Christmas Concert & Céilí

Saturday, December 8, 2018, 7:00 PM – 11:55 PM

Rosemary Hall Behind All Souls' Church
Elmwood Avenue
Belfast BT9
UK

Belfast Singing Circle

Wednesday, December 5, 2018, 8:30 PM – 11:55 PM

The Garrick Bar
29 Chichester Street
Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 4JB
United Kingdom

BelfastTrad is now supporting the Belfast Singing Circle. A monthly gathering of traditional singers, listeners, learners, and friends. The first Wednesday of every month.

8:30pm-Late

Garrick Bar upstairs

Cape Breton Dance Solo Dance Workshop with Mats Melin

Saturday, December 1, 2018, 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM

Rosemary Hall behind All Souls Church
Elmwood Avenue
Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9
United Kingdom

Swedish born Traditional Dancer, Choreographer and Researcher Mats Melin has worked professionally with dance in Scotland since 1995 and in Ireland since 2005. He has been engaged in freelance work nationally and internationally as well as having been Traditional Dancer in Residence for four Scottish Local Authorities. Mats co-started the dynamic Scottish performance group ‘Dannsa’ in 1999.

Mats is a Lecturer in Dance on the BA Irish Music and Dance and is since 2015 the course director for the MA in Irish Dance Studies. Mats hold an MA in Ethnochoreology (2005) and his PhD (2012) explored percussive routes and transmission processes in Cape Breton step dancing.

The book: One with the Music: Cape Breton Step Dancing Tradition and Transmission published by Cape Breton University Press is available from October 2015. It is also available on Amazon and as an ebook.

A Celebration of Donegal Fiddle-Workshops

Fri, Nov 30, 2018, 7:30 PM – Sat, Dec 1, 2018, 11:30 PM

from periods in the 1940’s and 1950’s spent working in England and a short time in Belfast, Con lived the rest of his life in Teileann. In 1948 he married Mary Kate McBrearty, also from Teileann and they settled initially at An Cheapach and later in the townland of Iomaire Mhuireanáin where they reared three daughters. His modest character and devilish wit made him a very popular figure in traditional music in south-west Donegal up until his death in 1994. Although a very individual fiddle player with a unique style, Con formed strong playing partnerships with among others, James Byrne, Dermot McLaughlin and Dermot Byrne. Con’s playing can be heard on the CDs ‘The Brass Fiddle‘ (1987) and ‘Con Cassidy – Traditional Fiddle Music from Donegal.‘ (2007)