Welcome to The Return To Camden Town website

We are proud to announce our first RtCT preview concert of 2010:

JOHN AND JAMES CARTY IN CONCERT WITH JOHN BLAKE
Friday 29th January 2010, 7.30pm Doors Open
Presidential Suite, London Irish Centre, 50 Camden Square, London NW1 9XB
Tickets: £10 in advance/ £13 on the night/ £8 concession/ £6 under 18s
Purchase your tickets online now at: http://tiny.cc/ziFye

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RtCT 09 Grand Draw Result

The winners of the Grand Draw are as follows:

Prize Order	Prize	Donated by	Serial No.	Name
1	Two Nights Stay	Crown Moran Hotel	0078	J Glennon
2	Week Music Workshop	Boghill Centre	0983	Bob Allies
3	Two Flights	Aer Lingus	0593	K Fahey
4	Two Nights B&B	Armada Hotel	0776	Zak Skinner-Coleman
5	Two Nights Self Catering	John Benny Moriarty’s Pub Dingle	0534	Rocky Donnelly
6	Accommodation in Brittany	Hotel le Cheval Blanc, Brittany France	0748	Mike Coulthard
7	Jameson Whiskey	Keenan’s Bar N10	4052	Gerry Kirby
8	Small Instrument	Dot’s Music	0650	Billy
9	Bodhran	Hobgoblin	0781	Zak Skinner-Coleman
10	Ceilidh or Concert Ticket for 2010	RtCT	0796	B Candy
11	One Family Heritage Card for 1 year	OPW: Office for Public Works	0340	Sean Mulvey

Winners who were unable to attend the draw are invited to collect their prize at Keenan's Bar (Saturday night session), 9pm, Saturday 19th December. Keenan's Bar, 89 Colney Hatch Lane, Muswell Hill, London N10 1LR (near the junction with Sutton Road - in amongst the parade of shop which includes the Post Office and the new multicoloured library)

Buses: 134 and 43 (both are a 10 minute journey from Highgate tube - Northern Line)

134 http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/134.htm

43 http://www.londonbusroutes.net/times/043.htm

for a map / other transport info see: http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/25/25218/Keenans/Muswell_Hill

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Plans for the 12th Return to Camden Town Festival are underway and dates will soon be announced - watch this space. If you would like to join our emailing list to receive updates about traditional Irish music, song and dance events in London throughout the year please email: karen@returntocamden.org

The 2009 Festival of Traditional Irish Music, Song & Dance - (NB: this is now finished)

10 days of concerts, céilís, set dancing, workshops & sessions

2006 pics The UK's internationally-renowned traditional Irish music, song and dance
festival returns for its eleventh year on Friday 23rd October to 1st November,
featuring more top musicians, artists and teachers of Irish traditional music
and dance. For ten action-packed days, some of the top traditional players,
singers and dancers from the UK and Ireland will entertain and teach in a
full programme of concerts, céilís, workshops, sessions, and lectures for
adults and children at all levels.

Artists confirmed so far include:

Moonlighting
The Kilfenora Céilí Band
Brian Finnegan and Friends
Kevin Crawford, Cillian Vallely and Paul Meehan
Le Chéile
The Good Mixer Band (Tommy Keane, Marcus Hernon, Henry Benagh, Noel O'Grady)
Cathal McConnell
Charlie Lennon and Johnny Connolly
The London Lasses and Pete Quinn
Len Graham
Líadan
Lumiere (Pauline Scanlon & Eilis Kennedy)
The Long Notes
Taylor's Cross Céilí Band
Timmy 'the Brit' McCarthy
Mick Mulvey
Terence O'Flaherty
The Trad Gathering
And more…!

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Also new, take a look at the new Festival MySpace page!

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The NEW 2009 free festival magazine can be downloaded as a PDF file from this website
for a limited time. This is a low resolution version of the 2009 magazine. (Warning: 2.4MB file)

We hope to see you in Camden in October!

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