Remnants, Martin Burniston's Irish Singalong, O'Maoileidigh Irish Dancers, Irish Session Players http://www.mcgonigels.com/ Brian O'Neill's Pub St. Patrick's Day celebration & Murder the Stout CD release party 5555 Morningside Dr. Houston, TX 713/522-2603 The Highlanders 9 AM Murder the Stout 1:30 - 5 PM Cass Irish Dancers 4 PM Bagpipers throughout the day Evening: The Slags, Trey Clark Murder the Stout St. Patrick's Day celebration & CD release party Bull & Bear 11980 Westheimer Rd. Houston, TX (281) 496-6655 8 PM Houston's Irish Farewell To The Knights Of Columbus, Council 803 2616 Louisiana Houston, TX 5:30 PM - midnight Music provided by Murder the Stout Irish dancers 7 PM Houston Highlander Pipe Band 7:30 PM Godfrey's Rangers will also appear. $10 includes 2 drink tickets The Houston Irish community will hold a farewell to the Knights of Columbus, Council 803. Come and join Michael "Griff" Griffin, Arthur Mason, & Larry Miggins at this last ever St. Patrick's Day celebration at this location. St. Patrick's Day has been celebrated at this location for nearly a century.You can count on Arthur singing some tunes and Larry telling a few jokes. The Celtic Chorus will also perform. Houston's 42nd Annual Scottish Festival Spectacular Toyota Center Houston, TX (713) 666-3111 8 PM General admission $15, reserved seats $25 Featuring the Four-Time Juvenile World Champion Pipe and Drum Band of St. Thomas' Episcopal School as well as performances by the world's third-ranking Juvenile Highland Dancer More than 300 Pipers, Drummers, and Dancers will perform a variety of originally choreographed musical and dance numbers featuring traditional pipe band favorites as well as contemporary classics with a Scottish twist. http://scottishfestival.net/ Pot O'Gold Irish Music Festival presented by the Houston Family Arts Center Liberty Revival Church 16200 State Highway 249 Houston, TX 281-453-0290 7:30 - 9 PM No charge. Donations accepted Entertainment includes the Merry Waits of Windsor, Caera Celtic Dancers, and a singalong led by the Celtic Chorus of Houston. http://www.houstonfac.com/ St. Patrick's Day Celebration at the University of St. Thomas Mass at 10:30 AM, Chapel of St. Basil with Irish Liturgical music will be performed by the de Burgo Ensemble. It's wise to come early, as seats can fill up fast. Corned beef and cabbage brunch 11:30 AM. Scanlon Room Jerabeck Center 4000 Mt. Vernon University of St. Thomas Houston, TX Fundraising event for the Irish Society Irish Society members and members of the UST community: $20 General public: $30 RSVP for brunch by March 9. For information, contact Lori Gallagher, Director of the Center for Irish Studies, at 713-525-3592 or irishstudies@stthom.edu McElroy's Pub St. Patrick's Day Celebrations 3607 S. Sandman Houston, TX 713/524-2444 Noon - 2 AM Live Music Featuring The Bourbon Street Band Also featuring bagpipers, Irish dancers St. Patrick's Day event Ron's Pub and Whitehorse Inn 1826 Fountainview Houston, TX 713-977-4820 Live Entertainment 9 PM - midnight Bagpipers at 5 & 9 PM Free Irish Stew from 3PM Until GONE! Shamrocks & Rolls Sullivan's Steakhouse 4608 Westheimer Rd. @Westcreek St. Houston, TX 713-961-0333 11:30 AM - 2 AM No admission charge until 9 PM; $10 after Marshall Maxwell Band will perform Irish Songs & ditties at 5 PM The Cass Irish Step Dancing Troupe will perform their tribute to Riverdance at 5 & 8:15 PM At 9 PM Ringside at Sullivans will feature the "Fried Ice Cream" band for dancing and good times for the rest of the evening. The Sullivan Family Reunion - If your last name is Sullivan, you will receive a free t-shirt. On the shirt it says: "My name is Sulllivan, what's yours?" Smithfield Fair Bluegrass on the Bayou Baton Rouge, LA 6 - 7 PM, Eco Specialties Stage http://www.smithfieldfair.com/ http://www.bluegrassonthebayou.com/ Kenneally's Irish Pub St Patrick's Day Celebration 2111 S. Shepherd Dr. @ Indiana Houston, TX (713) 630-0486 # Saturday, March 18, 2006 47th Houston St. Patrick's Parade Minute Maid Park 281-531-9705 2 PM http://www.houstonstpatricksparade.org/ Murder the Stout Post-parade party Knights of Columbus Macgowan & Dennis Houston, TX 4 PM Smithfield Fair Bluegrass on the Bayou Baton Rouge, LA 5 - 6 PM, Eco Specialties Stage http://www.smithfieldfair.com/ http://www.bluegrassonthebayou.com/ ********************************************** EVENTS IN NORTH TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, AND ARKANSAS ********************************************** # Friday, March 17, 2006 Behan Hurst Public Library 901 Precinct Line Rd Hurst, TX noon - 1 PM http://www.behanmusic.com/ Tipperary Inn 5815 Live Oak Dallas, TX (214) 821-6500 noon - 1 AM: noon - 3:00 PM Beyond the Pale 3:30 - 7:30 PM Spriggan 8 PM - 1 AM Behan http://www.beyond-the-pale.com/ http://www.spriggan.org/ http://www.behanmusic.com/ Trinity Hall Irish Pub and Restaurant 5321 East Mockingbird Lane #250 Dallas, TX 214-887-3600 Killavil 10:30 AM Jigsaw 12:30 - 3:30 PM http://www.trad-music.com/jigsaw.htm Irish Rogues 4 - 8 PM http://www.irishrogues.com/ Seamus Stout 9 PM http://seamusstout.com/ Cover charge after 9 PM The Idle Rich Pub 2614 McKinney Ave. @ Boll Dallas, TX 214-965-9926 5 PM $5 Lineup includes the Killdares http://killdares.com/ Barley Mow, Eleven Hundred Springs, Irish Dancers (6:30 PM) Trinity River Whalers The Flying Saucer Pub 111 East 4th Street Fort Worth, TX 817-336-PINT 8 PM - midnight http://www.trinityriverwhalers.com/ Central Market's St. Patrick's Day Patty'O Party http://www.centralmarket.com/pdf/eventsPattyOParty.pdf 4351 West Fwy. Fort Worth, TX 817-989-4700 4:00 - 5:00 PM Amberhawke http://www.amberhawke.com/ 5:30 - 8:30 PM Beyond the Pale http://www.beyond-the-pale.com/ Paddy's Day Extravaganza MacHenry's 7618 Camp Bowie West Blvd. Fort Worth, TX 817-377-0202 Calamity Road 6 - 8 PM Gallus 8 PM Maybe a session later? The O'Bobs Cel-Tex St. Patrick's Day Celebration White Rock Lake Sports Bar & Grill 718 North Buckner Dallas, TX 214-321-6979 7 PM - closing Bofum (Mike Hryekewicz & John Burleson) with Jason Huntley Bull and Bush Pub 2300 Montgomery Fort Worth, TX 8 PM Stillwater St. Patrick's Day Bash Best Western of Stillwater 600 E. McElroy @ Perkins Rd. Stillwater, OK 6 PM - midnight Entertainment includes Boru's Ghost, Celtic Cheer, and Roger Graham http://www.borusghost.com/ Traditional libations and Irish Food available. Party in Brannigan's Pub and the Atrium (Under age welcome in the atrium) High Plains Scottish Heritage Society meeting & potluck Fellowship Hall St. Luke's Presbyterian Church 3000 South Bell Street Amarillo, TX 7 PM # Saturday, March 18, 2006 Central Market's St. Patrick's Day Patty'O Party http://www.centralmarket.com/pdf/eventsPattyOParty.pdf 4351 West Fwy. Fort Worth, TX 817-989-4700 11 AM - 1 PM Trinity River Whalers http://www.trinityriverwhalers.com/ 1:30 PM Threadneedle Street http://www.threadneedlemusic.com/ 4:00 PM Seamus Stout http://seamusstout.com/ 6:30 PM Brothers 3 http://www.brothers3.us/ Seamus Stout Tipperary Inn 5815 Live Oak Dallas, TX (214) 821-6500 8 PM http://seamusstout.com/ Bofum (Mike Hryekewicz & John Burleson) Tiff & Andi's Place 3516 Bluebonnet Circle Fort Worth, TX 817/921-6975 9 PM Celtic Crossroads 4 Star Coffee Bar 3324 W. 7th St. Fort Worth, TX 7:30 - 10:30 PM # Sunday, March 19, 2006 Behan Benefit for Radio Xavier Slider & Blues 8517 Hillcrest Dallas, TX 2 - 5 PM http://www.behanmusic.com/ http://www.radioxavier.org ********************* EVENTS IN SOUTH TEXAS ********************* # Friday, March 17, 2006 Campbell & Wilson Casbeers 1719 Blanco Road San Antonio, TX 210-732-3511 8 PM - midnight http://www.celtictexas.com/ 17th Annual Alamo Irish Festival Arneson River Theater in La Villita Downtown, on the River Walk San Antonio, TX 5:00 - 6:00 PM St. James Gate 6:05 - 6:35 PM Priscilla 6:40 - 7:10 PM Footnotes Jump Rope 7:15 - 7:45 PM Dance Company Cloggers 7:50 - 8:20 PM Priscilla 8:25 - 8:55 PM Trinity University Ropers 9:00 - 9:30 PM Cadence Cloggers 9:35 - 10:05 PM Trinity University Ropers 10:10 PM - close San Antonio Street & Drum Boru Irish Cultural Society's St. Patrick's Day party Durty Nelly's on the Riverwalk San Antonio, TX 2 - 4 PM http://www.boru.us/ Boru Sisters Care Champagne and Shamrocks Gala Crown Plaza Hotel 111 E. Pecan St. San Antonio, TX 7 PM http://www.boru.us/ http://sisterscaresa.catholicweb.com/ # Saturday, March 18, 2006 38th Annual St. Patrick's Parade Alamo St. South to La Villita San Antonio, TX 2 PM 17th Annual Alamo Irish Festival Arneson River Theater in La Villita Downtown, on the River Walk San Antonio, TX noon - 1 PM St. James Gate 1:05 - 2:05 PM Tennessee Valley Authority 2:10 - 2:40 PM Alamo Area Line Dancers 2:45 - 3:30 PM Alice Knight & Mananaland 3:35 - 4:05 PM Bluebonnet Scottish Country Dancers 4:10 - 5:10 PM Tennessee Valley Authority 5:15 - 5:45 PM Priscilla 5:50 - 6:20 PM Texas Thunder Cloggers 6:25 - 6:55 PM Texas Twisters 7:00 - 8:00 PM Campbell & Wilson 8:05 - 9:05 PM Musicales de Tejas 9:10 - 9:40 PM Hermann Sons Polkateers 9:45 - 10:15 PM Great NW Sounds 10:20 PM - close San Antonio Street & Drum # Sunday, March 19, 2006 37th Annual Dyeing O' the River Green parade Arneson River Thater, La Villita San Antonio, TX 1 PM 17th Annual Alamo Irish Festival Arneson River Theater in La Villita Downtown, on the River Walk San Antonio, TX 3:00 - 3:30 PM Fire On The Mountain 3:35 - 4:20 PM The Ledbetters Blue Grass 4:20 - 5:10 PM Fire On The Mountain & The Ledbetters 5:20 - 6:20 PM San Antonio Street & Drum 6:25 - 7:25 PM Musicales de Tejas 7:30 - 9:00 PM Campbell & Wilson *********************************** EVENTS IN WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO *********************************** # Friday, March 17, 2006 Trouble in the Glen St. Patrick's Family Celebration Cactus Theater 19th @ Buddy Holly Ave. Lubbock, TX 7:30 - 9:30 PM # Friday - Sunday, March 17-19, 2006 Riverdance The Plaza Theatre Performing Arts Center El Paso, TX Friday 8 PM, $35 - $65 Saturday 2 & 8 PM, $35 - $65 Sunday 2 & 7 PM, $35 - $65 http://www.riverdance.com/ - Texas Celtic Music Network http://texcelt.org calendar@texcelt.org If you had this forwarded to you, sign on at http://texcelt.org/Subscribe.html BEWARE OF ATTACHMENTS CARRYING VIRUSES! 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