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FOLKS-from this weeks local papers &
other sources-ENJOY
May 25 - June 30th 2008-/www.lobsterpalooza.ca
www.ridethelobster.com
***Cheticamp-Doryman's tavern [224-9909]
Every thursday Maurice Poirier &
Chester Delaney
May 10th- Marc Boudreau,
May 17th-2pm-6pm-Andrea Beaton &
May 24th-Dawn Beaton,
May 31st-TBA,
***Cheticamp-Le Gabriel Lounge [224-3685] www.legabriel.com
May 9th-9pm-1am-benefit dance for margaret Darlene Ingraham,-
with Jason Roach, Chrissy Crowley & more
May 11th-2:30pm-6pm-Ashley MacIsaqac & Maybelle Chisholm MacQueen;
@$8
May 17 -Bluegrass Diamonds
May 31 -Bobby Currie Band
***Cheticamp-Legion # 32-(224-2855),
May 11th- VE Day -2-5 pm-Live Entertainment. ,
5 pm -dinner;(reserve by May 5th at 224-2855)
***Cheticamp-Parkway Louge & Restaurant [224-3232]
music every Friday nite
May 9th-Guy LeBlanc
***Cheticamp-Radio CKJM @ 106.1fm [224-1242]
www.ckjm.ca
...Sat 5pm-6pm EST.-Gaelic/English program 'Aisrigh nan Gaidheal'
...http://www.ckjm.ca/english/ home/index.cfm
***Belle Cote-Community Center
May 17th-9pm-1am-Square Dance-Andrea BEATON
***Margaree Centre-Cranton Cross Roads Community Centre
May 18th-2pm-4:30pm-jam session; free will offering
[every second Sunday]
May 10th-7:30pm-Journey of the heart-DVD release; @$20
proceeds for Margaree River projects
***Margaree Forks-Drs Coady & Tompkins Library; [248-2821]
May 12th-7pm-reading by author Teresa MacIsaac from
“a Better Life’
***Southwest Margaree-St Joseph's Parish Hall
- 19678 Highway 19, Adult Square Dances:
10pm-1am-[ June to Aug]-@ $7 [248-2677-hall] 19+
May 25th-7pm-Variety Concert-Andrea Beaton
***Inverness-ICCA Arts Centre[ 258-2533,3212]
-#16080 Hwy @19
www.invernessarts.ca
May 7th & 8th-8pm-Centre Stage Players=
’Cobbler, stick to thy last’ @$5
May 16th-8pm-Cape Breton Live: Take 02 CD Release;
Andrea BEATON
**INverness-Hoff 258-3166
May 10th-Working Class Band
**Inverness-Legion #132 [258-2340][Captain Angus L MacDonald ]
May 17th-9pm-1am-benefit dance with ‘Neon Moon’; FREE
***Invereness-St Matthew’s church
May 10th-2pm-Inverness County Singers-’Spring in Song’
monetary & food donations accepted for local
food banks
***Mabou-Community Hall
May 18th-7:30pm-Annual May Concert-
***Mabou-The Red Shoe Pub Main St
[Heather RANKIN];945-2477,2326;
info@redshoepub.com]
www.redshoepub.com.. May 2007-945-2996;
redshoe@ns.aliantzinc.ca
May 30th-10pm-1am-Beolach reunites; @ $10
May 31st-10pm-1am-Eddie Cummings & Stephen Gillis @ $6
***West Mabou Hall Round & Square Dance[945-2816] 10pm-1am
www.angelfire.com/ca2/ wmsquaredancing; @ $6 /children under 12
free
May 10th-Ian MacDougall & guest
***Mabou-Strathspey Place [945-5300]
www.strathspeyplace.com
May 12th-7:30pm-Lieutenant Governor’s Concert Series
Her Honour The Honourable Mayann E. Francis, ONS, Lieutenant
Governor
of Nova Scotia And The Saint Cecilia Concert Society Request the
pleasure of your company at the:
The Lieutenant Governor’s Concert Series
Featuring: Puirt a Baroque
Scott Macmillan: classical/steel-stringed guitars
David Greenberg: baroque/modern violin
David Sandall: harpsichord; Reception to Follow. : FREE
May 31st-7pm-Brenda Stubbert CD Release Concert-"Endless Memories",
with Howie MacDonald, Jerry Holland, Dave MacIsaac,
Molly Rankin, Mac Morin, & more; @ $20
***Mabou-St Mary’s Catholic Church
May 9th-7:30pm-Inverness County Singers-’Spring in Song’
monetary & food donations accepted for local
food banks
***Glencoe Mills--St.Josephs Church Parish Hall
-Family Square Dances every THU- 10pm-1am NO ALCOHOL SERVED
May 18th-Family Square Dance;
Music: Kinnon & Betty Beaton. @ $6
***Port Hood-St. Stephen’s United Church
Jul 27th-7pm-Musique Royale with David Greenberg & Chris Norman
Sept 14th-7pm-Ennis Family singers
***Judique-Community Centre [787-2434]
May 9th-9pm-12am-square dance with Ashley MacIsaac
& Maybelle Chisholm MacQueen;
May 10th-8pm-The Men of The Deeps in Concert ; 19+ @ $15
***Judique-Community Centre [787-2434]
alt sundays-2pm-5pm- @ $ 3/person & $ 8/family.
[787-2805, 625-5345 or 625-1811].
May 11th-2pm-5pm-Highland Guitar Society-jam session
[May 25, Jun 1]
***Judique-Celtic Music Centre [787-2708]
[www.celticmusicsite.com ]
....info@celticmusicsite.com-3pm-7pm-Ceilidh- @ $7
May 11th-3pm-7pm-Ceilidh-Bonnie Jean MacDonald & Mac Morin @ $7
May 18th-3pm-7pm-Ceilidh-Colin Grant & guest @ $7
May 23rd-9:30 pm-1am-Pub Night-Ed Cummings & Vernon MacDougall
@ $7
May 25th-3pm-7pm-Ceilidh-Cape Breton Live-CD release-"Take 2"
@ $7; Andrea Beaton
***Judique-Celtic Music Centre [787-2708]
[www.celticmusicsite.com ]
....info@celticmusicsite.com-3pm-7pm-Ceilidh- @ $7
Oct 13 to 17th-Buddy MacMaster School of Fiddling:
Oct 19th-The Grand Finale concert-Howie MacDonald,
Glenn Graham, Andrea Beaton, Mairi Rankin, Wendy MacIsaac,
Dwayne Cote, Kyle MacNeil, Dave MacIsaac, Jerry Holland,
Colin Grant.; @ $20 www.celticmusicsite.com
***Port Hawkesbury/Worldwide - Cape Breton Live
-Sunday @ 8pm www.capebretonlive.com
***Port Hawkesbury-101.5fm 'Music of Ireland
...with Paul Davis- www.musicofireland.com
May 11th-7pm-
***Port Hawkesbury/Antigonish -101.5 FM The Hawk..www. 1015thehawk.com
...East Coast Rising-Sundays @ 9am-noon
...Highland Fling-Sundays @ 6pm -7pm with Bob MacEachern
May 11th-
***Port Hawkesbury- Civic Centre [625-7891, 625-2591]
... 218 Unit 1 MacSween St. www.phcivic.com
May 24th-8pm-David Myles @ $15
Presented by 1015 The Hawk, & the Port Hawkesbury
Civic Centre, supported by The Reporter and Maritime Inns.
***Port Hawkesbury-SAERC Auditorium [625-2591]
May 31 -2pm-Mermaid Theatre presents-A Very Hungry Caterpillar
@ $10 adult;
Presented by 1015 The Hawk & the Port Hawkesbury Civic
Centre
***Blues Mills Firehall
May 16-7:30pm-bi-weekly ceilidh
[May 16th, 30th]
***Iona-Highland Village Museum [725-2272]
47th Annual Highland Village Day concert and dance
May 17th-1-4 pm- Òrain as t-Earrach (Songs in Spring) @ $10
***Ross Ferry-Knox Presbyterian Church
May 10th-7:30pm-Ceilidh ; Refreshments
****St. Ann’s Bay United Church
May 10th-11 am-St. Ann’s Bay United Church presents
‘AESOP’S FABLES PUPPET SHOW’. @ Adults $6.
Proceeds to the North River Playground Restoration Project.
A light lunch dekempt@hotmail.com (736-3583)
lmlfinney@ns.sympatico.ca
(929-2889) inthemeadow@ns.sympatico.ca (929-2278)
***Sydney River-Our Lady of Fatima church Hall,
May 25th-2pm-Second Wind Community Band [15th year]
Spring Presentation; & L’Arche Cape Breton Community
the fourth annual “Spirit of Friendship” fundraiser,
MC-Ian McNeil. in memory of Ron MacKay
reception and book sale [Coles Bookstore] to follow.
[All the books that get purchased will go to the
Jeremy Harris Living Memorial Library at L’arche
CB]
***North Sydney-St.Joseph’s Church
May 10th-7:30pm-The Cape Breton Orchestra
spring concert ‘Waltz into Spring’
**Northend of Sydney-Upstairs.- crnr of Ferry & Dolbin Sts
...[371-3366 or 371-0329]www.houseofrock.ca.........www.upsta irs.ca
May 9th-10pm-Loudlove with guests 19+
May 16th-10pm-Steven Bowers and his crew. 19+
May 17th-1opm-Sleepless Nights, & Carmen Townsend , 19+
May 30th-10pm-Trevor James , 19+
***Sydney-Bunkers-Peanut Bar(233 Esplanade)
May 9th-10pm-2am-Joe Moroze, Steve Fifield
& Darlene
Sparling; @ $5 (19+)
May 10th-10pm-2am-Transatlantic Zodiac Band. @ $5 (19+)
May 16th-10pm-2am-Telfer, Fallin, Tim Chaisson & Morning Fold;
@ $5 (19+)
May 17th-10pm-2am-M.T.Q.-Matthew Thauvette Quintet
@ $5 (19+)
May 30th-10pm-2am-The Real Deal,Myles Deck
& The Fuzz, & Ricochet : 19+
***Sydney-Capri Club-Charlotte Street
..Wednesdays-10pm-12-comedy group, Improv U, @
$3 www.improvu.com 19+
***Sydney-Maxwell’s-Charlotte St
May 9th- [every 2nd Fri-4 Men In A Tub
May 16th-11pm-Rock'n Rebels , Ricochet,
The Dirt Merchants @ $ 5 19+
May 22nd-11pm-Hot Springs, The Roots & Rhythm Remain @ $5 19+
May 24th-11pm-L'embuscade, Morse Code Alphabet, J’Unite & local
guests
@ $5 - 19+
May 30th-10pm-Trevor James; 19+
***Sydney-McConnell Library-50 Falmouth St[562-3161].
May 8th-7pm-Marq de Villers-Author of Witch in the Wind:
The True Story of the Legendary Bluenose,
with-Beatrice MacNeil,Susan Zettell,and a special tribute to
Rita Joe (1932-2007). Host: Wendy Bergfeldt,
snacks and refreshments
sponsored by Breton Books,CBU press,&CB regional Library.
***Sydney-Membertou Trade & Convention Centre [539-2300]
... www.membertoutcc.com
May 16th & 17th-7pm-DORIS MASON AT MESCALERO'S
[dinner reservations @ Mescalero¹s at 562-6220
***Sydney-United Baptist ChurchCharlotte Street
May 11th-3 pm-The Cape Breton Orchestra-
spring concert Waltz into Spring
***Grand Mira-St. Margaret’s Community Hall,
May 10th-9am-4pm-A Gaelic Day with Louis MacKinnon
Lunch provided. [727-2071 , 727-3113].
***Dominion-Sandbar Tavern
May 10th-5:30pm-8:30pm-ceilidh with Mario Colosimo & Dwayne Cote
***New Waterford-Rack & Roll Pub
May 24th-10pm-2am-Madame Brown @ (19+)
***Whitney Pier-Society for The Arts [577-9645, 567-1492]
Whitney Pier -Memorial Jr. High School, Jamieson St.
May 12th-7:30pm-annual arts festival, ‘PierScape’
Special Guest & Key Note Speaker-Chief Justice Michael
MacDonald. running until May 17th.
May 15th-6pm-9pm-photography workshop with John Ratchford
@ $10 [ 567-1492]
***Whitney Pier-Historical Museum-Mount Pleasant, St.
May 16th-6pm-9pm-workshop in Creative Writing,
with CBU Professor Alex Pierce, $10
[567-1492]
****Whitney Pier-St. Albans Hall- St Albans St,
May 30th-5:30pm-Vibratronica, Ricochet, The Real Deal,
Suffer The System, Myles Deck & The Fuzz ; @ $5
all ages
**Glace Bay-Town Chorus-’25th.Anniversary
May 10th-8pm- Mother’s Day concert -@ $10
[ Adie Currie 849-3058; Paulette Sulliman 849-9682]
***Glace Bay-Great Hall Cape Breton University [563-1199].
May 22nd to 25th-Folklore Conference-Ian Brodie,
***Glace Bay-Cape Breton University, 1250 Grand Lake Rd.,
Art Gallery-Suzanne Crowdis-co-ordinator
9:30am to 4:30pm, Tuesday to
Friday.
May: Cape Breton Victoria Regional School Board - display of
student works of art
***-Glace Bay-the Savoy Theatre www.savoytheatre.com
...[842-1577];902-564-6668- online through www.reservatech.net
May 10th-8pm-Glace Bay Coal Town Chorus
-25th Anniversary Mother's Day Concert
-The Glace Bay Coal Town Chorus, @$10 [Adie 849-3058;
Paulette 849-9682]
May 18th-8pm-Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto ,
director- Dr. Lydia Adams
Sponsored by St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Brookside St,
May 20th & 21st-8pm-Leonard Cohen & musicians: Roscoe Beck,
Neil Larsen,
Bob Metzger, Javier Mas, Christine Wu, Rafael Gayol (drums
& percussion) and Dino Soldo (keyboard, saxophone, wind instruments
& vocals).
@ $72.50 & $100 (plus service charges
May 25th-8pm-Wendy Muise Fundraiser’ --Stephanie
Hardy-www.stephaniehardy.com
***D’Escousse Civic Inprovement Hall [Ambrose 226-3670]
May 31st-noon-benefit in support of Billy MacLeod [stroke]
auction, bingo & dance
www.freewebs.com/billybenefit
***St.Peter's-Lion's Hall[535-3446]
-3rd annual Estwood Davidson Memorial Bursary Fund Concert
May 10th-7pm-10pm-concert with Troy MacGillvary, Howie MacDonald,
Dave MacIsaac, Mac Morin, Donnie Campbell. @ $ 15.
Proceeds going to graduating students at Richmond Academy.
[Verna -535-2166, Sherry 535-3182,
Debbie 535-2495, Jean 587-2249, Joan 535-2557].
***St. Peters-Bras d'Or Lakes Inn- [535-2200]
[1-800-818-5885] www.brasdorlakesinn.com
May 17th-9pm-1am-Singer Song-Writer Circle -Robert Bouchard, Chad
Tetford,
Stephanie Hardy & Angelo Spinazzola: @ $10
May 24th-7pm-10pm-Murder Mystery Dinner & Theatre: @$30+ tax
‘Hulas & Homicide’
***Lower River-Riverdale Community Hall
May 18th-2pm-country music jam & open mic; lite lunch
[Howard 625-3289]
***River Bourgeois-Tara Lynne Community Centre
May 17th-4pm-6pm-pot luck supper
7pm-concert; sponsored by RBCSS
***Sampsonville-Lakeside Community Centre [535-2990]
May 18th-7:30pm-variety concert & tea; [535-3744]
***Havre Boucher-Community Centre
May 25th-2pm-5pm-Hank's Jamboree, @$ 5; lite lunch
...all proceeds go towards Community Centre[every 4th Sunday];
[ Jun 22nd, Sept 28th]
**Lower South River-DragonFly Cafe [Uncle Ron's]-863-2574
...owner-Suzanne Benoit- www.dragonflycafe.ca
May 10th- Charlie A’Court-@ $20-
***Antigonish-St.Francis Xavier University [1800-877-909]
....http://www.stfx.ca 1-877-909-stfx [ 867-3333]
......The Gael's Voice, Radio Antigonish-Sundays 8 -10 p.m.
....(Guth Nan Gaidheal Reidio Antigonish), 92.5 FM www.cfxu.ca,
....hosts, Robert Bingham , & Virginia MacLeod
***Antigonish-St. Francis Xavier University www.stfx.ca
May 9th to 11th-Feis Antigonish
***Antigonish-Piper's Pub-College St, [863-2590]
www.antigonishceilidhs.com/ The Antigonish Ceilidh
Association
Alternating Saturdays, 2-5pm
May 17 - Kinnon & Betty Lou Beaton
May 31 - Colin Grant
***Canso-Stanfest-1-888-554-7826-www.stanfest.com
Jul 4, 5th, 6th- Joel Farfard, Andy Irvine, Tanglefoot, Kraig Kenning,
Black Umfolosi, Ryan LeBlanc, Chuck Brodsky, Beppe Gambetta
Bruce Guthro, Coco Love Alcorn, Mark Stuart, Stacey Earle
Matt Andersen, Hot Toddy Trio, Graham Isaacson, Martyn Joseph,
Martin Sexton,Garnet Rogers, The Santa Cruz River Band &
Tony Cox,
***Halifax-The Shriners' Hall-3530 Connolly St.
[Anna Fiander -<FianderA@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca>]
www.capebretonclub.150m.com [info Les MacKinnon
434-6022]
May 31 - TBA
