Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
Brian Boru Pipe Band's Upper Midwest Tour 2012-2013
Look for the Brian Boru Pipe Band in appearances throughout
Minnesota, Iowa, the Dakotas and Wisconsin!
2013 Gigs:
Thursday February 9th - Boru Bagpiper at the Reception for the Consul General of Ireland - Celtic Junction, St. Paul5:30-8pm
Sunday February February 17th- Scottish Ramble at the Landmark Centre, St. Paul
Friday March 8th- Finnegans Irish Amber Brainerd Pub Crawl Saturday March 9th - Finnegans Irish Amber Walker Pub Crawl Saturday March 9th - Finnegans Irish Amber Duluth Pub Crawl Thursday March 14th -St. Pat's Association's Miss Shamrock Crowning, O'Gara's, St. Paul Saturday March 16th, 2013 St. Paul St. Patrck's Day Parade & Pub Tour Sunday March 17th, 2013 St. Patrick's Day Pub Tour Saturday April 6th, Minnesota Tartan Day, St. Paul Saturday May 4th - Minnesota Scottish Fair Friday May 17th - Marty McHugh CD Release, Celtic Junction, St. Paul Saturday May 18th - Brian Boru Pipe Band's 50th Anniversary CD Release Party, Shamrock's on West 7th Friday, Saturday, Sunday August 8,9,10- Minnesota Irish Fair, St. Paul
2012 gigs:
- Friday January 27th, 2012 - Ne'er Do Wells at Wyld Times in St. Paul
- Friday January 27th, 2012 - St. Paul Winter Carnival Guards Cornation, RiverCentre, St. Paul
- Saturday February 18th - Button Blitzing with St. Paul St. Pat's Association, O'Gara's, Dubliner, 1/2 Time Rec
- Sunday February 19th - The Scottish Ramble, Landmark Centre, St. Paul
- Thursday March 1st - Finnegans Irish Amber Minneapolis Pub Crawl
- Friday March 9th - Finnegans Irish Amber Brainerd Pub Crawl
- Saturday March 10th - Finnegans Irish Amber Walker Pub Crawl
- Saturday March 10th - Finnegans Irish Amber Duluth Pub Crawl
- Saturday March 10th - Ne'er Do Wells at Keegans Irish Pub in Minneapolis
- Monday March 12th- Grand Opening of J.J. Murphy's, Blaine Minnesota
- Thursday March 15th - St. Pat's Association's Miss Shamrock Crowning, O'Gara's, St. Paul
- Friday March 16th, 2012 - St. Patrick's Day Eve
- Friday March 16th - Solo Boru Bagpiper 5 p.m. at J.J. Murphy's, Blaine
- Saturday March 17th, 2012 - St. Patrick's Day
- Saturday May 19th, 2012 - Minnesota Scottish Fair
- Saturday June 2nd, 2012 City Pages Beer Festival, Downtown Minneapolis
- Saturday June 16th, 2012 St. Paul Summer Beer Fest, St. Paul
- Sunday June 17th, 2012 North Branch Midsummer Day's Parade & Legion Performance
- Saturday June 30th, 2012 Third Street Brewery, noon, Mini-Band, Cold Spring MN
- Friday July 6th - Ne'er Do Wells at Dubliner in St. Paul, 9:30 p.m.
- Friday July 23rd - Rice Park, St. Paul (Private Event)
- Saturday July 28th, 2012 Rosemount Leprechaun Days Parade
- Friday August 10th, 2012 - Minnesota Irish Fair
- Saturday August 11th, 2012 - Minnesota Irish Fair
- Saturday August 11th, 2012 - Minnesota Irish Fair - 3rd Annual Fitz Cuo
- Sunday August 12th, 2012 - Minnesota Irish Fair
- Saturday August 18th, MDA fundraiser at Shamrock's - The Irish Nook, St. Paul, MN
- MN State Fair - Boru Bagpiper performing at O'gara's At the Fair, All 12 days, MN State Fairgrounds
- September 6th-9th - Boru Bagpipers appearing at Shangri-La with WookieFoot, Geneva MN
- Saturday September 8th - Summit Brewing Company's Backyard Bash, St. Paul MN
- Monday September 17th, 2012 - Halfway to St. Patrick's Day with the Brian Boru & Shamrock's on West 7th
- Saturday October 27rd, 2012 - Brian Boru Irish Pipe Band Alumni Dinner, Summit Brewing Co. (Private)
- Saturday November 24th, 2012 - IMDA honors Kieran Folliard, Cetlic Junction (open to the public, $5)
- Friday December 7th, 2012 - Big Brothers/Big Sisters Holiday Charity Party, Metrodome - Minneapolis (Private)
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 
