An acoustic band steeped in the tradition of Irish folk songs, the Kavanaugh Brothers Celtic Experience deliver rebel tunes and pub songs, as well as dabbling in Americana, blues and country. Influenced by the Clancy Brothers, the Dubliners, the Pogues, the Grateful Dead, and all points between and beyond, a…
Continental Youth Championships Jul 30 - Aug 2, 2015 This week the San Francisco Irish Football Hurling Youth League hosts over 2,500 children from the United States and Canada who will participate in a Gaelic Football, Hurling, and Camogie tournament on San Francisco’s Treasure Island. The annual 4-day tournament, known…
Come hear some Irish dance music and songs, on Sunday afternoons in San Anselmo at True North Pub and Grill, 638 San Anselmo Ave., from 2:00pm to 5:00pm. John Caulfield, Kyle Alden and Cormac Gannon, members of the band, The Gas Men, host this session which originally took place at…
Gary Lightbody • August 2, 4, 5 Gary Lightbody and Snow Patrol have been responsible for several era-defining singles, including ‘Run’, ‘Chocolate’, and ‘Chasing Cars.’ Originally from Northern Ireland, Gary formed Snow Patrol at University in Dundee in 1994. The band released the single ‘Run’ which went to number five…
Gary Lightbody • August 2, 4, 5 Gary Lightbody and Snow Patrol have been responsible for several era-defining singles, including ‘Run’, ‘Chocolate’, and ‘Chasing Cars.’ Originally from Northern Ireland, Gary formed Snow Patrol at University in Dundee in 1994. The band released the single ‘Run’ which went to number five…
Gary Lightbody • August 2, 4, 5 Gary Lightbody and Snow Patrol have been responsible for several era-defining singles, including ‘Run’, ‘Chocolate’, and ‘Chasing Cars.’ Originally from Northern Ireland, Gary formed Snow Patrol at University in Dundee in 1994. The band released the single ‘Run’ which went to number five…
Brooklyn-based fiddler/violinist Dana Lyn and guitarist Kyle Sanna bring their inventive arrangements and nuanced interpretations of traditional Irish music to San Francisco's Center for New Music. Hailed as “ground-breaking” by noted folklorist and NEA Award-recipient Mick Moloney and “bursting with creativity” by renowned fiddler Kevin Burke, Lyn and Sanna connect…
Gaelic Games on Big Screen at UICC • Aug 8, 9 Saturday, August, 8:00am GAA Football All Ireland Senior Championship 2015 Quarterfinal: (B) Monaghan Vs Tyrone 10:00am GAA Football All Ireland Senior Championship 2015 Quarterfinal: (B) – Mayo Vs Donegal Sunday, August 9, 5:30 am GAA Hurling All Ireland Minor…
The Crooked Road Céilí Band plays the evocative traditional folk music of Ireland and joins an esteemed lineup of local Santa Cruz musicians and performers at this popular festival of local music, art, food & wine! Sat August 8 & Sun August 9, 2015 11am – 8pm On Church Street…
Gaelic Games on Big Screen at UICC • Aug 8, 9 Saturday, August, 8:00am GAA Football All Ireland Senior Championship 2015 Quarterfinal: (B)Monaghan Vs Tyrone 10:00am GAA Football All Ireland Senior Championship 2015 Quarterfinal: (B) – Mayo Vs Donegal Sunday, August 9, 5:30 am GAA Hurling All Ireland Minor Championship…
Live music in an outdoor, historic setting surrounded by graceful oak tree. Check out Filoli’s Irish Connection! 86 Cañada Road, Woodside, CA 94062 JAZZ AT FILOLI – CELEBRATING 25 YEARS! For a quarter of a century, Jazz at Filoli has presented world-renowned jazz masters and top talent during six Sunday…
Irish trad band, The Gallowglasses, will be playing at Lilly Mac's Irish Pub, 187 S. Murphy Ave, from 6-9 PM.
To honor and remember the Irish students involved in the Berkeley tragedy, O'Flaherty's Irish Pub invites you to an evening of remembrance and fundraising at the pub on Tuesday, August 11. All proceeds from the evenings sales will be donated to the victims and their families to help offset any…
In Community Partnership with the Irish Immigration Pastoral Center The Giants are proud to announce that for yet another year, Irish Heritage Night returns for a second installment of the season! Your Special Event ticket package includes a seat in one of the Irish Heritage sections for interleague matchup versus…
Foundations of Mind II : A Dialogue of World Views This year’s conference examines the rapidly-changing 21st century intellectual, social, and religious landscape in science-religion dialogue and the foundations of physics, biology, and consciousness studies August 13–15, 2015, 3105 Tolman Hall, UC Berkeley CA. Co-sponsored by Cognitive Science Society of…
The Quiet Men w/ Beau Wiley, Olivia Davis and The Fam The Quiet Men are a San Francisco-based, Irish-style folk rock band. Fusing Irish-style music with modern driving folk, rock, and Americana, the Quiet Men have been blaring through local concert venues, street festivals, and beer festivals with original song-writing…
The great Finbar Furey is heading to San Francisco's United Irish Cultural Center on Friday, August 14th. The show is almost sold out, so a packed house is expected. Tickets Hear Finbar sing his best songs on what will be a special night of music, presented as part of the…
Irish trad band, The Gallowglasses, will perform at Dana Street Roasting Company in downtown Mountain View.
Git yer dancing shoes on! Saturday, August 15 and every third Saturday, from 2pm until 5 pm! We had so much fun at the Hub playing music for Irish dancing, that we’d love to do it again. Monthly in fact! Blame the Whiskey has been invited to do a monthly…
Gaelic Games on Big Screen at UICC • Aug 16 Doors will open at 4:30am to broadcast the 2nd half of the GAA Hurling All Ireland Minors Championship 2015 Semi-Final Galway Minors Vs Kilkenny Minors replay. 6:00 am GAA Hurling All Ireland Minors Championship 2015 Semi-Final Tipperary Minors Vs Dublin…
Poetry with Judy Wells & Dale Jensen, Berkeley • August 21 Judy Wells has published eleven collections of poetry including: I Dream of Circus Characters, Little Lulu Talks with Vincent Van Gogh, Call Home, and Everything Irish. She was recently honored to read at the San Francisco Crossroads Irish-American Festival…
Every third Friday, featuring: Ashleigh Flynn & The Porch Climbers + Liam & Allegra $6-$10 sliding scale / 21+
The Bogues is a San Francisco based 8-piece Pogues celebration band led by noted Bay Area musician and British Isles expat Paul Griffiths.He says, "With our singing, tin whistle, banjo, accordion, mandolin, guitar, fiddle, drums, and, when circumstances demand, trombone, we celebrate the genius of Shane MacGowan and The Pogues,…
The Sand Bar, 211 Esplanade, in Capitola, presents Charmas full band, featuring vocalist Aaron Clegg on Irish flute, pennywhistle, and saxophone, Elise MacGregor Ferrell on fiddle and Great Highland Bagpipes, Mick O'Broain on bass, Jim Powell on guitar, and Debbie Doss on drums. Sample videos on Charmas' website: www.charmasband.com. For…
“Let no man write my epitaph: for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them. Let them and me repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times, and other men, can do justice to my character; when my country takes her place…
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