Monthly Sunday workshops with Pete Maw. 
Future dates: 20 September, 18 October, 15 November, 20 December 2009
3 July 2009, 8pm-12amThe opening ceili of the festival features music by Celtic Crunch. There's also a ceili in Peckham Rye Park, SE15, on Sunday 5 July. Contact Anne Mullen.
3 July 2009, 8-11pmMusic by Tony Kearney. Contact Rita O'Halloran.
16-26 July 2009Matt Cunningham's summer tour of England brings him to venues all over the country, including this one -
17 July 2009 8.30pm, £9 Pope John Centre, The Green, Heston Road, Heston, Middlesex, TW5 0HB Moira Dempsey 18 July 2009 Braintree Community Centre, Victoria Street, Braintree, Essex 19 July 2009 2pm South London Irish Centre, 140 Hartfield Road, Wimbledon, London, SW19 3TG Margaret Morrin 20 July 2009 Carnival Hall, Council Road, Basingstoke, RG21 3DH Kevin Monaghan 21 July 2009 8.30pm St Kentigerns Parochial Hall, Hart Road, Fallowfield, Manchester, M14 7DW Barbara Aherne 22 July 2009 Bolton Irish Centre, Lever Street, Bolton, Lancashire 23 July 2009 Servite Parish Centre, Cavendish Road, Prestwich, Manchester 7 24 July 2009 8pm-12am Goodyear Pavilion, Stafford Road, Wolverhampton Mona Dingley, Bridget Chambers 25 July 2009 Brian Boru Club, 55 Bryn St, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Lancashire 26 July 2009 2pm The Irish Centre, York Road, Leeds For more information contact the people listed above or Matt himself.
18 July 2009, 8pmCeili. Contact Mary T Allen.
Future dates: 28 November 2009
19 July 2009, 1-4pm, £5Monthly Sunday workshops with Pete Maw.
Future dates: 20 September, 18 October, 15 November, 20 December 2009
24 July 2009, 7.30pm, £5Live music ceili dancing. Contact Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith.
Next on: 25 September, 23 October, 20 November, 20 December 2009
24 July 2009, 8.30-11.30pmReturning to Ireland ceili with Delga Trad. Contact Rita O'Halloran.
31 July-7 August 2008England's biggest folk festival takes place in the Victorian seaside resort town of Sidmouth. Among the many events and performers, set dancing workshops and ceilis are led by Pete Maw. Contact Sidmouth Folk Week.
2 August 2009, 12-4.30pmGeoff's First Sunday is a popular afternoon session of ceili, two-hands, waltzes, jive and plenty of sets danced to recorded music. Contact Geoff Holland.
Also on: 6 September, 4 October, 1 November, 6 December 2009
28-30 August 2009Pádraig and Róisín McEneany lead workshops and the Copperplate Ceili Band provide music at this charity weekend. Dancing starts at the ceili on Friday night from 8.30pm to 12.30am. On Saturday workshops are from 10.30am to 4.30pm and the ceili that night is from 8.30pm to 12.30am. The Sunday workshop runs from 11am to 1pm and the final ceili from 2 to 5pm. Contact George Hook.
3 September 2009, 8.30pmBarbecue ceili to celebrate the resumption of Thursday classes. Contact Paul Harper.
6 September 2009, 11am-5.30pm, £6A day of dancing with a morning workshop from 11am to 1pm taught by Val Knight, a lunchtime session and an afternoon ceili from 2.30 to 5.30pm with live music by Eight Foot Four. Bring lunch for a picnic in the orchard, weather permitting. Contact Paul Harper.
Future dates: 4 October, 1 November, 6 December 2009
11-13 September 2009, £199Enjoy an Irish holiday package without the long trip south. This weekend features many of the same country artists usually found performing in Ibiza and Portugal, plus the Annaly Ceili Band, Micheál Sexton and Pat Walsh and Swallow's Tail Ceili Band. Set dancing workshops are also included in the programme. The holiday park is on a beach by the Irish Sea about three miles south of the town of Blackpool. Price includes entertainment, shared B&B and evening meals. Contact Gerry Flynn.
20 September 2009, 2.30-6.30pm, £7Ceili with music by Delga Trad. Contact Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith.
Next on: 8 November 2009
25-27 September 2009Another in a series of workshop weekends where as many different sets as possible are danced without repetition. The marathon starts on Friday night when the McNamara Ceili Band from London plays from 8-11.30pm in Carnival Hall, Council Road, RG21 3DH. The rest of the weekend is in Old Basing, with a workshop by Tony Ryan all day Saturday and on Sunday morning. The Davey Ceili Band plays for ceilis on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Contact Kevin Monaghan.
Next weekend: 11-13 December 2009 with Pádraig and Róisín McEneany and Ceili Time, same venue except Friday ceili in Carnival Hall, Council Road
2 October 2009, 8.30pm-12amDancing to Tony Kearney. Contact Tracey Mullen.
3-4 October 2009On his annual visit to Birmingham, Pat Murphy holds workshops on Saturday, 10.30am-5pm, and Sunday, 11.30am-1.30pm. The Ivy Leaf Ceili Band plays on Saturday night from 8.30pm, and again on Sunday from 2.30-5.30pm. Contact John and Sharon Holian.
11 October 2009, 2pmA charity ceili with Delga Trad. Contact Pat O'Sullivan.
Also on: 29 November 2009
16 October 2009, 8.30pmA charity ceili with Delga Trad. Contact Pat O'Sullivan.
Next ceili: 20 December 2009, 8pm
23-25 October 2009Manchester's big weekend of competitions and ceilis features music by the Copperplate Ceili Band. Ceilis are at 8.30pm from Friday through Sunday. On Saturday the ceili is held in the Longfield Suite, Longfield Centre, Rectory Lane, Prestwich, M25, where junior and senior competitions take place all day from 10am. In addition, Pat Murphy teaches a workshop on Sunday. Contact Colman Murtagh, Anne Cahill and Barbara Aherne.
23 October-1 November 2009Return to Camden Town is a ten-day celebration of Irish music, song and dance in the inner London district of Camden which was once the home of many Irish immigrants. The festival offers a full programme of sessions, concerts and music classes, and also includes ceilis and dance workshops. The festival is based at the London Irish Centre which was the city's first such centre and has been operating for over fifty years.
Workshops on the first weekend, 24-25 November, are taught by Timmy McCarthy and the ceilis feature Taylor's Cross Ceili Band. A ceili on Tuesday evening has music by the McNamara Ceili Band with Karen Ryan, Gary Connolly, Kathy Walton and Pete Quinn. Special guests the following weekend are the Kilfenora Ceili Band.
This is the full dance programme:
Saturday 24 October 10.30am-5pm workshop with Timmy McCarthy 8-11.30pm ceili with Taylor's Cross Ceili Band Sunday 26 October 10.30am-1.30pm workshop with Timmy McCarthy 2-5pm ceili with Taylor's Cross Ceili Band 8.30-11.30pm ceili dancing with Tony Kearney Tuesday 28 October 8-11pm ceili with the McNamara Ceili Band Saturday 1 November 10.30am-5pm workshop please confirm 8-11pm ceili with Kilfenora Ceili Band Sunday 2 November 11am-1pm workshop please confirm 2-5pm ceili with Kilfenora Ceili Band 8.30-11.30pm ceili dancing with Tony Kearney During the Kilfenora's visit, their leader John Lynch will show In the Blood, the recent documentary on the ceili band, and give a talk.
Contact Terry O'Donnell.
30 October-1 November 2009, £148This weekend of set dancing is held in a traditional dance centre based in a beautiful Tudor mansion with a lounge bar, library, terraced lawns and scenic views. West country teacher Maggie Daniel leads the workshops and Pendragon led by John Dudley is the resident band. Ceilis are on Friday from 8.30 and Saturday 8 until 11pm and on Sunday from 2.30 to 5pm. Maggie's workshops are on Saturday from 10am to 4.45pm and on Sunday from 10am to 2.15pm. The price includes dancing, on-site B&B and full board. Contact Ken Lamport.
6 November 2009, 8.30pmA charity ceili with Delga Trad. Contact Margaret Morrin.
6-8 November 2009This weekend of Scottish and Irish dancing in the Scottish highlands includes Irish set dancing workshops conducted by Jim Barry, plus more classes by at least four Scottish tutors in Scottish ceilidh, quadrilles, step and Highland dancing. Classes feature live music and run morning and afternoon on Saturday and Sunday. Dancing starts with a Scottish ceilidh on Friday, on Saturday there's a big concert and ceilidh, and the weekend concludes at a Ho-Ro Gheallaidh or a final session on Sunday afternoon. Contact Sandra Robertson.
13 November 2009, 8.30pm, £6Delga Trad plays for this charity ceili. Contact Moira Dempsey.
13-15 November 2009, £20Danny Webster visits Manchester to play for three ceilis, on Friday and Saturday at 8pm and on Sunday from 1 to 4pm. There's also a workshop on Saturday. Contact Breffni O'Brien.
10 December 2009, 8.30pmA Christmas party for the weekly class held here every Thursday. Contact Paul Harper.
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