Vogue Theatre, San Francisco. Jimmy’s Hall Monday, February 16, 2015 - 7:00pm Set during the tumultuous aftermath of Ireland’s 22 Civil War, this is the true story of the charismatic Irish Communist leader Jimmy Gralton, who dared to build a community hall in County Leitrim. The Catholic Church and political…
Irish Dance & Céilí at The Starry Plough Hosted by John Slaymaker. Dance lessons at 7pm. Music and Dancing at 9pm. $5 suggested donation
Music Seminar at the Freight and Salvage, Berkeley The Black Brothers' Shay Black presents a six-week class at The Freight & Salvage, Berkeley. Expand Your Folk Song Repertoire - Mondays from 8:30pm to 9:45pm.
Casual seisiun at St. Stephen's Green pub every Tuesday. Contact [email protected] for information.
Called “three of the finest folk violinists anywhere” by The Washington Post, Celtic Fiddle Festival return to the US with fiddlers Kevin Burke (Ireland), Christian Lemaître (Brittany, France) and André Brunet (Quebec, Canada) showcasing a juxtaposition of international and individual styles.
Every Wednesday at the The Legionnaire Saloon, Oakland Bicycle Irish, Autumn Rhodes and Patricia Ross, with Tedd Colt, Michael Stack and Various Special Guests "High energy, no-nonsense trad music on Uilleann Pipes, Concertina, Flute, Tin Whistle, Low Whistle, Bodhrán, Bouzouki, Harmonica, and Vocals (both in Irish and English)"
Irish Dancing classes every Wednesday at the Redwood Cafe in Cotati. Dancing starts about 7-7:15pm-9pm. A great venue with a wood floor! Beginners welcome, children welcome (with adult supervision) There is no charge for this class. Come and enjoy the dancing, and the menu!
Shay Black invites all to a house concert for a pair of Ireland's leading traditional singers and musicians, his niece and nephew, Aoife and Eoghan Scott. To attend, email Shay at [email protected]. Suggested donation is $15 -$20. That the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree is an oft-stated truism.…
Santa Rosa-based Ring of Truth Trio, comprising Rory McNamara, Henry Nagle and Roxanne Olive, first came into existence in 2008, worked steadily for about a year, released a cd, So Far So Good in 2009 and then went into semi musical hibernation. Over the next few years, Henry and Rory…
Rory, Roxanne and John are back! After a break of one day. Check out Ring of Truth Trio at Aqus Cafe in Petaluma while enjoying good food, fine wines and beers. And tea.
IrishFest (with the Gasmen) & Black Brothers The annual event offers great traditional Irish music & ceilidh dancing. Join in the fun, well attended by our Irish friends and family. Starts at 7:30pm Bodie Room. Irish foods at the Cafe starting 5:30pm. Yosemite Bug Rustic Mountain Resort 6979 Highway 140…
Santa Cruz Baroque Festival. UCSC Music Center Recital Hall Bill Coulter & Friends An enchanting tapestry of plucked and bowed sounds featuring compositions by Ireland's most famous musician, the blind Baroque harper Turlough O'Carolan, led by renowned Celtic guitarist Bill Coulter accompanied by harp, flute, fiddle, harpsichord and percussion. More info…
BAY AREA SESSIONS GALORE: • The Chieftain Bar San Francisco • The Starry Plough Berkeley, The Plough and Stars San Francisco, Poet and Patriot Santa Cruz, Redwood Cafe Cotati, and others... 6pm to 9pm - The Chieftain Bar, San Francisco The Chieftain welcomes lovers of traditional Irish music every Sunday…
Irish Literary and Historic Society presents Catherine Duggan, attorney and historian of Irish law, discussing her book The Lost Laws of Ireland, How the Brehon Laws Shaped Early Irish Society. Brehon Law was the legal system that governed Irish society for over 1000 years. Since there was no central authority,…
Irish Traditional Music Happy Hour with cRossRhodes and Friends every Wednesday night at The Legionnaire Saloon, Oakland 6:30 pm see Facebook page
United Irish Cultural Center. The 2015 Grand Marshal of the St Patrick’s Day Parade is William “Bill” Duggan, a native San Franciscan, who is well known in the San Francisco Bay Area and has been involved in the funeral industry here for over a hundred years read more on Bill…
Around the World in 30 Instruments ABOUT FOUR SHILLINGS SHORT The Celtic, Folk and World music duo Four Shillings Short have been touring in the US and Ireland since 1997 performing a variety of traditional, original and contemporary music on over 20 instruments. The international duo "is nothing short of…
Tommy O'Sullivan, legend guitarist and vocalist from Dingle is playing an intimate house concert in Berkeley this Friday 27th with Saundra O'Sullivan. You know his playing from his work with Paddy Keenan and Sliabh Notes, and that alone should be enough to get you in the door! Doors open at…
Brian Regan is is an Irish-American stand-up comedian who uses observational, sarcastic, and self-deprecating humor. His performances are relatively clean as he refrains from profanity and off-color humor. Regan's material typically covers everyday events, such as shipping a package with UPS and a visit to an optometrist. Regan makes frequent…
Pacifica Performances Concert Feb 28th. 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 with songs by contemporary writers. Shay and Michael are close harmony singers, with a special fondness…
The 12th annual Crossroads Irish-American Festival opens with five-time All-Ireland champion accordion virtuoso, Jimmy Keane. Keane, hailed as "one of the true giants of Irish traditional music of the past fifty years"(emusic) and the “savior of the piano accordion “(Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin), will delight audiences with his vibrant and nuanced…
10am at Veterans Retirement Home 4150 Clement Street at 42nd Avenue. In the afternoon at 2pm at St. Anne’s Little Sisters of the Poor 300 Lake Street at 3rd Avenue
Freight & Salvage, Berkeley. The musical partnership between Alasdair Fraser, long regarded as Scotland's premier fiddle ambassador, and the sizzlingly-talented young California cellist Natalie Haas may not seem an obvious one. Fraser, acclaimed by the San Francisco Examiner as "the Michael Jordan of Scottish fiddling," has a concert and recording…
A traditional Irish seisiún for experienced Irish style musicians every Tuesday evening in downtown San Jose, CA ~ 25 North San Pedro, San Pedro Square ~ Welcome to O'Flaherty's Irish Pub—downtown San Jose's only authentic Irish pub. Established in 2002 we offer the absolute best in real Irish hospitality, traditional…
UC Berkeley Celtic Studies program hosts the 37th California Celtic Conference, a joint conference with the Celtic Studies Association of North America, will take place March 5-8, 2015 in Dwinelle 370 on the Berkeley campus. Open to all. more information
CALENDAR SPONSORED IN PART BY THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF IRELAND, SAN FRANCISCO
