ClanDonnell Monkey Tour 2016

By David McDonnellTouring

The Year of the Monkey

2016 is, of course, the Chinese Year of the Monkey, and we were up to our share of monkey business.

We went on tour in 2016, here there and everywhere. But we were not be on a sustained tour. Rather we will go to and fro, and back home again. Without another theme which comes to mind, we decided to call it our Monkey Tour 2016.

We started the tour year off with an aggressive five-state St. Patrick’s tour in February and March! It started in Michigan and took us to Florida – and back again.

Dublin Irish Festival, Ohio in August
St. Augustine Celtic Music & Heritage Festival, Florida in March
Page After Page Bookstore, Elizabeth City, North Carolina in March
Delaney’s Irish Pub, Spartanburg, South Carolina in March
News Center, Easton, Maryland in March


Battle Creek Books, Michigan in February



Hear:Say Storytelling, Traverse City, Michigan in May
Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival, Albuquerque, New Mexico in May


Motor City Irish Fest, Livonia, Michigan in June


Erin Feis Peoria, Illinois in August



Pittsburgh Irish Festival, Pennsylvania in September




Camp Hayo-Went-Ha, State YMCA of Michigan, Torch Lake in August
Mountain Vista Music, ClanDonnell’s One-Man Show, Moriarty, New Mexico in October
Grand Lodge of New Mexico Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, Albuquerque in October
Doyle’s Public House, Tacoma, Washington in October
Celtic Music Feis, Galway Bay Irish Pub, Ocean Shores, Washington in October