Twillingate - Music and a Screech In

I’d been wanting to see some live music for a while and Twillingate delivered. Two nights, two shows.

First night was Mike Soixante at the Captain’s Pub playing Irish inspired tunes of his own with some Newfoundland classics. That was followed by a screech in, a process that involves saying you’re a screecher, kissing a cod, and then drinking a shot of screech to become an honorary Newfoundlander.

Part of the fun was trying to understand it all because Newfoundlanders have a fun accent. If you can’t understand the words, it goes “Is ye a screecher” to which the screecher says “indeed I is, me old cock.” Cock in this case refers to a rooster in case you were wondering.

The second night was a dinner theater variety show playing more Newfoundland music interspersed with skits. I enjoyed the music, but the skits and scene changes were tedious.

All up, two great nights of music in Twillingate.Read more