Swarthy baritone chantey singer Aaron Clegg takes you on a High Seas adventure, with harmonies and instrumental accompaniment by Elise MacGregor Ferrell on fiddle and Great Highland Bagpipes, Jim Powell on guitar, Dan Blake on bass, and Russ Bennett on hand drums. Aaron will describe the historical uses of the…
Documenting Disability His name is Jack Kavanagh, 22, a pharmacy student at Trinity College in Dublin, a windsurfing fanatic, a fluent Irish speaker, and a bit of a talker. Following a holiday windsurfing accident, resulting in a broken neck, Jack created a TV documentary to show that almost total body…
IIPC Family Sports Day • September 11 All are welcome - families, with or without kids, friends and neighbors! They've got it all - burgers, Irish sausages (kindly donated by Fiddler's Green, Millbrae), face painting, games for all ages, even a grown-up tug-of-war. Just need to bring your picnic blanket…
2016 IN USA Conference The Irish Network USA 2016 Conference in association with INUSA and hosted by The Irish Network Bay Area. Join a national group of Irish, Irish American’s and friends of Ireland at some of San Francisco’s best corporate venues. Hear senior executives and thought leaders from at…
15th Annual Irish-Mexican Fiesta • September 15 Centro Latino de San Francisco, Inc. holds its 15th Annual Irish~Mex Fiesta buffet dinner in honor of First Responders from San Francisco Police, Fire & Sheriff Departments & the District Attorney Investigation Bureau at the United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Avenue, San…
Robert Emmet Day Remembrance “Let no man write my epitaph: for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them. Let them and me repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times, and other men, can do justice to my character; when my…
The 16th annual Dixon Scottish Highland Games & Gathering is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, September 24, 2016 at the Dixon Fairgrounds, 655 South First Street, Dixon, California. The festivities will include the region’s finest bagpipe bands, Scottish athletic competitions, Scottish Highland and Irish Step-dancing performances, children’s activities, Scotch…
KVMR Celtic Festival • Sep. 30 - Oct. 1 Nevada City, CA. First founded in 1996, the KVMR Celtic Festival includes eleven performance areas including five musical and six demonstration stages and a weekend-long youth arts instruction that has included Celtic music, magic, dance and songwriting. The Festival is the…
Spend a Fall evening listening to some excellent music from Hanneke Cassel and Mike Block. Hanneke Cassel is a celtic fiddlist and was the U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion in 1997 and has produced 8 albums and is currently working on a 9th. She has taught and performed across…
In Memoriam - Oct 27th - An evening of stories for Eddie Stack (1950-2016) Eddie Stack, a beloved teacher and friend, admired writer, and talented musician, left us on July 4, 2016. The Program in Celtic Studies at UC-Berkeley, together with the Irish Literary and Historical Society of San Francisco,…
Artist site: http://tommyfleming.net/ Tommy Fleming has many times been described as the “Voice of Ireland” and is one of Ireland’s top entertainers with over 5 million Youtube hits and over 3 million album sales worldwide. Tommy is regarded as one of the finest singers worldwide and is currently enjoying a hugely…
Whiskey and Craft Beer Tasting • Nov 3 San Jose’s hottest new establishment, Brendan O’Flaherty’s Five Points, will be hosting a tasting of a variety of Irish whiskeys and craft beers with representatives from Jameson presenting a historical tour of Irish whiskey. Advance tickets required. Ticket includes whiskey tasting, beer,…
Irish Thanksgiving • United Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco, Nov. 9 Join the United Irish Cultural Center and the INBA for the 3rd Annual Irish Thanksgiving! We will be hosting our Thanksgiving dinner on the 9th of November, giving you plenty of time to build another appetite for the official…
Join the IIPC Active Retirement Club for our MONTHLY MASS AND LUNCHEON! Thursday, November 10, 2016 Mass begins at 12.15pm Followed by: Guest speaker Angie Pratt of the Alzheimer's Association & lunch. UICC, 2700 45th Ave. San Francisco Cost: $20 Please RSVP to Joan on 415.752.6006 ALL ARE WELCOME!
"Remembering Our Families" discussion group open to all. At the Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco, November 12, 2:30pm to 4:30pm, 3rd floor.
"LEGENDS OF THE CELTIC HARP" is a trio of world renowned Celtic harpists and multi-instrumentalists. Patrick Ball, Lisa Lynne & Aryeh Franfurter blend storytelling, music, history, humor and drama into a poignant theatrical presentation. The trio of Celtic harpers have toured extensively throughout the US to sold out audiences and…
AIF Women's Luncheon • Four Seasons, SF, Nov 29 This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the American Ireland Fund's Women's Luncheon. Guest speaker is New York Times best-selling author and journalist, Lee Woodruff. As co-author of the New York Times best-selling In an Instant, Lee Woodruff garnered critical acclaim for…
Produced by Sligo fiddler Oisín Mac Diarmada, the hugely popular Irish Christmas in America show features top Irish music, song and dance in an engaging performance rich in humour and boundless energy. The 2016 tour features special guest singer Niamh Farrell, a Sligo vocalist who has toured with UK singer/songwriting…
An Irish Christmas • Napa, Dec 1 “…The capacity crowd nearly brought the house down at the end of the evening.” – The Irish Herald Dancers dance through the generations over brooms, on half doors, around butter churns, into the world of mythology and out again. Songs spinning out of…
Produced by Sligo fiddler Oisín Mac Diarmada, the popular and family friendly Irish Christmas in America show features top Irish music, song and dance in an engaging performance rich in humour and boundless energy. The 2016 tour features special guest singer Niamh Farrell, a Sligo vocalist who has toured with…
It's that time of year again! Join us for Celtic Voices Concert on Friday, December 9, 2016, for a specially selected program of music from '1916 - 2016' and Christmas In-Between! It promises to be a very special evening with a program honoring the men and women of the 1916 Easter…
December 11, 2016 @ 7:30 PM United Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA Ireland's Premier Entertainer, Tony Kenny, takes you home for Christmas - home to his beloved Emerald Isle, home to celebrate the Holy Season! Imagine Christmas Time in Ireland. A warm turf fire on a cold night, a rousing sing-along…
Join the IIPC, SF Youth GAA, SF Rose of Tralee and the UICC for the fourth Annual Community Christmas party on Sunday December 18 at the United Irish Cultural Center! This festive fun-filled, magical day is perfect for all the family, with activities for kids of all ages. Kids will…
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