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Live Performances
The Lowlander Highlanders perform every Thursday 6:30 till 8:30 pm at Puirseil's Irish Pub
611 Market St · Lewisburg, PA 17837 · (570) 524-2572
Current Calendar for the Lowlander Highlanders and fiddler woman, Beverley Conrad:2010 Calendar
December 31-January 1 - Lewistown Great Chp Drop New Year's Eve
January 9, 16, 23, and 30 - Bev on fiddle at Penn's Tavern, 6 till 9 pm. Call 570-286-2007 for reservations. Walk-ins welcome. 7 Miles south of Sunbury on Rt. 147. They don't have a website up yet but are working on it.
January 3 - Twelfth Night Celebration, Joseph Priestly House, Northumberland, PA. 1 till 4 PM
January 26 - Emma's Food For Life Community Dinner. FREE FOOD! Donations welcome
February 1 and 2 - Punxsutawney Groundhog Day Celebration in Punxsutawney, PA, the home of Phil the Groundhog! On stage in Barkley Square at 3 pm and 7 pm. Strolling fiddle and drum the next day till around noon or so.
February 6 - Private Party
February 12 - Emma's Food For Life Bev will play you some love songs on the fiddle.
February 13 - Penn's Tavern with Greg on piano, Bev on fiddle (We'll be going heavy on the love songs. Hear me play "Love in Bloom!)
February 20 and 27 - Penn's Tavern - 570-286-2007 for reservations. Walk-ins welcome.
March 14 - Shade Mountain Vineyard 1 till 4 for the Trail of Wine event. Fiddle and drum
March 16 - Meyers Cafe, Muncy Elementary School. 11 till 1 in the lunchroom. Fiddle and drum.
March 17 - St. Patrick's Day! Beverley on fiddle, Luke Glick on Bodhran Drum and Penny Whistle, Greg Burgess on Piano and singing his head off! BJ's Steak and Ribs House 17 North Market St., Selinsgrove, PA Call for reservations: 570-374-9841 We will once again be giving away the Grand Shillelagh!
March 24 - 26 (maybe 27 and 28) - Pennsylvania Maple Festival in Meyersdale, PA, Somerset County. Hands-on Making Music Tent and daily stage performances
May 8 - History Day in Northumberland, PA at King Street Park. 9-4 We'll have our Makin' Music tent set up and ready to go. Come make some music with us.
July 1 through 4 - Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival With our Making Music Tent and we'll be giving workshops on how to play the bones and spoons as well as the fiddle! Stage time to be announced.
Where we were in 2009
January 10, 24 and 31 - Penn's Tavern - Bev on fiddle. Call for reservations 570-286-2007
January 17 - West End Sportsman's Club. Bev on fiddle with the West End Bluegrass Gang.
February 1 and 2 - Punxsutawney, PA Home of Punxsutawney Phil and the Weather Capitol of the World! Strolling, fiddling and drumming throughout the town square and town. Barclay Square at 4 pm on Sunday.
February 7 and 14 and 28 - Penn's Tavern. Bev on fiddle. 6 till 8 pm. Call for reservations especially for Valentine's Day. Walk-ins welcome! 570-286-2007. Greg will be playing piano on the 28th.
February 28 - Celtic Days at Page After Page Bookshop1 till 2 pm. 336 Market Street, Lewisburg, PA. Traditonal Celtic music on fiddle and drum with Bev and Luke.
March 15 - 1:30-3:30 PM Shade Mountain Vineyards. Part of the PA Trail of Wine. Come celebrate St. Patrick's Day Weekend with us. Good food, great Wine and all your St. Patty's Day favorites on fiddle and drum.
March 17 - Selinsgrove Hotel 225 No. Market Street, Selinsgrove,PA (near the railroad tracks) An Old Fashioned St. Patrick's Day Celebration! No cover charge! Hats, green beer, prizes, tin pan alley Irish singalongs, jigs, reels, "Danny Boy" played at the top of every hour! Ginger will be cooking up a storm with a special Irish menu. 7 till 10 pm Bev on Fiddle. Luke on Drum and Tin Whistle. Greg on Piano and Singalongs. We'll be in the dining room. Reserve a table ASAP if you want a place to sit. 570-374-1999
March 20 - Hollywood Casino, Fiddle and Drum, 7 till 10 pm. Grantville, PA
March 21 - Girardville St Patrick's Day Parade. So what if St. Patrick's Day lasts more than day. It should! We had a great time last year. The people of Girardville are the best! Steps off at noon. Rain, shine, snow or <<<<40 mph wind.>>>>>
March 25, 26, and 27 - PA Maple Festival in Meyersdale, PA, Somerset County. Hands-on Making Music Tent and daily stage performances.
April 24, 25, and 26 - Workshops on fiddle and percussion at Touchstone Center for Crafts - 1049 Wharton Furnace Rd, Farmington PA 15437. For more information see our workshop page on this website
May 2 - Middle Creek Area Community Center, Beaver Springs, PA - Making Music Tent set up so you can try our fiddles and percussion instruments. 10 AM till 4 PM We'll also be playing some music. Bring your own guitar, banjo, dulcimar, whatever you play - to join in. This event is sponsored with a grant from the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts.May 9 - History Day in Northumberland, PA at King Street Park. 9-4 We'll have our Makin' Music tent set up and ready to go. Come make some music with us.
May 17 - Mifflin Juniata Festival of the Arts On stage performing, strolling and on hand with all our musical instruments for you to try.
June 7 - Snyder County Historical Society, Middleburg, PA. Making Music Tent set up so you can try our fiddles and percussion instruments. 10 AM till 4 PM We'll also be playing some music. Bring your own guitar, banjo, dulcimar, whatever you play - to join in. This event is sponsored with a grant from the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts.
May 23 - Blossburg Coal Festival Memorial Day Parade. 11 am.
June 6 - Savior Selinsgrove Internatioanl Event. Market Street Selinsgrove. Sponsored by the Selinsgrove Chamber of Commerce.
July 2, 3, 4 and 5 - Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival With our Making Music Tent and we'll be giving workshops on how to play the bones and spoons as well as the fiddle! Stage time to be announced.
July 9 - Bev at the Children's Museum of Bloomsburg Native American Music. Bev will share her music and percussion instruments. We'll make a tin rattle and decorate it using real beads, bits of fur and feathers and designs.
July 11 - wedding - private
July 25 - Danville Iron Heritage Festival. Lowlander Highlanders - on hand with our music making tent and on stage To Be Announced, most likely late afternoon around 5 PM at the Canal Street Stage.
July 30 and 31 and August 1 - Fort Armstrong Folk Festival. Making Music Tent and performances on the North Stage both days. Strolling fiddle and drum on Saturday weather permitting. Kittanning, PA
August 4/5/6 - Mountain Art Institute, West Virgina. Bev will demosntrate and make some musical instruments with the Girl Scouts.
August 15 and 16 - Civil War Encampment Days at Eckley Miners Village Weatherly, PA.
August 23 through 29 - Learn to Fiddle and Learn to Fiddle Even Better! workshop at Touchstone Center for Crafts with Beverley as your teacher. For more information see our workshop page on this website.
September 5 - noon - Page after Page Bookstore. Lewisburg, PA
September 18 - Doc's Irish Inn. Canton, PA. In the evening. Fiddle and drum.
September 19 and 20 - PA Heritage Festival - Our Music tent will be set up both days with a stage performances of traditional tunes, times to be announced.
October 3 and 4 - Warrior Run-Fort Freeland Heritage Days. French Indian War period. Hands on demonstrations from many crafters. We'll be on hand with our Making Music Tent.
October 10 - Grape stomping at Shade Mountain Vineyards. Bev keeps things lively with fiddle tunes to go with your stomping of the grapes. Pig roast and other good food and wine. Free to the public. www.shademountainwinery.com
October 17 - wedding - private
October 24 - 6 to 9. Bev on fiddle at Penn's Tavern.
October 27 - Emma's Food for Life Community Dinner. Bev on fiddle 6 till 8.
October 31 - Halloween at haunted Penn's Tavern! Rt. 147 South and River Road, south of Sunbury and north of Herdon. Bev on fiddle and Greg on piano. Bev will be telling TRUE ghost stories about Penn's Tavern. 6 till 9 pm. Call for reservations 570-286-2007. Walk-ins welcome.
November 5, 12 and 19 - Puirseil's Irish Pub. Fiddle and drum with Bev and Luke, The Lowlander Highlanders. 6 till 8 pm.
November 7, 14 and 21 - Penn's Tavern. 570-286-2007. Bev and Greg, fiddle and piano. 6 till 9.
December 5 - Shamokin Christmas Event. 2 till 5 pm. Bev will be strolling downtown Shamokin, PA playing all your favorite Christmas tunes.
Where we were in 2008
New Year's Eve - Penn's Tavern - Rt. 147 in Fisher's Ferry about 7 miles south of Sunbury, PA. Lowlander Highlanders - fiddle and drum. 6 till 9 PM. Phone 570-286-2007 for reservations.
January 6, 2008 - Joseph Priestly House Twelfth Night Celebration. Pennsylvania Museum Commission. Northumberland, PA. 1 till 4 PM.
January 12 - Penn's Tavern. Bev strolling fiddle, traditional and Celtic tunes from three centuries. Rt. 147 in Fisher's Ferry about 4 miles south of Sunbury, PA. Lowlander Highlanders - fiddle and drum. 6 till 9 PM. Phone 570-286-2007 for reservations.
January 19 - West End Sportsman's Club Weikert, PA Bev on fiddle with the West End Bluegrass gang. 7 -11
February 1 and 2 - Punxsutawney, PA Home of Punxsutawney Phil and the Weather Capitol of the World! Strolling, fiddling and drumming throughout the town square and town - but we'll be at Gobbler's Knob at sunrise to witness Phil's prognostication.
February 1 - Trailhead Gallery Art Show 124 West Mahoning St, downtown Punxsutawney. Art, souvenirs, food, music. 5 PM and thereabouts.
February 9 - Bev on fiddle. Greg on Piano at Penn's Tavern. Reservations: 570-286-2007 6-9 PM
February 14 - Beverley serenades on fiddle with tender love songs etc., Penn's Tavern. Rt. 147 about four miles south of Sunbury, PA. Phone for reservations. 570-286-2007.
February 16 - Wm. Penn Museum (State Museum) at Radius, the Museum Shop. Performing music from our latest recordings. Signed CD's will be for sale. Music from the northern Appalachians and Celtic root music. Fiddle and drum. 12 till 3 pm.
February 16 - Bev on fiddle at Penn's Tavern 6-9 PM
March 8 - Williamsport Women's Club. Lowlander Highlanders. Presentation of old time tunes on fiddle, drum, bones, spoons. Private.
March 9 - Joseph Priestly House Pennsylvania Museums Charter Day. Free to the public on this day. 1 - 4 pm Priestly Ave, Northumberland, PA. Bev on fiddle playing tunes the Priestly's would have known.
March 13 - Harrisburg Community College. Lowlander Highlanders. Fiddle and drum. Traditional Celtic tunes. 11 - 1 PM.
March 13 - Penn's Tavern - Bev on Fiddle 6 pm till 9 pm
March 14 - Penn's Tavern - Lowlander Highlanders 6 pm till 9 pm
March 15 - 1:30-3:30 PM Shade Mountain Vineyards. Part of the PA Trail of Wine. Come celebrate St. Patrick's Day Weekend with us. Good food, great Wine and all your St. Patty's Day favorites on fiddle and drum.
March 15 - Evening - Penn's Tavern - fiddle and drum.
March 17 - Early - McGuigan's Public House, Sunbury, PA. 4 pm till 6 pm. Third and Market Streets. Happy St. Patrick's Day Hour!
March 17 - Later - St. Patrick's Day Celebration at the Selinsgrove Hotel. 225 N Market St, Selinsgrove, PA 17870, Phone: 570-374-1999
7 PM till 10 PM. Best to reserve a table early if you think you may want one.
March 18 - Meyer's Cafe at the Muncy Elementary School. Jigs, reels and polkas for the kids - fiddle and drum - while they funnel through the lunch room. 11-1 (you've gotta be a kid to get into this gig)
March 27 - Penn's Tavern - Bev on fiddle
March 29 - Girardville St Patrick's Day Parade. So what if St. Patrick's Day lasts more than day. It should!
We had a great time last year. The people of Girardville are the best! Steps off at noon. Rain, shine, snow or <<<<40 mph wind.>>>>> ( That's a picture of us at the 2007 parade with our First Place Special Judges Award - photo to the left)
April 2, 3 and 4 - PA Maple Festival in Meyersdale, PA, Somerset County. Hands-on Making Music Tent and daily stage performances.
April 10, 17 (Thursday) and 26 (Saturday) - Penn's Tavern 6 till 9 pm. Call for reservations. 570-286-2007
April 27 - Point Barn Antique Center Grand Opening for the season. Bev on fiddle.
May 3 -History Day in Northumberland, PA at King Street Park. 9-4 We'll have our Makin' Music tent set up and ready to go. Come make some music with us.
May 8 (Thursday) and May 10 (Saturday) - Penn's Tavern 6 till 9 pm. Call for reservations 286-2007.
May 15 - Penn Village Pigroast for the residents.
June 7 - James V. Brown Library Williamsport, PA. Making Music Tent at the Summer Reading Kick Off festival. 10 till 5 pm.
June 17 - Grayson Senior Center Bev on Fiddle
June 21 and 22 - - Eckley Miners Village Anthracite Coal Patch Days - We'll have all our musical instruments on hand for you to try.
July 3, 4, 5 and 6 - Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival With our Making Music Tent and we'll be giving workshops on how to play the bones and spoons as well as the fiddle! Stage time to be announced.
July 19 - Danville Iron Heritage Festival. Lowlander Highlanders - on hand with our music making tent and on stage 5 to 6 pm.
July 20 - Eckley Miners Village Fiddle Fest - Bring your fiddle, bring yourself, bring your friends. Last year was super and this year will be better than ever.
July 24 - Beaver Springs Community Center Summer Camp - Bev plays fiddle and tells stories for the kids.
July 29 - Bev at the Children's Museum of Bloomsburg Music and culture. Bev will share her music and strange fiddles and we'll all make a spike fiddle from ordinary objects. Sign up now for this exciting program.
July 31 and August 1 - Fort Armstrong Folk Festival. Making Music Tent and stage performances both days. Kittanning, PA
August 9 and 23 - Bev plays traditional fiddle tunes and takes requests at Penn's Tavern. Rt. 147 in Fisher's Ferry, PA. Call 570-286-2007 for reservations.
August 16 and 17 - Civil War Encampment Days at Eckley Miners Village Weatherly, PA.
September 18 - Pennsylvania Council of the Arts Award Ceremony. We will be there to accept a grant through the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts program.
September 20 and 21 - PA Heritage Festival - Our Music tent will be set up both days with a stage performance of traditional tunes on Sunday.
September 26, 27 and 28 - Bethlehem Celtic Classic - Back again with our Music Tent and hands-on, on-the-spot fiddle and drum coaching. Stage performance times to be announced.
October 3 - Williamsport Community Arts Center - 6:50... In the lounge entertaining with traditional Celtic music along with this production of Hamlet.
October 4 and 5 - Warrior Run-Fort Freeland Heritage Days. French Indian War period. Hands on demonstrations from many crafters. We'll be on hand with our Making Music Tent.
October 6 - Degenstein Community Library, Sunbury, PA. Songs and stories, learn to play the bones. 40 South Fifth Street Sunbury, PA 17801 Phone: 570-286-2461. 7 till 8 pm
October 11 - Grape stomping at Shade Mountain Vineyards. Bev keeps things lively with fiddle tunes to go with your stomping of the grapes. Pig roast and other good food and wine. Free to the public. www.shademountainwinery.com
October 18 and 19 - Touchstone Center for Crafts - 1049 Wharton Furnace Rd, Farmington PA 15437. Bev will have strange and regular fiddles on display and for you to try as well as offer workshops in traditional fiddle playing.
October 25 - First Bev and Greg play at an outdoor wedding in Selinsgrove, then Bev and Luke head off to the hills and play for a wedding reception by campfire.
October 26 - Milton Historical Society 4-6 pm Reception
Novermber 1, 8 and 29th - Bev plays fiddle at Penn's Tavern
December 6 - 7 till 9 pm. Victorian Christmas in Shamokin, PA. Bev and Luke, The Lowlander Highlanders, stroll the streets and play music for this fine event.
December 14 - Oak Grove Christmas Village, Elysburg, PA - 5 till 8 pm
December 20 & 27 - Fiddlerwoman, Beverley Conrad, entertains on fiddle at Penn's Tavern. 6 till 9 pm. Call for reservations: 570-286-2007. Walk-ins are welcome. Greg Burgess will most likely be there as well playing the piano.
December 31 -" The Great Chip Drop" in Lewistown, PA. Celebrate New Year's Eve at the home of Hartley Potato Chips. Beverley and Luke entertain on fiddle and drum and you're welcome to join in. Bring your tamborine!
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Where we were in 2007
January 7, 2007 Joseph Priestly House Twelfth Night Celebration. Pennsylvania Museum Commission. Northumberland, PA. 1 till 4 PM.
January 20, 2007 West End Sportsman's Club Weikert, PA Bev on fiddle with the West End Bluegrass gang. 8-11
February 1 and 2 - Punxsutawney, PA with Phil the Groundhog Performing on stage at the Community Center and strolling fiddle and drum. People attend the party to welcome Phil's prognostication on the weather.
![]() March 11 - Scranton St. Patrick's Day Parade. YES! Strolling, dancing, jigging and reel-ing fiddle and drum. Rain or shine! Steps off at noon.
March 15 - Commerce Bank Lobby - Jigs and Reels. Simpson Ferry Rd. Branch, Camp Hill, PA. Open to the public. 11-1 (lunchtime)
March 16 - Commerce Bank Lobby - More jigs and reels! Cedar Cliff Branch, Harrisburg, PA. 11-1 (lunchtime)
March 16 - Country Club of York, strolling fiddle and drum (private)
March 17 - 1:30-3:30 pm Shade Mountain Vineyards. Start THE Day bright and early with a wine tasting fest. Good food, great Wine and all your St. Patty's Day favorites on fiddle and drum.
March 17 - 8:00-10:30 PM Meiserville Inn, Meiserville, PA. In the pub. Luke and Bev play all your Celtic favorites and ours on fiddle and drum and whatever else Luke has with him. Good food. Good times. Singalongs! Come join the fun in the country. Wear green. Good idea to make reservations. Call: (570) 539-8526
Oak Manor - Harrisburg, PA. Bev entertains with jigs, reels, slow aires and singalongs. (residents only)
March 24 - Girardville St Patrick's Day Parade. So what if St. Patrick's Day lasts more than day. It should! We had a great time last year. The people of Girardville are the best! Steps off at noon. Rain, shine, snow or <<<<40 mph wind.>>>>>
March 27 - Bev is at the Milton Public Library showing just what a fiddle can do! as she entertains pre-schoolers with hoedown fiddle tunes. Reading Rainbow feature book - Barndance. 10 am
March 29 and 30 - PA Maple Festival in Meyersdale, PA, Sommerset County. Hands on Making Music Tent and daily stage performances.
March 31 - Wedding (private)
May 12, 2007 - History Day in Northumberland, PA at King Street park. 9-4 We'll have our Makin' Music tent set up and ready to go. Come make some music with us.
June 2, 2007 - Buggy Days in Mifflinburg, PA at the VFW Grounds on Rt. 45. Makin' Music, teaching music, playing music - can it get better than that?
June 15 - Wolcott School District - Wolcott, NY - Making music down on the farm! Bev and Luke demonstrate how music is made at home and teach the kids how to play the spoons.
June 23 and 24 - Eckley Miners Village Anthracite Coal Patch Days - We'll have all our musical instruments on hand for you to try.
June 30 - July 8 Kutztown Folk Festival! This is as good as it gets as far as a festival is concerned. The displays, activities, music, culture, food and vendors are incredible. If you've never been to this event, please come. You will have a good time. (Lowlander Highlanders aka Beverley & Luke)
July 21 - Danville Iron Heritage Festival. Lowlander Highlanders - on hand with our music making tent and an on stage performance at 5 pm.
July 22 - Eckley Miners Village Fiddle Fest - Bring your fiddle, bring yourself, bring your friends. Last year was super and this year will be better than ever.
July 23 - Penn Lutheran Nursing facility. Music for the residents.
July 27, 28, 29 - Clover Annual Irish Weekend -Celebrate Irish culture at a “Village Fest” in Irish Valley! For the finest in Irish music, dance, history, genealogy, children's activities, Irish Mass, vendors, games and more, take part in The Clover's 20th Annual IRISH WEEKEND July 27, 28 and 29. Irish Valley , Heckscherville, the Irish Capital of County Schuylkill, nestled in the heart of the rolling green hills of Northeastern PA.
August 1 and 2 - Fort Armstrong Folk Festival. Making Music Tent and stage performances both days. Kittanning, PA
August 10 - Private Party
August 16 - Bloomsburg Children's Museum Bloomsburg, PA - The natural world in making music. Demonstrations of making a drum from a dog rawhide chewbone and other musical instruments made from natural materials. 1 - 4 pm
August 18 and 19 - Civil War Encampment Days at Eckley Miners Village Weatherly, PA.
September 1 - Wedding Reception - strolling fiddle and drum in costume then off to...
September 1 - The Ashland Mummers Parade - steps off at 7 pm in Ashland PA. Annual historic event.
September 2 - Top o' the Morning Breakfast in Girardville, PA. Part of the Upper Schuykill County Revitalization Project and Labor Day Weekend Celebration. 9 - 1 or thereabouts.
September 28, 29, 30 Bethlehem Celtic Classic The Main Event in Celtic Culture. We'll be there with our Making Music Tent so do stop by and try your hand at playing the Bodrhan Drum and Fiddle. On the spot music lessons and jamming for the young, the old, and the in-between.
October 6 and 7 - Warrior Run-Fort Freeland Heritage Days. French Indian War period. Hands on demonstrations from many crafters. We'll be on hand with our Making Music Tent.
October 13 - Shade Mountain Vineyards Grape Stomping. Bev keeps things lively with fiddle tunes to go with your stomping of the grapes. Pig roast and other good food and wine. Free to the public. www.shademountainwinery.com
October 19 - Private Party - Fiddle and Drum.
November 1 - Shenanigan's Irish Pub, Tallahassee, Florida 7 - 9 pm, Celtic tunes from the Northern Appalachian Mountains played on fiddle(s) and drum etc.
November 2 - Concert for Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Game Commission Brooksville, Florida.
November 3 - Brooksville, Florida - Saturday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm - Pioneer Day at the Chinesgut Nature Center. Living arts demonstration of the past. Step back in time and experience hand-cranked ice cream, broom making, lumber jack demonstration, spinning, horse-drawn wagon rides, butter churning, rope making, open hearth cooking, archery exhibit and our Hands On Music Making Tent! Inservice credit available for educators.
December 9 - 5-8 PM Oak Grove Church Christmas Village. Elysburg, PA. Join the fun at the annual event up on the hill. Pots of fire set up outside - food, hot chocolate, cider. Free and open to the public.
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