THE 17th ANNUAL CCE IRISH FOLK FESTIVAL
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Sherwood Community Center at Van Dyck Park
3740 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22030
&
The Auld Shebeen Irish Pub
3971 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, VA 22030.
Here's info about last year's (2011) CCE IRISH FOLK FESTIVAL
Direct from Co. Sligo - TEADA!
MUINTEOIRI with All-Ireland champions Billy McComiskey and Brendan Mulvihill
Members of the OLD BAY CEILI BAND
The SOUTH ROSCOMMON SINGERS CIRCLE
NARROWBACKS, RAMBLING HOUSE, SHANNON DUNNE, PAT EGAN, LILT, The BOG BAND
THE NEW CENTURY DANCE ENSEMBLE with PETER BRICE and ZAN McLEOD
and SEVEN DANCE SCHOOLS!
PLUS
The IRISH BREAKFAST BAND, CELTIC MARC, HIBERNIAN COLD FRONT, MOLLYHAWKS, SHEPHERD’S PIE, KAREN ASHBROOK AND PAUL OORTS, The DIRTY PINTS, SEISUN, and BETH BENEDETTO.
WORKSHOPS
Irish Music for Four-String Instruments with Betsy O'Malley
Irish Language with Beth Benedetto & Mike Schaeffer
Bodhran with Myron Bretholz
Pennywhistle with Karen Ashbrook
Singers Circle with Kevin Donleavy
The 16th annual CCE IRISH FOLK FESTIVAL, sponsored by the CCE O'Neill-Malcom Branch with support from the Fairfax City Commission on the Arts, will take place on Saturday, September 24th at:
The Sherwood Community Center at Van Dyck Park
3740 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22030
AND
The Auld Shebeen Irish Pub
3971 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, VA 22030
.
FREE Admission
There will be live traditional Irish music and dance at both the Sherwood Center and the Auld Shebeen pub stage.
FREE Ceili that evening, 6:30 -8:30, directly following the Festival at The Sherwood Center.
Music by Shephard's Pie and TEADA.
Food Truck by Doug the Food Dude.
RAIN or SHINE.
For more information and a full schedule, please visit:
2011 CCE Irish Folk Festival Page |