The Sponsors.
Riverfront Recapture
a non-profit organization
and
The Olde Burnside Brewing Company
of East Hartford, CT are the major co-sponsors of The Pipes in The Valley Festival.

This association began in 2004 with a very successful festival that attracted many people from the Greater Hartford area and beyond.

In 2007, over 10,000 people from the Northeastern States and beyond, made this one of the largest Celtic Festivals in the area.
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The Crafters.

 Frugal Corner
  Get kilted for less than
    $100 at PIV!
    See our ad below!

 Bradley Imports

 Celtic Craft Jewelry

 Celtic Outfitters

  Ireland on the
     Road

 O'Reilly's Irish Gifts

 Sylvan Spirits

 UK Market

Santiago Cigar Factory

The Music.

ALBANNACH
Albannach is Scots-Gaelic for "Scottish" or "Scotsman". That's exactly what they are. Albannach are all born and bred in Scotland and their purpose in life is to share their  intriguing culture, history and heritage with you by means of their music. Albannach are not just another Scottish 'Pipes & Drums' band, indeed they bring a new and exciting form of music to your living room. A championship winning piper, an extremely talented main drummer, bass drummers and bodhran musicians bring you a brand new approach to percussion and Celtic music. Their style of music is exciting, energetic and enchanting and they promise to leave you begging for more.
Albannach's latest EP, "The subZero Sessions" is dedicated to their long-time friend and fellow compatriot, David R. Ross. Listen to excerpts here :
PRYDEIN
Get their latest album "Loud Pipes (save lives)"  here !
In 1994 a group of college friends at the University of Vermont found themselves at a musical dead end. Everywhere they went, everything they played had been done before them and it was driving them crazy. Then one day, a bagpiper came into their midst. What strange, beastly creation was this? There was no place to plug in an amp, the piper tuned it with... electrical tape? Could this have been what they had been searching for all these years? It was. Aron Garceau grew up listening to the music of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Led Zeppelin. Often experiencing delusions of grandeur, he actually thought that maybe, just maybe, Led Zeppelin would re-unite and he would get to see them live. He imagined that halfway through the show, some freak accident would claim the left hand of Jimmy Page, forcing Robert Plant to turn to the audience holding up Jimmy's impotent guitar and plead "please, is there anybody out there who knows how to play 'Stairway to Heaven'?"
CHARLIE ZAHM	Charlie Zahm is one of the most popular soloists at Celtic music festivals, Maritime and Early American music events anywhere east of the Mississippi. With a baritone voice some have described as "coming along once in a generation," Charlie has become one of the most successful performers on the Celtic festival circuit, weaving magical moments of Scottish and Irish history for the listener and viewer, with passion for the performance and a chosen repertoire pleasing to all members of the family. A master of the guitar as well, Charlie brings an authentic love and respect for the music he sings—and with dashes of humor and a light in his eyes, he will draw you into the stories of his songs!
Frugal Corner -  GET KILTED FOR LESS THAN $100 AT PIV !!!!       13 oz Kilts - $61 !!!       16 oz Kilts - $91 !!! Santiago Cigar Factory       Watch them roll cigars with pure Connecticut ingredients right in front of you !     KILMAINE SAINTS     Long, long ago, in rural County Cumberland, located along a central river valley deep in Penn's Woods, four friends sat down to talk. To talk and plan and dream. To plan about the finest band in all the land that would play traditional Irish and Scottish music. They would also play sailing songs and brave new songs that they would write themselves. As the beer and whiskey flowed, the band became finer and louder. As the beer and whiskey ran out and the friends sobered up, they realised that perhaps being the finest band in all the land was out of reach. But, being the most heavily instrumented Celtic Rock band in Penn's Woods with the loudest cymbals was well within the realm of their individual, and combined, talents. Their first CD "The Good, the Plaid, and the Ugly", has received glowing reviews from Paddyrock.com, the leading Celtic Rock fan site.   Take a Cruise on the Connecticut River!     Go Back to the TOP Cruise the Connecticut River in Style ! Enjoy a leisurely "Scotch-tasting Cruise" on The Hartford Belle DON'T MISS THE BOAT ! Get your tickets early as space is limited TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE OBB BOOTH i CRUISE TYPE CRUISE TIME ADULTS KIDS UNDER 12 Scenic Cruise 12:30 - 1:00pm $10 $6 Scenic Cruise 1:15 - 1:45pm $10 $6 Meet 'n' Greet Cruise with "Albannach" ! 3:00 - 3:45pm $12 $6 Meet 'n' Greet Cruise with "Red Hot Chilli Pipers" ! 4:00 - 4:45pm $12 $6 Sunset Whisky Seminar Cruise World Class Whiskies Presented by SKYY Spirits 6:45 - 7:30pm $20 Adults Only   Horizon Wings  A Birds of Prey Exhibition   Go Back to the TOP  Horizon Wings is a non-profit Wildlife Rehabilitation Center located in Ashford,CT. We specialize in the rehabilitation of Birds of Prey. Our mission at Horizon Wings is to rehabilitate Birds of Prey for release into the wild in order to maintain their population, and  to educate the community to enhance awareness of the environment. It is our hope by doing this that we reach people of all ages and create the desire in them to help preserve our natural world. Top Home The Festival The Sponsors The Music The Food The Beer The Crafters Press Kit Directions Festival Map