GWCC | |
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| What: | A live-streamed concert featuring Lilt (Tina Eck & Keith Carr). |
| Date: | Sunday September 27, 2020 |
| Time: | 7 pm - |
| Location: | online — GWCC YouTube channel |
Details: | Concert is free and available to anyone, but donations are appreciated to help support the musicians we hire and the GWCC. It will include a tune specifically for participants to dance to at home – a popular set dance figure. |
| Contact: | GWCC |
Irish Inn | |
| What: | The fabulous Irish Inn Mates — Mitch Fanning, Jesse Winch, Tina Eck and Zan McLeod — perform in a socially-distant but acoustically vibrant setting outdoors at the Irish Inn. |
| Date: | Tuesday September 29, 2020 |
| Time: | 7:30 pm |
| Location: | 6119 Tulane Ave, Glen Echo, MD 20812 |
Details: | |
| Contact: | Irish Inn Events Facebook page The Irish Inn Mates FB Page |
Celtic Colours | |
| What: | Live from Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, the nine-nights long annual Celtic Colours festival. This year, experience it online, with concerts usually starting at 6:30 pm EDT (7:30 pm ADT); extra show on Oct. 10. |
| Dates From and To: | Wednesday October 7, 2020 to Saturday October 17, 2020 |
| Time: | 6:30 pm EDT |
| Location: | Online |
Details: | Free and virtual. Many performers, mostly from Nova Scotia, including J.P. Cormier (guitarist par excellence) with Dave Gunning, Joe MacMaster, Andrea Beaton, Mary Beth Carty, Buddy MacDonald and Nuala Kennedy. |
| Contact: | Celtic Colours Festival |
 RKIDs Social Group | |
| What: | Last day for members to sign up for the discussion on Black Potatoes – The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. |
| Date: | Tuesday October 13, 2020 |
| Times (Eastern U.S.): | from 7:00 pm to 7:30 pm |
| Location: | |
Details: | This book is about the Great Irish Famine (or Hunger, as it's now called), 1845 - 1850. Please sign up by contacting either of the people below to be part of the discussion group. This is the compelling story of men, women, and children who defied landlords and searched empty fields for scraps of harvested vegetables and edible weeds to eat, and suffered from starvation, disease, and more. |
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| Sonja O. and Marilyn O. |
| RKIDs Social Group | |
| What: | Discussion on Black Potatoes, the story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 , by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. |
| Date: | Tuesday October 20, 2020 |
| Times (Eastern U.S.): | from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm |
| Location: | Virtual via Zoom. The URL will be sent to those who signed up. |
| Details: | This book delves into the story of the Great Irish Famine (or Hunger, as it's now called), covering 1845 - 1850. A compelling story of men, women, and children who defied landlords and searched empty fields for scraps of harvested vegetables and edible weeds to eat, who walked several miles each day to hard-labor jobs for meager wages and to reach soup kitchens. |
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| Sonja O. and Marilyn O. |
GWCC | |
| What: | A live-streamed concert featuring Crystal Bailey & Patrick Cavanagh. |
| Date: | Sunday October 25, 2020 |
| Time: | 7 pm - |
| Location: | Online — GWCC YouTube channel |
| Details: | Concert is free and available to anyone, but donations are appreciated to help support the musicians we hire and the GWCC. It will include a tune specifically for participants to dance to at home – a popular set dance figure. |
| Contact: | GWCC |
 Ring of Kerry Irish Dancers | |
| What: | RKIDs' Board of Directors Meeting will be held via Zoom remote conferencing. |
| Date: | Tuesday October 27, 2020 |
| Times (Eastern U.S.): | from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm |
| Location: | Videoconference |
Details: | This directors' meeting is open to current RKIDs members. Organization |
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| Kate |
| RKIDs Social Group | |
| What: | Concluding discussion (if needed) on Black Potatoes, the story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 , by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. |
| Date: | Tuesday November 10, 2020 |
| Times (Eastern U.S.): | from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm |
| Location: | Virtual via Zoom. The URL will be sent to those who signed up. |
| Details: | This book delves into the story of the Great Irish Famine (or Hunger, as it's now called), covering 1845 - 1850. A compelling story of men, women, and children who defied landlords and searched empty fields for scraps of harvested vegetables and edible weeds to eat, who walked several miles each day to hard-labor jobs for meager wages and to reach soup kitchens. |
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| Sonja O. and Marilyn O. |
Baltimore Irish Arts Center | |
| What: | The annual Baltimore Irish Trad Fest will feature some of the world's finest traditional Irish traditional musicians and dancers to teach workshops, perform and lead sessions. Saturday night Irish Music Masters Concert. Rescheduled from April 17. |
| Dates From and To: | Friday April 16, 2021 to Sunday April 18, 2021 |
| Time: | various |
| Location: | various; Saturday 8pm Concert at The Creative Alliance, 3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, MD |
Details: | Visit their website to register and for details including ticket prices. |
| Contact: | website
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Celtic Cultural Alliance | |
| What: | Expect lots of music, dance, highland games (caber, stone and hammer tossing), food, drink and more in Bethlehem, PA at the festival. It historically attracts over 280,000 visitors to downtown Historic Bethlehem |
| Dates From and To: | Friday September 24, 2021 to Sunday September 26, 2021 |
| Time: | various |
| Location: | 532 Main St., Bethlehem, PA 18018. Shuttle Address - 1525 Valley Center Parkway, Bethlehem, PA |
Details: | Free admission. Festival grounds map |
| Contact: | CCA website |
CCE | |
| What: | 25th Annual CCÉ Irish Folk Festival |
| Date: | Saturday September 25, 2021 |
| Time: | Noon to 6:00 pm |
| Location: | Sherwood Center at Van Dyck Park at 3740 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030 & The Auld Shebeen Irish Pub at 3971 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030 |
| Details: | |
| Contact: | Facebook Announcement Check that link to ensure it's still scheduled to go on! |
Deadline for submittals: give changes to the website coordinator by Saturday for posting by the next Tuesday. All content must meet RKIDs' editorial acceptability rules.