Cape Breton Music Roundup #28 - March 19 2015 - March 22 2015
Hey All,
First, all our recommendations this week come with the caveat to call ahead and make sure the event is still a go. The first day of Spring is Friday but you wouldn't know it by looking outside, plow drivers and municipal and provincial workers are hard at it though and by Friday, hopefully everything will be good to go. It would be great if it is because this is one heck of a weekend for music all around the Island. We're starting with an early show in St. Peter's on Thursday, a jam session hosted by Jason Williams MacDonald. They will be taking donations at the door for a great cause. Thursday also features a great show in Port Hastings with a Jam hosted by Mac Campbell. Friday is simple packed. First the Songbird series continues in Little Narrows featuring Halifax based pop-folk quartet Hillsburn. These shows are amazing and our top recommendation for the weekend, tickets are limited due to the intimate nature of the show but if you are in the area or can safely get there, you should. Keith Mullins and Kim Wempe will be attempting to get Spring in gear with what will be a great show at The Dancing Goat Cafe in Margaree. The Civic Centre in Port Hawkesbury has another great event lined up with Eddie Cummings, Liam Brophy and Andre Pettipas rocking the night away. If you are seeking a heavier sound, check out the return of Moxham Castle along with Vicious, from Halifax and Thirty Aught Six at Embers, a great metal combination. Saturday brings us to Governor's and a show with the Mikey Space Jam Band featuring Mike Le Lievre, Glen Bourgeois and Jordan Bruleigh of Back Pocket Material. They'll be kicking up some funky dance jams to get you up and moving. They'll be joined by Long Island Road and Blair Lucas and The Apple Corps for a complete evening. Saturday also features a mega show at the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre, Ice Breaker a show in support of Cape Breton Music Industry Cooperative and featuring Sprag Session, Jordan Musycysn Band, Port Cities (Carleton Stone, Dylan Guthro, Breagh MacKinnon), The Beaton Sisters and more! All in all, just a great weekend for live music, get out and check it out.
- Thursday March 19 2015
- Potluck and Jam Session with Jason Williams MacDonald - Lion's Hall, St. Peter's
- 5:30 PM
- Donations for "Free the children - the year of empowerment campaign", for families in Kenya
- Thursday Celtic Jam Sessions with Mac Campbell - Creignish Recreation, Port Hastings
- **Cancelled For This Week**
- 7:30 PM
- Donation
- Friday March 20 2015
- Songbird Series with Hillsburn - Little Narrows Community Centre, Little Narrows
- 7 PM
- $15
- Keith Mullins & Kim Wempe - The Dancing Goat Cafe and Bakery, Margaree
- 7:30 PM
- $20
- Eddie Cummings, Liam Brophy, Andre Pettipas - Civic Centre, Port Hawkesbury
- 9 PM
- $10
- Moxham Castle with Vicious and Thirty Aught Six - Embers Southern Barbeque, Sydney
- 11 PM
- $8
- Saturday March 21 2015
Cape Breton Music Roundup #17 - Tipsy Eve - Boxing Day 2014
Hey All,
So we didn't put out a list of recommended shows this weekend, instead we decided to wait to release this list of shows for tipsy eve to boxing day. Not going into great detail on each show, just going to drop a bigger list trying to cover as much of what's going on as possible. For a our full list of shows be sure to check out Music Guide Cape Breton.
- December 23 2014
- Jingle Blues with Highway 125 - Steel City Sports Bar, Sydney
- 9 PM
- Apollo Glen Roache - Fox Den Bar and Grill, Sydney
- 9 PM
- Eddie Cummings - Admiral Lounge Dining Room, Port Hood
- 8 PM
- Ashley MacIssac “The Christmas Ceilidh” - Old Triangle Irish Alehouse and Pub, Sydney
- 8 PM
- $10
- Ashley MacIssac “The Christmas Ceilidh” with special guests: Brenda Stubbert & Blanche Sophocleous
- Tipsy Eve 2014 - Centre 200, Sydney *Top Recommend*
- VIP Event at Governor's Pub before show
- 7:30 PM
- $25 advance, $30 at door, VIP tickets $60
- Slowcoaster, The Tom Fun Orchestra, Coig
- John Gracie Christmas Tour featuring Samantha Gracie - Band Shell Wentworth Park, Sydney
- 6 PM
- December 24 2014
- Mark Boudreau, Howie MacDonald, Robbie Fraser - Doryman's Tavern, Cheticamp
- 2 PM
- Ashley MacIsaac & Maybelle Chisholm McQueen - Le Gabriel Lounge, Cheticamp
- 1 PM
- $10
- December 26 2014
- Evolution Reunion - Steel City Sports Bar, Sydney
- 9 PM
- Kinnon, Betty Lou & Andrea Beaton, Joel Chiasson & Rodney MacDonald - Boisdale Fire Hall, Boisdale
- 9 PM
- $10
- Andrew Doyle & Corey Keeping - Old Triangle Irish Alehouse and Pub, Sydney
- 9 PM
- Aaron MacDonald & Neil MacQuarrie - Royal Canadian Legion Branch 132 Captain Angus L MacDonald, Inverness
- 9 PM
- Boxing Day Dance with Drafted - St. Michael's Hall, East Margaree
- 9 PM
- $10
- In aid of the Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Group Lelievre - Doryman's Tavern, Cheticamp
- 9 PM
- Boxing Day Ceilidh with Buddy & Rachel - Royal Canadian Legion, Iona
- 7 PM
- A Boring Day Bash with The Red Shed & Tyler Mullendore - Governor's Pub, Sydney
- 6 PM
- $8, After 10 PM
- Boxing Day Bash with Eddie Cummings Band - Judique Community Centre, Judique
- Boxing Day Ceilidh with Wendy MacIsaac & friends - Celtic Music Interpretive Centre, Judique
- 3 PM
- $8
- Boxing Day with Backpocket Material, Awkwerd, Jake Florian, and more! - Fox Den Bar and Grill, Sydney
- 10 PM
- Boxing day dance with music by Barrettes Privateers - Royal Canadian Legion, Port Hawkesbury
- 10 PM
- $5
- Boxing Day Bash with Garrett Mason Band - Community Centre, St. Mary's Parish Hall, Mabou
- 10 PM
- $20
- Michael Lloyd Trio - Main Event, Glace Bay
- 10 PM
- Bandit - Le Gabriel Lounge, Cheticamp
- 10 PM
- $10
Cape Breton Music Roundup #5 - September 25 - September 28 2014
A couple of great fundraisers headline the top shows on the Island this weekend, a great chance to get out, hear some great tunes and support some great causes. Lots going on, so for this first week of autumn make sure to check out Music Guide Cape Breton for the complete list of events we have listed.- Thursday September 25 2014
- David Rankin - Red Shoe Pub, Mabou
- 9 PM
- $8
- A great show to kick off Autumn in a great location. If you are anywhere nearby, get out to this one, even if you're not nearby, get out and enjoy the start of fall properly.
- Friday September 26 2014
- Country Explosion - Membertou Trade & Convention Centre, Sydney
- 7 PM
- $35 each. Tables of 10 for $300
- This fundraiser for feral and abandoned cats features 'Gone Country' performing from 9 PM - 1 AM as well as line dancing lessons and a silent auction. Get out to support our furry friends as well as have a great time.
- JP Cormier, Dwayne Côté, Howie MacDonald - The Normaway Inn & The Barn, Margaree Valley
- 8PM
- $10 at the door
- The 3 Fiddler Concert Ceilidh at The Barn sounds like a great way to spend the first Friday of Fall.
- Pretty Archie with Danny MacNeil - Fox Den Bar and Grill, Sydney
- 10 PM
- Cost: NA
- The bluegrass sounds of Pretty Archie headline this great show at the Fox Den. Nothing like some banjo and harmonies to send off the Summer and kickoff the harvest season
- Saturday September 27 2014
- We Unite! Saturdays: Soho Ghetto/John-Paul and the Grassfire/Citywalk and Robbie Simms - Fox Den Bar and Grill, Sydney
- 10 PM
- Cost: NA
- Halifax based Indie-folk / pop musicians Soho Ghetto will be taking their big harmonies and hook laden anthems with them to Sydney and the Fox Den. They will be supported by local indie rockers John Paul and the Grassfire, Mark Butlier and Citywalk as well as Robbie Simms of We Are The Sparks and Aries Latitude. Another great Saturday night show at the Fox Den.
- Sunday September 28 2014
- 5th Annual Cancer Patient Care Benefit Concert - Membertou Trade & Convention Centre, Sydney
- 7 PM
- $27.50
- Another great fundraiser, another great show. This event features performances by Dave Gunning, Coig, Buddy Mac Donald ,Blues Merchants, Gillian Head and Dano Paul, Brandon Johnson & Friends as well as James Munroe, Joe Waye Jr. ,"Red Mike " Mac Donald & Johnny Hawkins performing during the wine and cheese. Make sure to check this out.
- ** All Weekend Shoutout **
- Rowdy Dow - Old Triangle, Sydney
- Apparently serving as the 'artist in residence' for the Old Triangle this weekend. Rowdy Dow will be playing various sets from Thursday to Saturday Night, including a late afternoon set on Saturday. They're putting in the effort so if you're in the area, check em out.
- 4th Annual Lumière Festival - Around Sydney
- Not necessarily strictly a music event but always quite enjoyable. With events and workshops taking place Thursday and Friday and the Art at Night installations taking place Saturday with the official after party at Flavour on the Water staring at 11 PM. For more info check out the Lumière Festival website. This is a great chance to get out and walk the city, meet other people and generally have a great time. Highly recommend taking at least some of it in.
Cape Breton Music Roundup #1 - August 29 - August 30 2014
Hey All,With the summer coming to close in Cape Breton, many of the big events are out of the way as we lead into the fall. With that in mind, we've decided to add a new feature that will be posted on Thursday or Friday each week depending on what events are going on that week. The Cape Breton Music Roundup will point out a couple of big, can't miss musical shows happening on the Island that weekend or possibly in the upcoming week.
This will also give a chance to launch an early version of one of our web apps Music Guide Cape Breton. A simple tool that will allow you to see which musical events are happening on the island for the next two weeks! At the current time we only have a few days of events available but we are adding more all the time. Currently the features are limited to seeing a map overview and list of musical events happening for which ever day you have selected. In the future we are planning on adding the ability to create a list of events for yourself, so you can keep track of events you may want to attend, we will also be adding the ability to create YouTube playlists of available artists for your viewing and listening pleasure and much more. The web app is currently integrated with the blog but in the coming weeks we may move it out to it's own site for ease of adding new features.
Music Guide Cape Breton serves as an early preview of our main Travel Guide Cape Breton web app, as both are built with the same technology, Travel Guide Cape Breton however will be a far larger more feature rich app. Since both are built with similar technology and the Travel Guide Cape Breton interface will be based off the same interface as Music Guide Cape Breton, we will be seeking feedback on the app over the next few weeks to improve the interface an available information to better server our users. Please feel free to reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or look for the feedback button coming to the app itself in the next few days. As well keep an eye out for our videos coming to show off some of the features of the app as they become available!
With all that out of the way, here's the roundup for this week:
- Friday August 30 2014
- Acoustic Roots Festival - Two Rivers Wildlife Park
- 6 PM
- This one looks like a great time. Three days of shows and workshops! See our write up on the Festival for more info.
- Benefit for Mitchell Morrison - Main Event and Jiggers Lounge, Glace Bay
- 5 PM - 2 AM
- Highway-125 and Alter Ego
- A couple of great bands for a great cause. If you are in the Glace Bay are take a stop by.
- JP Cormier - The Normaway Inn & The Barn, Margaree Valley
- 8 PM
- The guitar aficionado in Margaree is a great way to kickoff in the long weekend.
- Saturday August 31 2014
- Slowcoaster's Mike & Steve - The Cabot Public House-Cabot Links Golf Course, Inverness
- 10 PM
- This is a great way to keep your night alive after a quick 18 on one of the most beautiful golf courses in the world during the day.
- Acoustic Roots Festival - Two Rivers Wildlife Park
- 1 PM
- Continuing from Friday and closing up on Sunday.
So that's it for this week, just a couple of shows to get the idea moving, only Friday and Saturday for this one but make sure to check out Music Guide Cape Breton for more events and check back often as we add more in the days and weeks coming.
Friday, August 29, 2014
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Margaree - Highland Games - 2014
What summer would be complete without some Highland Games! Since 2012 the Margaree Highland Games have been one of the most exciting celebrations of Scottish Culture and Heritage. Running the weekend of August 9th and 10th in the Margaree River Valley, the games are flanked by concerts, bake sales, suppers and more! See below for a schedule of events.Schedule
- Saturday August 9th
- 1 PM - Bingo in hall, $500 Jackpot
- 4 PM - Opening Mass
- 5 PM - Acadian Fricot Supper
- 5:30 PM - Bake Sale
- 6:30 PM - Auction
- 7:30 PM - Variety Concert
- 9 PM - Traditional Cape Breton Square Dance (19+)
- Fiddler Rodney MacDonald accompanied by Jackie Dunn MacIsaac
- Sunday August 10th
- 10 AM - Gates Open
- 10:30 AM - Heavy Events, Highland Dancing, Children's Games
- 12 PM - BBQ and Beer Garden opens
- 1 PM - Parade and Opening Ceremonies
- 1:15 PM - Antigonish Pipes and Drums
- 1:30 PM - 4 PM - Horse Rides
- 2 PM - Tug-of-War, Children's Caber Toss
- 2:30 PM - Heavy Events and Highland Dancing Resume
- 4:30 PM - Running Events: Wild Mountain Climb and 3K Fun Run
- 5 PM - Farmer's Walk
- 6 PM - Closing Ceremonies and Awards
Cape Breton Highlands - Special Event - Cabot Trail Relay Race
Cape Breton Highlands - Special Event - Cabot Trail Relay Race
This coming weekend is one of the highlight events to kick off summer in Cape Breton. The annual Cabot Trail Relay Race is a 185 mile/276.33 km, 17 stage relay race through some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. The race begins in Baddeck, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia runs through the Cape Breton Highlands National Park and the various communities along the Cabot Trail into Margaree Valley.
If you are a runner this is a must event.
May 25th and 26th
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