There were three major Irish fetes in September. And there’s another coming up this weekend in Trenton, NJ. If you still have a little jig in you, head over to the little burg on the Delaware for the AOH Monsignor Crean Division #1 Irish Music Festival.
On tap: a pipe band championship on Saturday night, followed by music by McQ and Na’Bodach. And there’s more on Sunday, including Oliver McElhone, Celtic Cross, Jamie and the Quietmen, AOH Division #1 Pipe Band, and the DeNogla School of Irish Dance.
If you’re south of Philly, check out the 14th annual New Castle County Irish Society Festival which starts at noon on Sunday, with the McAleer Dancers and Dublin-born entertainer Willie Lynch.
See our calendar for more information.
Come Thursday, Albannach will be in town. This drum-centric Scottish band will be performing at McCoole’s at the Red Lion Inn in Quakertown.
And Martin McDonagh’s blackest of black comedies, “The Lonesome West” has been held over through next week. We’ve seen it and it’s an absolute hoot (see Marianne MacDonald’s review on the home page). We highly recommend it. We’d highly recommend any play in which an actor named Luigi Sottile plays such a convincing Irish priest.
This Lantern Theater production, directed by David O’Connor, is playing at St. Stephen’s Theater at 10th and Ludlow, part of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. There’s a parking garage directly across the street (and parking is only $1 on Wednesday nights!).
