Upcoming Welsh Events in Chicago – Winter/Spring 2012

2011 was another year of top quality Welsh events in the windy city, with all that is going on Chicago could be the best place to be Welsh outside of Wales!!

First off a big Diolch yn Fawr to Sam & Ian at the Naperville based Welsh design company ‘Pretty Lethal Designs’ for the cracking upgrades to the Tafia website – Have a look at their work at www.prettylethaldesigns.com

JANUARY

Zulu Night
Sunday January 22, 7:00pm
Red Lion Lincoln Square
4749 North Rockwell Street, Chicago
‘This is a Welsh regiment, although there are some foreigners in it in mind’ It’s the annual get together to watch Zulu at the pub grab some fish & chips and couple of pints and maybe few Basil Hayden’s and a bit of Penderyn to commemorate the Battle of Rorke’s Drift.

Los Campesinos!
Friday January 27, 7:30pm
Metro
3730 N. Clark St, Chicago
Welsh indie pop/rockers ‘Los Campesinos!’ are back in Chicago! Bloody great band, come see what all the fuss is about when Los Campesinos! take the stage on January 27th, 2012. Tafia meetup at the Gingerman before and after the show. Look out for our competition at www.facebook.com/chicagotafia for a chance to win a couple of pairs of tickets.

FEBRUARY

Ireland v Wales – Six Nations Rugby
Sunday February 5, 9:00am
The Globe Pub
1934 West Irving Park Road, Chicago
The battle of the Celts – Round 1

Wales v Scotland – Six Nations Rugby
Sunday February 12, 9:00am
The Globe Pub
1934 West Irving Park Road, Chicago
The battle of the Celts – Round 2

England v Wales – Six Nations Rugby
Saturday February 25, 10:00am
The Globe Pub
1934 West Irving Park Road, Chicago
The primordial battle of good vs. evil or evil vs. good in this case, well the English ones are the evil buggers anyways.

MARCH

The Chicago Tafia’s St. David’s Day Pub Night
Thursday March 1st, 7:00pm
The Elephant & Castle
185 North Wabash Avenue, Chicago
Chicago’s landmark Wrigley Building will be lighting up Red, White & Green for the third year running to honour St. David’s Day. We will be meeting up at the Elephant & Castle (within sight of the Wrigley Building) to gather and have a few pints before heading up to the ABC7 TV Studios at 10:00pm to get some Welsh flags & inflatable leeks on the evening news.
Two Fat Cyclist’s
Friday March 9th, 7:30pm
Candlelite
7452 North Western Avenue, Chicago
Gig by Welsh musicians/cyclists Andy Edwards and Phil Jenkins at a place with cheap beer & good pizza! They cycle fast and eat even faster. They play guitars to a below average standard but do entertain very drunk people in local pubs. They are Andy Edwards & Phil Jenkins and these two mad Welsh buggers are cycling from Chicago to New York in a week and all for charity. Come out and give these lads a proper Chicago Welsh welcome and chip in a couple of quid towards their cause too if you can. For more info about the ride and donate some cash visit www.thetwofatcyclists.co.uk

Wales v Italy – Six Nations Rugby
Saturday March 10th 8:30am (may change if the clocks go forward by then)
The Globe Pub
1934 West Irving Park Road, Chicago
“Homer what’s your least favorite country, Italy or France? Homer-France. Scorpio-Haha nobody ever says Italy.”

Two Fat Cyclist’s
Saturday March 10th, 1:00pm
The Globe Pub
1934 West Irving Park Road, Chicago
Gig by Welsh musicians/cyclists Andy Edwards and Phil Jenkins to follow the Wales v Italy and Ireland v Scotland games. They cycle fast and eat even faster. They play guitars to a below average standard but do entertain very drunk people in local pubs. They are Andy Edwards & Phil Jenkins and these two mad Welsh buggers are cycling from Chicago to New York in a week and all for charity. Come out and give these lads a proper Chicago Welsh welcome and chip in a couple of quid towards their cause too if you can. For more info about the ride and donate some cash visit www.thetwofatcyclists.co.uk

Wales v France – Six Nations Rugby
Saturday March 17th 8:45am (may change if the clocks go forward by then)
The Globe Pub
1934 West Irving Park Road, Chicago
Let’s get our revenge on those cheese-eating surrender monkeys!