Entertainment Newsletter: January 21st, 2009 EuropeanIrish.com connects people interested in Irish culture & activities to Irish Resources, Events and News - in Continental Europe

Netherlands Irish Traditional Band The Old Firm in Concert. The traditional music band The Old Firm will perform at Bierreclamemuseum with Breda at 5pm on 24th January. The Old Firm themselves describe their music as Celtic-Folk-Rock. They only use acoustic instruments. Together with their close harmony vocals, theyíve got a unique sound. The music is comparable with the Pogues, Waterboys, FlogginíMolly and The Levellers. The songs they play are traditionals from Ireland and Scotland and covers from their favourite bands, but this band also has got the quality of writing brilliant songs that are catchy and enjoyable. ... Read full story

France Lyon Lugdunum Irish Club Cultural Tour. The Lyon Lugdunum Irish Club have booked a tour of Musee Gadagne, the magnificent new museum in Vieux Lyon. The club has secured a 90 minute tour of the Renaissance building in English/French for 2.45 PM on Sunday January 24th. They will try to arrange a Irish breakfast/brunch in an Irish pub before the tour. Limit for places is 25 people so the group will take bookings in advance. Entrance is free for children. ... Read more

InSpain Inspain (Irish Network Spain) with Dónal Thompson. “Poetry brought me to Spain”, Dónal tells us. Poetry? There are many reasons why Irish people have chosen to come to Spain, but nobody had ever given me such an answer. But, quite literally, he did come because of poetry: “Alfred Bradley was a radio producer for the BBC. When he died, his family created a prize for all those people who wrote something which might be transmitted by radio. I sent away some poems before leaving England and I was called. The idea was to work as a writer for the radio, but I emigrated. The prize money helped me to emigrate and this had more of an impact on me than any other thing”. .. Read full interview

Finland Spring Session Schedule for Irish Music Society of Oulu. A new Spring schedule of sessions is to be announced soon on the Irish Music Society of Oulu website. Keep an eye out for them! The next upcoming gig is on Saturday 23rd January when Cascade will perform at Tervasoihtu, at 10pm. Live traditional Irish music sessions are usually on at 17:00 in St. Michael's Irish Pub located on Hallituskatu 13-17 in Oulu City Center with free entry. The sessions are open for musicians to join in and play with us. If you're a musician playing Irish music coming to Oulu, and there are no sessions scheduled, please feel free to contact the organisers and suggest a date. .. Read more

Denmark Irish and Scottish Music Concert in Denmark. Kenny Speirs and Judy Dinning will perform their style of Scottish and Irish music in concert on 19th February at 8pm. They will go onstage in Copenhagen Folk Club and will be joined by Tom Rose Bourg and Claire Mann on piano and violin respectively. Expect a warm atmosphere and a bunch of beautiful songs, with old and new tunes creating an eclectic mix. This event is hosted by the Danish Irish Society and looks like a wonderful night out for any folk fans out there! ... Read full story

Poland ISTA Feis in February in Cracow. ISTA - one of the most known Irish danincing schools in Poland invites everyone to the third annual ISTA feis in Cracow. This year the event is to be hold on February 27th-28th in the same fantastic place: NCK in Cracow. Once again there will be three wonderfull adjudicators from Ireland and UK, and an excellent Musician. This year adjudicators are: Tanya Dirrane Hobbs ADCRG, London Gerrard Meehan ADCRG, Essex Christopher Ryan ADCRG, Cork ... Read full story

Czech Republic New Czech Literature Portal website in English. "The mission of the portal first of all lies in the promotion of Czech literature abroad. In this respect, our aim is to reach scholars, students, translators, editors, literary centers, organizers of literary events, journalists, compatriots and, last but not least, the general public interested in Czech literature,"says Jaroslav Balvín, who was responsible for translating and launching an English-language version of the site. "The portal reads as a virtual survey of Czech literature, with an illustrated database of literary links and bibliographies. Perhaps more importantly, however, the site offers English-language readers an introduction to many contemporary Czech writers, whose work might otherwise be lost in translation." ... Read more

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Next week's events: Select Entertainment your Country (and date) to find what Irish events are Coming up. Among others: Austria - Lord of the Dance 7 shows in Innsbruck, Salzburg, Linz, Graz, Wiener Neustadt, Vienna Belgium - Ceilí Moss live in Tubize Belgium - The Irish Club of Belgium holds duplicate bridge on the last Thursday of each month in the BCWC Czech Republic - Lord of the Dance 3 shows in Czech Republic - 4-6 Feb 2010, in Ostrava, Karlovy Vary, and Prague Denmark - Lord of the Dance 10 shows in Denmark Randers, Viborg, Limfjorden, Ringsted, Aarhus, Vejle, Frederiksberg, Aalborg France - Lyon Lugdunum Irish club - Weekly Irish Music Sessions France - Altan in Paris France - AFIL EVENT: Party: Irish Dancing with Live Music by Shelta Germany - Flames of the Dance, January tour of Germany Germany - Magic of the Dance - 30 Spring shows across Germany Germany - Kieran Goss, 8-30 Jan 10, Tour Germany Germany - BATTLEFIELD BAND 2010!!, Kulturhaus Osterfeld, Pforzheim Netherlands - Martin Hutchinson, 20.00, Burg Netherlands - Maalstroom, Buiksloterkerk, Amsterdam Slovakia - Lord of the Dance 3 shows in Slovakia - Zilina and Bratislava Spain - Dancing at Lughnasa (Brian Friel) in Madrid Spain - Language exchange at O'Neill's (Madrid) Spain -O'Carolan Tour dates 2010 Sweden - An Eitre, 2010 First tour of 2010 will start in Germany and end up with "World Rythm Fest" in Östersund, Sweden Switzerland - BATTLEFIELD BAND 2010!!, Kammgarn, Schaffhausen Check upcoming events at: europeanirish.com/events.php

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