Festical Venues, Schedule & Tickets

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Wednesday, March 12th
Thursday, March 13th
Friday, March 14th
Saturday, March 15th
Sunday, March 16th

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Advance tickets can be purchased online at www.celticfestvancouver.com by phone
604-631-2872 or in person at the Tickets Tonight booth located in the
Touristinfo Centre, Plaza Level, 200 Burrard Street.

Phone orders for ticketed events at the Commodore Ballroom only (The World’s Greatest Céilídh and Spirit of the West) are available through TicketMaster by calling 604.280.4444 or online at www.celticfestvancouver.com

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DATE / TIME	EVENT	VENUE	TICKET INFO.
WEDNESDAY
WED Mar 12 12 noon – 1:00 PM	Lunch Time Concert Tiller’s Folly with Stepdancer Stephanie Cadman For well over a decade, Tiller's Folly has been consistently satisfying old fans and winning over new ones with their unique storytelling, strong musicality, engaging live performances and fine recordings. "Thank goodness for the music of Tiller's Folly...songs written with respect for tradition and history, played with virtuosity and gusto..."Tom May, producer/host of "River City Folk" (NPR) Plus Stephanie Cadman, who has thrilled audiences throughout North America and Europe with her award-winning tap and Ottawa Valley-style stepdancing, along with her dynamic stage presence. Presented by Canada Place	Canada Place – North End Pointe 999 Canada Place	FREE
WED Mar 12 Doors 7:00 PM Show: 7.30 PM	Opening Night The World's Greatest Céilídh featuring Battlefield Band (Scotland) Scotland’s internationally renowned Battlefield Band draws on the power and beauty of traditional Celtic musical forms, and transforms them into fresh and compelling music for today. The group is a world pioneer in the integration of bagpipes with fiddle, keyboards, guitar and voice, and delivers a unique fusion of ancient and modern instruments. Over the years, new band members have brought innovative new ideas, instruments and technique, and after 30 years the Battlefield Band is still leading the way for Scottish music, thrilling longtime fans and captivating new ones as it travels around the world. Also on the bill: Victoria’s rising stars Qristina and Quinn Bachand (fiddle, guitar), champion Ottawa Valley stepdancer and fiddler Stephanie Cadman, Tiller's Folly (Vancouver) with its signature musical retelling of BC history, and musical host, piper Jordan Seguin. Together these performers will create a show that’s sure to be jam-packed with great music, dance and improvisation –and a spectacular kick-off to this year’s festival! This concert will be recorded for future broadcast on Canada Live on CBC Radio Two 105.7 FM	Commodore Ballroom 868 Granville St.	Advance Tickets $20/ $25 at the door. GST included. Service charges apply.
WED Mar 12 8:30 PM	Sionnaine Irish Dance Academy This Celtic party will sparkle with the energy and excitement of an Irish dance ensemble that cleverly blends traditional and modern styles, coached by World Irish Dancing Championship competitor Michelle Kilby	Doolin's Irish Pub 654 Nelson St. @ Granville

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DATE / TIME	EVENT	VENUE	TICKET INFO.
THURSDAY
THURS Mar 13 12:00 – 1:00 PM	Lunch Time Concert Stephanie Cadman's Celtic Blaze Stephanie Cadman’s Celtic Blaze is a fast paced and entertaining show that appeals to all ages. It explores a heritage of Canadian music and dance with a modern creative contemporary edge. The unique performance blends Stephanie’s 20 years of vast performance experience featuring Ottawa Valley stepdancing, classical and Celtic fiddling, tap, jazz, ballet, musical theatre and a truly powerful singing voice. Stephanie, a world champion tap dancer, has traveled throughout North America with various groups (including Bowfire and The StepCrew) as well as touring overseas to entertain our troops. Celtic Blaze’s unique choreography brings the whole cast - Mark Sullivan (guitar & fiddle), Rob Becker (bass), Rod Salloum (piano) and Pat Steward (drums) - together through music, song and stories. Presented by Canada Place	Canada Place – North End Pointe 999 Canada Place	FREE
THURS Mar 13 5:30 – 9:00 PM Crawl: 5:30 – 6:45 PM Finale: 8:00 - 11:00 PM	The Battle of The Bards A fast-paced tour of Vancouver’s finest Celtic pubs gets an added blast of fun and frolic when it’s combined with the ultimate literary experience: a head-to-head poetry face-off featuring the most famous Celtic writers! Inspired in part by the famous Dublin Literary Pub Crawl, three actors in costume will take on the roles of Dylan Thomas (Damon Calderwood), Robbie Burns (Todd Wong) and William Butler Yeats (Mark Downey), to perform some of the great works that have ensured them the highest place in the Celtic literary canon. Not only will these three brilliant poets be meeting up in the same rooms, they’ll face off against each other in a climactic finale modeled after the hugely popular spoken word poetry slams. Hosted by Ravishing Rhonda. Finale features Fiddler Elise Boeur and DJ Michael Louw.	Pub CRAWL 5:30 pm Doolin's Irish Pub 654 Nelson St. @ Granville 6:05 pm Atlantic Trap & Gill 612 Davie St. @ Seymour 6:45 pm Johnnie Fox's Irish Snug 1033 Granville St. 8:00 pm Finale Event, Open Mic, DJ & Dance Ceili’s Irish Pub & Restaurant Dublin Bar – 2nd floor	FREE Finale - $5.00 at the Door

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TICKET INFO.

THURSDAY

THURS Mar 13
12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch Time Concert
Stephanie Cadman's Celtic Blaze

Stephanie Cadman’s Celtic Blaze is a fast paced and entertaining show that appeals to all ages. It explores a heritage of Canadian music and dance with a modern creative contemporary edge. The unique performance blends Stephanie’s 20 years of vast performance experience featuring Ottawa Valley stepdancing, classical and Celtic fiddling, tap, jazz, ballet, musical theatre and a truly powerful singing voice.

Stephanie, a world champion tap dancer, has traveled throughout North America with various groups (including Bowfire and The StepCrew) as well as touring overseas to entertain our troops. Celtic Blaze’s unique choreography brings the whole cast - Mark Sullivan (guitar & fiddle), Rob Becker (bass), Rod Salloum (piano) and Pat Steward (drums) - together through music, song and stories.

Presented by Canada Place

Canada Place – North End Pointe
999 Canada Place

FREE

THURS Mar 13
5:30 – 9:00 PM

Crawl:
5:30 – 6:45 PM

Finale:
8:00 - 11:00 PM

The Battle of The Bards

A fast-paced tour of Vancouver’s finest Celtic pubs gets an added blast of fun and frolic when it’s combined with the ultimate literary experience: a head-to-head poetry face-off featuring the most famous Celtic writers!

Inspired in part by the famous Dublin Literary Pub Crawl, three actors in costume will take on the roles of Dylan Thomas (Damon Calderwood), Robbie Burns (Todd Wong) and William Butler Yeats (Mark Downey), to perform some of the great works that have ensured them the highest place in the Celtic literary canon.

Not only will these three brilliant poets be meeting up in the same rooms, they’ll face off against each other in a climactic finale modeled after the hugely popular spoken word poetry slams. Hosted by Ravishing Rhonda.

Finale features Fiddler Elise Boeur and DJ Michael Louw.

Pub CRAWL

5:30 pm
Doolin's Irish Pub
654 Nelson St. @ Granville

6:05 pm
Atlantic Trap & Gill
612 Davie St. @ Seymour

6:45 pm
Johnnie Fox's Irish Snug
1033 Granville St.

8:00 pm
Finale Event,
Open Mic, DJ & Dance

Ceili’s Irish Pub & Restaurant
Dublin Bar – 2nd floor

FREE

Finale - $5.00 at the Door

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DATE / TIME	EVENT	VENUE	TICKET INFO.
FRIDAY

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DATE / TIME	EVENT	VENUE	TICKET INFO.
SATURDAY
SAT Mar 15 Doors 8:00 PM Show: 8:30 PM	The BIG St. Pat's Night Out! Featuring Celtic Fiddle Festival & Friends The Washington Post calls them “three of the finest folk violinists anywhere”. Celtic Fiddle Festival is a true supergroup, bringing together three internationally acclaimed fiddlers - Kevin Burke (Ireland), Christian Lemaître (Brittany, France) and André Brunet (Quebec) – along with Ged Foley (guitar). Sold-out tours and standing ovations are the norm when these three fiddle stars come together to perform, each one a master of his own particular regional style. Together, their performances blend talent, tradition and humour in a potent mix that leaves their audiences shouting for more. Also on the bill: Wendy MacIsaac is a gifted fiddler, piano player and step-dancer from Creignish, Cape Breton who has toured with Mary Jane Lamond, Ashley MacIsaac, Beòlach (her current band) and as a solo performer. Patrick Gillis is one of the finest guitarists to emerge from Cape Breton, and has appeared at festivals throughout the US, Canada and Europe with Beòlach. Plus Musical Host Jordan Seguin, the Penk O'Donnell Dancers, BC Regiment Pipers (with Champion Guest Pipers from Ireland) and an array of BC’s best musicians – it all adds up to a night to make St. Patrick proud!	Richard's on Richards 1036 Richards St.	Advance Tickets $22 / $25 at the door GST included. Service charges apply.

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SATURDAY

SAT Mar 15
Doors 8:00 PM
Show: 8:30 PM

The BIG St. Pat's Night Out!
Featuring Celtic Fiddle Festival & Friends

The Washington Post calls them “three of the finest folk violinists anywhere”. Celtic Fiddle Festival is a true supergroup, bringing together three internationally acclaimed fiddlers - Kevin Burke (Ireland), Christian Lemaître (Brittany, France) and André Brunet (Quebec) – along with Ged Foley (guitar). Sold-out tours and standing ovations are the norm when these three fiddle stars come together to perform, each one a master of his own particular regional style. Together, their performances blend talent, tradition and humour in a potent mix that leaves their audiences shouting for more.

Also on the bill: Wendy MacIsaac is a gifted fiddler, piano player and step-dancer from Creignish, Cape Breton who has toured with Mary Jane Lamond, Ashley MacIsaac, Beòlach (her current band) and as a solo performer. Patrick Gillis is one of the finest guitarists to emerge from Cape Breton, and has appeared at festivals throughout the US, Canada and Europe with Beòlach.

Plus Musical Host Jordan Seguin, the Penk O'Donnell Dancers, BC Regiment Pipers (with Champion Guest Pipers from Ireland) and an array of BC’s best musicians – it all adds up to a night to make St. Patrick proud!

Richard's on Richards
1036 Richards St.

Advance Tickets $22 / $25 at the door

GST included. Service charges apply.

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DATE / TIME	EVENT	VENUE	TICKET INFO.
SUNDAY
SUN Mar 16 1:00 PM (time is approximate / after the Parade ends	Post-Parade Performance Stephanie Cadman's Celtic Blaze Stephanie Cadman’s Celtic Blaze is a fast paced and entertaining show that appeals to all ages. It explores the heritage of Canadian music and dance with a modern creative contemporary edge. The unique performance blends Stephanie’s 20 years of vast performance experience featuring Ottawa Valley stepdancing, classical and Celtic fiddling, tap, jazz, ballet, musical theatre and a truly powerful singing voice. Stephanie, a world champion tap dancer, has travelled throughout North America with various groups (including Bowfire and The StepCrew) as well as touring overseas to entertain our troops. Celtic Blaze’s unique choreography brings the whole cast - Mark Sullivan (guitar & fiddle), Rob Becker (bass), Rod Salloum (piano) and Pat Steward (drums) - together through music, song and stories.	Street Market Stage, Celtic Village 800-Block Granville Street	FREE

DATE / TIME

EVENT

VENUE

TICKET INFO.

SUNDAY

SUN Mar 16
1:00 PM
(time is approximate / after the Parade ends

Post-Parade Performance
Stephanie Cadman's Celtic Blaze

Stephanie Cadman’s Celtic Blaze is a fast paced and entertaining show that appeals to all ages. It explores the heritage of Canadian music and dance with a modern creative contemporary edge. The unique performance blends Stephanie’s 20 years of vast performance experience featuring Ottawa Valley stepdancing, classical and Celtic fiddling, tap, jazz, ballet, musical theatre and a truly powerful singing voice.

Stephanie, a world champion tap dancer, has travelled throughout North America with various groups (including Bowfire and The StepCrew) as well as touring overseas to entertain our troops. Celtic Blaze’s unique choreography brings the whole cast - Mark Sullivan (guitar & fiddle), Rob Becker (bass), Rod Salloum (piano) and Pat Steward (drums) - together through music, song and stories.

Street Market Stage, Celtic Village
800-Block Granville Street

FREE

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There are also many free and fun events for family and kids during the Parade Weekend.

For event schedule, please visit our Celtic Village page