CelticFest 2012 – Gothard Sisters at The Village in Vancouver [Scarborough Fair]

Appearing as part of a preview of the CelticFest 2012 on March 10, 2012, The Gothard Sisters from Seattle, WA performed a number of tunes including Scotland The Brave, Scarborough Fair (an old British folk song turned Simon and Garfunkel classic) and others at The Village in Vancouver’s Southeast Falsecreek, site of the former Olympic athletes residents of 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

Other bands also making an appearance included Lorne Warr & The Streels, Good For Grapes, Jocelyn Pettit Band. Many of them will also perform later in the main events of the Celtic festival in Vancouver from Mar 14-18, 2012. The week long celebration festivities end with a St. Patrick’s Day parade in downtown Vancouver on Sunday.

VIDEO – CelticFest 2012, The Gothard Sisters




The following videos are from CelticFest 2011 last year at the Celtic Village Music Stage, corner of Granville and Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver.

VIDEO – Colin Grant Band, CelticFest 2011

VIDEO – Stephanie Cadman, CelticFest 2011

The Celtic Village, 700 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC

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Sichuan Neijiang Chinese Folk Music and Dance Performance 中国四川民族歌唱舞蹈表演 – 2011 WMFF

This is a rare glimpse of a local Sichuan group performing folk dance and music of the area in Neijiang, China. 内江四川中国歌唱和民族舞蹈表演. It took place during the 2011 World Music Fashion Festival (WMFF 201) in Neijiang, Sichuan, China on Sep 23, 2011. Neijiang is about half-way between Chengdu and Chongqing.

Neijiang, Sichuan Folk Music & Dance

Neijiang, Sichuan, China

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Namgar Moscow Russia Mongolian Music at Vancouver Folk Music Festival 2010

Incredible! Namgar Lhasaranova Evgeniy Zolotarev performs music from her ancient nomadic traditions of Southern Siberia and Buryat-Mongolia. Folk songs about Moscow Russia and Mongol legends, fairytale beauties, epic heroes, and horse racers hurling across vast highland plateaus. Namgar, this Russia ethnic group played with chanza, a 3-stringed Mongol lute, flutes, drums and other percussion instruments for free at Tom Lee Music on Granville on July 16, 2010 as part of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival 2010.


929 Granville Street, Vancouver BC

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