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April 13, 2015

Barra MacNeils make first trip to Yorkton

This is the first time the group will play in Yorkton, MacNeil believes, and he says that the regular Barra MacNeil show, which has “all the hits” and is a lively show with traditional music, singing and step dancing.
“I always find it exciting to play in a new place, visiting an area that you haven’t seen before and playing in a theatre that you haven’t been in before… Hopefully we can make some new friends and some new fans.”

The Barra MacNeils at Vic Juba Community Theatre

Simon Arseneau

Multimedia Journalist

For the group Barra MacNeils music is not just a career, it is a family business that has been going on for nearly 30 years.

MacNeil siblings Kyle, Lucy, Sheumas, Stewart, Boyd, and Jamie Gatti have been performing for audiences since 1986 with an assortment of instruments such as piano, Celtic harp, guitar, flute, banjo, and the accordion.

“My three older brothers, Sheumas, Kule and Stewart, they performed the three of them for many years as the MacNeil brothers, and then the Barra MacNeils,” said Lucy MacNeil. “My first stint was actually Expo ‘86 in Vancouver, that was my first full summer with the Barra MacNeils. We’ve been going ever since.”

February 11, 2015

The Barra MacNeils in Massachusetts

…Now the Chevalier will add another chapter to its distinguished history by serving as a venue for the Barra MacNeils, whose performances are noted for featuring multiple lead vocalists, songs in English and Gaelic, entrancing harmonies, numerous acoustic, stringed, percussion and wind instruments, and step dancing…

January 29, 2015

It’s foot-stomping family entertainment at its finest!

January 26, 2015

Mount Allison’s 175th Kitchen Party features top Maritime musicians

“We are excited to host what will be Mount Allison’s biggest anniversary party to date,” says Mount Allison’s director of alumni Carolle de Ste Croix. “Our concert line-up — all Mount Allison graduates — is stellar and we’re looking forward to celebrating with them and the wider community with a kitchen party like no other.”

January 11, 2015

SCOTIABANK “STOLEN FROM A HOCKEY CARD” CONCERT

A celebration of hockey is coming to Halifax!  Save the date… Thursday, February 12.  Artists Include: Barra MacNeils, Buck 65, Corb Lund, Rich Aucoin, Miranda Mulholland, The Dave Bidini Band, and a Special Live Performance by NHL® All Star and Best Selling Author, Theo Fleury! Hosted by Ron MacLean and other Scotiabank Hockey Day In Canada […]

January 7, 2015

A Celtic Celebration at Chevalier

Celebrate Chevalier Theatre’s 75th anniversary with an evening of traditional Cape Breton Island music by Canada’s Celtic ambassadors. Presented by the City of Medford, Friends of Chevalier Auditorium & Gene Mack Gym, Chevalier Theatre Organ Society, Chevalier Auditorium Commission, and Canadian American Club of Massachusetts  

December 5, 2014

Christmas at Orillia Opera House

“The response to the shows has been wonderful,” Stewart MacNeil says in advance of a Dec 3 performance at the Orillia Opera House. “A lot of people say the show gets them in the mood for the season.”

At the Orillia Opera House Wednesday evening

Like the classic ballet The Nutcracker, a Nova Scotia singing family has become a Christmas tradition across Canada.