Ceilidh - Celtic Barn Dance

Céilidh Barn Dance    7:00 pm-midnight at the Fairgrounds at Stanley Park

Join us for the Estes Park Winter Festival’s kick-off event! A Céilidh Irish Barn Dance in the heated pavilion at the Stanley Park Fairgrounds heated. Be entertained with fun and upbeat folk & Irish music that will make you want to kick up your heels! Follow the Caller to learn the steps. We know you will have a blast!

A Ceilidh is an informal social gathering at which there is Scottish & Irish folk music, singing and folk dancing and story telling. Fun for the whole family!

Ceilidh dances tend to be either a partner dance or a group dance, with a caller who shouts out the moves - which makes a Ceilidh ideally suited for novices in an audience. It's a relaxed opportunity to meet and dance with a lot of people, friends old and new. Because the dances are so energetic, it is quite usual to pause for a chat and a drink between dances - or you can choose to just watch the other dancers while you are soaking up the energy-charged atmosphere.

Take a break from the dancing and head outside to the bonfire where you can enjoy ghost stories and cowboy poetry by the fire with FREE hot cocoa and smores. Enjoy a drink from the bar with $4 Colorado micro-brews and $5 glasses of Colorado wine and keep your commemorative glass for a memento of this fun and unique evening.  There will be both a "Sweet" and "Savory" food truck for your late night snack enjoyment!

Arrive a little early and you will likely get a "VIP sneak peak" of the Cool Hand Ice Team building your ice castle for Saturday and Sunday's Festival festivities!

Admission to the Ceilidh is FREE. Sponsored by the Estes Park Wedding Association www.estesparkweddings.com