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CASTLETOWN GEOGHEGAN PUB |
... (pronounced Ga -gen) is an Irish pub and restaurant located in downtown Belleville, Illinois. "We pride ourselves in presenting our place as a real , Irish pub... not just a juke-joint with bar-food and an Irish name on a shingle in front." The pub is also a great supporter of live Irish music, booking bands most weekends & hosting an Irish session on Tuesdays from 7:30pm. |
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JAMESON'S PUBLIC HOUSE |
"... is the only authentic Irish Pub in the Cedar Valley and has a superb selection of authentic Irish beers on tap along with full traditional selections of "Uisce Beatha" (Whiskey... the "water of life"), an ever changing menu of familiar Irish and American foods, and a variety of traditional Irish music." |
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WILL-TV |
... is a public television serving Central Illinois. WILL-TV produced a TV program, CelticPalooza, in May 2005, featuring a wide selection of local Irish music performers. |
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O'BRIEN'S CORNER TAVERN |
Owner Vince O'Brien, an Irish-American, is a wonderful host and, with his wife Mary, provides a warm and hospitable pub atmosphere in the tradition of the local pub back in Ireland. |
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BENTLEY'S PUB |
... has been hosting a traditional Irish jam session for several years now. Currently sessions run from 7-10 on Wednesday evenings. Owner/Manager Stacey, pulls the perfect pint of Guinness. |
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FOREST PARK NATURE
CENTER |
The center, a beautiful A-frame building, sits on the edge of the woods up in Peoria Heights. Manager, Mike Miller, does a fine job in booking a wide selection of folk bands once a month. |
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ILLINOIS ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY |
... organize the annual Chicago Highland Games the third weekend in June. Their mission is "to nourish the Scottish identity in Illinois by serving the community of Scots, our families, and our friends, and by celebrating both traditional and contemporary Scottish culture." |
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CHAMPAIGN PARK DISTRICT |
... does a wonderful job promoting and supporting live music throughout the year. Their Concerts in the Parks series features mid-west bands from all musical genres. They also put on StreetFest, Taste of Champaign-Urbana, & Downtown Festival of the Arts, all of which showcase a variety of musical talent. |
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ALLERTON PARK |
..U of I's Office of Continuing Education hosts monthly concerts in the park's beautiful 'Walled Garden'. |
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ILLINOIS STATE
FAIR Ethnic Village Springfield, IL |
The fair runs for a week starting the 2nd week in August. The Ethnic Village is a great place to enjoy live music from a wide variety of cultures... including Irish! There's also lots of good food and beer to go along with the entertainment. |
GALVA ARTS COUNCIL, |
The Galva Arts Council coffeehouse draws a wide range of performers from the West Central Illinois area and beyond. The performance format is open mic, with amateur and professional musicians, actors, poets and other artists invited to participate. |
WGLT RADIO STATION |
Bruce Bergethon is another fine promoter of good music through his Sunday radio show, 'Acousticity' (8pm-midnight) based out of the campus of the Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal, IL. Bruce selects from a wide variety of acoustic music spanning bluegrass, gospel, country, singer-songwriters, Celtic. |
| ...have been great friends to the band. It is one of the most active Celtic cultural societies in the Midwest. They field competitive pipe bands, and have nearly a hundred Highland and Irish dancers who dance competitively and for exhibition. They sponsor a Highland Games in the spring, and Ceilidhs throughout the year. | |
| "...was founded by five lonely Irishmen in a downtown Peoria pub one cold January afternoon in 1980." Each July, the society hosts a popular Irish music festival, Erin Feis on the riverfront in Peoria, IL. | |
| ...is a 4-piece band based in the Midwest (Central Illinois), playing 'traditional Irish/Celtic music... and then some.' | |
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The music of this duo from Peoria, IL "is based on the mutual love of and in some ways a renewed passion for Celtic music. However, the influences of folk, swing, ragtime, world, pop and rock can be heard as well." |
| ... owned & operated by musician, Thom Larson. The Whistle Shop specializes in whistles and whistle-related products - including whistles and tutorials from most major manufacturers and a Free Online Tutorial for beginners. | |
