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Tour of “Irish Hill” Dogpatch – 3-5pm

Triple Voodoo 2245 3rd Street, SF, CA, United States

Join us for the 2nd Annual St. Patrick's Day tour of the Dogpatch led by San Francisco City Guides! Once called "Irish Hill", the Dogpatch became home to thousands of working class Irish, Scottish and English immigrants during the 1860's. Learn about the infamous neighborhood and visit historical sites during…

St.Patrick’s Day Evening – Los Gatos

Jack Rose Libation House 18840 Saratoga Los Gatos Rd, Los Gatos, CA, United States

The Crooked Road Ceili Band holds forth traditional Irish tunes and songs on this most important of days, St.Paddy's! Enjoy exceptional cocktails, craft beer, and "sinfully good" eats on the patio while we entertain you with a bit o' the pure drop! Come celebrate at Jack Rose Libation House! With…

Colm Ó Riain and friends @ Red Poppy SF

Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom Street @ 23rd Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

TWO SHOWS! 7pm and 8.45pm Irish-born violinist Colm Ó Riain and some stellar musical friends combine the music of Ireland with rhythms and melodies from all over the musical world – jazz, blues, Roma, India, Cuba, Brazil, and much more. Featuring: Colm Ó Riain – violin Joe Kyle Jr –…

St Patrick’s Day at Art Boutiki featuring Peter Daldry

SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery 44 Race St, San Jose, CA, United States

What better place to spend St. Patrick's Day evening than in a tiki-themed comic book store? Stay with us for a second and we will explain. St. Patrick's Day has become overrun by drunken behavior and the craziness perpetrated by the once-a-year Irish. If you want to celebrate St. Patrick's…

Zoo Station, The Chapel

The Chapel, SF 777 Valencia St,, San Francisco, CA, United States

Zoo Station: The Complete U2 Experience The lights go down, it's dark and the soaring sound of a rock band bound for greatness collides with the low ceiling of a small club. It's like 1978 all over again, when U2 first stormed the pubs of Dublin, Ireland.But this is the…

Black Brothers Band, Freight And Salvage Coffee House

Freight & Salvage, Berkeley 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, United States

Shay and Michael Black celebrate St. Patrick's Day Eve with their traditional Freight concert, brimming with lilting harmonies, catchy rhythms, and superb musicianship. The brothers never fail to create a sheer celebration of singing, and their infectious humor, wit, and unalloyed joy in performing make it difficult for anyone to…

Tempest

Hopmonk 230 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, CA, United States

Tempest at Dublin, CA festival • March 17-19 Since forming in 1988, Tempest has delivered a globally-renowned hybrid of high-energy folk rock fusing Irish reels, Scottish ballads, Norwegian influences and other world music elements. The last 28 years have seen the San Francisco Bay Area based act release fifteen critically…

The Quiet Men,Trainwreck Riders, The Human Condition, Slim’s

Slim's 333 11th St , San Francisco, United States

San Francisco-based, Irish-style folk rock band. Fusing Irish-style music with modern driving folk, rock, and Americana, The Quiet Men have been blaring through local concert venues, street festivals, and beer festivals with original song-writing since 2011. Prodigiously talented and attractive, this group does not disappoint. ] Grab a beer, stomp…

$15.00

Lucia Comnes & Her Rockin’ Irish Band

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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in a true Bay Area tradition with Lucia Comnes & Her Rockin’ Irish Band: a 4-piece folk powerhouse that combines influences from Rock, Blues and Bluegrass to deliver upbeat Irish and Americana roots music. With her fiery fiddling, Comnes leads high energy sets of groove-oriented traditional…

$15

Dublin, CA St. Patrick’s Festival

100 Civic Plaza Dublin, CA 94568 100 Civic Plaza , Dublin, United States

Saturday & Sunday, March 18 & 19, 2017 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Dublin Civic Center 100 Civic Plaza Dublin, CA 94568 Green and White Gala, Dublin Sister City Association, Friday,March 17, 2017, 6:00 p.m. Dublin Senior Center, 7600 Amador Valley Boulevard Pancake Breakfast, Alameda County Firefighters - Local 55,…

KALW Radio – Black Brothers, Sharon Shannon…

KALW Public Radio Station 91.7 FM, San Francisco, CA, United States

Saturday, Mar 18, 3pm Listen at 91.7 or on-line, http://www.kalw.org/ The Black Brothers, Shay and Michael Black, return to KALW after a long absence.  The brothers will catch us up on what they've been doing and regale us with their songs and family stories.  They'll perform with their band on…

Black Brothers Band, Sunnyvale Theatre

Sunnyvale Theatre 550 E. Remington Dr, Sunnyvale, CA, United States

Join the Black Brothers as they take to the stage of the Sunnyvale Theatre, CA with Bobbi Nikles and Eamonn Flynn. 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…

Melanie O’Reilly Jazz Trio

Third Sunday Concert Series    Sunday, March 19, 2017 @ 4pm Irish Celtic-Jazz vocalist Melanie O’Reilly Jazz Trio with Frank Martin, piano; Fred Randolph, bass; &special guest, Jane Lenoir, flute. at St. Alban’s  Church,  Albany CA 1501 Washington Avenue, Albany (one block north of Solano Avenue) 510-525-1716,    www.st-albans-albany.org REGISTER NOW!…

Free – $20

ILHS Annual Banquet

Annual Banquet, March 19. The ILHS presents their annual St. Patrick’s Banquet on Sunday, March 19 at the Saint Patrick’s Ballroom in the United Irish Cultural Center. This year's event features harpist and storyteller Patrick Ball, with song and dramatic reading by Esther Mulligan, and music by fiddler, Anne Goess. Contact…

Transcontinental Railroad Crossroads Presentation

Chinese, Irish, and the Transcontinental Railroad • Mar 26 “Chinese and Irish Workers in the Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.” Gordon H. Chang, Professor of American History and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford, and Barry P. McCarron, Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow of Irish Studies…

Chinese, Irish and Construction of Transcontinental Railroad

Saturday, March 25th Time: 1:00-3:00pm Chinese and Irish Workers in the Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad Gordon H. Chang, Professor of American History and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford, and Barry P. McCarron, Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow of Irish Studies at New York University,…

Irish Musicians Against Hate: ACLU/NRDC Benefit

Irish Musicians Against Hate: A Benefit Concert for the ACLU & NRDC Join us for an evening of traditional Irish music featuring a wonderful line-up of local Irish bands. You'll enjoy an evening of fabulous music while helping support civil liberties and the environment.  All proceeds go to the ACLU…

$25

Family Stories Workshop • UICC

Family Stories Workshop • Mar 26 Family Stories Workshop: Creating Narratives from Family Records. Margaret Cooley will give a talk and teach a workshop on how she began without any records, stories or photographs and found enough information to recreate a family story and write a book, The McQueeneys: From…

Crossroads Salon

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Crossroads Salon Sunday, March 26. 2:00pm-5:00pm. Location: A private residence in St. Francis Woods. Address provided with RVSP. RSVP: [email protected] or call 707-235-9858. Free event. Join us to share or enjoy creative work inspired by Irish-American life in a comfortable and congenial Salon experience! You are cordially invited to the…

Phil Coulter • UICC

Phil Coulter & Special Guest Geraldine Brannigan. Phil Coulter is up in that Pantheon inhabited by the biggest selling recording artistes of all time in Ireland, rubbing shoulders with Bono and the Boys. From Derry, Northern Ireland, Phil has performed with everyone from James Galway and the London Symphony Orchestra to Nanci Griffith…

Spirit Of Ireland Award, San Jose

San Jose City Hall Rotunda 200 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose, CA

Spirit Of Ireland Award, San Jose • Mar 28 The Spirit of Ireland Awards are presented to individuals or companies whose accomplishments have exemplified the relationship between San Jose / Silicon Valley and Dublin, Ireland. This year's recipient is Marie O'Flaherty - more

Irish Night at the San Jose Sharks

**Irish Heritage Night at Sharks • March 28** ========== The San Jose Sharks host Dublin Lord Mayor, Brendan Carr at the March 28 game. Use promo code IRISH to access your ticket and postgame Irish Heritage Night center activities. more...

Whiskies of the World San Jose

Forager Eatery and Tasting Room 420 South First Street, San Jose, CA, United States

There is so much to do at Whiskies of the World in San Jose! Meeting whisky distillers, owners, and brand ambassadors as you taste and experience their finest spirits from around the world. Included in the admission is a two hour tasting experience starting at 6:00PM or 8:10PM, a souvenir…

$80

18th Annual Whiskies of the World San Francisco

San Francisco Belle Yacht (remains docked) Pier 3, San Francisco, CA, United States

Benefiting Breast Cancer Emergency Fund Whiskies of the World gathers the world’s most fascinating distilled spirits along with their makers and ambassadors to give its guests an opportunity to sample, learn and experience a night of delicious spirited fun. The 18th Expo will be on the SF Belle Hornblower Yacht…

$140

Erin Ruth Thompson, Crooked Road at UICC

Erin Ruth Thompson @ UICC with The Crooked Road Ceili Band 6:30 PM Friday, March 31st, / 2700 45th Ave, San Francisco Rising star vocalist Erin Ruth Thompson came to the Bay Area in late 2012 from Tuscon via Hawai'i. With encouragement from Jack Gilder at the Plough & Stars…

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