CARTHAGE — Organizers behind last year’s popular debut Crossroads International Celtic Festival announced last week that a lack of funding forced them to cancel this year’s event. Held last year on Sept. 11-15 in 18 towns in Franklin and Oxford counties to celebrate the music and art of Celtic culture, the festival showcased artists from […]
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Skye Theatre to continue concerts in Farmington
FARMINGTON — Skye Theatre will continue to bring world-renowned musicians to a local stage after the Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center in Carthage closes in September. Skye Theatre will promote Celtic and other top performers in concert at the North Church in Farmington. Members of Farmington Historical Society, who own the church, will serve community […]
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Inventive Press Gang playing Stratton, Skye
CARTHAGE — New England Celtic Arts will present Portland-based trio The Press Gang at Route 27 Arts in Stratton on Tuesday, May 20, and at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, May 21. Showtime is 7 p.m. with a jam session kicking off at 6:15 p.m on Wednesday at Skye Theatre. The Press Gang […]
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Inaugural Celtic music festival in Franklin, Oxford counties targets cultural tourists
Phill McIntyre has been like a patient gardener cultivating the seed of an idea that came to him about a decade ago at the Celtic Colours International Festival on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. He started going there in 2000 — initially, he says, as a fan of Celtic music and then as a cultural […]