An Irish Christmas, UICC • Dec. 9, 2pm An Irish Christmas features an award-winning cast of Irish dancers led by Caterina Coyne (Principal dancer, Riverdance), world champion dancer Tyler Schwartz and Connor Reider, as well as members o f the Kerry Dance Troupe, The Kerry Voice Squad and the Kerry…
Tony McManus is the leading Celtic guitarist worldwide and has just been listed as one of the 50 transcendental guitarists of all time by Guitar Player Magazine. Julia Toaspern is a multi-talented musician from Berlin who combines classical training on violin and voice with a wide interest in genres…
Margie Butler, Paul Espinoza, Kathy Sierra Christmas comes by once a year and Golden Bough rings in good cheer, Families gather one and all to raise their voices in the hall. Share the laughter, song, and joy as Golden Bough performs rare versions of Celtic songs of Winter, as well…
An Irish Christmas features an award-winning cast of Irish dancers led by Caterina Coyne (Principal dancer, Riverdance), world champion dancer Tyler Schwartz and Connor Reider, as well as members of the Kerry Dance Troupe, The Kerry Voice Squad and the Kerry Traditional Orchestra. An Irish Christmas is a memorable…
Tomáseen Foley’s show recreates the atmosphere of a night before Christmas in a remote farmhouse in the parish of Teampall an Ghleanntáin in the west of Ireland. Santa Cruz, December 19th Wednesday, December 19 – 7.30 PM UCSC Music Center Recital Hall Santa Cruz CA 95064 Tickets online: https://www.celticsociety.org/index.html
An Irish Christmas features an award-winning cast of Irish dancers led by Caterina Coyne (Principal dancer, Riverdance), world champion dancer Tyler Schwartz and Connor Reider, as well as members o f the Kerry Dance Troupe, The Kerry Voice Squad and the Kerry Traditional Orchestra. An Irish Christmas is a…
An Irish Christmas features an award-winning cast of Irish dancers led by Caterina Coyne (Principal dancer, Riverdance), world champion dancer Tyler Schwartz and Connor Reider, as well as members ofthe Kerry Dance Troupe, The Kerry Voice Squad and the Kerry Traditional Orchestra. An Irish Christmas is a memorable night…
-Sat, Dec 22, 2018 @ 2 & 7 pm -Sun, Dec 23, 2018 @ 2 & 7 pm An Irish Christmas features an award-winning cast of Irish dancers led by Caterina Coyne (Principal dancer, Riverdance), world champion dancer Tyler Schwartz and Connor Reider, as well as members of the Kerry…
* Start times vary. Please check website Paradise Square is an incredible musical based on extraordinary real-life stories. It’s 1863 at Five Points, NY, where Black and Irish Americans live in racial harmony until the intensifying Civil War results in the first-ever Federal draft, leading to riots as whites are…
The Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay is pleased to present Kevin Crawford and Cillian Vallely, two members of the world class Irish band Lunasa, in an intimate setting. They will be performing on Monday, January 14th, at 7:30 p.m. at a house concert in Soquel. Cillian Vallely is the…
The Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay is pleased to present the ultimate Scots troubadour Jim Malcolm on Tuesday, January 29th, 7:30PM at an intimate House Concert in Soquel. Traveling the world with his guitar, harmonicas, and engaging wit, he sings the traditional songs of Scotland and his own…
Hailing from Scotland, Ireland, and Cape Breton, The Outside Track were winner of 'Best Group' in both the Live Ireland awards and the Tradition In Review awards; were 'Best Live Act' nominees in the MG Alba Scots Traditional Music Awards, and won the German Radio Critics Prize, for their album…
Hailing from Scotland, Ireland, and Cape Breton, The Outside Track were winner of 'Best Group' in both the Live Ireland awards and the Tradition In Review awards; were 'Best Live Act' nominees in the MG Alba Scots Traditional Music Awards, and won the German Radio Critics Prize, for their album…
Celtic Nights presents “Oceans of Hope – The Epic Journeys of Our Ancestors,” capturing the very essence of Irish history. Through music, song and dance, audiences will be taken on a journey through the struggles and dreams of a people fighting for liberty, freedom, dignity and above all, family. “Oceans…
The 5th Annual O'Neill Irish Music Festival takes place in Tiburon, with two days of musical events featuring the best of Bay Area musicians. Francis O’Neill, 1848 – 1936, is considered by Irish scholars, Irish musicians and by the Irish government as “The Man Who Saved Irish Music”. The festival celebrates…
For more than 55 years, Paddy Moloney and The Chieftains have been recognized for reinventing traditional Irish music on a contemporary and international scale. Although the early following for these six-time Grammy Award winners was purely a folk audience, their range and the variation of their music and accompanying musicians…
2019 marks the 57th Anniversary of The Chieftains beginning. Since 1962 they have been six-time Grammy Award winners and been highly recognized for reinventing traditional Irish music on a contemporary and International scale. Their ability to transcend musical boundaries to blend tradition with modern music has notably hailed them as…
Lisa Lynne & Aryeh Frankfurter perform with two Celtic harps, the rare Swedish Nyckelharpa, Ukrainian Bandura, Cittern and more. The audience will hear Traditional instrumental music from Sweden and Ireland as well as heartwarming original compositions. They will present an enchanting blend of music and tales from their adventures as…
For more than four decades, The Irish Rovers have charmed and entertained audiences around the world with their exciting stage shows. These international ambassadors of Irish music have maintained their timeless ability to deliver a rollicking, rousing performance of good cheer, one that will soon have you singing and clapping…
Award winning multi-instrumentalist group from Belfast plays dynamic sounds using uilleann pipes, whistles, guitars, double bass, bouzouki, and banjo accompanied by vocalist Deirdre Galway. Realta is one of the most exciting acts on the Irish music scene today. March 3, 2pm more
HOLLOW HILLS & HOLY PLACES: A CELTIC REFLECTION ON JUSTICE IN OUR MODERN WORLD Join brothers Owen & Mícheál (Moley) O'Súilleabháin for an evening of entertainment and education using music, conversation, innocence, life experience and wicked Irish humor to bring thousands of years of Celtic tradition to bear on our…
ILHS Celebrates Irish Diaspora of Australia on March 10 with Mairéid Sullivan, author, singer/song writer and historian– West Cork born, San Francisco raised, and Australian citizen Irish Literary and Historical Society of San Francisco will team with Mairéid Sullivan to present the storied Irish diaspora of Australia at a luncheon…
Violinist Edwin Huizinga, who has performed with Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and Stevie Wonder, joins Grammy winning Celtic and folk guitarist William Coulter as the duo Fire and Grace. Stand-out stars from sold-out performances two years running at the Carmel Bach Festival, they will be performing a benefit concert March…
Ímar is comprised of musicians from Ireland, the Isle of Man, Glasgow and Suffolk. These foundations underpin the band’s distinctive qualities, and their synergy centers on overlapping cultural heritage as they produce a pure-drop trad sound. Corkonian Uilleann piper Ryan Murphy says "We’re all going back to the music we…
Join the Raven Performing Arts Center and watch Grammy-winning fiddler, Eileen Ivers. Experience folk music like never before. Doors open at 7pm, $40 general admittance, $60 front¢er.
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