The Comhaltas Tour of Canada – Echoes of Erin starts on Wednesday October 8th in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. For audiences in Canada, the Echoes of Erin tour provides a fantastic showcase for all that is best in Irish traditional music, song and dance. Top class performers in all fields display the highest standards and regional styles of music, song and dance. These are the same performers who have already thrilled audiences throughout the length and breadth of Ireland during the Comhaltas Irish Tour 2013 and the UK in early 2014 during Echoes of Erin Tour of Britain. The 2014 Comhaltas Tour of Canada is sponsored by Tourism Ireland. Venues to be visited by the 2014 tour are as follows: Date | Time | Location | Venue | Contact —-|——–|—- Oct-05 | 8:30 pm | Dublin (Ireland) | An Chulturlann, Monkstown |Tel: (01) 280-0295 [email protected] Oct-08 | 7:30 pm | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Holy Family Cathedral, 123 Nelson Road | Tel: 306 955-3599 306 382-4443 306 374-6966 Oct-09 | 8:00 pm | Regina, Saskatchewan | Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert Street | 306 757-5951 [email protected] Oct-10 | 7:30 pm | Manitou, Manitoba | Manitou Opera House, 325 Main Street | Tel: 204 242-2727 204 242-2794 [email protected] Oct-11 | 8:00 pm | Winnipeg, Manitoba | West End Cultural Centre, 586 Ellice Avenue | Tel: 204 783-6918 204 791-5374 [email protected] Oct-15 | 7:30 pm | Shannon, Quebec | Shannon Community Centre, 75Gosford Road | Tel: 418 844-1083 418 844-0033 [email protected] Oct-17 | 7:30 pm | Killaloe, Ontario | Festival Hall, 401 Isabella Street, Pembroke | Tel: 613 757-2300 613 401-5194 [email protected] Oct-18 | 8:00 pm | Peterborough, Ontario | Market Hall Performing Arts Centre, 140 Charlotte St | Tel: 705 775-1503 705 772-2881 [email protected] Oct-19 | 2:00 pm | Toronto, Ontario | Bishop Marrocco/Thomas Merton Secondary School | Tel: 416 267-5620 [email protected] [email protected] For further information please contact Tour Coordinator Anne McConnell-Strong at 616 546 7107 – [email protected] Artists: Dic Béimis (Cork) | Fear A’ Tí Eibhlín Ní Bhrúdair (Limerick) | Singer Anna Sheehan (Limerick) | Harp Rebecca McCarthy-Kent (Waterford) | Fiddle Maggie Maguire (Fermanagh) | Fiddle Andrew Beirne (Australia/Leitrim) | Flute/Tin Whistle Sharon Connell (Galway) | Button Accordion Darragh Ó Héiligh (Louth) | Uilleann Pipes/Bodhran Clara Mannion (Waterford) | Concertina Clíona Halley (Cork) | Concertina and Dancer Fernando Marcos (Argentina) | Dancer Conor Walsh (Sligo) | Dancer Aisling Newe (Tipperary) | Dancer Cara Hegarty (Cork) | Dancer Ken Ó Héiligh (Louth) | Tour Manager