September 12, 2008 - Cincinnati, OH - Cincinnati Celtic Festival - Enter the Haggis

Venue:  Sawyer Point/Yeatman's Cove

This was a very small show and I debated including it in my list, but it was important to me at this point in my life.

A few weeks prior to this show I had broken up with my first girlfriend, and so I decided to rent a car and visit my friend Giselle, who lived in Cincinnati at the time.

This was show an impromptu thing and it was part of my "healing process" after my relationship had withered and died a slow death.

I'm not sure if this was the first time I had been to Newport, KY and the parks across the river from it in Cincy, but I have come back to this area many times since then.  Sawyer Point is where the Bunbury Festival would take place.

Enter the Haggis was (and might still be) an Irish/Celtic bagpipe band that play lively Irish stuff that is perfect for a Festival. 

It was a little rainy that night and I remember that the chairs were damp.  We stood in the back and then sat down for awhile at the stage for awhile and later we watched fireworks from the Newport side of the river.

As of writing this, I am happy to say that Enter the Haggis is still a band and still performing,  They are celebrating their 20th anniversary.

Time moves on.