Valentine's Fundraiser Dance on February 16, 2019 St Thomas More Hall, 50 Thomas More Way, San Francisco Dance to the music of the Eagles played by the Jessie Brewster Trio (acoustic trio of the Marin County Band, The Illeagles) Fundraiser for the Cooley-Keegan Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann to assist…
The 5th Annual O'Neill Irish Music Festival takes place in Tiburon, with two days of musical events featuring the best of Bay Area musicians. Francis O’Neill, 1848 – 1936, is considered by Irish scholars, Irish musicians and by the Irish government as “The Man Who Saved Irish Music”. The festival celebrates…
For more than 55 years, Paddy Moloney and The Chieftains have been recognized for reinventing traditional Irish music on a contemporary and international scale. Although the early following for these six-time Grammy Award winners was purely a folk audience, their range and the variation of their music and accompanying musicians…
Come to a hands-on training session taught by Inge Harding-Barlow at the Menlo Park Family History Center. The session will cover researching family history in the UK and Ireland. There is no cost for the training sessions, but limited space available, so reserve a spot today.
SFGAA Dinner Dance, Union Espanola De Calif, San Francisco, CA 94112, USA February 23, 2019, 6:30pm – February 24, 2019, 12:00am No Host Cocktails 6:30pm - Dinner 7:30pm sharp. Raffle/Spot Prizes including 2 Flights and 2 All-Ireland Tickets. Event Tickets $100 or Table of Ten $1000. SPECIAL GUESTS: Richie McCarthy Limerick…
2019 marks the 57th Anniversary of The Chieftains beginning. Since 1962 they have been six-time Grammy Award winners and been highly recognized for reinventing traditional Irish music on a contemporary and International scale. Their ability to transcend musical boundaries to blend tradition with modern music has notably hailed them as…
Join Irish Culture Bay Area & The Consul General of Ireland on 24th for "Irish Day at the Rep" tickets here Paradise Square is a powerful musical based on extraordinary real-life stories. It’s 1863 at Five Points, Manhattan, where Black and Irish Americans live in racial harmony until the intensifying…
Evelyn Rose, Project Director and Founder of the Glen Park Neighborhoods History Project, will share the amazing life story of Irish American San Francisco aviation pioneer Daniel John Maloney, ancestor of a well-known family in Noe Valley. He began his career as an aeronaut performing at the pleasuring grounds known…
Lisa Lynne & Aryeh Frankfurter perform with two Celtic harps, the rare Swedish Nyckelharpa, Ukrainian Bandura, Cittern and more. The audience will hear Traditional instrumental music from Sweden and Ireland as well as heartwarming original compositions. They will present an enchanting blend of music and tales from their adventures as…
Irish Immigration Pastoral Center Active Retirement Club Join the IIPC for their Active Retirement Club Coffee Morning! Cairde Café meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month from 10.00 a.m. at the UICC. The month the event takes place on Tuesday February 26, 2019. It is a chance to meet familiar…
Join SF Irish Film for the 3rd Annual Docfest – Saturday March 2nd, 2019 Delancey Street Screening Room, 600 Embarcadero, SF TRUTH MATTERS: SF Irish Film presents true stories that include a 1500 km pilgrimage by sea in a naomhóg from Ireland to the holy site of Santiago de Compostela in…
For more than four decades, The Irish Rovers have charmed and entertained audiences around the world with their exciting stage shows. These international ambassadors of Irish music have maintained their timeless ability to deliver a rollicking, rousing performance of good cheer, one that will soon have you singing and clapping…
Award winning multi-instrumentalist group from Belfast plays dynamic sounds using uilleann pipes, whistles, guitars, double bass, bouzouki, and banjo accompanied by vocalist Deirdre Galway. Realta is one of the most exciting acts on the Irish music scene today. March 3, 2pm more
'Kings of Celtic', The Irish Rovers have been selling out concerts worldwide and are now on their way to California for a 7 date tour before heading back to Ireland for some big honors. Wednesday March 6th they'll be performing at The Golden State Theatre in Monterey. On tour the Rovers…
Join the United Irish Societies for the annual Irish flag raising at City Hall.
SFGAA is delighted to announce an Irish Heritage Partnership with the Earthquakes, San Jose's professional soccer team. at Avaya Stadium, San Jose, CA. The Earthquakes compete as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer. SFGAA hopes to see a large representation from the Irish Community on Saturday,…
HOLLOW HILLS & HOLY PLACES: A CELTIC REFLECTION ON JUSTICE IN OUR MODERN WORLD Join brothers Owen & Mícheál (Moley) O'Súilleabháin for an evening of entertainment and education using music, conversation, innocence, life experience and wicked Irish humor to bring thousands of years of Celtic tradition to bear on our…
Youth Musical Theater Company (YMTC) continues its 14th season with A Man of No Importance. The show opens Saturday, March 9, at the El Cerrito High School Performing Arts Theater. Set in Dublin, Ireland, A Man of No Importance is from the same artistic team who created Ragtime. Alfie Byrne…
Not only Irish eyes will be smiling this St. Patrick’s Day. Come get a blast of blarney and Irish laughter just in time for St. Patrick's Day. The Real Irish Comedy Fest showcases the best blend of Irish Comedic talent, accents included and is coming to a Bay Area location…
ILHS Celebrates Irish Diaspora of Australia on March 10 with Mairéid Sullivan, author, singer/song writer and historian– West Cork born, San Francisco raised, and Australian citizen Irish Literary and Historical Society of San Francisco will team with Mairéid Sullivan to present the storied Irish diaspora of Australia at a luncheon…
Youth Musical Theater Company (YMTC) continues its 14th season with A Man of No Importance. The show opens Saturday, March 9, at the El Cerrito High School Performing Arts Theater. Set in Dublin, Ireland, A Man of No Importance is from the same artistic team who created Ragtime. Alfie Byrne…
Violinist Edwin Huizinga, who has performed with Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, and Stevie Wonder, joins Grammy winning Celtic and folk guitarist William Coulter as the duo Fire and Grace. Stand-out stars from sold-out performances two years running at the Carmel Bach Festival, they will be performing a benefit concert March…
Not only Irish eyes will be smiling this St. Patrick’s Day. Come get a blast of blarney and Irish laughter just in time for St. Patrick's Day. The Real Irish Comedy Fest showcases the best blend of Irish Comedic talent, accents included and is coming to a Bay Area location…
Irish American Democratic Club's Saint Patrick's Celebration takes place March 14th at the UICC. For more information, email [email protected]
Ímar is comprised of musicians from Ireland, the Isle of Man, Glasgow and Suffolk. These foundations underpin the band’s distinctive qualities, and their synergy centers on overlapping cultural heritage as they produce a pure-drop trad sound. Corkonian Uilleann piper Ryan Murphy says "We’re all going back to the music we…
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