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October Celtic
Events pg3 in the Pacific Northwest
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Oct 24th Molly's Revenge CD Release
Concert at Empty Sea Studios Seattle 7:00pm
Tickets: $14 advance, $18 at the door
www.emptysea.com
Empty Sea
Studios is located at 6300 Phinney Ave N Seattle, WA 98103. Dynamic Celtic band Molly’s Revenge announces the release of an
all-instrumental collection titled Trio, their first album as a three-piece. The
California-based group has performed since 2000 as a four and five-piece
acoustic band, touring internationally, releasing ten CDs and working with
producers John Doyle & Aaron Jones to release their last two albums. |

www.mollysrevenge.com
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David Brewer has been playing whistle and four types of bagpipes for about 20 years. He studied in Scotland at the Ceolas Music School in South Uist under the tutelage of some of the best pipers in the world. His authentic and unique style of playing has earned him the reputation of being one of the most accomplished pipers on the West Coast. David has composed close to 200 traditional style tunes, many of which have appeared on recordings, independent films, and television.
John Weed is a classically-trained violinist who switched to playing Irish fiddle about 15 years ago. An accomplished fiddler across genres, John Weed has lived in Ireland and immersed himself in the traditional styles of Clare and Donegal. The result is an old-time Irish fiddling style that compliments his forays into Scottish, Canadian, and American music.
Stuart Mason has been collecting and performing traditional music for over 30 years. He has appeared on stage from Ireland to China performing Celtic,
old time bluegrass, and his original compositions, which have won awards from the West Coast Songwriters Association. He leads workshops and
classes in traditional music techniques at music festivals and
camps.
Youtube
sample of Molly's Revenge
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Oct. 24-27
Galway Bay Irish Music Festival in Ocean Shores WA |
featuring
Young Dubliners, Molly’s
Revenge, Tillers Folly, Ockham’s Razor, Stout Pounders, Whiskey Dicks, Beltain, Tallymoore,
Seattle Irish Dancers, Maggie’s Fury - in total there will be 25 groups
performing at various locations in Ocean Shores, WA during this
wkend festival !! This event is sponsored by the Galway Bay
Irish Pub 880
Point Brown Avenue NE, Ocean Shores WA. Tickets
are onsale now
An
"All Venue Pass" ($70) offers the best option for the
hardcore festival goer. This pass allows unlimited access to
all festival venues for the duration of the festival and includes
a free festival-tee shirt! *While supplies last.
The “Convention Center Pass” ($40) provides unlimited access
to the Ocean Shores Convention Center events onlyk for the
duration of the festival.
The
“8th Street Ale House Pass” ($10) provides unlimited access to
the 8th Street Ale House in Hoquiam for the duration of the
festival.
"Day
Passes" to venues will be available on a walk-up bases
however, pricing and availability will vary through out each day
of the festival.
Must
be 21 or older to attend festival at Galway Bay Restaurant, Pub
and Gifts and 8th Street Ale House. But the Ocean Shores
Convention Center is Family Friendly where all ages are
welcome. Children under 12 are free. Free Kids games
and activities. www.galwaybayirishpub.com/irishmusicfestival/ |
www.galwaybayirishpub.com/irishmusicfestival/

Their wkend
festival schedule is online now
and here's a video
from a previous year |
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Oct 25th Seattle
Mass in Irish Gaelic at 7:30 PM
The Mass of Remembrance in the Gaelic language will be celebrated at St. Patrick's Church, 2702 Broadway Ave E
(just off I-5 at Roanoke St), Seattle. This Mass commemorates the deceased members of Seattle's Irish
community, especially those who have passed away in the previous 12 months whose names are read out during the
General Intercessions. To submit names to be remembered or for more information, contact GaelicMass@irishclub.org.
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https://www.facebook.com/stpatsseattle

for more info
you can also contact
www.irishclub.org
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October 26th Leo MacNamara
& Friends Concert Recording 8pm at Empty Sea Studios Seattle
Tickets: $15 advance, $18 at the door Empty Sea
Studios 6300 Phinney Ave N Seattle, WA 98103
www.emptysea.com/2013/10/leo-mac-namara-and-friends-concert-recording/
Leo Mac Namara hails from Scariff, Co. Clare and for the
last fifteen years has lived in Seattle, Washington. He began
tin whistle aged five and flute at eight,greatly encouraged by his father Martin. He grew up learning
from and playing with such great musicians as P.J. Hayes,
Paddy Canny, Martin Rochford, Martin Woods, Martin Hayes and
Christy Barry. His expert playing blends the East Clare style
with Sligo/Roscommon flute techniques and Leo has played in the
masters of tradition festival in Ireland,and across the
US.
Dublin, Ireland-born multi-instrumentalist Colm MacCárthaigh
writes tunes and songs, sings (in English and Irish) and
performs a distinctive blend of driving accompaniment and
melody. Colm has played Irish Music in venues as varied as
Ireland’s National Concert Hall, lazy cafés in Amsterdam’s
Jordaan or the main stage at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann at two
in the morning. Click
here to purchase advance tickets.
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Sound Sample w/Finn & Dave
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Oct 26th Scottish
Celtic Faire in Tacoma
Note
recent changes in times
at St.
Andrew's Episcopal Church, 7410 S. 12th St. Tacoma, WA and its FREE TO
ALL.
Saturday's events 10am-4pm includes High Tea, Children's activities, vendors, goodies from our Bake
Shoppe, lunch at
the Lunch Shoppe, pipers, dancers, storytellers and musicians.
Sunday
Oct 27th:
Join us for Services at 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Pipers will be present,
there will be a "Call
of the Clans" at both services. At 3:00 p.m. join us for a Celtic
Spirituality discussion. for more info phone:
(253) 564-4402 www.saintandrewstacoma.org |
http://saintandrewstacoma.org/celtic-faire/ |
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Oct 27th Irish
night with the Seattle Sounders
is being planned for Sunday evening for the Sounders vs. the LA Galaxy. The
Galaxy's star player is Robbie Keane, captain of the Irish international soccer team. Irish Night tickets (expected to be about $30 and to include a special Irish Night scarf!) are being reserved in the Hawk's Nest section in the north end zone of CenturyLink Field. More details later, but if interested, please email Sounders@irishclub.org.
or click on this
flyer
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with the Seattle Irish Heritage Club
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Oct 27th Samhain Harpers at Galway
Traders 2-4pm Seattle WA
Each year near
the Celtic New Year, Samhain (say: SAH-veen) , harpers have gather
at Galway Traders to welcome the turning of the wheel.
Galway Traders is located at 518 15th Avenue Northwest Seattle, WA |

www.galwaytraders.com/
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Oct 27th The Young Dubliners at the Tractor
Tavern Seattle, WA 8pm
The Tractor is
located at 5213 Ballard Ave , $15 tickets are available for
purchase here
This show will sell out so don't delay.
Dublin natives Keith Roberts (vocals, guitar) and Paul O'Toole
(vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica) formed the Young Dubliners
in the early 1990s after meeting one another in a Los Angeles pub.
Roberts had been tweaking some Irish ballads of his own and
forming a band was in order. O'Toole obliged, as well as Brendan
Holmes (bass).
Youtube sample
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http://youngdubliners.com/
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Oct 30th Ceol Cascadia Irish Music Association presents Irish band
"Skara Brae" in concert 7:30pm
For their first "Northwest Traditions" concert, Ceol
Cascadia is proud to present this historically important Irish ensemble
in a rare US appearance. Seating is limited and this concert may sellout, so please order your tickets soon.
Skara Brae features Triona and Maighread Ni Domhnaill, Daithi Sproule.
Doors open at 7pm at Phinney Center Community Hall (brick bldg.)Tickets available
through BrownPaperTickets.com $25 General; $23 Seniors and IHC members; $21 Under 18; Well-behaved kids free
Famed pioneering Irish vocal group Skara Brae was formed in
the 1960s by the late Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, his sisters Maighread and Tríona, and Dáithí Sproule. If these names seem familiar, it's because the original members of this group went on to help found some of the world's best-known Irish bands, Altan and the Bothy
Band, and Mícheál later had a successful touring and recording career in a duo with fiddler Kevin Burke.
Skara Brae existed for only a few years before breaking up, but during that time they recorded an
album that has had a profound influence on the development of Irish music, the eponymously titled "Skara
Brae". On this album, and in their concerts, the group was among the first to combine modern guitar and
keyboard arrangements with the rare repertoire of songs in Irish Gaelic from Donegal in the north of Ireland. Micheal and Daithi also pioneered the use of DADGAD
guitar tuning for Irish tradtional musi in this group. The original band broke up in 1972, but their recording has
continued to inspire successive waves of singers and musicians. Their reunions in 1997 and 2005 were met with rapturous acclaim in Ireland and Europe, as was a documentary on the band on TG4, the Irish language
television network. Since Mícheál's tragic death in 2006 the group has continued to tour in Europe and
North America. Hurry & buy tickets now -
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for more info:
http://www.ceolcascadia.org/
Video sample: - An Cailin
Rua
Maighread and Triona Ni Domhnaill
and from 2010 - Cad é sin don té
sin
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Sign up now for a New
Beginners' Irish Language Class starting in November in
Seattle
Wednesdays November 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th ,from 6:30pm - 7:30pm
at Edge of the Circle bookstore 701 E Pike St, Seattle WA
Caera and Charles are starting a new beginners' Irish
language class at Edge of the Circle bookstore at 701 E Pike
St, Seattle, WA (Capitol Hill).
No book required (they provide materials), but you may wish to
bring a notebook, pen, and a binder to organize papers
passed out in class. $60/month
Any questions, please write to caerasinger [at] gmail [dot]
com , or call 206 495 8193. You can also contact them at
http://www.meetup.com/Western-WA-Gaeilge-Irish-Language/
and https://www.facebook.com/groups/349254928519024/ |
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