Venues announced for 2010 Celtic Colours International Festival

[Celtic Colours International Festival]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- MAY 3, 2010

Venues announced for 2010 Celtic Colours International Festival

(Sydney, NS) One of the things that sets Celtic Colours International
Festival apart from the vast majority of festivals is that it isn’t
limited to just one location. Communities around Cape Breton Island
host concerts and workshops at a time when the fall leaves are at
their most brilliant and traveling around the island offers one
breathtaking view after another. These communities have nurtured the
culture for over 200 years, providing context for the roots of the
music and celebrating each community’s contribution to the island’s
living Celtic culture.

Each year, in January, the Festival advertises for expressions of
interest from community organizations interested in hosting Celtic
Colours concerts, workshops and other events. Venues are chosen based
on suitability according to set criteria, and around the end of April,
the venues are announced.

Venues for Celtic Colours concerts in 2010, taking place October
8-16th, include an 18th Century reconstructed French chapel, state of
the art performance facilities, and community halls, churches and
schools in 33 communities around the Island. While the venues vary in
primary function and size—from the 127 seat North River Community Hall
to the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre and Joan Harriss Cruise Pavilion
with a capacity of over 1000 each—they share in common the prominent
place each holds in the community it serves. The Celtic culture of
music, dance and story-telling lives on in these communities and
provides the foundation for the celebration of living culture that is
the Celtic Colours International Festival.

The Celtic Colours International Festival will open this year with a
concert in Port Hawkesbury on October 8 and close with a concert in
Sydney on October 16. In total, there will be 45 concerts taking place
in Albert Bridge, Aspy Bay, Baddeck, Big Pond, Boisdale, Boularderie,
Cheticamp, Christmas Island, D'Escousse, Glace Bay, Glendale,
Ingonish, Inverness, Iona, Judique, Louisbourg, Lower River
Inhabitants, Mabou, Main-a-Dieu, Marion Bridge, Membertou, North
River, Orangedale, Port Hawkesbury, Port Morien, St. Ann's, St.
Peter's, Sydney, Sydney Mines, Sydney River, Terre Noire, Wagmatcook
and Whycocomagh.

For the full list of concert venues and the communities where they
will take place, as well as photos and highlight videos from 2009,
visit www.celtic-colours.com. The lineup for the 14th Celtic Colours
International Festival will be announced June 17th.

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Dave Mahalik - Information Officer
Celtic Colours International Festival
850 Grand Lake Road, Suite 8
Sydney, NS
B1P 5T9
902 562 6700
www.celtic-colours.com
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