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Jordi Savall and Frank McGuire: The Celtic Viol, Berkeley

Jordi Savall and Frank McGuire: The Celtic Viol in the English, Irish, Scottish, and American Traditions First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 With his characteristic incisive scholarship and generous musical spirit, Catalan viola da gambist Jordi Savall presents a musical tour of Scottish, English, American, and Irish folk…

Téada, Don Quixote’s Felton

A traditional band with a truly worldwide reach, Téada has appeared as a frequent headliner at major music festivals throughout the world. Highlights include a 30,000-capacity stadium concert in Brittany, Harare International Festival of the Arts in Zimbabwe, and an extensive tour of Japan. Téada band members are Oisin Mac…

Ryan Doyle, at Society Cabaret

Hotel Rex 562 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Ryan Doyle in Right by my Side Ryan Doyle – vocals and piano Jace Wittig – Music Director G. Scott Lacy – Piano San Francisco recording artist RYAN DOYLE makes his solo cabaret debut with his show “Right By My Side”. Mr. Doyle will sing songs from his album by…

Word for Word Performances of stories by Colm Tóibín, Emma Donoghue

Z Below CA

Word for Word Performances IMPORTANT! Please check for daily times Word for Word's latest full production features performances of stories by Emma Donoghue and Colm Tóibín at Z Space, Florida St. San Francisco, from Feb 24 - April 3. "Night Vision", Directed by Becca Wolff Emma Donoghue's “Night Vision”, from…

Solas – Freight & Salvage, Berkeley

Solas "All these Years" - 20th anniversary tour $30 adv / $32 door http://www.solasmusic.com/band.php Solas is the quintessential Irish-American band recording and touring in the US today. Fifteen years ago, in a manner befitting their name (Gaelic for "light”), Solas burst onto the Irish music scene and instantly became a…

Chief Francis O’Neill Irish Music Festival, Tiburon

Professional Musicians - Traditional Irish Music This multi act variety show at the Corinthian Yacht Club features fine Irish musicians and a stage show highlighting Irish music, poetry, oratory, humor and dance by internationally acclaimed musicians including fiddlers – John Caulfield, Lucia Comnes, and Jamie Kuhn. Featured performance by the internationally acclaimed…

The Chieftains, Rohnert Park, CA

Weill Hall, Green Music Center, Sonoma State University 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park, CA, United States

To call The Chieftains a folk band doesn’t begin to describe their range and impact. These six-time Grammy® Award winners have collaborated and performed with some of the biggest names in rock, pop, classical and traditional music, and have made Irish music beloved around the world. "The world's best-loved Irish folk…

ILHS Speaker Series Ethel Rohan • UICC

ILHS Speaker Series Ethel Rohan • Feb 28 Ethel Rohan, a Dublin native and San Francisco resident, is an award-winning author that focuses on writing from emotional experience versus actual experience. Writers are all too familiar with the golden rule ‘Write What You Know.’ The adage rightly champions honesty and…

Mick Moloney and Athena Tergis in Concert, Sacramento

The Crocker Art Museum 216 O Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

Irish traditional Music, Song and it's ever evolving Story. Crocker Art Museum 216 O Street, Sacramento Click here to purchase tickets $25 in advance or $30 at the door Mick Moloney and Athena Tergis (5 string fiddle) join forces once again for an intimate evening of Irish and Scottish traditional music, story and…

$25

Author Timothy Egan reading @ Mechanics’ Institute

Mechanics' Institute 3rd Floor Library 57 Post Street , San Francisco, CA, United States

1916 Easter Rising Centennial Commemoration Event Series at Mechanics’ Institute Mechanics’ Institute is pleased to co-sponsor this series with the Irish-American Crossroads Festival, Irish Literary and Historical Society, Humanities West. The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero Timothy Egan tells the Irish American story through the…

Free

A Celtic Appalachian Celebration • Berkeley Mar 3

A hundred years after the 1916 Irish Rebellion, renowned folklorist and Irish music pioneer Dr. Mick Moloney has put together a compelling program of song, dance, and poetry to honor this pivotal historical moment. Performers will include Mick on fiddle, All Ireland accordion champion Billy McComiskey on button accordion, world…

A Celtic Appalachian Celebration with Mick Moloney and Athena Tergis at The Freight

“A stunning crowd-pleaser." – Paul Keating, IrishCentral.com “A joyful and deeply absorbing celebration of Irish America’s musical routes.” – Daniel Neely, Irish Echo Join us for A Celtic Appalachian Celebration at San Francisco’s Great Star Theatre on Friday, March 4, when legendary Irish musician, folklorist, and National Heritage Award-winner Mick…

$30

San Francisco Annual St. Patrick’s Flag Raising

City Hall, San Francisco 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl, San Francisco, CA, United States

Co-Hosted by the Honorable Mayor Edwin M. Lee and the United Irish Societies of San Francisco at City Hall Rotunda

Black Brothers Band 1916 Centenary Concert @ Trinity Cathedral, San Jose

Trinity Cathedral 81 N. 2nd St. , San Jose, CA, United States

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in San Jose Admission is $20 advance or $24 at the door. Advance tickets are on sale online at sanjoseblackbrothers.eventbrite.com. On Friday, March 4th in San Jose at 7:00pm, The Black Brothers Band returns to San Jose, proudly presented by The San Jose-Dublin Sister Cities Program,…

$20

A Celtic Appalachian Celebration with Mick Moloney and Athena Tergis

Great Star Theatre 636 Jackson St. , San Francisco, CA, United States

“A stunning crowd-pleaser." – Paul Keating, IrishCentral.com “A joyful and deeply absorbing celebration of Irish America’s musical routes.” – Daniel Neely, Irish Echo At the Great Star Theater -  636 Jackson St. San Francisco A Celtic Appalachian Celebration at San Francisco’s Great Star Theatre on Friday, March 4, when legendary Irish…

$32.64

Eileen Ivers in Concert – Connecting The Roots, Marin Civic Center

Marin Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium, Marin Civic Center 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael, CA, United States

The 13th Annual Irish-American Crossroads Festival is pleased to present, on the Opening Night of the Festival, Eileen Ivers and her band for an electrifying night of imaginative and virtuosic Irish music that brings to light the influences of the Celtic tradition on roots music, bluegrass, Cajun, Appalachian and Americana music.…

Irish-American Crossroads Festival Children’s Song & Dance

San Francisco Main Library Civic Center, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco

The Irish-American Crossroads Festival Children’s Hour of Song and Dance. Visit website for details San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco. 11 am. Free.

Free

The Imaginative Power of Place: Film Screening with Bay Area Irish Filmmaker, Flora Skivington

San Francisco Main Library Civic Center, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco

Born in Northern Ireland, Flora Skivington's fiction and non-fiction films explore individual relationships to places of personal significance. She is interested in how individual imagination can shape our experience of places and how personal stories and memories can add meaning to the objects around us. Flora is inspired by real-life stories, rural landscapes,…

Free

Black Brothers, Occidental

Occidental Center for the Arts 3850 Doris Murphy Ct., Occidental, CA, United States

The repertoire of the Black 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 for songs that include…

“Hands-On-Harps” Beginner Workshop and Concert

Lisa Lynne’s “Hands-on-Harps” workshops are a unique interactive experience. Participants will enjoy a Celtic harp concert and those who reserve a harp will have an opportunity to learn some basic techniques. There is no experience necessary to make beautiful music on these beginner friendly instruments. Lisa Lynne is a multi-instrumentalist…

$15 – $30

Word for Word Readings of Colm Toibin, Emma Donoghue

Z Below CA

Word for Word Readings IMPORTANT! Please check for daily times Word for Word's latest full production features stories by Emma Donoghue and Colm Tóibín at Z Space, Florida St. San Francisco, from Feb 24 - April 3. "Night Vision", Directed by Becca Wolff Emma Donoghue's “Night Vision”, from The Woman…

Book Launch of Doolin: People, Place & Culture by Eddie Stack

“I know of nobody better than Eddie Stack to write this book.” - Martin Hayes “Personal, Poignant, Powerful.” - Sherry Perkins, Louisiana Writers’ Society An area rich in folklore, traditional arts and history, Doolin on The Wild Atlantic Waybetween the Burren and the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, Ireland. Eddie Stack’s book…

Free

Black Brothers, Studio 55, Marin 3pm

Studio 55, Marin 1455 East Francisco Blvd., San Rafael, CA, United States

Studio 55, Marin at 3pm. 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…

Author reading and book signing: THE LAST DAYS OF MAGIC by Mark Tompkins

A Great Good Place for Books 6120 LA SALLE AVE, OAKLAND, CA, United States

Author Mark Tompkins will read from his highly anticipated new book, THE LAST DAYS OF MAGIC at A Great Good Place For Books (6120 La Salle Ave, Oakland, CA 94611), Tuesday, March 8, 7:00pm.  For any fans of Irish history, Celtic lore, magic, wizards and modern day mysteries - this…

Free

Mark Tompkins Reading at A Great Good Place for Books

A Great Good Place for Books 6120 LA SALLE AVE, OAKLAND, CA, United States

Author Mark Tompkins reads from his debut novel THE LAST DAYS OF MAGIC at A Great Good Place for Books. An exhilarating story set in medieval Ireland—a time when the land was rich with magic and mysticism--THE LAST DAYS OF MAGIC blends Celtic mythology, biblical lore, and 14th century history to create a…

Free

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