This annual favorite gives the whole family an opportunity to enjoy spectacular local Irish music and dance talents! Autumn Rhodes and Darcy Noonan will perform Irish jigs and reels as well as slower-paced airs and seannós (‘old style’) songs on fiddle, Irish flute, concertina, and tin whistle, while dancers from…
House concert in the Claremont district of Berkeley Friday Feb 5th 7:30pm (doors open at 7:00pm) Suggested Donation $15 Reservations: [email protected] Directions provided with confirmation. "Just for one night and with many mighty tunes and delightful songs comes the Portland-based musicians Andrea Wild and Preston Howard. Preston is a talented,…
Belfast Bard, Kevin Brennan, and his band, Wavelength, perform classic Van Morrison. Kevin has performed with Van from the early days in Belfast, meeting up again with Van in California and performing throughout the 80's at such venues as the Great American Music Hall and Paul Mason Winery with Van…
A Thousand Thoughts Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 7:30pm SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, California Tickets: $25 / $45 / $65 Special Irish Culture Bay Area Discount: Use code KRONOS20 for 20% off the three evening concerts on 2/4, 2/5, and 2/6, as well as the afternoon family concert on 2/7.…
Traditional Irish Music Session Traditional Irish Music Session in the Bar with Cormac Gannon.
Superbowl 50 • Feb 7 Watch this year’s Superbowl at your local Irish sports bar, or join the United Irish Cultural Center party and watch on two new 60″ plus TVs, enjoy some great hors d’oeuvres and sample some Moylan's Brewery beers.
Celtic Valentines Singalong: Songs from Cupid's Blacklist Sunday, February 7, from 7:30 - 9:30 pm Angelicas supper club in Redwood City Aaron Clegg and Richard Dwyer sing Celtic ballads, sea chanteys and comedy songs about love’s darkest and funniest truths. Be prepared to cry while you laugh, and rant while you sing.…
Irish traditional Music, Song and it's ever evolving Story. For over 15 years, Mick Moloney (vocals, guitar, mandolin, tenor banjo, octave mandolin) and Athena Tergis (5 string fiddle) have been at the forefront of traditional Irish music performance. With constantly evolving material and an unmatched energy, their music transcends tradition…
Bruce Porter (1865 – 1953) is most well-known, at Filoli, for his work designing Filoli’s formal garden. What is perhaps not as well-known is he was also an accomplished artist, painter, sculptor, stained glass designer, writer, muralist, and art critic. Filoli’s permanent collection includes many of his original artistic works…
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Discussion Group. Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 6:45pm - 7:45pm This modernist bildungsroman traces the religious and intellectual evolution of Stephen Dedalus. Joyce’s debut novel uses literary techniques the author would develop further in his later works, and concerns the awakening…
Since forming in 1988, Tempest has delivered a globally-renowned hybrid of high-energy folk rock fusing Irish reels, Scottish ballads, Norwegian influences and other world music elements. The last 23 years have seen the San Francisco Bay Area based act release fifteen critically acclaimed CDs and play more than 2,000 gigs.…
-Winner of the Jewish Plays Project Contest 2015- February 16-18, 7:00 p.m.at the JCHS Performing Arts Theater 1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA $10 adults | $5 students At the height of The Troubles in Ireland, religion determines who you are and where you can go. Zippy just wants to…
February 19, 2016 Friday 8:00 PM Concert: Morrison Artists Series: Amphion Quartet with special guest Bridget Kibbey, harp Dazzling young harp virtuoso Bridget Kibbey joins forces with the Amphion Quartet in a concert of remarkable works for this unusual and sonorous combination of instruments. Works by Bach, Debussy, Shields,…
San Francisco has celebrated the Rose of Tralee since 1962. Hosted at the United Irish Cultural Center, the night's entertainment consists of stage interviews and performed talents by the Rose candidates, performances of local Irish dancers, and crowning of the 2016 San Francisco Rose, followed by a dance with live…
Irish Day of Film • February 21 Sunday, February 21 will be "Irish Day" at the Mostly British Film Festival to be held at the Vogue theater in San Francisco. Films include: “A Nightingale Falling,” an old-fashioned historical period drama set during the War of Independence and involving unrequited love…
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Discussion Group. Wednesday, February 24, 2016 – 6:45pm – 7:45pm This modernist bildungsroman traces the religious and intellectual evolution of Stephen Dedalus. Joyce’s debut novel uses literary techniques the author would develop further in his later works, and concerns the awakening and…
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 Who Gave Birth To Rabbits, tells of young, blind Frances…
Word for Word Readings 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 Who Gave Birth To Rabbits, tells…
See website for details of festival CHIEF FRANCIS O’NEILL – The Man Who Saved Irish Music – An incredible life. A photo presentation on the history and achievements of a man, bigger than life, who the Irish government acknowledges for his contribution to the preservation of Irish culture. See the website section,…
Daffodils lead the floral parade each spring and at Filoli nearly a million bulbs burst into bloom. They are one of the easiest and hardiest of the garden flowers, giving you more with each year passing. From the smallest to the largest, whether planted in a formal flower bed, naturalized…
Grand Marshal Dinner $80 per person 6 PM No Host Cocktails – 7 PM Dinner
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 • 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…
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…
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…
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 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…
Co-Hosted by the Honorable Mayor Edwin M. Lee and the United Irish Societies of San Francisco at City Hall Rotunda
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,…
“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…
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.…
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.
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,…
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…
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