Feile Seamus Creagh

[David Dalton]

On Saturday night I went to the St. John’s concert of the tenth Feile
Seamus Creagh, a festival in memory of the late Irish fiddler Seamus
Creagh (who lived in Newfoundland for five years), featuring tradition
bearers from Newfoundland and Ireland.

The concert was sold out, and I was mightily impressed by the music from:
singer/accordionist Meabh Begley & singer/fiddler Niamh Varian-Barry
eight piece Newfoundland celtic band Tickle Harbour
fiddler Matt Cranitch, accordionist Jackie Daly, & guitarist Paul de Grae
singer Anita Best & guitarist Sandy Morris
dancers Edwina Guckian& Michael O’Rourke

and at the end all of the musicians got up again for one final set of tunes

The show was three hours long including a 15 minute intermission, and cost
only 20 Canadian dollars (about 15 US dollars).

There was also a public lecture by Matt Cranitch on Wednesday, a concert in
Freshwater (Carbonear) on Thursday, a concert in Bay Bulls on Friday, a
concert in Ferryland on Sunday, instrument workshops in the day in St.
John’s on Saturday, and sessions after the concerts (including one at The
Crow’s Nest on Saturday night, which I didn’t make, even though the
hurricane passed well to the west of us, since I had promised to visit
friends).

This was the tenth annual (or perhaps tenth anniversary?) one, and was the
fifth time that Jackie Daly, Matt Cranitch, and Paul de Grae have come; they
were good friends of Seamus Creagh.

I think they have settled on the first or second weekend in September for the
future.

Their website is
https://www.nltradfest.com/

[David Dalton]

Post by David Dalton
On Saturday night I went to the St. John’s concert of the tenth Feile
Seamus Creagh, a festival in memory of the late Irish fiddler Seamus
Creagh (who lived in Newfoundland for five years), featuring tradition
bearers from Newfoundland and Ireland.
singer/accordionist Meabh Begley & singer/fiddler Niamh Varian-Barry
eight piece Newfoundland celtic band Tickle Harbour
fiddler Matt Cranitch, accordionist Jackie Daly, & guitarist Paul de Grae
singer Anita Best & guitarist Sandy Morris
dancers Edwina Guckian& Michael O’Rourke
and at the end all of the musicians got up again for one final set of tunes
The show was three hours long including a 15 minute intermission, and cost
only 20 Canadian dollars (about 15 US dollars).
There was also a public lecture by Matt Cranitch on Wednesday, a concert in
Freshwater (Carbonear) on Thursday, a concert in Bay Bulls on Friday, a
concert in Ferryland on Sunday, instrument workshops in the day in St.
John’s on Saturday, and sessions after the concerts (including one at The
Crow’s Nest on Saturday night, which I didn’t make, even though the
hurricane passed well to the west of us, since I had promised to visit
friends).
This was the tenth annual (or perhaps tenth anniversary?) one, and was the
fifth time that Jackie Daly, Matt Cranitch, and Paul de Grae have come; they
were good friends of Seamus Creagh.
I think they have settled on the first or second weekend in September for the
future.
Their website is
https://www.nltradfest.com/

In 2020 it will be from September 9 to 13.