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Bloomsday with Thomas Lynch • Berkeley

Mrs. Dalloway's 2904 College Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

Bloomsday with Thomas Lynch • Berkeley Lynch reads from James Joyce’s “Ulysses.” 2 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway’s, 2904 College Ave., Berkeley. (510) 704-8222. www.mrsdalloways.com.

Annual Bloomsday Celebration @ Mechanics’ SF

Mechanics' Institute 3rd Floor Library 57 Post Street , San Francisco, CA, United States

Annual Bloomsday Celebration Dinner, Concert, and Community Readings Friday, June 16, 2017 - 6:00pm Eat, Read, Drink, and Walk on the Wild Side of Dublin! The evening begins with a special Bloomsday menu with lively musical interludes featuring a Celtic music ensemble with singers Melanie O’Reilly, Esther Mulligan, & John…

Handsome Devil, film. Victoria Theater.

Victoria Theater, SF 2961 16th St. , San Francisco, United States

Handsome Devil • June 17, 20 An unlikely yet authentic bond develops between two teenage boys at an Irish boarding school, in this charming, rugby-centric dramedy from talented Irish writer-director John Butler. Sixteen-year-old Ned, with his spiky dyed red hair and ambiguous sexuality, is the music-geek outcast more smitten with…

A Date for Mad Mary, film. Victoria Theater.

Victoria Theater, SF 2961 16th St. , San Francisco, United States

Frameline Film Festival Three Irish films feature at this year’s Frameline Film Festival, A Date for Mad Mary • June 18, 24 Mary has always been a firecracker — picking fights, mouthing off, and getting wasted at the pub with her best mate, Charlene. But after serving six months in…

Poet Judy Wells and Friends, Larkspur

Larkspur Library 400 Magnolia Avenue, Larkspur , CA, United States

Judy Wells, Dale Jensen, Lynn Ireland, Carol Sheldon, Gabrielle Rilleau, and Susan Robinson will read Tuesday, June 20th, at 7 pm at Larkspur Library, 400 Magnolia Avenue, in Larkspur with the Marin Traveling Show hosted by Prartho Sereno. Judy Wells' latest poetry collection, The Glass Ship (Sugartown, 2014), completes her…

Handsome Devil, film. Victoria Theater

Victoria Theater, SF 2961 16th St. , San Francisco, United States

Handsome Devil • June 17, 20 An unlikely yet authentic bond develops between two teenage boys at an Irish boarding school, in this charming, rugby-centric dramedy from talented Irish writer-director John Butler. Sixteen-year-old Ned, with his spiky dyed red hair and ambiguous sexuality, is the music-geek outcast more smitten with…

Colm Tóibín, JCC SF

Jewish Community Center 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA, United States

Acclaimed Irish writer Colm Tóibín is the author of nine novels including Brooklyn and Nora Webster and has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize three times. His literary subjects have included the imagined inner life of Henry James and the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus. In his…

A Date for Mad Mary, film. Landmark, Piedmont

Landmark Theater, Piedmont 4186 Piedmont Ave. , Oakland, CA, United States

A Date for Mad Mary • June 24 Mary has always been a firecracker — picking fights, mouthing off, and getting wasted at the pub with her best mate, Charlene. But after serving six months in lockup, Mary returns home to find that Charlene has moved on; she’s more interested…

The Crooked Road Ceili Band @ UICC

Join The Crooked Road Ceili Band for a wonderfully warm evening of traditional Irish melodies with Jack, Doug, Julie, and David and songs sung solo and duet by Erin-Ruth Thompson and Julie Horner. Lively tunes on the hammered dulcimer, concertina, Irish wooden flute, fiddle, and guitar. Bring your dancing shoes!

WALLS San Francisco Mime Troupe

Cedar Rose Park, Berkeley 1300 Rose Street@Chestnut, Berkeley, CA, United States

Opening weekend.  Free.  Tony Award Winning Mime Troupe performs WALLS in Berkeley and San Francisco. WALLS asks the question: How can a nation of immigrants declare war on immigration? The answer: FEAR!L. Mary Jones (Velina Brown) knows all about fear. As a top agent for I.C.E. - Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

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Johnny Holden, Piano Maestro – Oakland

Join us at Wolfhound Bar for our first ever live show featuring Irish piano maestro Johnny Holden who will sing and play your favorite tunes. A souful voice and expert musicianship not to be missed.

WALLS performed by Tony Award Winning SF MIME Troupe

Dolores Park 19th Street@Dolores Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

WALLS asks the question: How can a nation of immigrants declare war on immigration? The answer: FEAR!L. Mary Jones (Velina Brown) knows all about fear. As a top agent for I.C.E. - Immigration and Customs Enforcement - she knows how to stoke fear to keep her country safe. Fear of people…

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Chloe Agnew & Friends, UICC

Chloe Agnew & Friends Saturday July 8th, 2017 Show 8pm Pre-Show 7.15pm with Ryan Doyle (link to https://www.ryandoylemusic.com/) http://www.chloeagnewofficial.com/ "Chloë Agnew has gained international fame for her integral part as one of the original, and youngest members of the internationally acclaimed music group ‘Celtic Woman’ since she was 14 years old.…

LABOR FEST 2017 Irish Labor History Walk

Marine Fireman's Union 240 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

This tour will focus on the history of San Francisco’s famed waterfront and the role of its Irish and Irish-American workers, leaders, and martyrs. It will also include the cases of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings who faced a labor frame-up in the Preparedness Day Bombing in San Francisco in…

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Immigration Talk • Jim Byrne at IIPC

Irish Immigration Pastoral Center 5340 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA, United States

Immigration attorney Jim Byrne of the Law Offices of James M. Byrne, San Francisco will outline the visa options after the J1 IWT program. The seminar will cover and discuss the following: *Options if you didn't get the H1-B - Can I reapply next year? *Other visa options: L1 Inter-Company,…

Irish Heritage Night with the San Rafael Pacifics 7/13

Come to Albert Park in San Rafael on Thursday, July 13, for Irish Heritage Night with The San Rafael Pacifics Baseball Club! The Pacifics will host Irish Heritage Night at 7:05 PM, presented by Johnny Foley’s Irish House. The first 250 fans to the game will receive special Irish coffee mugs,…

$15

Walking the Rising: Irish-Americans and the 1916 Easter Rising in the Mission District

Irish-American Crossroads is pleased to announce a second round of the popular Walking the Rising walking tour! Join San Francisco writer Elizabeth Creely on a walking tour of the Mission District’s revolutionary Irish past. On Sunday, April 24th, 1916, seven Irishmen declared Ireland to be an independent state, free from centuries of British…

$15

Irish & Celtic Music on KALW radio

KALW presents Celtic and Irish music shows Saturday afternoons: 2pm: Thistle and Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie 3pm: Folk Music and Beyond with JoAnn Maher and Bob Campbell 5pm: A Patchwork Quilt with Kevin Vance San Francisco: KALW-FM / 91.7 Online: http://thistleradio.com/ http://kalw.org/post/fiona-ritchie-kalw#stream/0

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Father Ray Kelly, Singer, @ UICC

The Irish singing priest who became a worldwide internet sensation after his rendition of Hallelujah went viral on YouTube (55 million views so far!) will perform at the Irish Center this summer on Saturday July 22nd. You tube link Original Big surprise for Bride and Groom...Chris and Leah Wedding 5 April 2014 Original…

Lark Camp, Mendocino

Mendocino, CA 95460 Mendocino, United States

Lark Camp • July 28-August 5 Imagine idyllic days and nights in a magical redwood forest in Mendocino, filled with all the music, dance, and good times you can stand. That's kind of close to what Lark Camp World Music & Dance Celebration is like. Lark In The Morning Music…

Poetry Night in Berkeley with Judy Wells & Friends

Nefeli Caffè 1854 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley, United States

Judy Wells, Evelyn Posamentier, and Natasha Sajé will read as part of the Last Word Reading Series, and there is also an open reading. Judy Wells’ latest poetry collection, The Glass Ship (Sugartown Publishing), completes her trilogy of Irish-themed works, including Everything Irish and Call Home (Scarlet Tanager Books). She…

Cormac Gannon CD Release

Cormac Gannon plays the Plough & Stars on August 12, to celebrate the completion of his new CD. Cormac will be joined onstage by some guests, and a session will follow - all welcome!

Mary Black @ Great American Music Hall

Great American Music Hall 859 O' Farrell Street, San Francisco, United States

For the last quarter-century, singer Mary Black has been a dominant presence in Irish music, both at home and abroad. She has shared stages, tv shows and recording studios with some of the most revered performers of her time. She has also played a frontline role in bringing Irish music,…

Kevin Burke, Aug 17-19

Kevin Burke, Solo • August 17-19 Kevin Burke plays a number of solo gigs in the Bay Area this month. Kevin's new album is indeed a departure, featuring two great players sharing their musical interests – one steeped in traditional Irish music while the other is a veteran California rocker.…

Festival Of The Sea

This year, the Festival’s theme is “High-Tech on the High Seas: The Evolution of Maritime Culture and Technology.” Learn about capstans, the 1907 Hercules’ powerplant, and other “engines that made a difference” while sampling traditional music from internationally renowned acts and local performers on three stages at Hyde Street Pier.…

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