The Sponsors.
Riverfront Recapture
a non-profit organization
and
The Olde Burnside Brewing Company
of East Hartford, CT are the major co-sponsors of The Pipes in The Valley Festival.

This association began in 2004 with a very successful festival that attracted many people from the Greater Hartford area and beyond.

In 2006, 10,000 people from the Northeastern States and beyond, made this one of the largest Celtic Festivals in the area.
    Don't miss this one!

The Food.
  Hammerhead Seafood
Fish and chips, spicy meat sandwiches & lavish dinners, with a choice selection of side orders.

  Kettle corn by Giggles
The finest gourmet popcorn is heated to perfection in an old fashion kettle stirred with a wooden paddle blended perfectly as it is popped producing a delicious blend of sweet and salty kettle corn.

  Cameron's of Kearny
Scotch Pies, Bridies & Haggis Puffs. With beverages to match!


The Beer.
Enjoy a pint of Ten Penny Ale from the Olde Burnside Brewing Company.
The taste will take you back to a time when brewing was a craft, and the brew master was a  well respected person in the  town.
Voted
'Best Microbrew 2007'!

The Crafters.
  Wicked Irish Clothing
  Bradley Imports
  Ireland on the Road
  Accessories by Burnham
  Kexel's Creations
  Celtic Outfitters
  Celtic Store
  Where In The World
  Celtic Vision Photos
  Irish Missed
  Ink & Essence
  Albright Silver Charms
  Celtic Wholesalers
  Scanlon & Sons Irish
      Gifts
  Kiltmakers Apprentice
  Celtic Craft
  Celtic Crossworks
  House of Yore
  Mad Morrigan
  McPride Apparel
  Pipelander
  Shamrock Custom
   Apparel


Vendor Info.
Interested in being a CELTIC vendor?
Contact Gail McClellan for PIV in 2008!

Vendor Access.
  Please start at the  Founder's Plaza in East Hartford. Volunteers will guide you to the drive-over / pedestrian area of the Founders Bridge. This drive-over zone will bring you directly to the upper Riverfront Plaza.
All Vendor  vehicles must return back over the driver-over /  pedestrian bridge to E. Hartford before 10 am.
Parking is on the E. H. side or in the garage on State Street, Hartford.

 Parking.
    Public parking is available at area Hartford parking garages including:  Constitution Plaza Garage and Morgan Street Garage.

Street parking is available along East River Drive in East Hartford. Commuting is encouraged!
Then, a short walk over the Founders Bridge will get you to your destination.

Handicap Access.
There is handicap parking at the Constitution Plaza Garage.

People may be dropped off at the corner of State St. and Columbus Blvd. and take the elevator right up to the Plaza level. Each level of the terraces is accessible via the elevator.

Sheraton Hotel
        Special
  The Sheraton-Hartford, located at 100 East River Drive E. Hartford, CT is directly across the river from Riverfront Plaza. Just walk over the Founders Bridge and your at our festival! Follow the link below to receive the
special $89 room rate!


Move Over Harry Potter ! Author Julie Hahnke will be signing her first novel, Through The Eyes of A Raptor", a young adult fantasy set in Scotland and based on Celtic mythology and Scottish history.

“Julie Hahnke crafts her story from such a rich blend of magic and myth, history and literature, nature and spirit, that it sweeps the reader right into the adventure—-on wings—-no looking down!”
—Jane Cowen-Fletcher, author of 'It Takes a Village'.





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The Music.
The Battlefield Band, from Scotland

"Forward with Scotland's Past"
				This 5 min clip is from a concert in the Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh, in Scotland, in 2006 (Only for broadband users)

The Battlefield Band
Named after the Glasgow suburb of Battlefield**, where the group was formed by four student friends, Battlefield Band have been on the world's roads for just on 30 years now, distilling their own unique form of the Scottish spirit and bottling it in concert and fiercely displaying their musical banner "Forward with Scotland's Past".
	Checkout the Battlefield Band's  new album,  DOOKIN', released in the USA on Sept 12th, 2007.	**For more information about the The Battle of Langside (1568), visit The Glasgow Story.

Barleyjuice      "2005 Celtic Radio Song of The Year"

These lads from Philadelphia know how to have fun . . .

Kyf Brewer. Kyf  is the throaty git on the microphone. He is the 'loudest' song writer!. Keith Swanson. Vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, bagpipes, bas, and mutton. Billy Dominick.  Fiddle, violin, vocals, photos of Stella. Jimmy Carbomb. Whistle and banjo, enforcement. Eric Worthington.  bass guitar, drunken harmonies. Gregor Schroeder. Drums, vocals, gas receipts More about the band!

Raining Hearts               Go Back to the TOP Having weathered three young lifetimes of vocal and instrument lessons, school concerts, and most recently Paul Green's School of Rock, the sisters of Raining Hearts are ready to take on larger audiences at this year's PIV. At 13, Scotlyn has co-penned two releases, including Valentine's Day, which has received scattered airplay each February since 2003. At 11 and 9, CoCo and Claire  are right at her heels in musical expertise. Oh yes, and Kyf Brewer of Barleyjuice is their manager and proud dad!          North Sea Gas     from Scotland!       Go Back to the TOP Scottish folk entertainers North Sea Gas are first and foremost a Scottish folk band who have now been performing for 27 years, commemorated in 2005 with their 25th Anniversary Tour.  The band’s eclectic career includes live performances in a variety of venues, from national theatres to private functions, oil rigs, folk clubs and open air concerts.  They have recorded 13 albums, and have maintained a large and diverse repertoire.   North Sea Gas’ philosophy is one of quality folk music coupled with entertainment.               The Barleyboys              Go Back to the TOP The Barleyboys are; Michael Babick - Electric and acoustic guitar, lead vocals, songwriter. Brian Fanning - Percussion. Paul Kennedy - Fiddle, vocals. Mike Kurman - Bass guitar, vocals. Tom Hampton - Acoustic guitar, mandolin, lap steel, vocals.         Rù-Rà           Go Back to the TOP   'Scottish Gaelic music for the third millennium' Rù-Rà are an exciting new presence in the Celtic/World music scene. Consisting of Gaelic singer Maggie Carchrie and keyboardist-percussionist Thomas Leigh, they fuse traditional Scottish Gaelic lyrics and melodies with modern electronic dance music and world percussion.         The Rising with Paul Haddock             Go Back to the TOP The Rising combines Irish traditional music and original rock and roll. Hailing from Northern Ireland and the U.S., The Rising's music can be heard on many local radio stations across New England, Including WMUA (MA), WHUS (CT) and WCUW (MA). The Rising are : Billy Eagen on guitar and vocals, Barney McElhone on fiddle and mandolin, Paul Haddock on banjo amd vocals, Chris Leary on keys and organs, Brendan McCann on the bodhran and George Perrault on the drums.         Brigid Gore            Go Back to the TOP BRIGID GORE PERFORMS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE: "Marines Helping Wounded Marines Program"           How you can help   Brigid Kate Mc Avey Gore is second generation Irish and Scot. The first songs she ever performed were from a book of Irish melodies her paternal grandfather gifted to her grandmother at the turn of the LAST century, 1904. Brigid’s father Donald was stationed with the US Army Air Corps in Belfast in 1943. While there he had a song published by Boosey Music Publishing House. Brigid sings in the sean-nos or “old style” her melodic voice carries the emotion of the subject matter.         The Ruffians            Go Back to the TOP IRISH SOUL  -  AMERICAN ATTITUDE The Ruffians bring a touch of punk to their own Irish traditional pieces. The Ruffians are : Sean Griffin - Vocals, guitar, bodhran. Dan Griffin - Backup vocals, bones. Jerome Morris - Drum kit, percussion. Captain Bastard - Uileann pipes, tin whistle, fiddle, backup vocals. Sean Sheridan - Bass, backup vocals. Joe Mulvanerty - Uileann pipes, tin whistle, flute, low pipe, bodhran. Kevin “Mad Dog” Meehan - Button accordion.          Donate to send WW2 Veterans to the Washington Memorial     Go Back to the TOP Honor The Greatest Generation by allowing them the opportunity to visit the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC. It costs $250 dollars to send one veteran to the Memorial.  How you can help. It took almost 60 years build the WW2 Memorial. (August 15, 1945 - April 29, 2004) Don't delay another minute. Thank You