Solas is coming to Bethlehem for Musikfest.
Here is my dream: I have the entire next week off, I’m staying in Bethlehem, and rolling out of bed every day to music, music, music. And goodies from the Moravian Book Shop.
It’s Musikfest time in the Christmas City and they have the big names—Sheryl Crow, Keith Urban, Alan Jackson, Steely Dan (I love Steely Dan), the Moody Blues (I love the Moody Blues), not to mention our peeps: the John Byrne Band, Solas, Seamus Kennedy, Scythian, Blackwater, and Barleyjuice. There’s even a group called Bastard Bearded Irishmen appearing next Saturday at one of the platzes (Pennsylvania Lottery Volkplatz) which is what they call stages in Bethlehem.
I just put the Celtic acts up on the calendar so check it out so see when you want to make the trek northward.
This Saturday, you down-the-shore types will find Jamison at The Wharf in Wildwood and on Sunday, they move over to Shenanigan’s is Sea Isle City. Next Saturday you’ll catch them at the Wildwood Crest Summer Music Series. This is a busy band that always puts its gigs up on our calendar and takes advantage of the free publicity. Smart band too! They know that Facebook events don’t reach as many people as you think. Facebook wants you to pay to get to more people. No one wants to do that. Zuckerberg is rich enough.
But I digress. On Sunday, August 10, look for two terrific Irish trad musicians, Mick Conneely and David Munnelly playing at The Irish Center in the nice, cozy dining room. It’s a house concert in a public place–very up close and personal. If you’d like to sign up for workshops with these two remarkable musicians, please go to the Philadelphia Ceili Group’s website. They’re sponsoring this event.
