Masters of the Irish Uilleann Pipes
Freight and Salvage, Berkeley. Saturday, February 14, 2015, 8:00 pm (doors 7:00 pm) featuring Joey Abarta, Preston Howard & others $24 advance / $26 door
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Irish Dance & Céilí
Irish Dance & Céilí at The Starry Plough Hosted by John Slaymaker. Dance lessons at 7pm. Music and Dancing at 9pm. $5 suggested donation
“Expand Your Folk Song Repertoire” with Shay Black
Music Seminar at the Freight and Salvage, Berkeley The Black Brothers' Shay Black presents a six-week class at The Freight & Salvage, Berkeley. Expand Your Folk Song Repertoire - Mondays from 8:30pm to 9:45pm.
Trad Music Session, Mountain View
St. Stephen's Green 223 CASTRO STREET, Mountain View, CACasual seisiun at St. Stephen's Green pub every Tuesday. Contact [email protected] for information.
Celtic Fiddle Festival – Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Called “three of the finest folk violinists anywhere” by The Washington Post, Celtic Fiddle Festival return to the US with fiddlers Kevin Burke (Ireland), Christian Lemaître (Brittany, France) and André Brunet (Quebec, Canada) showcasing a juxtaposition of international and individual styles.
$21 – $23
Bicycle Irish Oakland Gig
Legionnaire Saloon 2272 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CAEvery Wednesday at the The Legionnaire Saloon, Oakland Bicycle Irish, Autumn Rhodes and Patricia Ross, with Tedd Colt, Michael Stack and Various Special Guests "High energy, no-nonsense trad music on Uilleann Pipes, Concertina, Flute, Tin Whistle, Low Whistle, Bodhrán, Bouzouki, Harmonica, and Vocals (both in Irish and English)"
Aoife and Eoghan Scott – House Concert Berkeley
Shay Black invites all to a house concert for a pair of Ireland's leading traditional singers and musicians, his niece and nephew, Aoife and Eoghan Scott. To attend, email Shay at [email protected]. Suggested donation is $15 -$20. That the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree is an oft-stated truism.…
Ring of Truth Trio, Santa Rosa
Gaia's Garden 1899 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, CASanta Rosa-based Ring of Truth Trio, comprising Rory McNamara, Henry Nagle and Roxanne Olive, first came into existence in 2008, worked steadily for about a year, released a cd, So Far So Good in 2009 and then went into semi musical hibernation. Over the next few years, Henry and Rory…
The Ring of Truth Trio in Petaluma
Aqus 189 H Street , PetalumaRory, Roxanne and John are back! After a break of one day. Check out Ring of Truth Trio at Aqus Cafe in Petaluma while enjoying good food, fine wines and beers. And tea.
Irish Music Festival in Yosemite
Yosemite Bug Rustic Mountain Resort 6979 Highway 140 , Midpines, CA, United StatesIrishFest (with the Gasmen) & Black Brothers The annual event offers great traditional Irish music & ceilidh dancing. Join in the fun, well attended by our Irish friends and family. Starts at 7:30pm Bodie Room. Irish foods at the Cafe starting 5:30pm. Yosemite Bug Rustic Mountain Resort 6979 Highway 140…
Treasures Of The Irish Harp
UCSC Music Center Recital Hall Santa Cruz, CASanta Cruz Baroque Festival. UCSC Music Center Recital Hall Bill Coulter & Friends An enchanting tapestry of plucked and bowed sounds featuring compositions by Ireland's most famous musician, the blind Baroque harper Turlough O'Carolan, led by renowned Celtic guitarist Bill Coulter accompanied by harp, flute, fiddle, harpsichord and percussion. More info…
Lots of Sunday Bay Area Traditional Music Sessions…more
BAY AREA SESSIONS GALORE: • The Chieftain Bar San Francisco • The Starry Plough Berkeley, The Plough and Stars San Francisco, Poet and Patriot Santa Cruz, Redwood Cafe Cotati, and others... 6pm to 9pm - The Chieftain Bar, San Francisco The Chieftain welcomes lovers of traditional Irish music every Sunday…
Trad Music – cRossRhodes, Legionnaire Oakland
Legionnaire Saloon 2272 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CAIrish Traditional Music Happy Hour with cRossRhodes and Friends every Wednesday night at The Legionnaire Saloon, Oakland 6:30 pm see Facebook page
Free
Tommy O’Sullivan and Saundra O’Sullivan House Concert
Tommy O'Sullivan, legend guitarist and vocalist from Dingle is playing an intimate house concert in Berkeley this Friday 27th with Saundra O'Sullivan. You know his playing from his work with Paddy Keenan and Sliabh Notes, and that alone should be enough to get you in the door! Doors open at…
$15 – $20
Black Brothers in Pacifica
Pacifica Performances 1220 Linda Mar Blvd, Pacifica, CA, United StatesPacifica Performances Concert Feb 28th. The repertoire of the Brothers is very broad and includes old Dublin street songs, music hall songs and historical ballads, songs from the Irish, English and Scottish traditions, along with songs by contemporary writers. Shay and Michael are close harmony singers, with a special fondness…
Jimmy Keane in Concert at SF Plough and Stars
The Plough and Stars, San Francisco 16 Clement Street at 2nd Avenue, San Francisco, CAThe 12th annual Crossroads Irish-American Festival opens with five-time All-Ireland champion accordion virtuoso, Jimmy Keane. Keane, hailed as "one of the true giants of Irish traditional music of the past fifty years"(emusic) and the “savior of the piano accordion “(Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin), will delight audiences with his vibrant and nuanced…
$15 – $20
Alasdair Fraser, Wake The Dead
Freight & Salvage, Berkeley. The musical partnership between Alasdair Fraser, long regarded as Scotland's premier fiddle ambassador, and the sizzlingly-talented young California cellist Natalie Haas may not seem an obvious one. Fraser, acclaimed by the San Francisco Examiner as "the Michael Jordan of Scottish fiddling," has a concert and recording…
Traditional Seisiún, O’Flaherty’s San Jose
O'Flaherty's Irish Pub 25 North San Pedro Street, San Jose, CA, United StatesA traditional Irish seisiún for experienced Irish style musicians every Tuesday evening in downtown San Jose, CA ~ 25 North San Pedro, San Pedro Square ~ Welcome to O'Flaherty's Irish Pub—downtown San Jose's only authentic Irish pub. Established in 2002 we offer the absolute best in real Irish hospitality, traditional…
Free
Celtic Faire, Sonora
Motherlode Fairgrounds 220 SOUTHGATE, SONORA, CA, United States29th Sonora Celtic Faire - celebrating Ireland, Scotland, Cornwall, Wales and all Celtic lands! Three-Day Event with over 100 things to experience in each day 10 stages of live Celtic Music, Traditional Dance, Fire shows, jugglers and magic!Celtic Rock & Traditional Bands: Barleyjuice *Wicked Tinkers * Blackeyed DempseysBlack Brothers *…
Ireland’s “Trad Group of Year” Goitse, San Rafael
Goitse - Studio 55, Marin Forged in the white-hot creative crucible of Limerick University’s Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, the quintet have graduated with a musical maturity worthy of the greatest. Recently crowned Live Ireland’s ‘Trad group of the Year’ for 2015, they have made a name for…
Damir Stosic @ The Chieftain Irish Pub
The Chieftain Irish Pub & Restaurant 198 5th Street @ Howard, San Francisco, CA, United StatesEvery Saturday. Live music at The Chieftain Damir's versatility of music styles from romantic ballads to contemporary rock make him a popular choice with a wide variety of audiences
Free
Four Shillings Short, San Gregorio
San Gregorio Highway 84 and Stage Road, San Gregorio, CA, United StatesThe Celtic, Folk and World music duo Four Shillings Short (visit website) have been touring in the US and Ireland since 1997 performing a variety of traditional, original and contemporary music on over 20 instruments. The international duo "is nothing short of musical excellence encompassing an eclectic array of world…
Irish Literary & Historic Society St. Patrick’s Banquet
Saint Patrick's Ballroom, UICC, San Francisco. 6pm. Tickets $60 RTÉ Presenter & author Myles Dungan and San Jose State History Professor Glen Gendzel present “Finley Peter Dunne and Mr. Dooley: Irish Wit and Wisdom in Progressive America, a History and Reenactment” Myles Dungan and Glen Gendzel's hilarious enactment of Finley…
Melanie O’Reilly Jazz Quartet “The Music of Anita O’Day” – Redwood City
For International Women's Day! Melanie O’Reilly Jazz Quartet "The music of Anita O’Day" Sunday March 8th 2015 7:30pm show Bell Stage Main Dining Room @ Angelicas, 863 Main Street Redwood City, CA 94063 Tel: (650) 679 8184 http://angelicasllc.com/event.cfm?id=189948&cart Tickets: $15 online , $21 at door Award-winning jazz vocalist , Melanie…
$15 – $21
Trad Session with cRossRhodes/Bicycle Irish
The Chieftain Irish Pub & Restaurant 198 5th Street @ Howard, San Francisco, CA, United StatesEvery Thursday at The Chieftain Pub, from 8.00pm to 10.00pm Join us for Traditional Irish Music by Autumn Rhodes, Tedd Colt, Michael Stack and Patricia Ross. Lively tunes on concertina, fiddle, flute, guitar, whistles and bodhran. Lots of food and great pints at this downtown San Francisco Pub.
Free
CALENDAR SPONSORED IN PART BY THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF IRELAND, SAN FRANCISCO