16 (Part 2)

Posted on 03/23/2016 by Jeremy Bailey in Live Review and tagged Celkilt, Flogging Molly, For the Win, Go Go Gadget, RFK Stadium Festival Grounds, Scythian, ShamrockFest, Street Dogs, The Fighting Jamesons, Vanilla Ice.

Scythian gets the crowd ready at ShamrockFest 2016

Herein lies a look at the music of ShamrockFest 2016.

Celkilt – I entered the ShamrockFest fray in time to see Celkilt, a Celtic rock band, on the Gold stage. The energy of their performance was enough to fire me and the nearby festival goers up for the day of music ahead. Even some of those had drank too much by this point… Celkilt is from Lyon, France and competed on the TV show, France Got Talent. I was intrigued by how much fiddle can be inserted into any given song.

Scythian – Which leads me to the band I most wanted to see (even after having seen them too many times to count). Scythian, a Celtic band led by the Fedoryka brothers (Alexander and Danylo) that started in DC at local Irish pubs like Finn MacCool’s (RIP) and Fado, is a fiddle enthusiasts dream.

They started a bit slowly, easing in to the set, but quickly picked up the thread of dance and fiddle with the foot-stomping, “Hey Mama Ya”. Their St. Patrick Day sing-a-long, “Galway Girl”, won over anyone that hadn’t yet heard of them. While “Dance All Night” and the bare knuckle brawler, “Jack Dempsey”, simply gave the eager masses crowded around the Green stage no quarter and no time to stand still. I will say that this wasn’t the best performance by Scythian (some of their 9:30 Club shows could claim that honor), yet their set imbued the spirit of Celtic music, and is always a joy to experience.

Don’t Miss: ShamrockFest 2016 @ RFK Stadium Festival Grounds, 3/12/16

Posted on 03/07/2016 by Jeremy Bailey in Live Review and tagged Celtic rock, Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, folk, Ireland, Irish music, RFK Stadium Festival Grounds, Scythian, ShamrockFest, Vanilla Ice.

On Saturday, March 12th, the 17th Annual ShamrockFest hits the RFK Stadium Festival Grounds with an epic amount of green and Irish music.

Your local Irish heroes, Scythian, will be playing at 5:30pm, along with plenty of other bands, notably Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys.

And Mr. Van Winkle himself, aka Vanilla Ice, will also rock the mic like a vandal. Paired with an Irish Coffee, things could get very interesting. (Irish Vanilla Ice Coffee?)

Here are 17 reasons you should go this year!

ShamrockFest 2016
RFK Stadium Festival Grounds
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Festival: 3-11pm
General: $29.99 (or $24.99 with purchase of 4+ tics)
VIP: $74.99+ (21+ only)
All ages

Don’t Miss: ShamrockFest @ RFK Stadium, 3/12/16

Posted on 12/11/2015 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged Celtic rock, Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, folk, Ireland, RFK Stadium, RFK Stadium Festival Grounds, Scythian, ShamrockFest, Vanilla Ice.

Scythian perform in Dublin, Ohio, on Aug. 4, 2014. (Photo by Paul and Cathy)

We know that Saint Patrick’s Day is a little over four months away yet, but given how warm it is this DC weekend, it’s hard not to think of that portal to Spring that comes with waves of green.

And so it is that exactly three months from tomorrow, on March 12, 2016, you will have an opportunity to celebrate with ShamrockFest, returning again to the grounds of RFK Stadium.

As announced recently, ShamrockFest will feature headliners Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly as well as Street Dogs, Scythian, Go Go Gadjet, Fighting Jamesons, and more than 25 additional bands, DJs, and performers across six stages.