JANUARY 2008

17 January
Celtic Connections 2008: Nuala will be appearing as a special guest at Luke Daniels & Donald Grant's Islands with The Shee,  8.00pm
Tickets: £12.50. For more info visit the website

18 January
Celtic Connections 2008: The Burnsong Song House, 7.30pm
anfare Ciocarlia with Nuala Kennedy's New Shoes with Roddy Woomble
and Norman Blake -- Oran Mor

Featuring Teenage Fanclub's *Norman Blake*, Idlewild's *Roddy Woomble*, *Jo Mango, Nuala Kennedy, Louise Quinn, L-Marie* and Found's *Ziggy Campbell*, tonight marks a second airing for the brand-new songs created during a week's residential hot-housing in autumn 2007, and premiered at Edinburgh's Queen's Hall in December.

Burnsong is an ongoing Scotland-wide project to promote original
songwriting, in the spirit of Robert Burns, and runs a similar Songhouse
project each year. With participants this time coming from the worlds of pop, rock, electronica and traditional folk, expect a splendidly diverse but consistently high-quality set-list.
Tickets: £12.50. For more info please visit the website

24 January
Celtic Connections 2008: Old Fruitmarket, 8.00pm
The hottest gypsy band on the planet, the 11-piece Romanian brass ensemble *Fanfare Ciocarlia* won a Radio 3 World Music Award in 2006, and were featured on the soundtrack to the hit movie Borat, performing their unique version of Steppenwolf's *'Born to Be Wild'*.

Acclaimed Irish flautist and singer *Nuala Kennedy* is joined by special
guests *Cathal McConnell* and *Troy MacGillivray*. She returns to *Celtic
Connections* with her band *The New Shoes* after her highly successful New Voices commission last year - which was heralded as 'breathtaking' and a 'triumph' by Scotland's national press.

Tickets : £16.00. For more information please visit the website

FEBRUARY 2008

21 February 2008 - Badenoch Centre, Kingussie, Scotland - 8pm.
Atlantic Quartet featuring Nuala Kennedy (wooden flute, vocals) Troy
McGillivray (fiddle, piano) Mario Caribe (bass) and Luke Daniels (vocals, guitar, accordion). A great night of contemporary traditional music from four excellent musicians.

28 February 2008-17 March 2008:  Tour of Germany
Nuala Kennedy Band featuring Luke Daniels, England (button accordion, vocals) Mario CAribe, Scotland (five-string bass) and Troy MacGillivray, Nova Scotia (piano, fiddle, guitar)

28 February
57223 Kreuztal, Stadthalle, 20:00 (VVK: 02732-51 324)
www.kreuztal-kultur.de

29 February
31785 Hameln, Sumpfblume, 20:30 (VVK: 05151-93210)
www.sumpfblume.de  

MARCH 2008

28 February 2008-17 March 2008:  Tour of Germany
Nuala Kennedy Band featuring Luke Daniels, England (button accordion, vocals) Mario CAribe, Scotland (five-string bass) and Troy MacGillivray, Nova Scotia (piano, fiddle, guitar)

01 March
28816 Stuhr, Gutsscheune Varrel, 20:00 (VVK: 0421-5695244)
www.stuhr.de     

04 March
44866 Wattenscheid,, Stadthalle, 19:30
www.stadthalle-wattenscheid.de

05 March
72072 Tübingen, Sudhaus (VVK: 07071-74 696)
www.cityinfonetz.de/sudhaus    

06 March
85354 Freising, Lindenkeller, 20:00
www.freising.de

07 March
91154 Roth, Kulturfabrik, 20:00 (VVK: 09171-848714)
www.kulturfabrik.de     

08 March
82110 Germering, Stadthalle, 19:30 (VVK: 089-8949015)
www.stadthalle-germering.de     

09 March
89340 Leipheim, Zehntstadel, 20:00 (VVK: 08221 7070)
www.zehntstadel-leipheim.de      

10 March
66557 Illingen, Illipse, 20:00 (VVK: 06825-40617 10)
www.illipse.de/     

11 March
55116 Mainz, Frankfurter Hof, 20:00
www.frankfurter-hof-mainz.de

12 March
77654 Offenburg, Reithalle, 20:00 (VVK: 0781-822000)
www.kulturbuero.offenburg.de     

13 March
34537 Bad Wildungen, Kurhaus, 19:00 (VVK: 05621-9655920)
www.bad-wildungen.de     

14 March
36179 Bebra, Ellis Saal, 20:00 (VVK: 06622-917460)
www.ellissaal.de     

15 March
45525 Hattingen, Aula der Gesamtschule, 19:00 (VVK: 02324-204 2339)
www.hattingen.de/kulturbuero     

16 March
64625 Bensheim, Festspiele Auerbach/Parktheater, 19:00
(VVK: 06251-2332)
www.festspiele-auerbach.de     

17 March
53113 Bonn, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle, 20:00 (VVK: 0228-9171-431)
www.kah-bonn.de   

APRIL 2008

APRIL 11-20, 2008: USA TOUR
With three great Canadian musicians: Troy MacGillivray,
Andrea Beaton and Kimberley Fraser!

11 April
Milwaukee, WI - Irish Cultural & Heritage Center, Dance 8:00pm

12 April
Milwaukee, WI - ICHC, workshops

12 April
Milwaukee, WI - Irish Cultural & Heritage Center, Concert 8:00pm

20 April
Marshfield, WI - Chestnut Avenue Center for the Arts

JUNE 2008

JULY 2008

Concerts usually start at 8pm, but please contact the individual venue to check start times!

02 July - Alvie House, Kincraig  (T: +44 (0) 1540 651 255)
(entry fee includes complimentary wine, phone to reserve
tickets, places limited)

03 July - La Tortilla Asesina, Inverness (T: +44 (0) 1463 709809)
places limited, 15 pounds includes admission fee plus portion of famous giant paella! ... veg option available!

04 July - Universal Hall, Findhorn (T: +44 (0) 1309 691170)

05 July - Old Brewery, Cromarty (T: +44 (0) 1381 600277)

06 July - Birnam House Hotel, Dunkeld (T: +44 (0) 1350727462)

07 July - Village Hall, Fort Augustus (T: +44 (0) 1320355707)

08 July - Instrumental workshops at Fort Augustus

09 July -  Isle of Eigg Village Hall (T: +44 (0) 1687 482486)

11 July - The Ceilidh Place, Ullapool (T: +44 (0) 1854 612103)

12 July - Arisaig Village Hall, Arisaig (T: +44 (0) 1687450263)

13 July -  Inverie Village Hall, Knoydart (T: +44 (0) 1687462347)

15 July - An Tobar, Isle of Mull (T: +44 (0) 1688 302211)

26 July - Big Tent Festival, Falkirk. NEW SHOES Big band with Luke Daniels (Accordion), Gavin Pennycook (Fiddle), Mario Caribe (double Bass), Donald Hay (Percussion), Phillippe Guidat (Guitar), and special guest iain MacLeod (mandolin)

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