Celtic Woman Symphony Tour 2023

They typically do have a flight or two on the Christmas tour and I'm sure that'll be the case this year the way the schedule is looking.

Cedar Falls, Iowa is only about a 3 hour drive from the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area, so they could easily do those on back-to-back nights, or it's a fairly quick drive for Minnesota fans who are able to do the drive.

They typically do have a flight or two on the Christmas tour and I'm sure that'll be the case this year the way the schedule is looking.

Cedar Falls, Iowa is only about a 3 hour drive from the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area, so they could easily do those on back-to-back nights, or it's a fairly quick drive for Minnesota fans who are able to do the drive.

Yeah and why don’t they?

Just a guess, but I think it's because they don't work with the Minnesota Orchestra. I have no clue why that is. There's still hope though that they'll be with some random other orchestra this year like they did in 2019 since they have a lot of open dates right around the Iowa date. Otherwise Twin Cities fans will need to make the 3 hour drive down to Cedar Falls if they're able.

Just a guess, but I think it's because they don't work with the Minnesota Orchestra. I have no clue why that is. There's still hope though that they'll be with some random other orchestra this year like they did in 2019 since they have a lot of open dates right around the Iowa date. Otherwise Twin Cities fans will need to make the 3 hour drive down to Cedar Falls if they're able.

That’s my point. If they’re going to go every year with no Minnesota orchestra the best they can do is have an orchestra like the 2019 one. Do it at state or Orpheum theater.

So maybe they haven't had great attendance in the past in Minnesota?  FWIW, I went to 4 shows last year.  Generally in venues that seat maybe 2500 people.  Attendance was decent, but it wasn't full.  What does it cost to put on a CW show?  How does that compare to a Christmas show with the orchestra?

At some point, it's all about the money.

It's definitely not about attendance in MN - the Celtic Woman shows here sell out and the crowds are outstanding. Two of the best crowds I've ever been in were Minneapolis Ancient Land and Voices of Angels. Roaring from the moment the ladies step on stage and it never stops. They also sold out the Christmas concert here in 2019.

It's definitely not about attendance in MN - the Celtic Woman shows here sell out and the crowds are outstanding. Two of the best crowds I've ever been in were Minneapolis Ancient Land and Voices of Angels. Roaring from the moment the ladies step on stage and it never stops. They also sold out the Christmas concert here in 2019.

As I keep saying for non holiday shows the attendance record is perfect: only X & Homecoming they skipped out on MN. . We all know why the 15 year tour couldn’t come to MN (I was going to go ).
I’d like to see the symphony tour come to the Orpheum (I mostly go to Broadway shows there) or State (I attended Ancient Land & Postcards from Ireland there).

The first "typical" Photoshop promos of the four ladies are online. Emma and Mairead included. Here's an example. I'm curious when that pic of Emma was taken.
https://nortoncenter.com/event/celtic-woman-christmas/

That is gorgeous! I hope that's the dress Mairéad wears for Symphony. Looove it!

This is so exciting!!*

Just a guess, but I think it's because they don't work with the Minnesota Orchestra. I have no clue why that is. There's still hope though that they'll be with some random other orchestra this year like they did in 2019 since they have a lot of open dates right around the Iowa date. Otherwise Twin Cities fans will need to make the 3 hour drive down to Cedar Falls if they're able.

I fired off an email to management complaining about it. I hope they understand my point. I was not happy last year (as I stated then) when I complained -- this year I sent it earlier than last year so hopefully they'll understand (the 2019 MN date was one of if not the last to be added from what I can piece together), last year I sent the email in late August so maybe sending it earlier will get them to understand. For no apparent reason they've skipped Minnesota at the holidays A LOT. We get Trans-Siberian Orchestra every year, Michael W. Smith with or without Amy Grant are pretty frequent (he's coming without Amy Grant this year), Celtic Thunder's two symphony tours have both come to Minnesota (I attended the latter -- my only full group Celtic Thunder show). I especially want the symphony tour to come this year as I am unable to see Celtic Thunder.

There are 3 shows at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC with the National Symphony Orchestra! EPIC!!

The shows are Friday night, Saturday afternoon, and Saturday night of Thanksgiving weekend. Perfect!

This is awesome and Gregg & I will absolutely be going to these shows! How perfect to be on the holiday weekend when we're already off work too!

Yup! It looks like they made the official announcement today.

@CWFella2011
There's still hope. If you read the email carefully, it does say this:

More dates to be added soon.

Tracie,
    I was looking at the DC shows and it looks like you can get tickets as part of a package, but you can’t select your seat only the section. Have you found a way to pick your seats?

Hey Bill! No, we didn't find a way to select seats. We did purchase a package though and we selected premium orchestra for our section. We're just hoping that's the front few rows 🤞. Our tickets will be mailed at some point, so we'll just be in suspense until then. We're super excited to go see these amazing ladies at the Kennedy Center!