"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),…
Comedy Night Barrel House SF • November 18 Join Dublin comedian David Nihill and friends for a great night of laughter and community with a very special group of people and an even more special cause, Comedy for a Spinal Cause, Wednesday November 18th at the Barrel House, SF. All funds…
Join the United Irish Cultural Center and the INBA for the 2nd Annual Irish Thanksgiving hosted on on the 19th, one week before the official Thanksgiving holiday. The event will feature a traditional Thanksgiving meal, topped off with the best Irish food and drink in the Bay Area. Two members…
Norene Sheehan, originally from Cork, is a modern-day Salonnière with Blue Stockings Salon, which presents its members and guests with a whole new approach to social exchange. Inspired by 18th century Salons, Norene hosts a modern-day version with live, monthly events that invite dialog between the speaker and participants in…
Waterford Hurlers Golf Fundraiser • November 21 After a successful 2015, Waterford Senior hurlers are now in the strongest position in years, for the Liam McCarthy. The Waterford patriots in San Francisco have invited Dan Shanahan and Pauric Mahony to San Francisco in November to be part of a fundraising…
Kathleen Walkup, Professor of Book Art, Mills College, Oakland presents a talk titled: Pulling the Devil by the Tail: Cuala Press, Elizabeth Corbet Yeats and the Ghost of Albert Bender on Sunday November 22 2015, UICC at 5pm One of the more iconic images in the history of printing is that…
Tim Flannery and Lunatic Fringe, Berkeley • Nov 22 Tim Flannery may have given up his job as third base coach for the San Francisco Giants, but now he has more time to devote to his music, which he performs with all the love and dedication he brought to baseball.…
Riverdance - The 20th Anniversary World Tour 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…
An Irish Christmas brings just about everything to the table – joy, hope, laughter, friendship, celebration, of life through storytelling, music song, and dance in a night that sparkles with life and a bit of ‘magic! "Spectacular Irish dance that leaves everyone with the urge to grab their loved ones…
Kenny Somerville and Cormac Gannon, as The Toast Inspectors, play The Plough & Stars, San Francisco, tonight starting at 9:00pm.
Annual Nine-Day Fundraising Event at Historic Site in Woodside Through Saturday, December 5, 2015 Time: Varies with each day and event, see www.filoli.org for complete details Location: 86 Cañada Road, Woodside, CA 94062 A Bay Area favorite, Filoli’s spectacular nine-day Holiday Traditions fundraising event begins Friday evening, November 27,…
An Irish Christmas brings just about everything to the table – joy, hope, laughter, friendship, celebration, of life through storytelling, music, song, and dance in a night that sparkles with life and a bit of ‘magic!’ Dancers dance through the generations over brooms, on half doors, around butter churns, into…
website Nuala Kennedy was born and raised on the scenic shores of the east coast of Ireland. A. J. Roach was born 4,000 miles away in the rugged Appalachian mountains of Southwestern Virginia. They met in the autumn of 2009 at a songwriting retreat in the hills of southwest Scotland…
Session at Plough & Stars with Suzanne Cronin & friends
Come along and meet INBA members old and new at our Christmas drinks event. Celebrate the holidays and drink in some festive cheer. More details available here. Thanks to our sponsor Yonder Gift - a great place for sending gifts to friends & family in Ireland. Keep up to date on…
WINTERDANCE Celtic Christmas Celebration Don Quixotes International Music Hall 6275 CA-9, Felton, CA 95018 (831) 603-2294 7:30 PM $17 adv./$20 door seated <21 w/parent Tickets at donquixotesmusic.info details
The Seafarer, Berkeley • from November 20 through December 20 A hilarious comedy by one of Ireland’s best playwrights Conor McPherson, The Seafarer is set on Christmas Eve in Baldoyle, a coastal suburb north of Dublin City. The play centers on James “Sharky” Harkin who attempts to stay off the…
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair • Cow Palace, SF The Great Dickens Christmas Fair is a one-of-a-kind holiday adventure into Victorian London - an elaborate party with hundreds of costumed players performing and interacting with patrons in over 120,000 square feet of theatrically-lit music halls, pubs, dance floors, and Christmas…
The San Francisco Pathways to Citizenship Initiative (SF pathways) is a three-year public, private partnership between the City’s Office of Civic Engagement & Immigrant Affairs (OCEIA), six philanthropic organizations, and seven expert community based naturalization service providers who will develop new approaches, methodologies and service delivery models to promote citizenship…
Irish Marvels monthly presentation: Jo Coffey speaking on 'Women before and during the Easter Rising' Information 415-585-6506
MILD COLONIAL BOYS with Rory McNamara, John Caulfield and Kyle Alden play San Gregorio at 2.30pm
COME OUT AND MEET OUR SPECIAL GUESTS - CAPTAIN ASHLING THOMPSON AND MAEVE CULAHANE FROM THE ALL IRELAND WINNING CORK LADIES CAMOGIE & CORK LADIES FOOTBALL TEAMS. MUSIC BY KEVIN ROCHE. NO HOST COCKTAILS, DINNER ENTREES FILET MIGNON OR SALMON. $70 PER PERSON. FOR TICKETS CONTACT VALERIE MCGREW 415-672-0375 OR…
The Seafarer, Berkeley • from November 20 through December 20 A hilarious comedy by one of Ireland’s best playwrights Conor McPherson, The Seafarer is set on Christmas Eve in Baldoyle, a coastal suburb north of Dublin City. The play centers on James “Sharky” Harkin who attempts to stay off the…
Individually, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas are consummate musicians. Together, they’re pure magic. Scots Magazine has called Alasdair “one of the finest fiddle players Scotland has ever produced; his name is synonymous with the vibrant cultural renaissance transforming the Scottish musical scene.” His richly expressive playing transports listeners across a…
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