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January Festival Lineup
The 10th annual BCMFest will be held January 11-12, 2013.
The most recent updates to the lineup were made December 4th. Please check back, as performers may be added.
Friday, January 11, 7PM
Club Passim, 47 Palmer Street
The 10th Annual BCMFest Kick-Off Concert
New Tunes from Boston: Boston's Celtic Composers
spotlighting the area's young, innovative musical talent
Katie McNally and Eric McDonald
Bronwyn Keith Hynes
Molly Pinto Madigan
Amanda Cavanaugh
Friday, January 11, 8PM
The Atrium, 50 Church Street, 4th Floor
The Boston Urban Ceilidh dance party
Always one of BCMFest's most popular events
featuring performance and instruction.
No experience necessary -- all dances will be taught.
Cape Breton dance with
Emerald Rae
Rachel Reeds
Janine Randall
with Mary MacGillivray calling
Irish Set Dancing with Lisa Chaplin
and the students of the O'Shea Chaplin School of Dance
Live music from Core 4 and
Laura Cortese & The Boston Urban Ceilidh Band
Saturday, January 12, 10AM - 5:30PM (full schedule below)
Club Passim and First Parish Church, 3 Church Street
BCMFest's "Dayfest"
Songs, storytelling and other children's and family entertainment in the morning
and four stages of performances, participatory dance and jam sessions throughout the day.
| Club Passim | Parlor | Attic - Sessions | Sanctuary |
|---|---|---|---|
|
10AM Family Music with the Bells 10:30AM Lindsay Adler Hurdy Gurdy demo 10:45AM Kid Sing with Matt Heaton 11:30AM Skylark teen Irish fiddle quartet 12:15PM Belclare & Co. traditional Irish tunes and songs 1:15PM Mairin Ui Cheide sean-nos (old style) song 2:15PM The Stars of Munster: A Tribute to Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford with Armand Aromin & Dan Accardi 3:15PM Flynn Cohen & The Deadstring Ensemble multi-genre tunes and songs 4:15PM Nic Gareiss and Anna Lindblad fiddle and feet |
11:45AM Singers in the Round: Bob Bradshaw, Diane Taraz, and Michael O'Leary 12:45PM The Coyne Family traditional Irish 1:45PM Joey Abarta and His Amazing Uilleann Pipes 2:45PM George Keith and Sean Gannon Irish fiddle, accordion, guitar 3:45PM Corvus Irish tunes and songs" 4:45PM "Move the Rolling Sky": The Music of Steeleye, Fairport, and Pentangle |
12PM Royal Scottish Country Dance Society of Boston demo and participation 1PM Scottish Session hosted by The Boston Scottish Fiddle Club 2:15PM Cape Breton Kitchen Ceilidh 2:30PM Kira and Cliff McGann 3:15PM Kyle MacKillop & Friends 4PM Irish Tunes and Songs Session hosted by Carraroe |
12:45PM Acoustic Interlude: Joey Abarta 1PM The Whiskey Boys & Shinbone Alley 1:45PM Acoustic Interlude: Core 4 2PM Matt Heaton & The Electric Heaters: Surf Sligo 2:45PM Acoustic Interlude: Katie and Eric 3PM The Liz Hanley Band contemporary tunes and songs rooted in the Irish tradition 3:45PM Acoustic Interlude: Skylark 4PM Hanneke Cassel and Mike Block contemporary Scottish fiddle and cello |
Saturday, January 12, 7:30PM
First Parish Church, 3 Church Street
The 2013 BCMFest Finale Concert
"Forward and Back: The First 10 Years"
Hosted by Brian O'Donovan, host of WGBH-FM's "A Celtic Sojourn"
BCMFest finale concerts typically honor the Celtic traditions, and those who have kept them going in the Boston area, while enthusiastically looking ahead to what the future holds for the music. This evening will comprise three segments, each celebrating an aspect of Boston’s robust Celtic community.
- A “blast” of Cape Breton music and dance, with Emerald Rae (fiddle), Matt Phelps (pipes) and Janine Randall (piano).
- A performance by Highland Dance Boston, which blends traditional highland and step dances of the Scottish tradition with contemporary influences.
- A tribute to Boston Irish music legend Larry Reynolds by faculty of the Boston Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann School of Music that Reynolds helped establish. Performers will include George Keith & Sean Gannon, Patrick Hutchinson, Cara Frankowicz, John, Lisa & Josie Coyne, and Regina Delaney; also participating will be students of the Boston Comhaltas Music School plus other special guests.
BCMFest is forever grateful to all the talented and creative performers who have appeared at the festival since it began. Each year's list is an overview of the various individuals, bands or special acts that have graced the BCMFest stages. If we left anyone out, please let us know!