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CELTIC EVENTS CALENDAR

Past Celtic events are on the News Archive page, with some great photos. If you have a Celtic event on the Hawaiian Islands that you would like listed here, please email us at hamish@mauiceltic.com

Please scroll down for Oahu and other island events.

• Every Sunday evening -- come for Maui's own local Irish music with The Celtic Tigers at 'Mulligan's on the Blue' - the home of Irish music on Maui - in Wailea on the Blue Golf Course, opposite the Kea Lani Hotel. The Celtic Tigers play starting at 6.30 - 9.30pm. Always a good craic. Founder singer/whistle player Kevin O'Kennedy is away in Chicago, and will be back every month - but the Tigers rock on ! The new line-up is with regulars singer/guitarist Murray Thorne, drummer Kris Thomas, bassist Lenny Castellanos, and newbies piper/whistler Roger McKinley, and fiddler Mark John (both from Finn McCoul). They play everything from beautiful Irish airs, to jigs and reels and raucous folk songs - some Scottish ones thrown in too ! Make sure to ask for their CD "Roar". Mulligan's own Eileen Nic Shamhradhain, an Irish Dancing National Champion, will be giving free group Irish Dance lessons !! Call 874-1131 for more details.
Celtic Tigers at Mulligan's on the Blue, Wailea




• Every Sunday - Roger McKinley, or his alter ego the Mad Bagpiper, will play solo at ‘Mulligans on the Blue’ in Wailea, at 6.30pm, and again at the Celtic Tigers break. Piper Roger Mckinley will perform airs, marches jigs and reels on the Highland Pipes and Smallpipes - and you never know, occasionally other Celtic musicians might be there to join him. Guaranteed a great kilted performance!
• Every Monday afternoon hear the Chicago Celtic music radio show "Blarney on the Air", hosted by Shay Clarke and Bill Margeson - what a craic ! Bill and Shay are great guys and play fantastic music on Mondays from 7-9pm Central Time on WDCB Public Radio (90.9fm Chicago), from the College of DuPage, online at www.WDCB.org - Hawai'i time it would be 3-5pm Monday afternoon. Give it a listen online.......
• Wednesday evenings - a great pub tradition from the old countries, it's Quiz Night at Mulligans at the Wharf in Lahaina (Wharf Cinema Center opposite the Banyan Tree). Starts 6.30pm. Call 661-8881 for more details.
• Every other Friday evening - local band Upcountry Celtic play a sidewalk gig in Paia,
  in front of the Maui Crafts Guild (43, Hana Hwy), at 6:15 pm for about 2 hours. Coming dates are March 5, March 19, April 2. Catch musicians Bruce Butler, Barclay Hill, Elaine Olson, Julie Potter-Dunlop, Katie Romanchuk, and Mary Smith with traditional Celtic music.

• Every Saturday morning hear the Oahu KTUH Celtic music radio show "The Travellers' Dream" with DJ Zoe, online at http://www.ktuh.org. Celtic music from 8-9am, and world music for the whole The Travellers' Dream program from 6-9am. http://www.ktuh.org/zoe


• Every Saturday Evening - on HPR 90.7 fm at 8pm (just after Prairie Home Companion) hear an hour of Celtic music on The Thistle & Shamrock, hosted from Scotland by Fiona Ritchie. Check out her most recent playlist & learn about her and the program by clicking here.
• Ongoing - organized by Larry Sarner, The Maui Folksong Circle is a group that usually meets around Maui 2 or 3 times a month to sing anything from American Folk to Irish songs. Interested singers or guitarists  please contact Larry Sarner at Lsarner@maui.net 

CELTIC EVENTS ON OAHU

September 17th & 18th - celebrate Halfway to St Patrick’s Day with live comtemporary and Celtic music from Murray Thorne of Maui at 6pm, and Oahu's own Doolin' Rakes at 9pm, at O'Toole's Irish Pub, 902 Nuuanu Avenue, Downtown Honolulu, HI 96813. For more details call (808) 536-4138 or contact Bill Comerford at 808-223-3997 - bill@ejlounge.com.

September 18th - The Friends of St.Patrick Halfway to St Patrick’s Day and our Annual Irish Whiskey Tasting. Contact Bill Comerford at 808-223-3997 or bill@ejlounge.com. Also in conjuction with The Saint Andrew Society of Hawaii Whisky,  Scotch and Scones - please contact the society at 808-381-7216 or email - saintandrewsociety@hawaii.rr.com

Saturday September 25th - The Caledonian Society of Hawaii will hold their First Annual Summer Book Discussion & High Tea, discussion based on two novels by Alexander McCall Smith, "44 Scotland Street" and "Espresso Tales." Meet at 3:00 pm at the Hokua Condominium
1288 Ala Moana Blvd. Ocean Terrace. Please bring a savory or sweet to share. Tea will be provided. Parking will be validated in the Hokua Lobby. Contact the Caledonian Society for more details.

October 16th - The Friends of St.Patrick Pumpkin Carving and Costume contest for Keiki’s.

October 30th- The Saint Andrew Society of Hawaii present a Samhain Party. More details please call the society at 808-381-7216 or email - saintandrewsociety@hawaii.rr.com

November 20th - The Friends of St.Patrick Genealogy Meeting

November 30th- The Saint Andrew Society of Hawaii present a Kirkin’ O the Tartans at Saint Andrew's Cathedral. More details please call the society at 808-381-7216 or email - saintandrewsociety@hawaii.rr.com

December 11th - The Friends of St.Patrick Annual Christmas Party 

December 11th - The Saint Andrew Society of Hawaii present their Annual Investiture at the Hale Koa Hotel. More details please call the society at 808-381-7216 or email - saintandrewsociety@hawaii.rr.com

28th Jan 2011 - The legendary Scottish traditional music group Battlefield Band will play in Pearl City at the Leeward Community College Theatre. www.lcctheatre.hawaii.edu (808) 455-0385
From the Battlefield Band website - "Inspired by their rich heritage of Celtic music and fired by the strength and vibrancy of today's Scottish cultural scene, which indeed they have done much to create and fuel, they have led and been at the forefront of a great revival in Scottish music. Refusing to be limited musically by suffocating antiquarianism, or musical fashions, they have mixed the old songs and music with a new self-penned repertoire, all played on a fusion of ancient and modern instruments - bagpipes, fiddle, synthesiser, guitar, flutes, bodhran and accordion.
Named after the Glasgow suburb of Battlefield, where the group was formed by four student friends in 1969, they have now been on the world's roads for over 40 years, distilling their own unique form of the Scottish spirit and bottling it in concert and onto disc. They've performed in Germany, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Holland, Syria, Jordan, India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, U.S.A., Canada, Uzbekistan, China and the U.K; breaking down barriers and pioneering many new directions which others have followed. Angry, joyful, raucous, contemplative, their music is most importantly - accessible to all."
With Alan Reid retiring in November the line-up will be Sean O'Donnell, Alasdair White, Ewen Henderson & Mike Katz. www.battlefieldband.co.uk

• GOOD NEWS is that the pub The Irish Rose Saloon, has re-opened in Waikiki at 478 Ena Road, Honolulu, HI 96815. Happy Hour Daily from 10 AM 'til 8 PM. Call (808) 947-3414 to check out their live music schedule ROCK 'N' ROLL MUSIC 7 DAYS A WEEK - 9 PM 'TIL 2 AM.


• IF VISITING OAHU check "www.irishpubhawaii.com" for Celtic Music on Oahu, and Bill also produces a great monthly newsletter - click on 'Celtic Connection' for that.
  
• Every Saturday morning hear the Oahu KTUH Celtic music radio show "The Travellers' Dream" with DJ Zoe. Celtic music from 8-9am, and world music for the whole The Travellers' Dream program from 6-9am. http://www.ktuh.org/zoe.
  90.3 FM Honolulu, 91.3 FM North Shore, 89.9 Windward
  Oceanic Digital Cable Ch. 843. Available online at http://www.ktuh.org.


• Every Saturday evening there is live Celtic music with the Doolin' Rakes at 9pm, at O'Toole's Irish Pub, 902 Nuuanu Avenue, Downtown Honolulu, HI 96813. For more details call (808) 536-4138.
• Every Sunday morning -- listen to Hawaii's #1 Celtic music show broadcast live on the internet from Mana'o Radio, Maui. The Maui Celtic Show is 2 hours of great Celtic music played by Hamish Burgess from 8-10am, as part of 'Sunday Solstice', available live online at www.manaoradio.com ! Local time will be 8-10 am (Hawaii), which for the summer will be 11am-1pm US/Canada West coast, 12pm-2pm Mountain time, 1-3pm central time, 2-4pm East Coast, and 7-9pm in Ireland and the UK.

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  Hamish Burgess at Mana'o Radio Studios, Waikulu, Maui

  

   

• Every Sunday afternoon there is live Celtic music alternating each week between the Celtic Waves and the Kaimana Ceili Band, from 4-7pm, followed by the Piranha Bros at 9pm, at Kelley O'Neil's Pub, 311 Lewers St, Waikiki, HI 96815. For more details call (808) 926-1777.

• Every Wednesday evening there is live Celtic music with the Doolin' Rakes at 9pm, at Kelley O'Neil's Pub, 311 Lewers St, Waikiki, HI 96815.
  For more details call (808) 926-1777.

CELTIC EVENTS ON BIG ISLAND HAWAII

Weekly - family pipeband based on the Big Island of Hawaii The Dogwatch play at various venues around the Big Island. Contact Rachael for more info (808) 640-7885 rachael@the-dogwatch.com

CELTIC EVENTS ON KAUAI

CELTIC EVENTS ON MOLOKAI

CELTIC EVENTS WORLDWIDE

9th-15th August - in Scotland Piping Live ! Glasgow’s International Piping Festival. 30,000 traditional music fans and almost 8,000 pipers from around the globe are expected to descend upon Glasgow for this year’s festival, which has established itself as one of the world’s top celebrations of Scottish culture. This year’s festival will showcase a diverse blend of traditional and modern piping from the stars of the international scene to some of today’s most electrifying young musicians. The 2010 programme, which includes evening concerts by Capercaillie and friends, The Treacherous Orchestra, Breabach, Finlay MacDonald & Chris Stout, The Battlefield Band and Julie Fowlis, was launched by Festival Director Roddy MacLeod with the help of new festival ambassador, Olympic British Women’s Curling skip Eve Muirhead.
George Square will once again be an ideal family day out as it stages free highlights throughout the week featuring the main festival acts and top international pipe bands like the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, the Auckland & District Pipe Band and the LA Scots.  The popular Glenfiddich Single Malt Scotch Whisky tent will also return to the Square to demonstrate barrel-making and the whisky making process. There will also be an art exhibition and bar marquee on the square.
The National Piping Centre will offer recitals, workshops and the popular Family Fun Day, plus it will give budding pipers and drummers the chance to take part in Come & Try sessions.  At the outdoor Street Café, festival-goers can enjoy delicious Scottish fare as well as performances from some of the best piping folk combos, duos and groups including Daimh and the Armagh Pipers.
Other events throughout the week will include a series of concerts at Strathclyde University’s Todd Bar and a series of recitals, workshops and the film premiere of ‘Follow Me, I’m Right Behind You’ at the College Of Piping. The Pipe Idol competition will once again search for the international piping stars of the future and a former Pipe Idol winner and member of the Red Hot Chili Pipers, Kyle Warren will launch his first book of compositions.
Saturday 14th August - The World Pipe Band Championships at Glasgow Green will be the incredible culmination of the festival week. Organised by Culture & Sport Glasgow on behalf of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association (RSPBA), the Worlds is considered the single most important date in the calendar for pipe bands and is attended by audiences of more than 40,000 people.
Tickets are available for Piping Live! by visiting www.pipinglive.co.uk.  More information about the festival and the full programme can be found at www.pipinglive.co.uk and you can follow us at www.twitter.com/glasgowpiping or on facebook at www.facebook.com/PipingLive

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