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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.
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EVENTS IN CENTRAL TEXAS
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# 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
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EVENTS IN EAST TEXAS, MISSISSIPPI, AND LOUISIANA
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# 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/
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EVENTS IN NORTH TEXAS, OKLAHOMA, AND ARKANSAS
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# 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
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EVENTS IN SOUTH TEXAS
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# 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
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EVENTS IN WEST TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO
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# 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/
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