Upcoming Celtic Events in the Atlanta Region and SE

The Georgia Independence Day Festival. Friday and Saturday, July 3rd & 4th from 3:00 PM - dusk with fireworks BOTH nights! There is a small entry fee. This festival features a recreation of the Independence proclamation and Deep Forest Native American Indians performing authentic native dances and teaching about the lives of the Creek Indians. You can meet Patrick Henry in a special Q&A session and tour the Nash Farm Veteran's Historical Museum. View and participate in a Military Parade honoring Soldiers from the American Revolution to the present. There will be graceful 18th Century court and country dance exhibitions and educational blacksmithing demonstrations. There is music a-plenty too! Mickle-A-Do is on the main stage playing at 3:00, 4:30 and 6:00 p.m. both days. Other great musical acts include our friends Ten Penny Travelers and 1/2 Pint. There also will be fun activities for the kids with a special kids play area! Directions to historic Nash Farm: From Atlanta take I-75 So. then take Exit 221 (Jonesboro Rd./Lovejoy). Travel west approximately 5 miles. Turn left onto Babb's Mill Road and follow signs to parking lot.

Mickle-A-Do is doing a St. Practice Day at the Marietta Wild Wing Cafe, July 17

Keltic Kudzu will be playing the Olde Blind Dog Pub, Alpharetta/ Crabapple, Thursday, July 23, 7-10pm

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Music Event Note: The events posted in this schedule are oriented toward Celtic music and society. Many of the fine pubs and venues listed, even though Celtic or Irish, offer other great entertainment covering the full range of the music space, so please visit their official sites for updates and details.

Regular Music, Radio & Dance

Thistle & Shamrock
Fiona Ritchie
Join award-winning host Fiona Ritchie to explore the evolving Celtic musical traditions of Europe and North America. As Thistle surveys traditional Celtic music it also leads you to explore more distant landscapes and genres, investigating Celtic influences in World and contemporary music. Back on Atlanta's WABE NPR 90.1FM, Fridays, 9-10PM

WRFG's Celtic Show
WRFG's Celtic Show (Sundays from 5 to 7 pm), and the rest of the station's wonderful programming, is now broadcasting to the entire metro Atlanta area (and more) at 100,000 watts from our new tower/ transmitter. No more black out areas... no more flakey reception just a few miles NE of station. Try it for yourself: 89.3 FM! Available in streaming audio at: http://www.wrfg.org

The Celtic Show starts off 2009 by celebrating Burns in style!! Join us for a month long celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Scottish bard Robert Burns, whose original words and adaptations live on in so many modern recordings of classic songs such as "My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose" and "Auld Lang Syne."

Irish Set Dancing

After a summer break, Irish Music Traditions will again present Set Dancing on most 1st and 3rd Sundays, 3 to 5PM, at the Harp Irish Pub in Roswell. All dances are taught, and beginners are welcome. Contact Tim or Sally at atl.setdancing@mindspring.com for details.

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Sessions

Atlanta Area

A Beginning/ Intermediate Session is held at The Harp Irish Pub, 1st and 3rd Sundays from 5-7PM; family friendly. Bring your instrument and your tunes! This new session is not a teaching session and not associated with any formal organization. Just a venue for working your tunes up to speed and a place to swap new tunes and musical ideas. An advanced session is conducted every Monday at 8:30PM at Fado. For more info, contact Gary White. The Harp also provides Live Music every Friday & Saturday, 9PM, although many sessions are not Celtic.

Patrons at the Grange Pub in downtown Decatur got a pleasant surprise on Tuesday, May 12th, when they looked up from sipping their beers to hear the great sounds of live Irish tunes. The music was being provided by a new Irish music session to be held at the Grange every Tuesday night, led by noted local fiddler and singer Moira Nelligan. Moira has assembled a group of ten or so top musicians to play at this session for advanced players. With such talent on display, you know that the music will be of the best quality: sprightly, lively, energetic and enjoyable. The Grange Pub has a great atmosphere, good food, and a large selection of unusual beers, plus a welcoming Irish ownership. Try to make it by and give a listen.

The Irish Bred Pub, Douglasville, Wednesday Nights 6:30PM – 8:30PM Starting Apr. 15, led by Ted Simon, fiddler for Sgian Dubh. Players at all levels are welcome but the sessions are geared toward beginning and intermediate musicians. The Irish Bred Pub offers a family friendly atmosphere, food and drinks, and there is no smoking in the music area. Fiddles, mandolins, whistles, flutes, tenor banjos, guitars, concertinas, and bodhrans welcome! We play traditional and modern Celtic and Celtic-influenced tunes at a reasonable tempo.

Celtic Session at Manuel's Tavern, Second Sunday each month. The session normally start around 3:30 to 4PM.

Auburn Area

Irish musicians and dancers meet for session in the Auburn area on the second Tuesday of each month.  Welcoming to friends, fans of the culture and Irish dancers, this session apparently attracts folks from hours away - that's got to be good! This groups has met in the past at the Auburn Alehouse and the Blue Bagel. The current location is pending. For details and directions contact: miller.scott2@charter.net

Huntsville Area

Members of the Huntsville and Decatur Celtic music community host regular public Celtic session and tuneplay on the first Tuesday of every month at the Corner Grill and Pub in Huntsville. For details and directions, contact: gfband@hiwaay.net.

SlipJig Celtic band members and friends host a weekly session on Thursday nights at Finnegan's Pub on South Parkway in Huntsville, 7:30-10:30. Tunes and songs. Always a fine time!  Skilled players, interested on-lookers, and innocent by-standers are welcome! For additional information: Phil@slipjigband.com.

Birmingham Area

Regular Irish music session is offered on the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month from 7 - 10pm at CoolBeans in Homewood right next to New York Pizza and Broadway BBQ. CoolBeans Coffee House - is a non-smoking, family friendly environment. Musicians and fans welcome. For more details contact, Marty Bostick.

Mobile Area

Irish Music Session hosted by members of Mithril in the Fairhope area on Sundays, 6 to 8pm at Café Amore, 103B N. Bancroft Street, Fairhope. For more information: 251-928-0987 or 251-928-2719 or flyingfrog@aol.com.