This weekend (June 23 & 24) is the Celtic Fling  at Mt Hope Estate and Winery in Manheim, PA (home of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire).  I haven’t been there for several years, but now, thanks to them having an unbelievable line up including: Icewagon Flu, Ceann, and Enter the Haggis, I plan to be there on Saturday.   I’d offer to meet anyone who wants to come out, but since I hate getting up early I can’t promise where I’ll be or when.  My plans consist of seeing each of the above bands at least once (they’re playing 3 sets each), and hopefully a few others.  

 By the way- Icewagon Flu and Ceann will both have new CD’s available as of this coming Saturday.  I assume they will be available for purchase at the shows, but I don’t know for certain. 

 There are many other bands performing including Tartan Terrors (excellent), Empty Hats (also excellent, and nigh unto famous ’round here), and Coyote Run (which I’ve never heard of before, but the MP3 on the site sounds very good).

Also performing: Blackthorne, Celtic Spring, The Elders, Glengarry Boys, Hunting Mcleod, Knott Fibb’n, Screaming Orphans, Scythian, and some traditional music that’s only listed on the actual schedule.  There is an MP3 of one song for each of these bands (except Ceann for some reason) on the website.  I’ve listened to them all, and they’d all be worth attending a show for.  If you plan to go, check out the site and the MP3’s- there’s so much to see and hear at the Fling that you’ll need to be able to set up your schedule ahead of time.