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International Film Fest: In Loco Parentis

Roxie Theater 3117 16th Street, San Francisco, United States

"In loco parentis" is Latin for "in the place of a parent," and Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane's intimate and touching documentary presents a portrait of two educators who take on that role. At the Headfort boarding school in picturesque Kells, Ireland, John and Amanda Leyden have devoted 45…

The Memory Stick, SJ Stage

The Memory Stick, SJ Stage • April 5-30 WORLD PREMIERE, international co-sponsored co-production by San Jose Stage Company and Dublin City Arts Office. Written by Donal O'Kelly, award-winning Irish playwright and actor. Cultures collide when Bridget, a young Chicagoan, meets a Lakota Sioux and a fellow American from Jersey on…

Aoife O’Donovan Live in Santa Cruz, CA at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Aoife O'Donovan will be performing two sets live at the Kuumbwa Jazz center on April 21st. Tickets are on sale now. - w/ Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge - $30 - $35 - Performance 1: Doors 6PM / Show 7PM - Performance 2: Doors 8:30PM / Show 9PM - All…

Consul Philip Grant at ILHS Speaker Series

Irish Literary & Historical Society Speaker Series • April 23 The Irish Literary & Historical Society welcomes Irish Consul General Philip Grant on April 23rd.  He will speak on Ireland and Brexit and the looming challenges facing Ireland’s economic and political integration with Europe amidst her deep ties with the…

IIPC Active Retirement Club Cairde Café

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. It is a chance to meet familiar and new faces in a friendly relaxed gathering. Tea and soda bread are served and there is…

$5

Irish Heritage Night at the Giants – Part I

Join us for Irish Heritage Night for Giants versus the LA Dodgers, Tuesday April 25th 2017, at 7.15pm. Your Special Event ticket package includes a seat in one of the Irish Heritage sections for the Monday evening game, with admission to the Irish Heritage Night pre-game party in Seals Plaza…

Alan Reid and Rob van Sante – House Concert

Soquel, CA Soquel, CA, United States

"The duo combine fine harmony singing with sensitive and imaginative accompaniments, the very highest quality in contemporary folk.." - scottish-folk-music.com Suggested Donation: Members $15.00 Non-Members $17.00 Reservations: By email to Lynda Haworth or call 831-464-9778 More information: http://www.celticsociety.org/

SF Scottish Fiddlers Concert in Berkeley

Picture a stage filled with 100 fiddlers backed by piano, drums, cellos, guitars, harps and even flutes, now imagine a group that creates such a two-way sense of fun and joy between musicians and audience that people spontaneously get out of their seats and dance in the aisles to the…

$25 – $27

SF Scottish Fiddlers Concert, Modesto

Gallo Center for the Arts 1000 I Street , Modesto, United States

Picture a stage filled with 100 fiddlers backed by piano, drums, cellos, guitars, harps and even flutes. Now imagine a group that creates such a sense of fun and joy between musicians and audience that people spontaneously get out of their seats and dance in the aisles to the jigs…

$20 – $30

Scottish Fiddlers Concert, Livermore

Picture a stage filled with 100 fiddlers backed by piano, drums, cellos, guitars, harps and even flutes, now imagine a group that creates such a two-way sense of fun and joy between musicians and audience that people spontaneously get out of their seats and dance in the aisles to the…

$30

Celtic Fiddle Festival, Santa Cruz

“Three sensational fiddlers from three distinct Celtic traditions. Exhilarating fun!” - Boston Herald Advance: Members $20.00 Non-members $22.00 Reservations (pay at the door): Members $22.00 Non-Members $26.00 Door (Subject to availability): Members $24 Non-members $26.00 More information: http://www.celticsociety.org/

Kevin Burke, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley

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

Kevin Burke’s fiddle playing has been at the forefront of traditional music for over 30 years. Whether solo or accompanied, on record or in concert, Burke is an engaging performer. He has been established as a first class musician ever since his work in the early 1970’s (with such renowned…

Celtic Fiddle Festival at Freight & Salvage

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

The band has been going strong for over twenty years and shows no sign of slowing down. For a foot-stomping fiddle extravaganza, don’t miss the Celtic Fiddle Festival at the Freight! More information: http://thefreight.org/celtic-fiddle-festival-1

Pieta House Fundraising Walk

Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco, CA, United States

Pieta House Fundraising Walk • May 6 On Saturday May 6th Darkness Into Light, Pieta House's 5km walk/run event will celebrate its 9th year and it's second year in San Francisco. Starting while it's still dark, and finishing just as the sun begins to rise, Darkness into Light has become…

IIPC Active Retirement Club Monthly Mass and Luncheon

ACTIVE RETIREMENT CLUB OUTREACH PROGRAM Join the IIPC for their Active Retirement Club Monthly Mass and Luncheon at the United Irish Cultural Center, Thursday May 11, 2017. Mass will be celebrated by Fr. Brendan McBride at 12.15 p.m. followed by guest speaker and luncheon. Guest speaker this month is Rosa…

$20

Silicon Valley Irish Fleadh

If you missed a chance to get tickets to U2 this month, fret not as the amazing U2 tribute band Zoo Station head up this year's Silicon Valley Fleadh at St. Stephen's Green in Mountain View May 13th and 14th. Live artists and performers will take center stage all weekend…

Hanneke Cassel

Don Quixote's International Music Hall 6275 Highway 9, Felton, CA, United States

"...her musical ideas are savvy and sophisticated, but her throaty, gusting style is deeply banked in the Scottish and Cape Breton traditions." -- Boston Globe Members $15.00 Non-Members: Advance $17.00 Door $20.00 More information: http://www.celticsociety.org/

U2 Joshua Tree Tour, Levi Stadium Santa Clara

Levi's Stadium Santa Clara, CA, United States

U2 Joshua Tree Tour, Levi Stadium • May 17 Celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Joshua Tree and performing the album in full, every night, U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 kicks off in Vancouver on 12th May for a run of dates across North America, ending in July back…

ILHS, Elizabeth Drew on Samuel Beckett

Irish Literary & Historical Society Speaker Series • May 21 Elizabeth Drew on Samuel Beckett Trinity PhD scholar,  will speak on the presence of Ireland in the writings of Nobel Laureate Samuel Beckett. Samuel Beckett, one of the most acclaimed writers of the 20th century, was born in Foxrock, Co.…

IIPC Active Retirement Club Cairde Café

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. It is a chance to meet familiar and new faces in a friendly relaxed gathering. Tea and soda bread are served and there is…

$5

GAA Games – Live on Big Screen at UICC

GAA Games on Big Screen at UICC Sunday, May 28, 2017. GAA Ulster Football Senior Championship: 6:00am Derry vs Tyrone GAA Leinster Hurling Championship: 8:00am Dublin vs Galway Doors Open at 5:45am Admission is $20.00 at the door for this game. Children are welcome and are free United Irish Cultural…

JFK’s 100th Birthday Celebration at UICC

Celebrate JFK's 100th Birthday • May 28   Join Irish democrats and community leaders at a celebration reception on the 100th birthday of John F. Kennedy. Enjoy speakers and tributes at hosted reception that takes place from 3-5pm at the United Irish Cultural Center. Contact Eileen Kivlehan at [email protected]

Bay Area Book Fest – New Irish Writing

Hotel Shattuck Plaza Berkeley

Bay Area Book Festival • June 3 & 4 Over the weekend of June 3rd and 4th, 2017, the third annual Bay Area Book Festival will fill downtown Berkeley with a literary extravaganza that offers pleasure to anyone who has ever loved a book. Irish writers featured this year on…

FunnyBizz Conference

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

Where cutting-edge marketers and creatives come to get their funny on! FunnyBizz is the only conference of its kind, bringing leading thinkers from the seemingly disparate worlds of comedy and business together to help the world stop synergizing its valueadds and learn to find its funny. Modern businesses succeed or…

“Masquerade” author Mark Hull at City Lights

City Lights 261 Columbus Ave , San Francisco, CA, United States

Masquerade: Treason, the Holocaust, and an Irish Impostor - City Lights 7pm Phyllis Ursula James. Nora O’Mara. Róisín Ní Mhéara. Like her name, the life of Rosaleen James changed many times as she followed a convoluted path from abandoned child, to foster daughter of an aristocratic British family, to traitor…

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