The Bay Area Book Festival returns to downtown Berkeley, Calif., the weekend of June 4-5. The two-day, free festival will welcome 280 local, national, and international authors and speakers in 120 literary sessions (panels, interviews, keynotes and performances) throughout a 10-block radius of downtown Berkeley. Organizers expect to top last…
Irish band The Gallowglasses performs at the San Francisco Free Festival. Stay for the whole day of music and dance workshops and performances. Enjoy rollicking Irish music by The Gallowglasses at 5:00 p.m. on the main stage. The festival is held this year at Everett Middle School, 450 Church St,…
The Shams began in 2011 in San Francisco, lead by energetic and charismatic front man Sean Daly, from Donegal, Ireland. In the last year, The Shams released their award-winning EP "One and All", embarked on a Northwest tour and sold out the legendary Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.…
On behalf of the Irish Immigration Pastoral Center, the Consulate General of Ireland and St. Columba's Church, we invite you to join us to celebrate a First Anniversary Mass for Olivia Burke, Eoghan Culligan, Ashley Donohoe, Lorcán Miller, Niccolai Schuster and Eimear Walsh who lost their lives in Berkeley on…
Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 12:00pm Admission includes lunch and libations. Eat, Read, Walk on the Wild Side of Dublin! A special Bloomsday menu will be served with community readings of Ulysses by James Joyce and lively conversation! Bring your books and favorite passages! Bloomsday attire is welcome!
Wilde Irish Productions presents 12th Annual Bloomsday Celebration at the San Francisco Main Public Library (Latino Hispanic Community Room) Thursday 16 June 2016 6.o0pm Readings from James Joyce's illustrious masterpiece Ulysses With music by Shay Black Join Wilde Irish Productions for an evening of performed readings for Bloomsday. Hear excerpts from…
Jazz & Literary Event "A Celebration of Bloomsday: Joyce & Jazz" Join us for a unique cultural evening featuring award-winning jazz singer and songwriter Melanie O'Reilly from Ireland ,who teams with top Bay Area jazz pianist Frank Martin to perform their original music inspired by the writings of James Joyce , interwoven with readings from Joyce's works. …
EMMET CAHILL LIVE AT UNITED IRISH CUTURAL CENTER OF SAN FRANCISCO After his sold out Us Tour last year Ireland's most exciting young tenor Emmet Cahill returns to the west coast to play The United irish Cultural Center of San Francisco for the very first time The Celtic Thunder star…
SCOTLAND is coming to Amador County with the inaugural Mother Lode Highland Games and Gathering. This two-day event is great for the whole family, from the young to the young at heart. The Highland Games will have events such as: caber tossing (throwing what looks like a wooden telephone pole…
Fiddler Tommy McCarthy & his wife, button accordionist & banjoist Louise, nee Costello, come from families steeped in Irish traditional music as well being owners of one of the premiere venues for traditional music in this country, The Burren in Somerville, Mass. Son of legendary West Clare musician Tommy McCarthy…
Freight favorites Robin Flower and Libby McLaren return for an exhilarating evening of innovative instrumentals, tight vocal harmonies, wild creative energy, and loads of fun. With Robin on fiddle, mandolin, and guitar, Libby on piano and accordion, and both of them sharing vocals, this polished and passionate duo creates their…
Paddy O'Brien • June 18, 19 Paddy O'Brien’s mastery of the two-row button accordion has been acknowledged through many prestigious awards including All-Ireland senior accordion champion. Paddy is regarded as one of the tradition’s most important repositories; in a musical career that spans more than fifty years, he has collected more than 4,000 compositions—jigs, reels,…
"And Still We Dance" is a one-hour documentary by award-winning filmmaker Ashley James about the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival that premiered in the 1986 San Francisco International Film Festival. The film features interviews, backstage shots, and performance clips featuring Balle-Saba Traditional West African Dance Company, Chinese Folk Dance Association,…
In 2016, Kevin Burke was named "Gradam Ceoil" (Musician of the Year) in the traditional-music awards presented by the Irish-language TV channel TG4. The concert is preceded by a potluck from 6pm. For more info, sights and sounds, visit www.kevinburke.com Reservations: email Julie Horner, phone 831-325-1974.
John Caulfield, Kenny Somerville, Jack Gilder & friends play Plough and Stars
The RING OF TRUTH TRIO are Rory McNamara, vocals and guitar, and Henry Nagle on pedal steel, guitar and vocals. They play Tony's Seafood Restaurant at Marshall, by Tomales Bay, Friday June 24th and will be joined by Roxanne Oliva on accordian and vocals.
O'Flaherty's Irish Pub is hosting the 5th annual The O'Flaherty charity golf tournament benefiting the Ray O'Flaherty Memorial Scholarship Fund at Bellarmine College Preparatory. This year's tournament is happening on Saturday, June 25 at SummitPointe in Milpitas, CA. Past sponsors of the tournament include Hilton Hotel, Bottomley Distributors, Blach Construction,…
The RING OF TRUTH TRIO are Rory McNamara, vocals and guitar, and Henry Nagle on pedal steel, guitar and vocals. They play Aqus in Petaluma on June 25th, and will be joined by fiddler John Caulfield.
From the Irish soul of The Commitments 12 million selling soundtracks to the New Orleans funk of Zigaboo Modeliste to the worldbeat of Michael Franti and Spearhead to the blues of Elvin Bishop and Coco Montoya, Eamonn Flynn has made a mission of laying down the real deal Hammond organ,…
100th Year of Easter Uprising & Celebration of Renee Gibbons’s Life 6:30 PM - Film showing: James Connolly, Ireland’s Greatest (50 min.) (2013) (RTE) This film recounts the life of James Connolly and his role as a trade unionist, theoretician and international socialist. He and his family were economically forced…
Chloë Agnew has gained international fame for her integral part as one of the original, and youngest members of the internationally acclaimed music group ‘Celtic Woman’ since she was 14 years old. Their debut album reached #1 on Billboard’s World Music chart, where it held the top position for a record breaking 81 weeks…
This year we celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the Easter Rising, a crucial time in Ireland’s struggle for independence, but there are a slew of other significant events in Irish history that happened on or near Easter, or that have some connection with Easter. Jo Coffey will list some of…
SF Labor History Walk • July 9 Part of SF LaborFest - with Lawrence Shoup and Peter O’Driscoll San Francisco Waterfront Labor History Walk 1835 - 1934 There are many stories about labor struggles in San Francisco. The walk will focus on the maritime industry from 1835 until the burning…
Set Dancing Classes July 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm For info call Josephine Brogan at 415/681-4803 Email: [email protected]
Paul McKenna Band • July dates Combining their love for traditional and folk music as well as original songs and tunes the Paul McKenna Band have been playing to audiences throughout the UK since 2006. Their debut album Between Two Worlds was released on the Greentrax record label in 2009.…
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