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This should be a great weekend at Hartford's Riverfront as two days of entertainment are about to take place. The Pipes in the Valley Irish festival will take place from 11am until 10PM at the Riverfront Plaza with bagpipers and Irish Music that everyone can enjoy. Year after year this is a great event that brings large crowds toi Hartford's Riverfront showplace.
The fun begins at 11 am, with the massed pipe bands parading over the Founders
Bridge at noon, and doesn’t stop til 10:30pm when “Celtica” closes the show with
an unforgettable performance of bagrock, fire and brimstone! Earlier we build
up the Celtic fever with the thunderous tribal pipes and drums of Scotland’s
“Albannach!” Check out the entire music schedule here including Ontario, Canada’s
all-sister band, Searson; Northampton’s Dicey Riley; and three Irish bands all
hailing from Connecticut, The Mighty Ploughboys, The Jolly Beggars and The
Rising.
The event is made possible throught the sponsorship of SBM Charitable Foundation, Inc, Ahern Funeral Homes, United Technologies,
Highland Park Markets, East Hartford Dept of Parks & Recreation, Harp
Mechanical and The Rock 106.9 WCCC
On Sunday, be sure to check out the Riverfront for the:
Head of
the Riverfront Rowing Regatta
The 14th Annual Head of the Riverfront is scheduled for Sunday, September 30,
2012.
Come enjoy the spectacle of New England’s 3rd largest rowing event as you
cheer on your favorite collegiate, high school, club, individual and masters
rowers.
Riverfront Recapture is a 30+year-old non-profit in Hartford,
CT that was created to restore access to the city’s riverfront. Each year,
beginning in 1998, we host a head style regatta offering competition on the
Connecticut River for high school, collegiate, and masters rowers.
In 2012, the main launch/return site for the Head of the Riverfront will be
Riverside Park (the location of the Riverfront Recapture Boathouse). This will
now be the central area for registration, launch & return, and trailer
parking. The start line is located approximately three miles downstream from the
boat launching area. The approximately 2.8-mile racecourse runs North (up
river). The finish line viewing area is approximately a 15 minute walk from
Riverside park, easily accessible by way of the Riverwalk paved pathways leading
to the Mortensen Riverfront Plaza.
for more info go to riverfront.org
posted by KEVIN BROOKMAN at 3:47 PM on Sep 27, 2012
"HEAD TO THE RIVER THIS WEEKEND"
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