We hope that all of you are healthy and doing as well as you can under these trying times. If you’ve lost anyone to this terrible disease, our deepest sympathies go out to you and your loved ones.
We miss getting out and playing music for you all but we have been busy while cocooning (hate the word lockdown) and have taken the opportunity to revamp our website to give everyone easier access to our music, our performance schedule and some memories of more than 20 years together as a band. We hope that you enjoy the new website. Let us know if you spot any errors or issues or have any suggestions.
Until we get to see each other again in person, please keep well, keep safe and remember that we will all get through this far better together than we ever will alone.
We’re playing around at a few different venue over the month of March. We hope to see you at some point during the month. Loads of new music ready to be unveiled for your listening pleasure as well as a few take on some old favorites! Concerts, pubs, hotel brunches, sessions…plenty of chances to see us along the way! Godfrey Daniels on March 16th is always one of our favorites! Get your tickets early for that one.
The calendar has been updated with some new dates through the summer as well. More to come!
Blackwater is back with another wonderful Celtic Christmas Celebration for 2017!
On December 10th at 2PM, we’ll be in Bethlehem, PA at the Cathedral Church of the Nativity along with the choral group Bricolage Project and the Moravian College Celtic Ensemble. Tickets are $15 at the door and the event will be followed by a Christmas Tea prepared by our hosts! A lovely way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
On December 30th at 7:30PM, we’ll be back at The Church of the Precious Blood in Monmouth Beach, NJ along with some soon to be announced special guests! We had a wonderful time here last year with a great crowd and expect no less for 2017! This is the night before New Years Eve so a great opportunity to wrap up your Christmas festivities and kick off your New Years bash! Tickets are $20 in advance and are available online or by phone at 732-222-4756. $25 at the door the night of the event.
Full details for both shows are available in our tour calendar here.
Festival Season is Here! Blackwater is hitting the road with a new lineup (Welcome Chris Finnegan) and loads of new chunes!
Hope to see you along the way. Be sure to stop by and say hello!
Saturday 9/16 – Irish Festival at the New Jersey Shore in Sea Girt, NJ
We’re on stage from 4-6PM Music all day with Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones, Bogside Rogues, Birmingham Six, Mother’s Pride at Jersey Shore Irish Festival with Gabriel Donohue, Jameson Sisters, Teresa Kane & Beatty and Shay Mac. Gaelic Games with the Jersey Shore GAA, food, drink and more! I’ll be emceeing the festival all day long! Info Here
9/22, 9/23 & 9/24 – The 30th Annual Celtic Classic in Bethlehem, PA
We’re honored to be back again at the LARGEST (and BEST) FREE Celtic Festival in North America the incomparable Celtic Classic in Bethlehem, PA! We can’t wait to hit the stage on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Check out the festival website for the incredible lineup of sports, entertainment and activities the Celtic Cultural Alliance has in store for everyone this year!
9/30 – Shamrocks by the Sea Festival in Seaside Park, NJ
We’re in Seaside Park, NJ on 9/30 for the inaugural Shamrocks by the Sea Festival hosted by the Ocean County St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee. We’re onstage at 5PM. Click here for more info.
10/14 – New Jersey Celtic Fest
We’re headlining another brand new festival in South Amboy, NJ at the New Jersey Celtic Fest. We’ll be onstage from 3 to 5PM. More info can be found here.
We’re back in Timonium, MD for the Maryland Irish Festival at the Cow Palace on the Maryland State Fairgrounds. This is a fantastic INDOOR festival with a full weekend of music on three stages, loads of great food, countless top quality vendors and thousands of GREAT people. The festival is run by Catholic Charities of Maryland.
Thanks everyone for another great year for Blackwater! We enjoyed every gig along the way and hope you had as much fun listening as we did playing. Just a quick recap of the year.
17-Jan AOH Fundraiser, Freehold, NJ
14-Feb AOH Division 1 My Irish Valentine, Little Silver, NJ
8-Mar Rumson St. Patricks Day Parade
13-Mar Irish American Club, Kearney, NJ
14-Mar Godfrey Daniels, Bethlehem, PA
16-Mar Sands Casino, Molten Lounge
17-Mar Sands Casino, St. James Gate Pub
11-Apr 14th Annual Evening with the Irish, Freehold, NJ
16-May Central Jersey Irish Festival, Freehold NJ
13-Jun GaelFest 2015
28-Jul Chalfonte Hotel Summer Concert Series, Cape May, NJ
29-Jul Chalfonte Hotel Summer Concert Series, Cape May, NJ
1-Aug Breezy Point Memorial Day, Breezy Point, NY
8-Aug Irish Heritage Night, Lakewood Blue Claws Stadium, Lakewood, NJ
12-Aug MusikFest, Bethlehem, PA
15-Aug Delaney’s Irish Pub, Cape May, NJ
16-Aug Hunter Mountain Celtic Festival, Hunter Mountain, NY
12-Sep Private Wedding, Southampton, PA
12-Sep Delaney’s Irish Pub, Cape May, NJ
19-Sep Irish Festival at the Jersey Shore, Sea Girt, NJ
19-Sep Delaney’s Irish Pub, Cape May, NJ
25-Sep Celtic Classic, Bethlehem, PA
26-Sep Celtic Classic, Bethlehem, PA
27-Sep Celtic Classic, Bethlehem, PA
18-Oct The Smithville Irish Festival, Smithville, NJ
24-Oct House Concert, Middletown, NJ
25-Oct McCarthy’s Red Stag Pub, Bethlhem, PA
31-Oct Delaney’s Irish Pub, Cape May, NJ
7-Nov Mauch Chunk Victorians Annual Ball, Mauch Chunk, PA
27-Nov Sands Casino, St. James Gate Pub
13-Dec “The Holly and the Ivy, A Celtic Christmas Concert”, Bethlehem, PA
27-Dec “The Snowy Path, A Seasonal Celtic Concert”, Coopersburg, PA
Just a quick note to all our fans wishing you a very Happy Christmas and all the best for 2016 and the New Year! If you are looking for some holiday spirit and cheer, check out the upcoming events for two holiday concerts! Hope to see you there.
Go raibh maith agaibh! A BIG Thank You to all the wonderful organizers, volunteers, sound crews and anyone even loosely connected with the Celtic Classic which just wrapped this weekend in beautiful downtown, Bethlehem, PA. The Celtic Cultural Alliance did another bang-up job of assembling a seamless weekend of music, sports, dancing, food, fun and frivolity! We can’t wait for 2016!
We had a great time on Memorial Day playing at MayFair Festival of the Arts down at the Allentown Fairgrounds. Loads of great food and plenty of great people all looking to wrap up their holiday weekend with some sun (their was plenty), fun (even more) and good music. We were very happy to be asked to close out the Discovery stage with a two hour show. In case you missed it, here are some pics and a video of our show so you can pretend you were there next time you see us! Thanks as always for listening.
Thanks for being patient these past few weeks while we worked on updating the website. We hope the new format makes it easier to stay on top of the who, what, when and where of Blackwater. (We’re not going to try to tackle “Why”!). We’ve added lots of content including some new videos from our latest show at Godfrey Daniels. If you have photos or video of us through the years, send it on over and we’ll put it up on the site. Enjoy your visit to Blackwatermusic.com and as always, Thanks For Listening!
We’ve added a bunch of new dates for the upcoming summer and fall and many more are to follow so stay tuned. Hope to see you somewhere along the way! Check out our Tour page for all the details.
