Come join the Hanneke Cassel Band for an evening of Scottish-American fiddle music. "Exuberant and rhythmic, somehow both wild and innocent, delivered with captivating melodic clarity and an irresistible playfulness," says the Boston Globe about Hanneke Cassel's playing. Such charismatic fiddling has brought the native Oregonian many honors and awards. …
Scottish Gaelic Supergroup' Dàimh (pronounced “Dive”) PRESENTED BY THE CELTIC SOCIETY OF THE MONTEREY BAY $18 adv./$20 door seated <21 w/parent $16 at door to Members of The Celtic Society by way of $2 rebate “One of the most exhilarating bands on the Celtic Map” Irish Times Magazine Taking their…
Carlos Núñez From Galicia, the Celtic region of northwest Spain, Carlos Núñez is widely hailed as the leading player of the gaita (Galician bagpipes) as well as an outstanding performer on the flute and whistle. Coming to international prominence in the 1990's when he was 'adopted' by The Chieftains, his…
Carlos Nunez, Sharon Shannon, Cassie & Maggie MacDonald, Dàimh, and many more! Grass Valley, CA. Festival includes eleven performance areas including five musical and six demonstration stages and weekend-long Celtic music, magic, dance and songwriting workshops. Visit website
*the official unofficial Hardly Strictly After Party* Featuring: The Sweetwater Stringband + The Mountain Men $10-$15 sliding scale / 21+
Filoli will hold its New Volunteer Recruitment at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at Filoli. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about the many, varied ways to volunteer at Filoli on Committees such as, House and Garden Self-Guided Docents, Weekend Tour Docents, Member Services, Visitor Services, Public…
Irish Language Classes • October 3 An Irish language 8-week class begins on Saturday, October 3rd at the Irish Cultural Center with teacher Imelda White. There will be a beginners class from 10.30 am to noon and an intermediate/advanced class from noon to 1.30 pm. The cost of the 8-week class is…
Flogging Molly Founded in Los Angeles in 1997, Flogging Molly infuses punk rock with Celtic instruments – violin, mandolin and the accordion – and they merge blues progressions with grinding guitars and traditional Irish music, the music of vocalist/guitarist Dave King’s youth. “We’re not a traditional band,” explains Dublin-born King.…
Michael Murphy has a Ceili on Saturday, October 3rd from 7 pm to 10 pm at Lily Mac's Pub and Restaurant, 187 South Murphy Avenue (between Washington & Evelyn) in Sunnyvale (upstairs). Birds in the Bush will be playing. Admission - $10. Contact Michael Murphy at 1-415-999-6062.
LFC San Francisco in association with Reds in America is proud to welcome Ronnie Whelan to San Francisco on October 3rd. With 493 appearances for the club, during which time he racked up six league titles, three FA Cups, three League Cups, and a European Cup, Ronnie is a true…
The Rugby World Cup (website) 2015 is the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament is hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Twickenham Stadium in London will host the final. You can watch the games at a Bay Area bar near you, and send your support to the Irish…
Sunday, October 4, 2015 4:30 - 6:00PM at Lily Mac's Irish Restaurant and Pub, 187 S Murphy Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Live music provided by Banish the Dogs. Come learn and dance such traditional Irish Ceili dances as the Haymaker's Jig and the Waves of Tory. Fun for the whole…
Founded in Los Angeles in 1997, Flogging Molly infuses punk rock with Celtic instruments – violin, mandolin and the accordion – and they merge blues progressions with grinding guitars and traditional Irish music, the music of vocalist/guitarist Dave King’s youth. “We’re not a traditional band,” explains Dublin-born King. “We are…
Michael Parker on Seamus Heaney • October 6 "Facing the Music: Public Imperatives in Seamus Heaney's Late Poetry" A talk and presentation by Michael Parker, Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Central Lancashire. Parker is wide-ranging scholar of modern and contemporary literature, who is completing a major…
Readings of Emma Donoghue's Work • Oct 8, 18 Word for Word Performing Arts Company is an ensemble whose mission is to tell great stories with elegant theatricality, staging performances of classic and contemporary fiction. On October 8, Word for Word presents “Night Vision” by Emma Donoghue. The first, is…
Former MLB player, and singer-musician-storyteller Tim Flannery and his band of fighting poets, the Lunatic Fringe, perform a benefit concert at the Plough and Stars October 10 in support of the Love Harder Project an initiative that uses music to raise awareness and funds to assist victims of violence. Lunatic Fringe's music…
The Rugby World Cup (website) 2015 is the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament is hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Twickenham Stadium in London will host the final. You can watch the games at a Bay Area bar near you, and send your support to the Irish…
ICCC Patrick J. Dowling Library located at the United Irish Cultural Center and Congregation Beth Israel Judea are teaming up to host an exciting cross cultural event: two screenings of "Shalom Ireland." The screenings will be followed by a panel discussion with the Director, Valerie Lapin Ganley, and representatives from…
October 12 • From Hardback to Hollywood: The Expansive Career of Dennis Lehane Irish American author Dennis Lehane grew up in the Dorchester section of Boston. Since his first novel, A Drink Before the War, won the Shamus Award, he’s published nine more novels with William Morrow that have been…
Litquake 2015 • October 15 Original Shorts: Love-Hate one of Litquake 2015 events features Dubliner and SF resident Ethel Rohan. Ethel's first novel, The Kingdom Keeper, will publish from St. Martin’s Press in early 2017. She is also the author of two story collections, Goodnight Nobody and Cut Through the Bone, the…
October 8 - Jeanine Stevens - The Early Bards and Celtic Symbolism October 15 - Tony Kendrew - Three Welsh Thomases October 22 - Michael Gorman - Poetry, Druids and the Celtic Bardic Tradition October 29 - Maureen Hurley - Axe-Heads and Blind Poets: Anthony Rafery, The End of A…
With sales over 50 million albums worldwide, Chris de Burgh’s songs are staples on the radio. “The Lady In Red” to this day remains one of the most played songs on the planet. De Burgh’s other classic songs include: “Don’t Pay the Ferryman”, “Spanish Train”, “Sailor”, “Natasha Dance” and “A…
Readings of Emma Donoghue's Work • Oct 8, 18 Word for Word Performing Arts Company is an ensemble whose mission is to tell great stories with elegant theatricality, staging performances of classic and contemporary fiction. On October 8, Word for Word presents “Night Vision” by Emma Donoghue. The first, is…
The High Kings, are Finbarr Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Martin Furey and Darren Holden. Since they started in 2008, they have sold out hundreds of shows, in Ireland and the US, made numerous TV appearances, recorded three studio albums and one live album and achieved platinum status with their first two…
Frankie Gavin • Oct 19, Salinas Presented by The Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay. Frankie Gavin has been playing fiddle and flute since his teenage years. At the age of seventeen, he won two All Ireland competitions – for fiddle and flute. Originally influenced by some of the great…
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