Festival 2009 Events
Tuesday, March 10th
The Greg Delanty Green Reading
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Author, poet and educator, Greg Delanty reads poems that are green. Delanty’s most recent books are The Ship of Birth, The Blind Stitch and The Hellbox. His Collected Poems 1986-2006 is out from the Oxford Poet’s series of Carcanet Press. He has received many awards, most recently a Guggenheim for poetry. The National Library of Ireland have recently acquired his papers up to the end of 2012.
Location: Farrell Room, St. Edmund's Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, VT
Admission: Free, Donations Welcome
Friday, March 13th
Lecture: "When Champlain was an Irish Lake" by Vince Feeney
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Few people realize that many Irish immigrants first disembarked in the United States in the Lake Champlain port cities of Plattsburg and Whitehall, New York, and in St. Albans and Burlington, Vermont. As a consequence, like New York and Boston, the Champlain lake ports became important centers of Irish settlement. Vince Feeney outlines the importance of Lake Champlain to Irish emigration to America. Feeney is a long time adjunct professor of Irish history at UVM, author of numerous articles on Irish and Irish American history and currently completing a history of the Irish in Vermont.
Location: Community Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, VT
Admission: Free, Donations Welcome
Saturday, March 14th
Children's Stories and Crafts
10:00 a.m. - Noon
Share the Celtic heritage with a new generation. This event features stories and images of the Irish and Irish-Americans. Hear classic Irish tales, learn a few words in the Irish language, and create some Irish themed crafts. All ages are welcome.
Location: Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, VT
Admission: Free, donations welcome
Concert: Atlantic Crossing
7:00 p.m.
For over a dozen years Atlantic Crossing has been thrilling audiences and contradancers with traditional songs and acoustic instrumental music from New England - music which has its roots in the Celtic British Isles and in French & Maritime Canada - together with original compositions inspired by these traditions. Join us for an evening of music featuring this marvelous band.
Presented through a Masterpiece Performance grant from the National Endownment for the Arts via the Vermont Arts Council.
Location: First Congregational Church, South Winooski Avenue, Burlington, VT
Admission: All Tickets are $15.00 and can be purchased at the door.
Sunday, March 15th
Festival Ceili
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Ceili is the Irish word for a music, dancing, handclapping good time! The Annual Festival Ceili is fun for the whole family with Irish stepdancing and some of Vermont’s finest Celtic musicians. Hear fiddles and flutes, Irish pipes and pennywhistles, and the bodhran, a traditional Irish frame drum. Area musicians are welcome to bring their instruments and join in for a lively seisun.
Presented in association with Burlington City Arts.
Location: Contois Auditorium, Burlington City Hall, Burlington, VT
Admission: Free, donations welcome
The Third Annual Burlington Irish Music Showcase
6:00 p.m.
The Burlington Irish Heritage Festival proudly presents our third annual Showcase of outstanding Vermont musicians performing Celtic music from Traditional dance tunes to rousing Irish-American pub favorites and award-winning original compositions. This event supports the Sustic Fund which assists area families facing childhood leukemia. Performers scheduled to appear are:
- John Murray
- Fiddleheads
- Marty Morrissey
- Jake Greico
- Anthony Santoro
- Geordie Lynd
- Triskele
- McFadden School of Irish Dance
- Owen and Elly Marshall
- Benedict Koehler and Hilari Farrington
- Sarah Blair
Presented in affiliation with Events for Tom.
Location: Contois Auditorium, Burlington City Hall, Burlington, VT
Admission: All Tickets are $15.00 and can be purchased at the door
Monday, March 16th
Irish Music: Trinity
7:30 p.m.
Local Irish music group Trinity performs an evening of music and songs.
Location: Ri-Ra the Irish Pub, 123 Main Street, Burlington, VT
Tuesday, March 17th
St. Patrick's Day Concert: Grada and Slide
7:30 p.m.
Once again the partnership of the UVM Lane Series, the Flynn Theatre and the Burlington Irish Heritage Festival presents an evening of first-rate Irish talent. This year, we welcome two of the hottest young bands from Ireland: Dublin-based Grada: Irish music with “enough steam in its heels to leave most of its peers at the starting blocks” (The Irish Times); and Slide. Both are known for their exciting mix of the traditional and new. Whether you are Irish, or just love the music, this is the place to be on March 17th (unless of course you’re in Dublin or Sligo)!
More Information
Location: Flynn Theatre, Main Street, Burlington, VT
Admission: Tickets start at $29.00 ($25 student) and can be purchased online here or by calling the Flynn Box Office at (802) 863-5966.
Saturday, March 28th
A Concert for St. Patrick
7:00 p.m.
The Concert for St. Patrick is a wonderful tradition at St. Michael's College of Irish music, dancing and much more. Performers this year include Prydein, the St. Michael's Celtic Knights, and the McFadden Academy, just to name a few.
Location: McCarthy Arts Recital Hall at St. Michael's College, Colchester, VT
Admission: Tickets can be purchased at the door. General admission is $8 and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Vermont Family Network.