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Ottawa Irish Week 2010

The Ottawa Irish Festival is an annual celebration of Irish and Irish-Canadian culture in the National Capital Region.

This week-long event allows residents and visitors to enjoy the very best of all things Irish: music, poetry, history, song, dance, theatre, language, sport and the annual Ottawa St. Patrick’s Parade and Grand Irish Party.

The 2010 Festival will run from March 10 - 17 with:

March 10
Proclamation Concert from 7 to 10 pm. Evening starts with Proclamation of “Irish Week” in the City of Ottawa, from March 10 to 17, by Mayor Georges Bédard; followed by a Musical Concert.

National Irish Canadian Cultural Centre (Kildare Room, lower level)
310 St. Patrick Street (Cumberland Street entrance).

MC – Kurt Stoodley (A Channel).

Admission: “Free – will donation” with a cash bar

For information 613-591-9194

Please note: The City of Ottawa will raise the national flag of Ireland at Ottawa City Hall on Wednesday March 10 and it will fly until March 17.

March 11
Ottawa Folklore Centre
Join us between 5 and 6:60 pm for a bit of music and history on instruments used in traditional and contemporary cíelí bands. Interactive performances by local musicians. Bring your questions and listening ears.

Free admission.
1111 Bank Street

613-730-2887

March 11
Daniel O’Connell’s Irish Pub
Every Thursday Daniel O’Connell’s has an open session for musicians interested in traditional jigs and reels.
Come join us at 8pm.
1205 Wellington (Hintonburg)

Info: 613-725-2200

March 12
Annual Erin Luncheon, Silent Auction and Lottery Draw for $27,000
in support of St. Patrick’s Home at St. Patrick’s Home
2865 Riverside Drive
11:30 am to 3 pm.

Tickets are $35 and available foundation@stpats.ca or 613-260-2740

March 12
Irish Literary Evening with authors Sharon Doyle Driedger, Patrick Taylor and Will Ferguson
National Irish Canadian Cultural Centre
314 St. Patrick Street, Ottawa

For information: www.saintbrigidscentre.ca or 613-244-7373

March 13
28^th Annual St. Patrick’s Parade starting at 11 am and ending at 12:30 pm.
Departs Ottawa City Hall on Laurier Avenue West and down Bank Street to Lansdowne Park.

The Honoury Parade Marshall is Charlie Muldoon.

Parade applications:

Parade Letter	Parade Application
Parade Rules	Parade Details

Sponsors:
Those interested in becoming sponsors for the parade, please contact Peter Rock at peter.rock@rogers.com
or 613-591-9194

Volunteers needed
To ensure a successful parade, over 200 volunteers are required on Parade Day March 13th. Please consider volunteering a few hours of your time to make Your Irish Society’s Parade “The Best It Can Be”.
For information, please contact Irene Layton at st_patricks_parade_ottawa@hotmail.com
or 613-236-5039.

The Ottawa Food Bank volunteers will be collecting canned and packaged food, baby and household products and cash donations during the parade and at the Grand Irish Party. We encourage all participants, spectators and sponsors to support this worthwhile cause.

Follow us on Facebook at St_Patricks_Parade_Ottawa@hotmail.com

March 13
Grand Irish Party at Ottawa Civic Centre, Lansdowne Park starting at 12 noon until 4 pm.
Entertainment provided by local musicians and dancers.

Admission: Family - $25
                 Adults 20 and over - $10
                 Teenagers 13 to 19 - $5
                 Children 12 and under - $3.

March 13
“Just a Bit of Craíc” presented by Sue Fay Healy School of Traditional Dance
National Irish Canadian Cultural Centre
314 St. Patrick Street

Starts: 7 pm
Doors OPen: 6:30 pm

Information: www.saintbrigidscentre.ca or 613-225-2106

March 13
Ottawa Family Cinema
Looking for a light-hearted comedy set in the Irish countryside? Come to a showing of Leap Year. The 2010 film is a romantic comedy about a woman determined to get married who follows her boyfriend to Ireland to propose to him on Leap Day. Her journey does not go as smoothly as planned as she struggles to make it to Dublin on time. Directed by Anand Tucker and starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode.

Ottawa Family Cinema
710 Broadview Ave., Ottawa

Starts at 2 pm

Information www.familycinema.ca or 613-722-8218

March 13
Dinner and Ceili
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann hosts a buffet dinner 6 to 8 pm followed by a tradional céilí until 11:30 pm
Blessed Sacrement Church Hall
194 Fourth Avenue in the Glebe.

Tickets are $25 and can be purchased from Comhaltas in advance or at the door.

Information www.ottawacomhaltas.com or 613-448-2993

March 14
Listen to the Gaelic Hour CHIN Radio FM 97.9 starting at 8 am

March 14
Joan Sullivan Eady play

Info: www.saintbrigidscentre.ca or 613-244-7373

March 14
Pancake Breakfast
National Irish Canadian Cultural Centre (NICCC)
314 St. Patrick Street (use Cumberland Street entrance)
10 am to 12 noon.

Admission: Adults - $5
Children - $3.

Information: www.saintbrigidscentre.ca or 613-244-7373

March 14
“Rose of Tralee” selection for the next representative from Ottawa will be at
Library & Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street
3 pm to 5 pm.

Info contact Austin Comerton at austin@thegaelichour.ca

March 14
The Ottawa Celtic Choir presents “St. Patrick and Beyond”
A celebration of “Celtic Music” as part of St. Luke’s Concert series.

St. Luke’s Anglican Church
760 Somerset St., (3 blocks west of Bronson Ave.)

Concert starts at 7:30 pm. Admission by donation

March 15
Celtic Knotwork Workshop
Learn to draw Celtic knots! Taught by Artist David Rankine. Materials and refreshments will be provided. Space is limited to 40 people.

Cost: free for card carrying members of the Irish Society NCR: $5 for Non-Members.
You can buy your ticket advance or at tthe door (in advance recommended).

Location:
National Irish Cultural Centre (use Cumberland Street entrance)
314 St. Patrick Street, Ottawa
7 - 10:30 pm

Information: contact Laura Hay at cultural@irishsocietyncr.com or 613-591-9194

March 16
Lecture: “Book of Kells: Dark Age Visions of the Design”
In cooperation with the University of Ottawa Celtic Studies program, this lecture by David Rankine looks at artistry of the images in the Book of Kells.

University of Ottawa
Fauteux Building, Room 147B
57 Louis-Pasteur
8 to 9:30 pm

Cost: free, donations accepted

For information contact Laura at cultural@irishsocietyncr.com or 613-591-9194

March 16
An Evening of Harps & Ballads Concert
with Acacia Lyra
National Irish Canadian Cultural Centre
310 St. Patrick Street, Ottawa

Starts at 7 pm
Cost $10
Cash bar

Info: www.saintbrigidscentre.ca or 613-244-7373

March 17
St. Patrick’s Day Mass
St. Patrick’s Basilica
235 Nepean Street (main entrance off Kent Street).

Celebration starts at 10 am.

For information contact St. Patrick’s Basilica at www.basilica.org

March 17
St. Patrick’s Day Dinner Dance with Gail Gavan & Friends
National Irish Canadian Cultural Centre
314 St. Patrick Street
Starts: 8 pm with entertainment, food and drink.
Tickets: $50.00
Information: www.saintbrigidscenter.ca or 613-591-3764

March 17
Mayfair Theatre
Come for a double-bill of Dublin-born Director Jim Sheridan’s:
In the Name of the Father (1993) starting at 7 pm
The Boxer (1997) starting at 9 pm

Mayfair Theatre - Ottawa's home of stuff you won't see anywhere else.
1074 Bank Street.
613-730-6552

March 17
Daniel O’Connell’s Irish Pub
Stop in to a daytime of authentic Irish music.
1205 Wellington Street in Hintonburg.
613-725-2200

Any Day - Ol agus Ceol! (Drink and Music!)

Visit The Irish Village in the Byward Market or
your local Heart and Crown any day of the week for
a variety of specials and live music during the Ottawa Irish Festival.

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