More Photos

Photographer Anne Brownfield Bennett has provided some more great photos from the Dublin Irish Fest!

Updates

We've added a few updates to the site.    We've put a new video of Beth's sound check at the Dublin Irish Festival in the Media section's video player.     Gives you a good vantage point from that very large stage.   There's a new fan shot video and we've added a new Links section with some of our favorite places on the web.  This section will constantly evolve.  

Also, we've uploaded some great photos from the Dublin Irish Festival taken by Rick Bennett at nearbennett.com .  Even more updates in the next couple days, so check back often!

Next Up

 The Dublin Irish Festival was a blast!  We had a wonderful time playing the great Killians Rock Stage there and meeting some great bands and new friends during it all.   Thanks to everyone that came out to not only support us but to support the entire festival, one of the greatest in the nation!

Next up, we re-start the work on getting a CD done and get ready for another show at one of our favorite places, Byrne's Pub in Columbus.   That comes about on Sat., Sept. 4th.  We hope to see you all there for that one.  

Dublin Irish Festival

The Dublin Irish Festival is this weekend, Aug. 6-8!   Hope you've caught your breath from the Dayton Celtic Festival because Dublin Irish Fest is going to be off the hook!   Tons and I mean TONS of great bands playing this year, just check the full line up.     So excited to be playing with those groups.   We're taking the stage at 11:30 am on Saturday, Aug. 7th.  Our job is to start the day off with bangin' 1 hour 45 min. set and that's what we intend to do.   We've got some new songs that no one has heard before, so you don't want to miss it.     

To get you in the Irish spirit, we're now offering a free download here on our website.  Simply sign up for our mailing list to get your free song, Monaghans.    Load it up on your iPod, Zune or phone, burn it to CD, load it in your audio software and do a remix of it, whatever you'd like to do with it!

Dayton Celtic Festival

 The Dayton Celtic Festival is over, and what a party it was!   Bill Russell and everyone on the DCF staff do a fantastic job every year to make this thing go so smooth and so professional.   And there's no charge to get in the festival!  How great is that?    Hats off to the whole DCF crew (and special shout out to our favorite beer vendor, Greg!) for another job well done.   We're already looking forward to next year.

A fan sent us a video they shot of us doing the song "Irish".   We've uploaded it to our YouTube channel and you can view it in our fan/friend submitted video section HERE.

DCF

 

Mike, ready as always to rock the DCF!

Ohio Festivals

 The two big Ohio Celtic festivals are fast approaching, the Dayton Celtic Festival and the Dublin Irish Festival.   Are you ready?  We certainly are!   We're super-pumped about having the chance to share the stage with some of our favorite groups!   We've got a few new songs to unveil as well that we're excited for you all to hear.  

Check the schedules at both festivals and make sure to share the time and dates with all your friends.   Both festivals are a great family event!   If you're on Facebook, help us out a bit and go here and click that you Like the 9CC show here   

Festivals!

 It's almost festival season here in the Mid-West!   After a short break,  9CC is set to play two of our favorite festivals this year, the Dayton Celtic Festival and the great Dublin Irish Festival!    This is our first time on the Killian's Rock Stage at the DIF and we're really excited to be there and sharing the stage with some of the top names in Celtic rock, including Saw Doctors, Enter the Haggis and Seven Nations!   

We're also unveiling some new music at both of these festivals, which always gets the nerves jumping a little bit, but a little bit a pressure is good, right?   So make sure to come on out to these fests and hear some  great music as well as other exciting events and neat little shops.

Thank you!

 Big thanks to everyone involved with the Mid-Ohio Foodbank benefit show last weekend!   Together, we raised $1661, equaling 13,228 meals!   Thanks so much to the Shamrock Club, Mossy Moran, Dulahan, The Hooligans and of course, our own Beth Hicks for organizing the event!

Mid-Ohio Foodbank Benefit Show

On Sat., May 22nd, we are participating in a benefit that is very near and dear to our hearts. Join us for the 2nd Annual Central Ohio Celtic Musicians Fighting Against Hunger benefit for Mid-Ohio FoodBank! $10 gets you in the door and you'll enjoy these great acts:

5 p.m. Mossy Moran (www.mossymoran.com)
6 p.m. Dulahan (www.dulahan.com)
7 p.m. The Hooligans (www.thehooligans.com)
8 p.m. 9 Castle Close

You can also help us out by participating in the raffle - we've got gift certificates, jewelry, gift baskets, and much more. Proceeds benefit Mid-Ohio FoodBank. For every $1 we raise, they buy 8 meals. Our goal this year is $5,000 - which would provide 40,000 meals to those in need this summer! Not a bad outcome for an evening's worth of fun.

Food and liquor will be available, along with free parking. For more info: www.shamrockclubofcolumbus.com

May 15th with The Prodigals

Sat, May 15th, we'll be at Byrne's Pub in Columbus, OH, opening for The Prodigals.    The event is a pre-concert concert for the Andrew Grene Foundation, the brother of Gregory Grene of the Prodigals, who lost his life in the Haitian earthquake; he was a UN worker.   A great time and a great cause, what more could you ask for?

Mid-Ohio FoodBank

On Sat., May 22, we're doing something near and dear to our hearts.  We're playing a set at a benefit fundraiser for the Mid-Ohio Foodbank. This event is held at the Shamrock Club of Columbus. 9CC will be joined by Mossy Moran, Dulahan and the Hooligans! The band line up is (times subject to change):
Mossy Moran - 5 p.m.
Dulahan - 6 p.m.
Hooligans - 7 p.m.
9 Castle Close - 8 p.m.

Come on out for a great time and an even better cause!  Open your hearts and your wallets, as any and all donations to the FoodBank are welcome and appreciated!    Find out more about the Mid Ohio Foodbank HERE

Next Up, Molly Malone's

After some St. Paddy's recovery, we're headed to Molly Malone's in Cincinnati on Sat., April 10th.   It's been a while since we've been to Molly's, so we're excited to be back.    Below is the flyer.  Feel free to save it and email it to all your friends.  We'll see you there for a night of great music and great fun!

St. Patrick's Day 2010 Photos

Photographer Rick Bennett took some photos at Byrne's Pub.   Check them out here  .   Go to Rick's website to check out more of his work (nearbennett.com)

Fantastic Time!

Well, St. Paddy's Day 2010 has come and passed, but it definitely left its mark!   We had an absolutely fantastic time at Byrne's Pub in Columbus and then at the Dublin Pub in Dayton.   

We have to take a moment here to thank Shannon and Hugh for all the help and hardwork they did for us, helping get our equipment in and out of the venues quickly and getting us set up.   You guys are life savers and we appreciate all your help and support more than we can put into words!

The crowds were rockin' and as crazy as we remember them!   We hope everyone had as much fun as we did.  Heck, if you had half as much fun as we did then you had a great day.    Thanks to everyone that bought us drinks, complimented us and made our day awesome!    We'll post more pics a little bit later, but here's one from the Dublin Pub last night.



Cheers to everyone!