2008 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE OF THE BRIAN BORU IRISH PIPE BAND
FEBRUARY 2008
Wednesday February 26th - Kickoff to St. Pat's Beer Tour, Old Chicago, Eden Prairie MN
MARCH 2008
Friday March 7th 2008 7:00P 2nd Annual Finnegan's Brainerd Pub Crawl Brainerd, Minnesota
Saturday March 8th 2008 2:00P 3 3rd Annual Finnegan's Pre-St. Patrick's Day pub crawl Duluth MN Duluth
Thursday March 13th 2008 7:00P Crowning of Miss Shamrock @ Shamrocks - The Irish Nook St. Paul
Thursday-Monday Mar 14,15,17th 8:00P Brian Boru Bagpiper Pat McCormick will be appearing with Murphy's Empty Shot at the Cabooze Minneapolis, MN, The Aquarium in Fargo, ND and Nutty's North in Sioux Falls, SD
Saturday March 15th 2008 Brian Boru Bagpiper Jim Sherman will be appearing at Jake O'Connor's
Saturday March 15th 2008 2:00P St. Patrick's Day Celebration 2008 Emmetsburg,Iowa Emmetsburg, Iowa
Monday March 17th 2008 Noon-Midnight St. Patrick's Day 2008 St. Paul -Various Locations St. Paul (Full Band)
MAY 2008
Saturday May 17th 2008 12:00 P.M. 2008 Minnesota Scottish Fair Farmington, Minnesota J
JUNE 2008
Saturday June 2nd 2008 5:00P City Pages Annual Beer Festival Uptown, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Saturday June 7th 2008 Finnegan's Irish Amber 2nd Annual SummerFest, Cedar Ave (in front of Cabooze), Minneapolis, MN
Saturday June 28th 2008 North Branch Midsummer's Days Parade (sponsored by North Branch American Legion) North Branch, MN
JULY 2008
Saturday July 27th 2008 Catfish Days, Franklin MN
AUGUST 2008
Friday August 8th 2008 Minnesota Irish Fair www.irishfair.com, St. Paul, Minnesota
Saturday August 9th 2008 Irish Fair www.irishfair.com, St. Paul, Minnesota
Sunday August 10th 2008 Minnesota Irish Fair www.irishfair.com, St. Paul
SEPTEMBER 2008
September 17th Halfway to St. Patrick's Day - O'Gara's & Shamrocks with the Finnegan's Lasses, Young Dubliners and the Wild Colonial Bhoys
September 20th 1st Annual North East South Dakota Celtic Faire and Games, Aberdeen, South Dakota
September 20th Brian Boru Bagpiper Jimmy Sherman appearing at the Cladaugh Irish Pub, Maple Grove, MN
OCTOBER 2008
Saturday October 18th Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band Ceili Dance & Performances. B-Dale Club, 2100 Dale Street (at Country Road B) Roseville MN (651) 489-5386. 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM. For info please call (763) 222-4703 or email info@brianboruirishpipeband.com
NOVEMBER
2008 Friday November 7th Green Tie Gala, Ford UAW Hall, St. Paul, MN
DECEMBER 2008
Friday December 19th -North Star Financial/Big Brothers-Big Sisters Holiday Charity Party, Metrodome, Minneapolis
MN 2007 Schedule of the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band Old Chicago’s Kickoff to St. Patrick’s Day, Wednesday February 28th 7-9 p.m, Old Chicago, Eden Prairie Friday March 9th, Finnegan’s 1st Annual Brainerd Pub crawl (tentative) Saturday March 10th Finnegan’s 2nd Annual Duluth pub crawl Saturday March 10th, Brian Boru piper Jimmy Sherman appearing in the Southern Minnesota Irish-American Club parade, Waseca-Janesville, MN Thursday March 15th Miss Shamrock Crowning, St. Pat’s Assoc., Shamrocks:The Irish Nook (formerly Sham Rocks and Mr. Patom’s), 995 West 7th, St. Paul Friday March 16th, Brian Boru piper Patrick McCormick appearing at the Cabooze, Minneapolis, with WookieFoot & Murphy’s Empty Shot Friday March 16th Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band Pre-St. Patrick’s Day Mini-Tour, Minneapolis & St. Paul (click here to view the schedule) Saturday March 17th St. Patrick’s Day Minneapolis/St. Paul (click here to view schedule) Brian Boru Bagpiper Dave Kenney appearing in Galway, Ireland – Downtown Brian Boru piper Patrick McCormick appearing in North Dakota, with WookieFoot & Murphy’s Empty Shot Saturday May 19th Minnesota Scottish Fair, Dakota County Fairgrounds Sunday May 20th DS Matt Grimm-Joann Richardson Wedding Saturday June 2nd, City Pages 15th Annual Beer Fest, Uptown, Minneapolis MN Saturday June 9th Finnegan’s1st Annual SummerFest to benefit Heading Home Hennepin, Cabooze, Minneapolis MN Sunday June 17th. North Branch Midsummer Days Parade (and American Legion tent) North Branch, MN Friday June 29th Flat Earth Brewing Company ‘Open House’ St. Paul, MN Friday June 29th Brian Boru Bagpiper Patrick McCormick appearing at UPS 100th Anniversary – Maple Grove, MN Wednesday July 4th St. Anthony Park Parade. St. Anthony Park, St. Paul MN Sunday July 29th Franklin Catfish Derby Days – Franklin MN – With the St. Paul St. Pat’s Assoc., St. Paul Winter Carnival and Finnegan’s Irish Amber Friday-Sunday August 10th-12th Irish Fair, Harriet Island, St. Paul – Visit the Brian Boru Merchandise Booth in the Marketplace Tent Saturday August 11th Minnesota Irish Fair Gateway Stage 11:30 a.m. River Stage at Noon – Harriet Island, St. Paul, MN Sunday August 12th Minnesota Irish Fair – Visit the Brian Boru Merchandise Booth in the Marketplace Tent– Harriet Island, St. Paul, MN 3rd Annual Spudtoberfest Saturday September 15th Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day - To be announced Monday September 17th Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day - Shamrocks on W. 7th St. Tuesday October 23th Annual Band Meeting Wednesday November 7th Finnegan’s ‘Drink Like You Care’ reception, The Local, Minneapolis Saturday November 17th Failte Minnesota Green Tie Event
Brian Boru's Pipe Sergeant Patrick McCormick will be appearing on pipes with Minneapolis-based jam band WookieFoot this weekend (October 29th & 30th) at the Cabooze. Other bands scheduled to appear include the Limms.
Photo credit - Bruce Kluckhohn
The Eastern Montana Celtic Festival features a bar crawl with the Big Skye Pipers (featuring Brian Boru's Thom Nolan and Macalester Pipe Band's Steve Sutherland), Highland Dancers, heritage displays, food, family fun, concerts and more. Come be 'Irish For A Day'!
Boru Bagpiper Dan Sexton will be performing at Failte Minnesota's 4th Annual Green Tie Event on Saturday November 21st. 
Look for the Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band at the 2009 Minnesota Irish Fair
August 7-9 Harriet Island, St. Paul Minnesota
Friday August 7th - Brian Boru Official Merchandise Booth open from 3 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. in the East Marketplace -Dropkick Murphy's at 8:30 p.m.
Satuday August 8th 9:30 a.m. Join the BORU running team in the 'Run with the Kelts' 5K
Saturday August 8th 11:30 a.m. BRIAN BORU IRISH PIPE BAND performing at Croagh Park
Saturday August 8th Noon - Grand March with the BRIAN BORU IRISH PIPE BAND and Curtin Conway Award Ceremony, Gateway Stage
Saturday August 8th - Brian Boru Official Merchandise Booth open from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. in the East Marketplace
Sunday August 9th - Boru With Scoil na dTri School of Irish Dance 1:30 p.m. Holiday Dance Tent
Sunday August 9th - Boru With Scoil na dTri School of Irish Dance 5:30 p.m. Holiday Dance Tent
Sunday August 9th - Brian Boru Official Merchandise Booth open from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. in the East Marketplace
PIPING HOT 4!!
The Great Northern Irish Pipers’ Club (GNIPC) is presenting a concert of bagpiping and bagpipes from across the globe at 7:30 pm, April 18th in the 3M Auditorium (in the Owens Science Building: corner of Cretin and Summit) at the College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.
The evening is a fund-raising event with proceeds to benefit the goals and programs of GNIPC.
Guest artists include Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band (featuring Irish tunes on the Highland Pipes), Tim Britton (uilleann pipes), Dick Hensold (Northumbrian pipes and other European bagpipes), Laura MacKenzie (Scottish Border Pipes, and other European bagpipes), Kim Sobbe (Leicestershire smallpipes) as well as members and friends of the Great Northern Irish Pipers’ Club (uilleann pipes).
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the event or at www.gnipc.org via PayPal, by email at info@gnipc.org or phone at 651.227.3367. Seating is limited so advance tickets are highly recommended. Get tickets for this incredible event now!
Here are some links with information about our guest musicians:
Brian Boru Pipe Band
http://www.brianborupipeband.com
Timothy Britton
http://www.skep.com/britton/
Dick Hensold
http://www.dickhensold.com
Laura MacKenzie
http://www.lauramackenzie.com 
Members of the Brian Boru will be playing out Miss Shamock 2009 before the Minnesota Swarm Professional Lacrosse Ceremonial Ball Drop
Discount tickets available at
https://secure.xcelenergycenter.com/GT/default.asp?Group=Rince94050 
