Récital / Recital: Patrick Armstrong, piano
Récital / Recital: Patrick Armstrong, piano
Wed, Apr 26, 4:30 PM
Salle Huguette-Labelle Hall, Pavillon Tabaret Building, uOttawa • Ottawa, ON
Free
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Almonte Celtfest Presents A St. Patrick's Day Bash with the Riverthieves
Join us on Friday March 17 for an evening of good music, tasty beer and St.Paddy’s Day Revelry
By Almonte Celtfest
When and where
Date and time
Starts on Fri, Mar 17, 2023 6:00 PM EDT
Location
Almonte & District Community Centre 182 Bridge Street Mississippi Mills, ON K0A 1A0 Canada
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About this event
About this Event
Join us on Friday March 17 for an evening of good music and St. Paddy’s Day Revelry
Music from the Riverthieves with Kelly Hood and Friends opening the night with some lively Uillean piping tunes.
Snacks + Games of Chance
Cash bar featuring delicious beer from Calabogie Brewing Co.
When: Doors 6pm ~ Show 7pm
Where: The Almonte Community Centre ~ 182 Bridge St. Almonte
Tickets: $25/Person ~ 19+
Why: To celebrate St.Patrick's Day! Also to support Almonte Celtfest 2023
About the Riverthieves
The Bodhran’s Celtic heartbeat underpins the dramatic landscapes imagined by skirling bagpipes and the mournful Irish whistle. Give me a fiddle and a glass of whiskey, and I’ll tell you a story you’ll almost remember...
The core members of Eastern Ontario’s Riverthieves have been playing music together since the early 2000s, first as the house band at the Royal Oak on the Canal and in scores of other bars and pubs from Renfrew to Trenton. Eventually, as the bar gigs were interspersed with festival shows and small halls - venues friendly to original music - the Riverthieves began presenting their own songs. In 2009, the band recorded a very memorable live show at the Almonte Town Hall before a sold-out audience. It was released as their first album, Bandit Queen, the following year. But the band went into hibernation for half a decade as the the two serving military members of the band completed back to back Afghanistan tours and Devon also deployed to Haiti before being posted to Valcartier, Quebec. The band was not reunited until the Fall of 2015 when Devon was posted back to Ottawa. The boys dedicated themselves to a second album, composing and arranging relentlessly through 2016, and recording between January and March 2017 with Mike Kay. The tracks were mixed by Chris Bradley. The Riverthieves’ first studio album, Soldier, consists entirely of original tracks exploring the Canadian military experience, past and present. It considers soberly the cost of service, celebrates the joie de vivre of the soldiering culture, and pays special tribute to family, home, loss and hockey.
About Kelly Hood and Friends
Kelly Hood has been a devoted player and teacher of Uillean piping since she was first bewitched by the Irish Pipes in her youth. She is accompanied by Hugh McMillan, multi-instrumentalist, on the cittern and Finley Mullally on Bodhran.
Questions? Concerns?
Email us at almonteceltfest@hotmail.com
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Almonte CeltfestCeltfest is a fun weekend of Ottawa Valley and Celtic entertainment, performed in the natural amphitheater of Gemmill Park in the heart of Almonte. It is a time to share the historical Celtic traditions with today’s local performers. Celtfest also presents a select group of unique artisans and vendors of specialty goods with a Celtic flair. Donations are welcomed at the gate.
Our mission is to celebrate and promote the Celtic heritage of the Ottawa Valley through music and dance and to make this accessible to all. We want to give up-and-coming performers an opportunity to display their talents in their home community. To do this, we feature a free event with a number of entertainers who have a Celtic quality, as well as a wide variety of vendors of Celtic goods. We also provide a tent for seniors and entertainment for children, along with great food and beverages for all.