Calendar for May 2008
Concerts | Sessions | Workshops | Events

Dances
1Dover NH City Hall, Lamprey River Band, clean, soft soled shoes only 8-10:40pm  (603) 664-2513
2Windham NH Town Hall, TBA 8-11pm  (603) 890-8907
Wentworth NH Town Hall, square dance, Lester Bradley and Paul Amey 8pm  (603) 764-9993
Conway NH Salyards Museum, 110 Main Street, Davis Hill Duo (Ellen Schwindt and Peter Kimball) 7:30-10:30pm  (603) 383-4589
Lewiston ME Chase Hall, Bates College, David Merrill and Wake the Neighbors with guest fiddler Greg Boardman 8:30pm  (207) 232-8656
3Deerfield NH Town Hall, Marcie Van Cleave with Amy Cann & Carol Compton, clean soft-soled shoes 8pm  (603) 463-7771
Falmouth ME Congregational Church 7pm instruction, dance 8-11pm, TBA, potluck dessert during break  (207) 725-9289
Peterborough NH Town House, Steve Zakon-Anderson, Bob McQuillen and Nat Hewitt 8-11:30pm  (413) 498-5678
5Nelson NH Town Hall, Rich Hart, Don Primrose, Byron Ricker, and others calling, music by Harvey Tolman, Bob McQuillen, and others, always an open mike for both callers and musicians 8-10:30pm  (603) 827-3455
9Manchester NH Unitarian Church, 669 Union Street, Alice Morris, with Randy Miller and Bill Zecker. Beginners workshop 7:30pm, dance 8-11pm  (603) 529-1586
10Exeter NH Unitarian Church, Rickey Holt, Stone Soup, clean soft-soled shoes8pm  (603) 679-1915
Gilmanton NH Town Offices (Academy Building), Alice Morris, clean soft-soled shoes 8pm  (603) 267-7227
North Yarmouth ME Wescustogo Hall, 475 Walnut Hill Road, family dance with Kathryn Larson and the Wescustogo Ramblers 6-7:30pm, contra dance with Fiona Schubeck & John Cote with Bob Golder calling 8:30-midnight  (207) 865-9014
11Concord NH Presidential Oaks (NH Odd Fellows home) Auditorium, intersection of Pleasant and Minot Streets, English country dance Marianne Taylor and Ken Allen 5:30-7:45pm  (603) 463-7771
12Nelson NH Town Hall, Rich Hart, Don Primrose, Byron Ricker, and others calling, music by Harvey Tolman, Bob McQuillen, and others, always an open mike for both callers and musicians 8-10:30pm  (603) 827-3455
16Manchester NH Mill-a-Round Dance Studio, 250 Commercial Street, Chris Weiler and Contra Loco Beginners workshop 7:30pm, dance 8-11pm  (603) 668-1086
Brunswick ME People Plus Center, 6 Noble Street, John McIntire, Bondeaux Redux. Family dance 7pm, contrs 8-llpm   (207) 729-4718
17Bowdoinham ME Town Hall, Bill Olson and Scrod Pudding, 8:30-midnight  (207) 666-3090
Concord NH East Concord Community Center, 18 Eastman Road, Dorsey-Parrott Pick-Ups 8pm  (603) 225-4917
Walpole NH Town Hall, Ralph Sweet with Ethan Hazzard-Watkins and Ann Percival 8pm  (802) 257-9234
19Nelson NH Town Hall, Rich Hart, Don Primrose, Byron Ricker, and others calling, music by Harvey Tolman, Bob McQuillen, and others, always an open mike for both callers and musicians 8-10:30pm  (603) 827-3455
23Milford NH Town Hall, Frank Woodward and the Milford Musicians 8pm  (603) 487-2480
North Whitefield ME St. Denis Parish Hall 8:30pm  (207) 495-2331
24Kingston NH Town Hall   (603) 772-5355
Simonton Corners ME Community Hall (near Rockport), Bondeau Redux, 7pm polka workshop with Nancy Rosalee, contradance 8pm   (207) 549-7199
25Brattleboro VT Gibson-Aiken Center, 207 Main Street, Dawn Dance. English 2:30-5:30 Andrew Shaw calling with Dave Langford, Reinmar Seidler and Jacqueline Schwab. Contras 8pm-7am Will Mentor with Celticladda; Steve Zakon-Anderson with Little Bandemonium, and Rebecca Lay with Amelia Mason, Emily Troll, Bethany Waickman and Simon Chrisman. Advance tickets recommended. Clean soft-soled shoes.  (802) 257-1571 or info@dawndance.org
26Nelson NH Town Hall, Rich Hart, Don Primrose, Byron Ricker, and others calling, music by Harvey Tolman, Bob McQuillen, and others, always an open mike for both callers and musicians 8-10:30pm  (603) 827-3455
Concerts
1Liz Carroll and John Doyle, Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center Street, Northampton MA  (413) 584-0610
2Solas, World Music, Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square, Somerville MA 8pm  (617) 876-4275
Barra MacNeils, The Blackstone River Theatre, 549 Broad Street Cumberland RI 8pm  (401) 725-9272
Liz Carroll and John Doyle,New Bedford Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill Road, New Bedford MA  (508) 997-0046 ext 34
3Josée Vachon, Amesbury Middle School auditorium, 220 Main Street, Amesbury MA 7pm  (978) 388-8148
4Liz Carroll and John Doyle, Club Passim, 47 Palmer Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge MA 7:30pm  (617) 492-7679
Josée Vachon, Banquet de la Survivance Française, Ramada Inn, Lewiston ME 12:30pmnbsp; Reservations only (207) 784-1434
7Two Old Friends, First Parish Baptist Church, Plaistow NH 7pm
8Matt and Shannon Heaton, Club Passim, 47 Palmer Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge MA 8pm  (617) 492-7679
North Sea Gas, Ceilidh House, Route 1, Westmoreland NH 8pm  (603) 358-5533
Buddy MacDonald and Rachel Davis, New England Celtic Arts, 2 Highland Drive, South Carthage ME 7pm  (207) 562-4445
9North Sea Gas, Elysium Arts Folk Club, Lower Mill at Salmon Falls, Rollinsford NH 8pm  (603) 743-4700
Lissa Schneckenburger Trio, house concert, Bowdoinham ME
Andrea Beaton, Bull Run, 215 Great Road, Shirley MA 8:30pm  (978) 425-4311
10Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dug Way Road, Brookfield ME 8pm  (866) 227-6523
Andrea Beaton and Kimberley Fraser, Cape Breton Gaelic Club, Canadian American Club, Watertown MA 8pm (978) 858-3792
David Francey, Wolfeboro Folk Series, Moody Mountain Farm, 100 Pork Hill Road (just off Route 28), Wolfeboro NH 7pm  (603) 522-8697
Buddy MacDonald and Rachel Davis, house concert, The Creeks, Lebanon NH 7:30pm  Reserve in advance (603) 448-2544
10-11The Rhode Island Folk Festival featuring Jerimoth Hill and Blue Around The Edges, Peeptoad Coffeehouse, North Foster Baptist Church, 81 E. Killingly Road, Foster RI 9am-10:30pm
11North Sea Gas, One Longfellow Square, 181 State Street, Portland, ME 8pm  (207) 761-1757
12BCMFest (Boston Celtic Music Festival) Presents Celtic Music Monday @ Club Passim: "School's (Almost) Out!" featuring musicians under the age of 21 - Amanda Cavanaugh, Katie McNally, Mia Friedman, Eden Forman, Hannah Read, Eric Robertson and Nuala O'Donovan, Club Passim, 47 Palmer Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge MA 8pm  (617) 492-7679
13North Sea Gas, Gardiner Sportsmen's Club, Gardiner, ME 8pm  (207) 582-1337
14Kevin McElroy, Blue, 650A Congress Street, Portland ME 7:30pm  (207) 774-4111
North Sea Gas, New England Celtic Arts, 2 Highland Drive, South Carthage ME 7pm  (207) 562-4445
15David Francey and Craig Werth, The Blackstone River Theatre, 549 Broad Street Cumberland RI 8pm  (401) 725-9272
Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, KTC Concerts, Katherine Cornell Theater, Vineyard Haven MA 8pm  (508) 693-3896
17Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, Rhode Island Scottish Festival, Washington County Fairgrounds, Richmond RI 9am-5pm
Aubrey Atwater, children's show, The Blackstone River Theatre, 549 Broad Street Cumberland RI 1pm  (401) 725-9272
Matt and Shannon Heaton, The Blackstone River Theatre, 549 Broad Street Cumberland RI 8pm  (401) 725-9272
18Two Old Friends, Needham Public Library, Needham MA 3pm
Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas, Union Hall Coffee House, First Religious Society, 27 School Street, Carlisle MA 7:30pm  (978) 287-5745
22David Surette & Susie Burke, Old Berwick Historical Society, Counting House, South Berwick ME 7pm
23Matt Cunningham Band, Irish Cultural Centre of New England, 200 New Boston Road, Canton MA 8pm  (781) 828-7276
24Four Shillings Short, Del Rossi's Trattoria, Dublin NH
Kimberley Fraser, Town Library, 2 Concord Street, Peterborough NH 6:30-7:30pm workshop; concert 8-9pm  (603) 924-8040
25Four Shillings Short, Beech Hill Farm, 107 Beech Hill Road Hopkinton NH 1-4pm  Free (donation)  (603) 223-0828
28Two Old Friends, Rumford Public Library, Rumford ME 6:30pm
Matt and Shannon Heaton, Blue, 650A Congress Street, Portland ME 7:30pm  (207) 774-4111
29Matt and Shannon Heaton, New England Celtic Arts, 2 Highland Drive, South Carthage ME 7pm  (207) 562-4445
31Trouz Bras, music and dance of Brittany, Music-For-Robin, concert and dance, First Baptist Church, 1580 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 8pm  (781) 862-7837
Four Shillings Short, Chapel Arts, 13 Glen Road, Gorham NH  (603) 466-2129
Sessions
Tuesdays
Irish/Celtic sessions at the Barley House Restaurant and Tavern, 132 North Main Street, Concord NH  7-10pm  (603) 229-0083

Irish session led by “Rocky” Rockwood, Kelley's Row, 421 Central Avenue, Dover NH 7-10pm  (603) 750-7081. All singers and musicians welcome.
Wednesdays
Irish session with An Banna Ceoil, Kelley's Row, 421 Central Avenue, Dover NH 7:30pm  (603) 750-7081

Irish session, Blue, 650A Congress Street, Portland ME (207) 774-4111 9pm
Concert at 7:30pm, different guests each week

Thursdays
Traditional Irish music session, Molly Malone's, State Street, Portsmouth NH 7:30-10:30pm
Fridays
Traditional music session every Friday, Press Room, 77 Daniel Street, Portsmouth NH 5pm
Saturdays
Set dance ceili and session, last Saturday of the month, home of Tim & Cynthia Neale  (603) 329-4249 or neale@metro2000.net
Sundays
Weekly Irish music seisiun, Cú Na Mara, 11 Hobart Street, Rte.3A, Bristol NH  (603) 744-6336

Weekly Irish music session with Roger Burridge, The Shaskeen Pub, 909 Elm Street Manchester, NH 4-8pm  (603) 625-0246

J.P.O'Hanlon's, 9 Main Street, Ayer MA 3:30-8pm  (978) 772-9282

Cape Breton Ceilidh, 3rd Sunday, Canadian American Club, 202 Arlington St., Watertown, MA 3-7pm  (978) 858-3792

Brian Boru's, 7 Center Street, Portland ME (207) 780-1506 3-6pm

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