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Present & Future of the Irish Language, Berkeley

Townsend Center for the Humanities Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall, Berkeley, United States

What is the state of the Irish language in a globalized world? Long under threat, Irish has rebounded in recent decades, thriving as a community and literary language while serving as Ireland's official language and an official language of the European Union. While Irish remains a crucial marker of cultural…

Shay Black: Celebrating One Thousand Songs at Freight & Salvage

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

Shay Black has been teaching a song class on Monday nights at the Freight for many years. Hundreds of singers attending his Expanding Your Song Repertoire class have learned songs from the Irish, Scottish, English and American traditions, along with sea songs and more. The next class series, beginning on…

Robert Emmet Commemoration

United Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco 2700 45th Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States

“Let no man write my epitaph: for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them. Let them and me repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times, and other men, can do justice to my character; when my country takes her place…

Robert Emmet Commemoration

Golden Gate Park, Band Concourse 75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr, San Francisco, CA, United States

“Let no man write my epitaph: for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them. Let them and me repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times, and other men, can do justice to my character; when my country takes her place…

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KVMR Celtic Festival, Grass Valley CA

Nevada County Fairgrounds Grass Valley, CA, United States

First founded in 1996, the KVMR Celtic Festival includes eleven performance areas including five musical and six demonstration stages and a weekend-long youth arts instruction that has included Celtic music, magic, dance and songwriting. The Festival is the main fundraising event of the year for KVMR Community Radio which operates…

ILHS Speaker Series, Carl Nolte

United Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco 2700 45th Ave, San Francisco, CA, United States

ILHS Speaker Series 2018 • Sep 30 Carl Nolte on his life and career in San Francisco – “From Portrero Hill to Fifth & Mission” Carl Nolte began his long journalistic career in San Francisco in 1961. Since then he has observed and reported on some of the biggest news…

Celtic Song Sing-Along at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley

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

Join Shay Black and Celia Ramsay for a Celtic-flavored sing-along. They'll have your favorite songs from Ireland and Scotland, including Connemara Cradle Song, When the Yellow's on the Broom, Will Ye Go Laddie, Go?, and Song for Ireland. Free with reservations. Reservations limited to two tickets per person. 

Free

Hozier at The Fox, Oakland

Fox Theatre 1807 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA, United States

Hozier's popularity seemed to flourish overnight, causing quite a stir all over the world most notably with the hit single "Take Me To Church." At just 15 years old, Hozier's music taste was already very developed, leaning towards blues, R&B, soul and gospel, influenced from his musical household. Soon after…

We Banjo 3 and Skerryvore at Freight & Salvage

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

Galway, Ireland’s We Banjo 3 find common ground between old world tradition and authentic Americana by plying their banjo, fiddle, guitar and mandolin in an innovation fusion of styles that they dub “Celtgrass.” Skerryvore create a unique fusion of folk, trad, rock and Americana that represents all the different personalities…

We Banjo 3 and Skerryvore at Montalvo Arts Center

Montalvo Arts Center 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, CA, United States

            Don’t miss two of the freshest musical groups innovating the Celtic sound in concert at Montalvo. Ireland’s We Banjo 3 finds common ground between old world tradition and authentic Americana by blending banjo, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin in an innovation fusion of styles they…

8th Annual Fairfax Irish Festival of Music & Dance

Fairfax Fairfax, CA, United States

Head out to Fairfax in Marin County to enjoy a weekend of Irish music and dance. All but one event (Peri's Silver Dollar Bar, Fri. Oct. 19th. which is an $8.00 cover charge at the door), are free and you can easily walk around town from venue to venue. Events will…

Free

The Martin Hayes Quartet, Sebastopol

Sebastopol Community Cultural Center 390 Morris Street, Sebastopol, CA , CA, United States

The Martin Hayes Quartet opens up and explores the Irish tradition with music that resonates as both venerable and strikingly new. The new group expands upon many of the musical ideas Martin has pursued in his renowned and longstanding partnership with guitarist Dennis Cahill.  The melody remains central with an added range of sonic…

$30 – $33

Martin Hayes Quartet, Freight & Salvage

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

Irish fiddler Martin Hayes is known worldwide for his soulful interpretations of traditional Irish music. His new quartet with guitarist Dennis Cahill --a fellow member of supergroup The Gloaming-- is called "a highly resonant coming together" by the Irish Times. Hayes and Cahill expand their legendary explorations of Irish music with the  brilliant Liz Knowles (Bobby McFerrin, Bang-on-a-Can…

McCrae’s Battalion at Winters Tavern, Pacifica

Winters Tavern 1522 Francisco Blvd, Pacifica, CA, United States

Fusing Folk, Punk, and traditional Celtic music, San Francisco’s McCrae’s Battalion bring intensity and excitement to the stage. Come check them out at Winters Tavern (West) in Pacifica.

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