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CCE Washington Irish Folk Festival

The 16th annual CCE IRISH FOLK FESTIVAL


Teada sponsored by the CCE O'Neill-Malcom Branch with support from the Fairfax City Commission on the Arts, took place on Saturday, September 24th in historic downtown Fairfax City from noon to 6pm 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. Live traditional Irish music and dance at both the Sherwood Center, and at the Auld Sheebeen pub stage highlighted the day.  A Ceili (country dance) that evening was held following the Festival at The Sherwood Center. 6:30 - 8:30pm. FREE!!

The Music at our 6:30pm ceili (at Sherwood) was provided by Shepherd's Pie & Teada!  

Here are some pics from this year's festival.

Direct from Co. Sligo - TEADA

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE FOR THE CCE IRISH FOLK FESTIVAL
( SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
GALWAY STAGE CLARE STAGE
12:00-12:30 Karen Ashbrook and Paul Oorts 12:00-12:30 Seisun Duo
12:40-1:10 Irish Breakfast Band w / Boyle School 12:35-1 Beth Benedetto
1:20-1:50 Rambling House 1:10-1:40 Brendan Mulvihill and Brian Gaffney
2:00-2:30 South Roscommon Singers 1:50-2:20 Celtic Marc
2:40-3:10 Narrowbacks 2:30-3:00 Pat Egan
3:20-3:50 Old Bay Ceili Band 3:10-3:40 Hibernian Cold Front
4:00-4:30 New Century Dance Ensemble 3:50-4:30 The Bog Band
4:40-5:20 Muinteoiri 4:40-5:10 Lilt
5:30-6:30 Teada 5:15-5:45 MollyHawks
DONEGAL DANCE STUDIO ROSCOMMON STAGE WORKSHOPS
12:00-12:30 Callico Cloggers 12:15-12:45 Four-stringed instruments - Betsy O'Malley
12:40-1:10 Tuesday Night Ceili Club 1:00-2:00 Irish language - Beth Benedetto & Mike Schaeffer
1:20-2:00 The Culkin School 2:15-3:00 Bodhran - Myron Bretholz
2:10-2:40 GWCC 3:15-3:55 Tin Whistle - Karen Ashbrook
2:50-3:20 Maple School 4:00-5:00 South Roscommon Singers Circle - Kevin Donleavy
3:30-4:00 Shannon Dunne AULD SHEBEEN IRISH RESTAURANT & PUB
4:10-4:40 Aoibhenas an Rince 1:15-2:15 Shepherd's Pie
4:50-5:20 O'Neill James School 2:30-3:30 Molly Hawks
  3:45-4:45 Irish Breakfast Band
  5:00-6:00 Dirty Pints
Download a copy of the festival schedule
 

 
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