--Music Cape Breton--, September 27th 2023 at 9am; CB-2wks272023.text >>>>>www.musiccapebreton.com<<<<< FOLKS—from this week’s local papers & other sources—ENJOY NORTHERN CAPE BRETON PLEASANT BAY MacIntosh Brook: Oct 11th - 10am - Guided Hike in the National Park: MacIntosh Brook Day Use Area Free with Park Pass host Cape Breton Highlands National Park; to a small waterfall. 1.7 km… a Celtic Colours community event - - - - NORTHERN INVERNESS AREA PETIT-ÉTANG Information Centre Theatre-Cape Breton highlands National Park: 2023 Sept 8th to 17th-#20th Annual Hike the Highlands: 16648 Cabot Trail: Oct 9th - 10am - a celtic colour Community Event-''Guided Hike in the National Park: Salmon Pools''' Salmon Pools Trailhead, along the bottom of the Chéticamp River canyon, amidst 400 m cliffs. 9.5 km… Oct 10th - 10am - a celtic colour Community Event-''Guided Hike in the National Park: Corney Brook''' a hike to the Corney Brook Waterfall. CHÉTICAMP Doryman's tavern: 15528 Cabot Trail: : 902-224-9909: Sep 28th - 8pm to 11pm - Claude Bourgeois, Chester Delaney, Tommy Sep 29th - 7pm to 9pm - free live music with Adrian Aucoin & Gervais Cormier Sep 30th - 2pm to 6pm - Shelly Campbell Sep 30th - 9pm to 1am - live band-Drafted Oct 1st - 6pm to 9pm - Mr Duo Oct 3rd - 8pm to 11pm - Robert Deveaux Oct 5th - 8pm to 11pm - talent night with Claude Bourgeois, Chester Delaney, Tommy Oct 6th - 9pm to 1am - live band-Risin' tide Oct 7th - 2pm to 6pm - Brian MacDonald & Hilda Chiasson Oct 7th - 6pm to 9pm - Eddie Cummings Oct 8th - 6pm to 9pm - Brian LeBlanc Oct 9th - 7pm to 9pm - Free Live Music -Andrew & Dwayne Poirier Oct 11th - Celtic Colours after party with host Ashley MacIsaac La Place des arts Père Anselme Chiasson Auditorium-NDA: 15118 Cabot Trail: : 902-224-1876, 902-224-2642: Oct 7th & 10th - 3pm - a Celtic Colours community event-Shuffling' Along @$35 beginner level step dancing lesson Oct 7th & 12th to 14th - 1pm - a Celtic Colours community event-come spoon with us; @$ 45 Le Gabriel Lounge: 15424 Cabot Trail: : 902-224-3685: Sep 28th, 29th, Oct 5th, & 6th - 6:30pm to 8:30pm - free music by Glen Roach Sep 30th, Oct 2nd, 7th, & 9th - 6:30pm to 8:30pm - free acoustic Music with Andrian Aucoin & Gervais Cormier Sep 27th, Oct 1st, 4th, 8th, & 11th - 6:30pm to 8:30pm - Andrew Poirier & Dwayne Poirier Les Trois Pignons: 15584 Cabot Trail, box 430: : 902-224-2642: Oct 8th to 11th - 1:30pm - a celtic colours Community Event- Cheticamp Style Hooked Rug with Betty Ann Cormier ; @$ 50 Radio CKJM 106.1FM & 92.5FM [Pomquet], & 97.5 FM [Sydney]: : 902-224-1242: every Saturday - 6pm to 7pm - Gaelic/English program 'Aisrigh nan Gaidheal' every Monday - 6pm to 7pm - fiddle music show 'Coup d’archet' (Stroke of the Bow) Senior Citizen’s Hall- La Salle des Retraités/Cheticamp Senior's Club: every Tuesday - 7pm to 9:30pm-Amateur Musical Circle Visitor Information Centre: 15584 Cabot Trail: /: 902-224-2642: Oct 8th - 10am - a celtic colours community event-Pumpkin Carving- Oct 9th - 2pm - a celtic colours community event-Sharing Stories: Mi’kmaw Culture – Smudge with Indigenous interpreter and Mi’kmaq Elder, Mary Louise Bernard GRAND-ÉTANG Centre de la Mi-Carême: 51 Harbour Rd., Old Cabot Trail Rd.: : 902-224-1016: Oct 6th to 8th & 11th to 13th - 10am - a celtic colours community event-Oceanside Creations; @$25 beach walk creations Oct 6th & 11th to 13th - 1pm - a celtic colours community event-Masks Workshop; @ $25 plus HST - - -MARGAREE AREA EAST MARGAREE (Margaraidh An Ear) St. Micheal’s Hall: 1176 East Margaree Rd.: 902-235-2970: Oct 5th - 7pm - music with Eastbound MARGAREE FORKS (Bruach Na h-Aibhne) Firemen’s club: 7811 Cabot trail: 902-248-2952: Sep 30th - 8pm to 11pm - square dance with Brent Aucoin, Cameron Chisholm, Gillian Head, Jason Roach @$ 15 19+ ID's Front Porch farm: 76 Hilltop Rd.: : 902-623-0200: Sep 29th to Oct 1st - ''Margaree Harvest Jamboree''' [ Etransfer to petermleblanc@gmail.com ] Sep 30th - 1pm - Forest concert-''Veterans for Healing-120 Pipers Glen Road; with Thunder Feather. , Jont, Andrew Jackson, Gina Burgess, Hirondelles, Celtic Folk, Jacques Mindreau, -6pm to 1am-Jamboree Dance with D'Ambrosia , Donald MacLennan Trio , Big Country Ramblers , Krasnogorsk , DJ Etro Oct 1st - 11am to 3pm - Forest concert-''Veterans for Healing-120 Pipers Glen Road; with Mairi Britton & Bradley Murphy, Michael Dalton, Catherine Kennedy , Daniel James McFadyen, The Gilberts the Old Miller Trout Farm: Oct 11th - 2pm - a celtic colours community event-Learn to Fly Fish; FREE SOUTHWEST MARGAREE (Bràigh na h-Aibhne) St Joseph's Parish Hall: 19678 Highway # 19: 902-248-2677: Sep 29th - 6:30pm - Margaree Harvest Festival; ''7pm-All ages Celtic square dance until 9pm, and our social''' with Gillian Head, Jason Roach, Colin Grant, Mary Beth Carty, Robert Deveau, Chrissy Crowley advance tickets at [ petermleblanc@gmail.com ] MARGAREE VALLEY (Gleann Mhargaraidh) The Normaway Inn-barn: 691 Egypt Rd.: 902-248-2987, 1-800-565-9463: Sep 29th & Oct 6th - 8pm-fiddle /concert/ ceilidh Sep 29th - 8pm - Rodney MacDonald , Donald Gillis, Hilda Chiasson; $15, $20, $25 INVERNESS (An Sithean) ICCA Arts Centre: #16080 Hwy #19: : 902-258-2533, 902-258-3212: Aug 18th to Sep 30th - Robert Frank ''Good days Quiet'', ' Brian Graham ''Goin’ Down the Road''' – a pop-up exhibition of photos and books curated by Gerhard Steidl, Oct 6th to 20th - 6pm - Exhibition: AJ Aucoin: Dare to Be Different Oct 8th - 2pm to 3:30pm - a celtic colours Community Event-''The Music of the Landscape of Cape Breton''; @$ 10 with Doug Fraser,Dianne Quimby, Brenda Bowen Cox & Donna Hutchison, Colin MacLeod. Michelle Greenwell Inverness Miners Museum: every Saturday - 4pm to 5pm - music with Francis A MacDonald The Annex -bar & restaurant: 66 Lower Railway St.: : 902-258-3173: every Sunday - 2pm to 5pm - live music every Monday - 5pm to 8pm - open mic night with host Abbey Mullendore every Saturday - 7pm to 9:30pm - live All Ages music on the Annex lawn; @$ 15; Age 13 Attend Free Whit's Public House @ The Cabot Links: 18 Cabot Lane: : 902-258-3933: Sep 28th & Oct 5th - music by Aaron MacDonald SCOTSVILLE (Bun Na h-Aibhne) School of Crafts: #234 Hwy 478 (Scottsville Rd): : 902-258-3838: Oct 9th - 1:30pm - a celtic colours community event;'' Basic Crocheting Workshop ''; with Mable MacFarlane Oct 11th - 10am - a celtic colours Community Event -''Celtic Walk''; Gaelic culture enthusiasts Geoffrey and Rebecca-Lynne MacDonald-May for a leisurely stroll along the South West Margaret, Oct 10th & 12th - 1pm - a celtic colours Community Event -Puzzle Cutting Demonstration and Workshop PRICE Donation By Melinda Shebell, Jardin Puzzles - - - -SOUTHWESTERN INVERNESS GLENVILLE (An Gleann Dubh) Glenora Inn & Distillery: Route # 19 Ceilidh Trail: : 902-258-2662, 1-800-839-0491: Sep 27th - 1pm to 3pm - John Francis MacNeil Sep 27th - 8pm to 10pm - Neil McDaniel & Koryne MacDonald Sep 28th - 1pm to 3pm - Neil McDaniel Sep 28th - 8pm to 10pm - Neil McDaniel & Kevin Levesconte Sep 29th - 1pm to 3pm - Neil McDaniel & Sandra Gillis Sep 29th - 8pm to 10pm - Derrick & Melody Cameron Sep 30th - 1pm to 3pm - Neil McDaniel Sep 30th - 8pm to 10pm - Glenn MacEachern Oct 1st - 1pm to 3pm - John Francis MacNeil Oct 1st - 8pm to 10pm - Neil McDaniel & Jessi LeVesconte Oct 2nd - 1pm to 3pm - Michelle Stevens Oct 2nd - 8pm to 10pm - Michelle Stevens Oct 3rd - 1pm to 3pm - Neil McDaniel Oct 3rd - 8pm to 10pm - Stephanie MacDonald & Sandra Gillis BROOK VILLAGE (Baile Beag Na h-Aibhne) St. John the Baptist Hall: ....Monday night Adult square dances: 6432 Rte.#252: : 902-945-2240: Oct 9th - 9pm - a celtic colours community event-adult square dance; @ $10 | 19+ HILLSBOROUGH Hillsborough & Glendyer Hall: # 4738-Hwy #252: 902-258-5265: Oct 7th - 7pm to 9pm - Ronelda Aylward's -Hillsborough jam sessions, bi-weekly @ $ 5; entertainers Free, MABOU (An Drochaid) Arena: ......Mabou Farmers Market: 186 Mabou Harbour Rd.: : 902-945-2378: Oct 1st - Music by Darrell Lahay Oct 8th - Music by Taylor Furtick Beinn Mhàbu -Mabou Hill College: 32 MacDonald Rd.: : 902-623-0455: every Friday - 10am to 11am - Virtual Open House @ Beinnmhabu.ca/foundation-year Sep 6th to Oct 19th - History of the Gael; Lecturer: Tara Beaton, M.Ed. Sep 6th to Dec 7th - Gaelic Language, 1 & 11 Oct 7th - 7pm - a celtic colours community event-Gaelic Song Circle; @$ 10; Oct 8th - 9am - a celtic colours community event-Féis na Drochaide; A day of Gaelic music, song & dance for all ages & abilities CBFM-radio Mabou: 32 MacDonald Rd.: 902-945-0000: every day - an internet based radio station owned and operated by Gaelic College and broadcasts from the Beinn Mhàbu campus /Mabou enjoy Cape Breton music, all day long ; Free Strathspey Performing Arts Centre: 11156 Hwy #19: : 902-945-5300: Sep 29th - 7pm - the society for the Ships of 1801 Concert ·''Bochans and a Birthday''; A Keppoch Ghost story from a Ceilidh house. Oct 10th & 11th - Celtic Colours The Bridge - An Drochaid Museum: 11513 Main St.: : 902-945-2311: Oct 11th - 2pm - a celtic colours Community Event -Togaibh Fonn; @$ 10 A presentation on "Gaelic Singers of Mabou & Their Songs: 1900-2000" by Lorrie MacKinnon The Red Shoe Pub: Main St.: : 902-945-2996: every Monday - 7:30pm - Red Shoe jam sessions ; No cover charge & all donations go to the wee Gaelic school - a.k.a. Taigh Sgoile na Drochaide Sep 27th - 5pm to 7pm - Derrick & Melody Cameron Sep 28th - 7pm to 10pm - Eastbound Sep 29th - 8pm to 11pm - Shelly Campbell & guest; @$ 10 Sep 30th - 7pm to 9pm - Lisa Cameron & Vern MacDougall Oct 1st - 4pm to 7pm - Donna Marie DeWolfe & Allan Dewar $10 Oct 2nd & 3rd - 5pm to 7pm - Melody & Derrick Cameron Oct 4th - 5pm to 7pm - Koryne MacDonald & Neil MacDaniel Oct 5th - 7pm to 10pm - Darryl Keigan Oct 6th - 8pm to 11pm - Kenneth MacKenzie & Friend Oct 7th - 8pm to 11pm - Glen Graham and Joel Chaisson Oct 8th - 8pm to 11pm - RODNEY MACDONALD & Friend Oct 10th - 8pm to 11pm - ANDREA BEATON & TROY MACGILLIVRAY Oct 11th - 8pm to 11pm - Mairi Rankin, Wendy MacIsaac, Tracey MacNeil WEST MABOU (Màbu An Iar) West Mabou Hall: 2399 West Mabou Rd.: Sep 30th & Oct 7th - 9pm to midnight - regular Saturdy night West Mabou Dance Sep 30th - 9pm to midnight - Dance with Rodney MacDonald, Margie Beaton, Derrick Cameron ; @$10 | All Ages - 10 & under FREE West Mabou Hall: 2399 West Mabou Rd.: Oct 10th - 10:30am - a celtic colours Community Event-''Dance Dialects''' ; @ $ 15 A unique and informative exploration of different percussive dance dialects, featuring festival artists. Shane Cook, Kyle Waymouth, Màiri Rankin, Emily Flack, ETE, Rodney MacDonald MABOU RIDGE Big Belle Farm: 891 SW Mabou Ridge Rd.: : Oct 6th to 8th - The Harvest Series GLENCOE MILLS (Gleann Comhainn) St Josephs Church Hall: ...9pm to midnight- Thursday Family Square Dances: 612 Glencoe Rd.: 45°57.713′N 61°18.924′W: 9pm to midnight; @ $ 10, ; Children 10 years & under free-with adult . Canteen available. Oct 8th - 9pm to midnight - family square dance with Howie Mac Donald, & Beverly Mac Lean; a celtic colours community event GLENCOE STATION Glencoe Station Hall: 1536 Mabou Rd.: 802-787-2062: Oct 9th - 2pm to 4pm - John Allan Cameron Annual Song Session-Celtic Colours community event; @$ 15 with Peter MacInnis, Amanda MacDougall, Neil MacQuarrie. Moran's Pit: Oct 2nd - Halloween Scary Walk [Linda MacMillan 902-579-4657 ] PORT HOOD (Sestico) Chestico Museum & Historical Society: 8095 Hwy # 19: : 902-787-2244: Oct 6th - 1pm - Lifting Spirits and Feet with Celtic music; @$ 10 Celtic Colours Community Event Oct 10th - 2pm - a celtic colours Community Event-An Strugpag- Come for Tea & chat; @$ 10 St. Stephen’s-Jubilee United Church Hall: 239 Main St.: 902-787-2740: Sep 30th - 7pm to 9pm - The Little White Church music jam sessions @$ 5; & tea; All musicians are welcome ; all summer long 2023 JUDIQUE (Siudaig Mhór) Celtic Music Interpretive Centre: .....lunchtime. free-Ceilidhs: 5471 Highway # 19: 902-787-2708: every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday - noon to 3pm - Lunchtime Ceilidh with tba & friends; FREE Sep 27th to 29th - noon to 2pm - Brian MacDonald & Betty Beaton Celtic Music Interpretive Centre: ....Sunday Ceilidhs.: 5471 Highway # 19: : 902-787-2708: Oct 1st - 2pm to 5pm - ceildh-Rachel Davis & friends Oct 8th - 2pm to 5pm - ceildh-Howie MacDonald & Beverly MacLean Oct 9th to 13th - 11am - a celtic colours community event-Exhibit room tour; @$ 5 Celtic Music Interpretive Centre: .....2023 October 9th to 13th-Buddy MacMaster School of Fiddling: Oct 5th - 7:30pm to 9:30pm - Master’s Concert; @$ 30+; Oct 9th to 13th - 9:30am to 3pm - Buddy MacMaster School of Fiddling with instructors= -Oct 9- Donna Marie DeWolfe & Dara Smith; Oct 10- Troy MacGillivray and Katie McNally -Oct 11- Wendy MacIsaac and Mairi Rankin; Oct 12- Andrea Beaton and Kenneth MacKenzie -Oct 13- Kyle Mac Neil and Howie Mac Donald CREIGNISH (Creiginnis) Community Hall: 2123 Highway 19: : 902-625-1476: every Friday - 6pm to 9pm - Happy Hour , music as well. Sep 29th - 6pm to 9pm - Russ Mathews Oct 6th - 6pm to 9pm - Stewart Cameron Oct 6th - 9:30pm to 12:30am - Super Friday Square Dance with Shelly Campbell & Allan Dewar; free square dance workshop at 9:15pm; @$ 10 a Celtic Colours Community event - - - -PORT HAWKESBURY AREA PORT HASTINGS (Còbh a' Phlàstair) Port Hastings Museum & Quilt Shop: #24 Hwy #19: : 902-625-1295: Oct 6th - 2pm - Community Ceilidh at the Causeway, donations appreciated a Celtic Colours community event PORT HAWKESBURY (An Gut) 101.5 FM The Hawk: 609 Church St.: : 902-625-1220: every Sunday - 9am to 11am - East Coast Rising with Chuck Boudreau every Sunday - 11am to noon - East Coast Countdown with Cameron MacEachern Civic Centre - Bear Head Conference Room: -Tuesday Ceilidhs. #28th: 606 Reeves St.: : 902-625-2591: Oct 3rd - 7:30pm to 9pm - Shelly Campbell, Allan Dewar, Brian MacDonald, Pat Lamey & Heather Richards Clare MacDonald & Glendale Dancers, Aiden & Cameron MacNeil Pipes Civic Centre-J. Franklin Wright Gallery: 606 Reeves St.: : 902-625-7891: Sep 1st to Oct 20th - Every Child Matters – Finding a Way Forward Evergreen Seniors' Club: 37 Embree St.: Oct 7th - 1pm - a Celtic Colours community event-Ship Harbour Song Sessions with Adam Cooke; donations appreciated - - - BRAS D’OR LAKES AREA GLENDALE (Bràigh na h-Aibhneadh) Father John Angus Rankin Cultural Centre: #4248 Highway 105: : 902-625-3441: Sep 27th - 7pm - ceilidh with tba Oct 4th - 7pm - ceilidh with tba WE'KOQMA'Q (Waycobah) Skye River Trail: Oct 11th - 11am - a celtic colours Community Event-''Mi’kmaq Dance and Song, along the river'''; @$ 20 WHYCOCOMAGH (Hogamah) Fire Hall: Trans Canada Highway: Oct 7th - 9:30am - a Celtic Colours Community Event -Stepdance Workshop with Stephanie MacDonald ; @$ 10 Whycocomagh Waterfront Centre: # 9650 Highway # 105: 902-756-3580: Sep 28th - 7pm - bi-weekly jam sessions, @$ 5-spectators Oct 8th - 1:30pm - a celtic colours Community Event-Celtic Jam Session with host Shelly Campbell; @$ 10 IONA (Sanndraigh) Highland Village: 4119-Hector's Point, Hwy # 223: 902-725-2272, 1-866-442-3542: Oct 6th to 9th & 11th - 2pm - Milling Frolic a Celtic Colours Community event Iona Heights Inn- Frolic & Folk Pub: 4115 Hwy # 223: : 902-622-2190, 1-844-733-4662: Sep 29th - 8pm - Lookout Tower Oct 6th & 7th - 8pm - Joel Plaskett Sep 30th - 5pm to 8pm - Lisa MacArthur Royal Canadian Legion-Grandona Branch # 124: ......Friday Ceilidhs: 4237 Hwy #223: : 902-725-2178: Oct 7th - 7pm to 10pm - thanksgiving weekend-family square dance Music by Mac Morin, Wendy MacIsaac, Vincent McDonald; 6pm to 7pm-square dance workshop; @$ 10 19+ BADDECK (Badaig) Alexander Graham Bell Museum: 559 Chebucto St.: : 902-295-2069: Sep 1st to Oct 30th - exhibition-The work of four Mi’kmaw artists; Indigenous art show- Oct 10th to 13th - 1pm - a celtic colours Community Event-''Bell Series'''-Enjoy a behind-the- music perspective from featured, Festival artists in this conversational musical demonstration and talk. ' Bold Centre: 490 Chebucto St.: : 782-465-3006: Oct 7th - 1pm - a celtic colours Community Event-Workshop-Locker Hooking with Kate Lake Thompson ; @$ 50 Oct 8th - 1pm - a celtic colours Community Event-Workshop: Lace Knitting ; @$ 50 Oct 9th - 1pm - a celtic colours Community Event--Workshop: Felting; @$ 50 Bras d’or Yacht Club-Tiller & Wheel Lounge: 1 Jones St.: : 902-295-2107: every Sunday - evenings0live music; @$ 5 Farmer's Market: 526 Chebucto St.: : Sep 30th & Oct 7th - 10am to 1pm - Farmer's 2023 Market in Alexander Graham Bell Museum UPPER parking lot Greenwood United Church: 98 Twining St.: Oct 7th - 1pm - a Celtic Colours Community Event -Celtic Knots Workshop with Norma Marchant; @ $50 Inverary Inn-Narrow’s Cafe and Bar: 368 Shore Rd.: 902-295-3500, 1-800-565-5660: Sep 1st to 30th - 8pm to 11pm - September ''Live Tunes'' with artists=Tracy Cavanaugh, Rob MacLean, Mark Boutiller, Michael Cavanaugh, Dylan Devoe, Morgan Rider, Steve Luxton, Shiretown, Anne-Marie Pelley, Jessie MacKay, Stressed Out Charlee, Nathan Bishop MacDonald, Gerry McDianiel, James NIcholdon & Sarah Doran Sep 29th - 8pm to 11pm - Nathan Bishop MacDonald Knox Presbyterian Church Hall: 39 Grant St.: Oct 9th to 12th - 10am - a celtic colours community event-''CBC Mainstreet Live''' FREE host Wendy Bergfeldt interviews festival artists and local culture bearers in front of a live audience. Royal Canadian Legion Branch #53: 37 Ross St.: : 902-295-2080: Sep 30th - 7:30pm to 10:30pm - Gordon Lightfoot Tribute, @$ 15-advancel 19+ [ Call the Baddeck Legion or phone Sherry at 902-304-1817 ] Oct 2nd - 6:30pm to 9pm - all ages square Dance; 6:30pm-introduction to Baddeck steps; @$ 10 with Howie MacDonald, Beverly MacLean, Anna MacDonald is calling. St. Michael’s Hall: ...The Baddeck Gathering Ceilidh: 6 Olde Margaree Rd.: : 902-295-7663: Sep 27th - 7:30pm to 9:30pm - Adam Young & Dara Smith-MacDonald Sep 28th - 7:30pm to 9:30pm - Melody Cameron & Derrick Cameron Sep 29th - 7:30pm to 9:30pm - Neil MacDonald & Kevin Levesconte Sep 30th - 7:30pm to 9:30pm - Buddy MacDonald & Rachel Davis Oct 1st - 7:30pm to 9:30pm - Buddy MacDonald & Rachel Davis Oct 2nd - 7:30pm to 9:30pm - Gillian Head & Jason Roach Oct 3rd - 7:30pm to 9:30pm - Rachel Davis, Darren McMullen Oct 4th - 7:30pm to 9:30pm - Adam Young & Dara Smith-MacDonald Oct 5th - 7:30pm to 9:30pm - Melody Cameron & Derrick Cameron, Hilda Chiasson Oct 6th - 7:30pm to 9:30pm - Neil MacDonald & Kevin Levesconte Oct 7th - 7:30pm to 9:30pm - Meagan Burke & Myles Davidson, Harold Davidson Oct 8th - 7:30pm to 9:30pm - Meagan Burke & Myles Davidson, Harold Davidson Oct 9th - 7:30pm to 9:30pm - Gillian Head & Jason Roach Oct 10th - 7:30pm to 9:30pm - Howie MacDonald & Beverly MacLean Oct 11th - 7:30pm to 9:30pm - Adam Young & Dara Smith-MacDonald - - - ST ANNS BAY AREA ST ANNS (Baile Anna) Gaelic College-: 51779 Cabot Trail Rd. (Exit 11 of TCH #105): Oct 10th to 12th - 10:30am - a celtic colours Community Event-Cultural Demonstration; @$ 5 CAPE NORTH (Ceap Nòr) North Highlands Community Museum & Cultural Centre: # 29263 Cabot Trail: 902-383-2579: Oct 11th - 1pm - a celtic colours Community Event -''Museum Open House''' Oct 11th - 9:30pm - a celtic colours Community Event -''After Hours North of Smokey Jam Session''' DINGWALL (Inbhir-Pheofharain) The Markland Lobby: https://www.themarkland.com/markland-events/: 902-383-2246: every day - 7pm to 9pm - music in our lobby with either Bruce Courtney, Norman MacDonald, or Deron Donovan. INGONISH (Ingonais) Keltic Lodge-Arduaine Restaurant: 383 Keltic In Road, Middle Head Peninsula: : 902-285-2880, 1-800-565-0444: Sep 26th to 28th & 30th - 8pm to 11pm - Nathan Bishop MacDonald Keltic Lodge in Highland sitting Room: Sep 28th to Oct 1st - 8pm to 11pm - Allie Bennett INDIAN BROOK (Abhainn A' Chùbair) St. Ann's Bay United Church Tea Room: 46715 Cabot Trail: : 902-929-2999: Oct 8th - 11am - a celtic colours community event-Celtic Service; donations appreciated -Catriona Parsons with her Nova Scotia Ecumenical Gaelic Choir - - - -URBAN CAPE BRETON AREA LITTLE BRAS D'OR Blue Mist Tavern & Bar: 85 Main St.: 902-736-2801: every Thursday - 7pm to 10pm - "traditional Cape Breton fiddle-''the Northside Session' ; bring an instrument & join in; ; FREE led by Larry-Eleanor Parks and Paul Cranford BOISDALE (Baghasdal) St Andrew's Church: Oct 7th - 10am - a celtic colours community event-Tea and Conversation; FREE Oct 9th - noon - a celtic colours community event-Doors Open for Churches ; donation FLORENCE Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #83: 610 Bras D'Or Florence Rd.: 902-736-6313: every Saturday - 7pm to 10pm - entertainment by the Circle NORTH SYDNEY (Suidni A Tuath) K-LEE radio: : Cape Breton music & Maritime favourites 24/7-commercial free every day - enjoy Cape Breton music, all day long ; Free every Wednesday & Sunday - 7pm - The Scottish Voice with hosts Janet Stubbert & Mark Korman - music, interviews & Cape Breton segments North Sydney Seniors & Pensioners Hall: 309 RCommercial St.: Oct 8th - Every second Sunday is a talent show, alternating with The Jammers, Northern Yacht Club: 27 Seaview Drive: : 902-794-9121: every Wednesday & Friday - 6pm--live music with Rob Barrie, Andrew Doyle HOWIE CENTRE Red Farm: 1957 Kings Rd.: Oct 6th & 7th - 1st Annual Red Farm Oktoberfest Oct 6th - 9pm to midnight - The Swell Guys Oompa Band Oct 7th - 6pm to 9pm - The Swell Guys Oompa Band Oct 7th - 9pm to midnight - Rg &The Peacemakers SYDNEY (Suidni) town: ...2023 Oct 5th to 9th--Gobblefest: Oct 5th to 9th - Gobblefest =10 venues, 15 shows, 50+ performers Oct 5th - 7pm - Doktor Lukes • Songwriters Circle Oct 6th - 4pm - Breton Brewing • Songwriters Circle -7pm-City Hall Round Room • All Ages Show -9pm-Daniels Alehouse • 19+ Show -9pm-Ashby Legion • 19+ Show Oct 7th - 4pm - Daniels Alehouse • Songwriters Circle -4pm-Island Folk Cider House • Women & Songs -7pm-City Hall Round Room • All Ages Show -8pm-Breton Brewing • TBA Oct 8th - 11am - Selkies Diner • Songs & Stories -7pm-Boardmore Playhouse • Celebrating 30 Years of Caper Radio -10pm-Capri Cabaret • Finale Show Cape Breton Farmer's Market: 15 Falmouth St.: every Saturday - 12:45am to 2:30pm - live music with Cape Breton University-Centre for Cape Breton Studies: 1250 Grand Lake Rd.: Oct 10th - 11:30am - a Celtic Colours community event-The Key to our Hearts FREE — A Musical Journey through the CB University Archives with musicians Bradley Murphy and Màiri Britton Cedar’s Club Hall: 30 Mackenzie St.: : 902-539-1901: every Tuesday - 7pm - Country Line Dance lessons , @ $ 5 [ Christine-cfilipowich@yahoo.ca ; Facebook: @LineDanceCapeBreton ] Eltuek Arts Centre -The Convent: 170 George St.: Sep 1st to Oct 31st - Lotic Fictions with Caitrain MacNeil in Gallery 211, Flavor on the Water -H20-Sydney Marine Terminal-“The Royal Cape Breton Room”: 60 Esplanade: 902-567-1043: every Friday & Saturday - 5:30pm to 9pm - Live Music Governor’s Pub: 233 Esplanade: 902-562-7646: Sep 29th & 30th - noon to 3pm - Paul Cranford & Mario Colosimo Oct 1st, 6th, 8th, & 9th - noon to 3pm - Paul Cranford & Mario Colosimo Oct 10th & 11th - noon to 3pm - Paul Cranford & Pat Chafe Highland Arts Theatre: 40 Bentinck St.: /: 902-565-3637: Oct 10th - 7:30pm - Brian Patafie: Funny as Puck ; @$ 25-advance Island Folk Cider House-brewery: 52 Nepean St St.: : 902-577-2099: every Sunday - 3pm to 6pm - Celtic jam session with Ryan and Boyd MacNeil James McConnell Memorial Library: 50 Falmouth St.: : 902-562-3161: Oct 10th to 13th - 12:30pm - a celtic colours-Community Event-''Celtic Conversations''' free guest festival artists, who share their stories, music and conversation Membertou Heritage Park: 35 Su'n Awti.: : 902-567-5333: Oct 10th to 13th - 9am - Mi’kmaq Cultural Workshops a Celtic Colours community event Membertou Trade & Convention Centre/ Kiju's Restaurant-corner Lounge: 50 Maillard St.: : 902-562-6220: every Thursday - 5pm to 8pm - entertainment with Aaron Lewis & Guest every Saturday - 6:30pm to 9:30pm - corner lounge live music Old Sydney Society: 173 Charlotte St.: : 902-539-1572: every Tuesday & Thursday - 2pm & 7pm - Wicked Walking Tour; @$ 12 register at 902-539-1572 Sacred Heart Downtown: 217 George St.: : 902-919-2637: Oct 2nd to 4th - 6pm - Dinner and 100 years of Sinatra = Starring Paul Gatchell & friends @$ 65+HST a Highland Arts Theatre production Simeon's Family Restaurant: 581 Grand Lake Rd.: : 902-562-0251: every Sunday - 4pm to 7pm - music with Aaron C Lewis; The Coast-CKOA 89.7 FM: 170 George St.-Suite 101: : 902-284-2562: every Wednesday - 10pm to 11pm - David Gillis’ - 'Cape Breton Fiddle Tunes' show. every Friday - 10pm to midnight - East Coast after dark -promoting Maritime culture, heritage and artistic talent every Saturday - 10pm to midnight - Cape Breton Kitchen party with Ron Neville-music of island musicians every Sunday - 5pm to 8pm - Celtic Serenade with Host Donnie Campbell, the very best in Cape Breton Music plus songs from Scotland & Ireland, presented by Merit Muffler-Wheel & Brake-Sydney every Sunday - 8pm to 9pm - host Wayne Tucker with Favourites from Newfoundland and Labrador The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse & Pub: 424 Charlotte St.: /: 902-270-8003: Oct 4th - 6pm - Big Spruce’s & Old Triangle 🌲10th Anniversary , All night KITCHEN PARTY” FREE with Newfoundland’s own – The Navigators DOMINION Auld Shamrock Pub & Restaurant: 85 Commercial St.: : 902-276-3183: Oct 1st - 3pm to 6pm - Nathan Bishop MacDonald GLACE BAY (Glasbaidh) The Savoy Theatre: 116 Commercial St.: : 902-842-1577, 902-564-6668: Sep 28th to 30th - 7:30pm - Maggie-a new Musical Oct 1st - 2pm & 7:30pm - Maggie-a new Musical Oct 3rd to 7th - 7:30pm - Maggie-a new Musical Oct 8th - 2pm - Maggie-a new Musical - - - -LOUISBOURG AREA LOUISBOURG Louisbourg Playhouse: 11 Aberdeen St.: : 902-733-2996, 1-888-733-2787: Oct 10th - 7pm to 9pm - : Louisbourg Crossroads (Celtic Colours International Festival) – sold out GABARUS Taigh nan Òg: French Road: : 902-567-4108: Sep 29th - 7:30pm - Rick Sparkes & the Enablers; -house concert; adamcdyoung@gmail.com; to book a seat ; @$ 25 - - ST PETER'S AREA DUNDEE (Dùn Deagh) Dundee Resort & Golf Club-Macrae's dining room: 2750 West Bay Highway: /: 902-345-2649, 1-844-638-6333: Sep 27th - music by Eastbound Oct 6th & 11th - music by Eastbound Sep 29th, 30th, Oct 6th, & 7th - 6:30pm to 9:30pm - live local entertainment in MacRae's [June to October] Sep 27th, Oct 4th, & 11th - 6:30pm to 9:30pm - live local entertainment in Clubhouse [June to October] ST. GEORGE'S CHANNEL South Mountain Arm of Gold Community Hall: 3363 West Bay Highway. R.R.2: : 902-345-2200: Oct 2nd - music alternate Monday evenings RIVER BOURGEOIS Anne Sampson Building: Oct 4th - 7pm to 9pm - Gerrys MUSIC CIRCLE with Edna & Gerry and Friends; bring your instruments and join in the fun. @ $ toonie GRAND ANSE Royal Canadian Legion-branch # 47: 6834 Hwy #4: 902-345-2610: Oct 7th - 9pm to 1am - dance with the CapeTones, @ $15 ST PETER'S (Baile Naoimh Pheadair) Bras d’Or Lakes Inn -Lockmaster's Pub': ..Saturday Matinees: 10095 Grenville St.: : 902-535-2200, 1-800-818-5885: every Thursday - 6pm to 8pm - Thirsty Thursday with open mic-host Rob Smith ; co-host-Chantal O'Neill Lion’s Hall: 32 Lions Avenue: : 902-535-2482: Oct 9th to 11th - 10:30pm - a celtic colours Community Event-Late Night Jams with Kitchen Rackets MacBouch Restaurant & Lounge: 9975 Grenville St.: 902-535-3578: every Friday - 8pm to 10pm - open mic night; with hosts ; Chantal Paul O'Neil & Rob Smith United Church Hall: Oct 9th - 1:30pm - a celtic colours Community Event-Scottish Country Dancing Workshop; @$ 10 ARICHAT Island Nest Restaurant: 2344 Hwy #206: : 902-226-0033: every Thursday - 7pm to 9pm - Daniel LeBlanc Le Noir Landing: 708 Veteran's Memorial Drive: Oct 9th to 11th - 10am & 2pm - a celtic colours Community Event-Blacksmithing Workshop; @$ 75 Royal Canadian Legion, Branch # 150: 1219 Veterans Memorial Dr.: 902-226-3089: Oct 7th - 2pm to 4pm - ''music circle'''-jam session hosted by Daniel LeBlanc. St. John's Centre for the Arts: 2513 Highway # 206: Oct 8th - 2pm to 4pm - Jam Session Oct 9th - 2pm - a celtic colours Community Event-Tales and Tunes; @$ 10 -local stories and songs, [Marg Herdman: 902-227-8303] PETIT-DE-GRAT Radio Richmond-CITU 101.1FM: #3435 Hwy # 206: : 902-226-0981: Oct 1st - 7pm - Music of Ireland with host/producer Paul Davis every Saturday - 7pm to 10pm - "Music From The Isle Of Newfoundland" with host Howard Sleep D’ESCOUSSE Civic Improvement Centre: 3276 Hwy #320: Oct 10th - 7pm to 9pm - North Side Music Circle ; jam; proceeds to help Mental Health; [every 2nd tuesday] Groundswell Pub & Inn: # 3283 Highway 320: : 902-777-7777: Sep 30th - 8:30pm - Dėcota McNamara @ $ 20-advance tickets only. MARTINIQUE Lennox Passage Provincial Park: Oct 9th & 10th - 10am - Guiding Lights of Isle Madame ; @ $20; host Isle Madame Lighthouse Preservation Society A guided driving and walking tour of Isle Madame lighthouses past & present; a Celtic Colours community event - - “Thank you, John Morris, for your time with us.” [Dr. Jim St.Clair] mike@musiccapebreton.com Mike LITTLE … Do the best with what you have .......  Phone 902-302-4008 https://www.musiccapebreton.com… ©Copyright 1998-2023 by Mike Little & musiccapebreton.com