ACTIVE RETIREMENT CLUB OUTREACH PROGRAM Sunday, October 25, 2015 United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Avenue, San Francisco 9:00 a.m. Mass celebrated by Fr. Brendan McBride followed by brunch and special guest Visit of President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins We welcome President Higgins and his wife Sabina, on the…
Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco • Oct 27 - Nov 1 Based on the 2006 Oscar winning indie sleeper-hit, Once is the low-key Broadway hit that has re-defined the modern musical, telling the story of a wistful Dublin romance. Told in a rapturous pub, the audience is invited to join in…
Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco • Oct 28 @ 2pm and 8pm Based on the 2006 Oscar winning indie sleeper-hit, Once is the low-key Broadway hit that has re-defined the modern musical, telling the story of a wistful Dublin romance. Told in a rapturous pub, the audience is invited to join…
October 8 - Jeanine Stevens - The Early Bards and Celtic Symbolism October 15 - Tony Kendrew - Three Welsh Thomases October 22 - Michael Gorman - Poetry, Druids and the Celtic Bardic Tradition October 29 - Maureen Hurley - Axe-Heads and Blind Poets: Anthony Rafery, The End of A…
Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco • Oct 27 – Nov 1 Based on the 2006 Oscar winning indie sleeper-hit, Once is the low-key Broadway hit that has re-defined the modern musical, telling the story of a wistful Dublin romance. Told in a rapturous pub, the audience is invited to join in…
Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco • Oct 27 – Nov 1 Based on the 2006 Oscar winning indie sleeper-hit, Once is the low-key Broadway hit that has re-defined the modern musical, telling the story of a wistful Dublin romance. Told in a rapturous pub, the audience is invited to join in…
Front Country + One Grass Two Grass + Rusty Stringfield *costume contest * photo booth * tricks & treats* @Slim's, 333 11th Street, SF 8pm doors / 9pm show / $15 / all ages (6 and up)
Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco • Oct 31 @ 2pm, 8pm Based on the 2006 Oscar winning indie sleeper-hit, Once is the low-key Broadway hit that has re-defined the modern musical, telling the story of a wistful Dublin romance. Told in a rapturous pub, the audience is invited to join in…
After a marathon of music playing at the fantastic Fairfax Irish Festival last weekend, The Gas Men are back at it again on Saturday night at The Plough & Stars, 116 Clement St., San Francisco @ 9:30pm. for a fun Halloween bash.
Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco • Nov 1 @ 2pm Based on the 2006 Oscar winning indie sleeper-hit, Once is the low-key Broadway hit that has re-defined the modern musical, telling the story of a wistful Dublin romance. Told in a rapturous pub, the audience is invited to join in with…
DATE CHANGED FROM OCTOBER 25 This month at the Irish Literary and Historical Society's monthly speaker series, Clare Moriarty will speak about "Berkeley’s Marvelous Mathematics". George Berkeley is undoubtedly Ireland’s most celebrated philosopher, but his role in the history of mathematics is less renowned. In a heated debate between the British and Continental…
Wake the Dead, the World's Only Celtic All-Star Grateful Dead Jam Band and long-time Bay Area favorite, returns to the Freight for their customary Day of the Dead bash! With 16 years of solid success, the Wake the Dead has grown to embrace the entire Summer of Love. The way…
A mass in memory of friends and relatives of the San Francisco Irish Community, and the six students who tragically lost their lives in the Berkeley in June. Fr. Brendan will read the names of those to be remembered during Mass and all present may light a candle in their…
Already on his way to becoming one of 2015's international crossover-stories, Gavin James is a 22-year-old artist who grew up in a Dublin suburb. The son of a postman, music was arguably in Gavin's blood: his maternal great-grandparents were both famous Irish Opera singers. James began playing guitar at age…
SF Gay Entrepreneurs and Achievers Meetup Group San Francisco hosts a lot of foreign talent from around the world. Many of us work for startups as engineers, founders, product managers, UX/UI designers. Are you a gay expat working in the bay area? Join us and meet some new friends. Maybe…
Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco. Riverdance - The 20th Anniversary World Tour is composed by Bill Whelan, produced by Moya Doherty and directed by John McColgan, and comes directly to North America from a sold out run across Europe and Asia. The international Irish dance phenomenon is back by popular…
Saturday, November 7, 2015 at UICC 6:00pm Guest of honor is Liverpool and Ireland Legend, Ray Houghton, with 2 very special honorees, Fr. Brendan McBride and Joe Cummings. Contact the Glens office for tickets (415)814-3861 or Michelle by email at [email protected]
Wild Irish set dancing at Lilly Mac's with Michael Murphy calling. The Crooked Road is also playing for set dancing at the Plough & Stars in San Francisco on Thursday, September 24 at 10:00 pm. On the Web: www.leap2three.com On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrookedRoadCeiliBand
A public sing-along of sea chanteys and sailor songs aboard a historic ship at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. 8pm to Midnight on the first Saturday of every month. Wear warm clothing and bring a mug for hot cider. Free Admission. Reservations required, call 415-561-7171, or by email For…
Sunday, November 8, 2015, 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm) “the iron fist in the velvet glove of Irish Music” $26 adv / $30 door Purchase tickets online
Monday, November 9 2015. Reception at Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco at 11.30, followed by lunch at noon. Presentation on Barretstown, a camp founded by Hollywood actor Paul Newman in 1994, and dedicated to rebuilding the lives of children affected by serious illness and their families by Dee Ahearn, CEO.…
Jackie Ryan: Tribute to Sarah Vaughan JazzTimes magazine calls Jackie Ryan “one of the most outstanding vocalists of her generation,” and it’s difficult to disagree. The Bay Area native has been on the rise since the late 1990s, when her acclaimed debut album, For Heaven’s Sake, made a big splash…
Acclaimed singer songwriter Glen Hansard will embark on a North American tour this fall and will perform songs from his second solo outing Didn’t He Ramble, due September 18. In addition, the video for the album’s single “Winning Streak” recently premiered as an NPR Music First Watch and can be…
"The Door Between the Worlds" is a dramatic journey in music and story into the realms of the Celtic “Otherworld.” The Celtic people have always believed that there are two worlds. There is the world that we live in. And there is “The Otherworld.” This Land of Faery is filled…
With 16 years of solid success, the world's only Celtic all-star Grateful Dead jam band "Celtifies" the Dead, the Airplane, the Youngbloods, & more is delighting Celtoids, Deadheads, rockers, and folkies alike. Wake the Dead is Danny Carnahan (vocals, octave mandolin, fiddle), Sylvia Herold (vocals, guitar), Paul Kotapish (vocals, mandolin),…
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