Celtic Colours Festival Club home to traditional music at ECMA's

[Celtic Colours International Festival]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 28, 2010

Celtic Colours Festival Club home to traditional music at ECMA's

(Sydney, NS) Traditional music will have a home when the East Coast
Music Awards come to Cape Breton Island as 2010 ECMA Event of the Year
nominee the Celtic Colours International Festival hosts the Celtic
Colours Festival Club. Hosted by North Shore singer-songwriter Buddy
MacDonald, the Celtic Colours Festival Club will run from 11pm to 3am
on Friday and Saturday nights at the Membertou Trade and Convention
Centre.

The Festival Club is a unique feature of Celtic Colours. It is the
place to go each night during the festival as artists and audiences
gather for a late night session after their concerts. The club offers
an opportunity for musicians to get together and play in a more
informal setting that allows them to collaborate and have some fun.

"Festival Club is the heart and soul of Celtic Colours and we plan to
recreate that atmosphere of sharing and celebration," says Joella
Foulds, Artistic Director of Celtic Colours. “So many people are
coming here for the ECMA event and we want to show them how wonderful
our artists are and what great music they make. We'd like to invite
our regular Celtic Colours fans and all of the folks who can't make it
here in October to join us for some great craic. The only thing
missing will be the falling leaves."

As usual, the lineup won't be announced in advance, but many of the
Celtic Colours regulars have already lined up to perform, and given
the nature of the Festival Club, it’s the unexpected collaborations
that take place when artists get together in this sort of atmosphere
that usually make for the most exciting moments.

"Having hosted the Celtic Colours Festival Club since its beginning,”
says Buddy MacDonald,” I know what an integral role it plays in
showing the world the importance of bringing together great music and
great people.”

And that is point of putting on an event like this. Celtic Colours
International Festival is more than a Celtic music festival, it is a
celebration of traditional music and culture on Cape Breton Island,
and that musical culture lives in gatherings like what the Festival
Club represents—a coming together of musicians to make music for the
pure joy of it.

Celtic Colours Festival Club is a licensed event taking place March
5th and 6th at the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre, 11pm-3am.
General admission is $5 at the door. Conference delegates will be
admitted with their passes. For more information, or to see Celtic
Colours highlights, visit www.celtic-colours.com.

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For more information, interviews or photos contact:

Dave Mahalik - Information Officer
dave at celtic-colours.com

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