FolkWorks

Los Pinguos
2025-10-18 20:00 - 22:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro, CA, 90713, United States
Hear an upbeat Gipsy Kings-style mix of Latin-influenced, reggae, rock and rumba originals and covers.

Sunday Ukulele Jam with Taeri & Katie
2025-10-19 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | COLLAGE, 731 South Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, CA, 90731, United States
Join Taeri Schiffman and Katie Blanchard of Popoki House every Third Sunday of the month from 2 PM to 4 PM for our revamped Ukulele Jam. Sign up in advance to get a list of tunes to be played and the sheet music. There will be time for solo tunes if there is a favorite you would like to share. All skill levels welcome!
RSVP on our website to ensure you are updated if anything changes (doesn’t happen often, but better to be in the know!).

Ken O'Malley solo show
2025-10-19 16:00 - 19:00, 2025-10-26 16:00 - 19:00, 2025-11-02 16:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Three Stags Irish Pub and Restaurant, 328 Orange Street, Redlands, 92374, United States
His passionate and compelling voice is what they notice first. As a solo artist, Ken O’Malley easily commands the room; with his band he also rocks the house. Quickly drawing the audience in, it is no wonder that the Irish News describes him “without question, as the single most enduring, influential and proficient of all Irish musicians in Southern California” and the University of St. Thomas at Houston acknowledges him to be “widely regarded as the finest Irish folk singer/songwriter in the United States today.”
Arriving in Los Angeles from Ireland over 30 years ago, Ken O’Malley was immediately offered a spot at Molly Malone’s, the legendary Irish venue in the city’s Fairfax district, and he hasn’t stopped playing since. Through the years, O’Malley has performed solo and as part of The Mulligans, Blended Spirits and, currently, The Twilight Lords. He’s shared bills with such artists as Mary Black, The Chieftains, The Saw Doctors, Michael Flatley and Pierce Brosnan and continues to be an ever-popular and near legendary constant on Southern California’s Celtic music circuit. In addition to his musical performances, he can also be found on stage and screen in productions ranging from Ray Bradbury’s “Falling Upward” to the Paramount Pictures feature “Patriot Games”.
Indeed, Ken O’Malley was born to perform. In Dublin at the age of 15, he opened for legendary balladeer Paddy Reilly at the equally legendary Old Sheiling Pub. By the time he turned 18, he was gathering professional credits, among them a stint with Trudy’s People, a group he formed that played Gaelic shows on RTÉ, Ireland’s national radio and television network. His fluency in the Gaelic language was earned from his education by the Christian Brothers and his summers in the West of Ireland.
A true ambassador of Irish culture, he infuses every performance with the rich history of his native land and audiences quickly become engaged with his compelling stories. One show producer put it this way: “He holds nothing back. Whether singing a passionate ballad, playing a solo on the mandolin, or explaining the gloriously sad history of Erin his homeland, Ken O’Malley is all-in, wide open to the world, and as true as an arrow’s flight.” Another simply stated that “Ken O’Malley connected with our audience in a way none of our other artists have.”
His first CD, “The White Seahorse,” stands as a masterful homage to traditional Irish music enhanced with solid rhythms, acoustic and electric instruments matched by the powerful vocal energy that is the hallmark of a Ken O’Malley performance. The follow up release, “Women of Ireland,” continues to showcase O’Malley’s irresistible blend of Celtic traditional, American roots rock and eclectic world beat, this time before an enthusiastic live audience at the Celtic Arts Center in Hollywood.
O’Malley’s most recent release, is appropriately titled ÓMáille, his name in Gaelic and demonstrates O’Malley’s considerable strength as a solo artist. These traditional arrangements, though spartan, brilliantly bring the music of his heritage to life. Dave Soyars of the Irish Herald writes: “His powerful and emotive voice shines through on everything he does, but here he’s the instrumental star as well, with precise but driven acoustic rhythm guitar and solid rhythm and tunes-playing on mandolin.”
“If I’ve made people happy with my performances,” says O’Malley, “that’s success to me.”

Music They Don't Want You to Hear
2025-10-19 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-26 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-02 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Ciudad_Juarez)
A weekly 2 hour radio show of folk music with a focus on singer songwriters. We range from vintage to the latest releases giving preference to songs focused on social and political issues.

Ron Cooke (aka A Still Small Voice) shares Folk music with an emphasis on songs related to political and social issues.

A folkie from back when it was fashionable with an abiding interest in music of social and political significance. Co-founder and director of A Still Small Voice 4U a not for profit that presents folk concerts, sponsors artists, festivals and community groups and uses folk music to raise funds for charities. Member of Folk Alliance International and of the People’s Music Network. Avid cyclist, racer, blogger, sculptor and ne’er-do-well

TEAM TAIKO Drum Classes Fall Session
2025-10-20 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-27 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-03 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro, CA, 90713, United States
Team Taiko is open to all skill levels and abilities, from beginners to seasoned musicians. Classes are recommended for ages 12 and up; children must either participate with a guardian or have a participation waiver signed before class.
Classes are offered in person and streamed live via Zoom to allow for all to participate.

Orange County Celtic Jam
2025-10-20 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-10-27 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-11-03 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1221 Wass Street, Tustin, 92780, United States
We meet every Monday evening to play Celtic music.
Venue: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
1221 Wass St., Tustin, CA
Doors open at 6:30 pm. Music at 7:00 pm.
$3 donation for use of the room.
Tunes are chosen from the books in our Dropbox.
OCCJ – Dropbox

Tuesday night Online jam session and mini-concert with Pam Weeks and Bill Olson
2025-10-21 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-28 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-11-04 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | https://www.facebook.com/pamweeks.73
Pam Weeks and Bill Olson have been hosting an online jam session and mini-concert every Tuesday night for almost three years. This is a free, guided jam session for all instruments geared toward the intermediate player, from 7-8PM EST. Tempos will be moderate and chords will be called out the first time through. What makes this session unique is that tunes are almost always chosen by the “jammers” through the FB chat page. This often creates sort of a “stump the band” situation but Pam and Bill are rarely stumped. A lot of lively banter occurs on the chat page as well.. The session will be proceeded by a short mini-concert at 6:45. Come join the fun or check out past sessions which are all archived on Pam’s FB page. The jam will be streamed on Facebook Live, accessed through Pam’s FB page: https://www.facebook.com/pamweeks.73. For more info email Pam at fiddlerpam@gmail.com

The Wildwood Flower Radio Hour
2025-10-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-10-28 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-11-04 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The Wildwood Flower Radio Hour plays music comprised of these basic ingredients: 3 chords and the truth. We program real American music, primarily bluegrass, country, and Americana. Most of what we broadcast is performed on acoustic instruments; guitar, violin, mandolin, banjo, dobro and standup bass.
The Wildwood Flower Radio Hour is the only radio show in Los Angeles that consistently programs artists who perform live in studio from the vibrant bluegrass/Americana/folk scene.
In keeping with Southern tradition, the Wildwood Flower Radio Hour features a weekly story telling segment called Talk Story. Some of these stories MIGHT involve a slight exaggeration of the truth.
Additionally, there is a weekly appearance by resident fiddler, “DJ Meeks” spotlighting new artists on scene, with “New Twang.” Social Media Maven, Jessica Babin Produces our “Local Twang” segment with upcoming must see live shows in the SoCal area.
Host Mike Bone, “Uncle Mike”, is a veteran of the record industry.
This is a live radio show.
Support live music and the gifted souls who bring this to us.
KXLU 88.9 FM KXLU.com Tuesdays 7pm to 9pm PST

Acoustic Roots Session with Rebecca Lynn
2025-10-22 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | COLLAGE, 731 South Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, CA, 90731, United States
Looking for a place to break out that guitar, fiddle, mandolin, or banjo and celebrate American music? Join the circle at Collage for an evening of music and song that celebrates traditions including Appalachian, old-time, country blues, and acoustic folk. Rebecca Lynn will lead the session, which will finish with a jam on a classic. Sign up to get a list of some tunes that will be played during the evening, or drop in!

Weekly Irish Ceili dance classes
2025-10-23 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-10-30 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-11-06 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Winona Grange, 8340 SW Seneca St, Tualatin, OR, 97062, United States
Weekly drop-in classes Irish Ceili, folk dances of Ulster. Longest continuous ceili class in Oregon and second longest west of the Mississippi (Berkley has the #1 longest).
$10 at the door. No classes on Thanksgiving, Ice storms or if the temperature is 94+ at 5pm

Moira Smiley Vocal Workshop in Williams, OR
2025-10-24 18:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Williams Grange, 20100 Williams Hwy, Williams, OR, 97544, United States
Join Moira Smiley for an evening of joyful, accessible singing & community building. Discover and develop flexibility within your own voice and range – both technically and artistically. Develop simple body percussion and movement as a natural part of your singing performance. Explore phrasing, ornaments, dissonance and timbre. Moira will lead warmups, musical games, and the singing of new and old folk songs in rich vocal harmony. The workshop is open to singers of all levels and ages.
Tickets are offered on a sliding-scale, $30-$75, to make this workshop accessible to all. Please give generously. 5% of your ticket price will go to toward a humanitarian cause via the ticketing company, Humanitix.
Moira’s Bio:
Moira Smiley is a Grammy-nominated singer, composer, and educator renowned for her mastery of the voice and ability to inspire singers of all levels. Moira is a celebrated educator, teaching at leading musical institutions and inspiring singers of all backgrounds. She’s published over 100 choral works that are sung by millions of singers worldwide. With a deep respect for the cultural roles of singing, Moira blends teaching, composing, and performing to empower communities and celebrate the transformative power of music.
Known for her rich voice and dynamic stage presence, Moira has collaborated with some of the most celebrated names in music, including Tune-Yards, Eric Whitacre, Chris Thile, Hilary Hahn, and Morten Lauridsen. As a member of Tune-Yards, she has performed on major platforms such as Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and the UK’s Later… with Jools Holland. Recently, she performed & recorded for Chris Thile’s project ‘Attention!’ and Laurie Anderson’s ARK.

Moira Smiley Vocal Workshop in Ashland, OR
2025-10-25 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Siskiyou School, Pine Hall, 631 Clay St, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Join Moira and special guest local teacher Ruth Hoffecker for an afternoon of joyful, accessible singing & community building. Discover and develop flexibility within your own voice and range – both technically and artistically. Develop simple body percussion and movement as a natural part of your singing performance. Explore phrasing, ornaments, dissonance and timbre. Moira will lead warmups, musical games, and the singing of new and old folk songs in rich vocal harmony. The workshop is open to singers of all levels and ages.
Ruth Hoffecker, founder of the Ashland School of Uncovering the Voice, will join forces with Moira for an unforgettable and powerful journey into the mechanics of sound and how to get the best expression from your instrument – your body!
Tickets are sliding scale, $30-$75, in order to make the workshop accessible to all. Please give generously. 5% of your ticket price will go to supporting a humanitarian cause through Humanitix.
Moira’s Bio:
Moira Smiley is a Grammy-nominated singer, composer, and educator renowned for her mastery of the voice and ability to inspire singers of all levels. Moira is a celebrated educator, teaching at leading musical institutions and inspiring singers of all backgrounds. She’s published over 100 choral works that are sung by millions of singers worldwide. With a deep respect for the cultural roles of singing, Moira blends teaching, composing, and performing to empower communities and celebrate the transformative power of music.
Known for her rich voice and dynamic stage presence, Moira has collaborated with some of the most celebrated names in music, including Tune-Yards, Eric Whitacre, Chris Thile, Hilary Hahn, and Morten Lauridsen. As a member of Tune-Yards, she has performed on major platforms such as Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and the UK’s Later… with Jools Holland. Recently, she performed & recorded for Chris Thile’s project ‘Attention!’ and Laurie Anderson’s ARK.
Ruth’s Bio:
Ruth Hoffecker has loved singing since birth, so the story goes. Growing up in a community that celebrated together the turning of the seasons through song, she remembers the ancient importance of singing in daily community life.
Ruth studied for 10 years with Master Teacher of The School of Uncovering the Voice Christiaan Boele. She emerged from that apprenticeship able to guide people back home to their voice and to the quiet within from which all sound begins.
In her teaching, Ruth seeks to reawaken the ancient memory of tending the Earth with our voices, singing to feed the changing seasons, and singing together as we move through life’s passages of birth, growth and death. She hopes to help people touch this deep memory: that we are the song and our voices are needed.
Ruth is the founder of the Ashland School of Uncovering the Voice in Ashland, OR, where she teaches singing to all ages and stages and leads community singing projects, workshops, and retreats.

Moira Smiley in rare Southern Oregon concert
2025-10-25 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Ashland First Methodist Church, 175 N Main St, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Get tickets:
https://bit.ly/MoiraSmileyConcert
See below for pre-concert singing workshops
Singer / Composer Moira Smiley has toured the world and recorded with Indie-pop favorites, Tuneyards, performing with them on all the late-night TV shows (Kimmel, Colbert, Conan O’Brien, UK’s Jools Holland, etc.) and recently to re-open David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center in NYC with Chris Thile, Hilary Hahn and Brad Mehldau. She began her singing career in Baroque and Medieval music, collaborating with Paul Hillier, Fretless Consort of Viols, Dufay Collective and Sinfonye, BBC Singers and New World Symphony. As a folksinger, she’s fronted the legendary Irish-American supergroup, Solas as well as the Lomax and Folklife Projects produced by Jayme Stone, and continues to lead her own vocal collaborations as VOCO and The Voice Is A Traveler.
As a composer, she’s premiered works alongside Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen, Shara Nova, Rollo Dilworth, Reena Esmail and many others. Moira has been featured in TED conferences, on BBC Radio and TV, NPR, ABC Australia, and live at countless venues from Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall to Walt Disney Concert Hall and Royal Festival Hall. She brings vivid, embodied singing to stages tiny and grand, atop glaciers or in cozy kitchens from Taiwan to Tasmania.
Moira’s 2018 solo album ‘Unzip The Horizon’ premiered at the prestigious Savannah Music Festival in 2018, and she published its companion choral Songbook in 2019. In February of 2021, she released her vocal album ‘In Our Voices’, featuring international VOCO collaborators. A new album of folksongs with string quartet, ‘The Rhizome Project’ was released in 2024.

Get tickets:
https://bit.ly/MoiraSmileyConcert

Pre-concert singing workshops:
Fri, Oct 24, 6pm – 8:30pm PDT in Williams, OR
https://folkworks.org/event/moira-smiley-vocal-workshop-in-williams-or/

Sat, Oct 25, 12pm – 2pm PDT in Ashland, OR
https://folkworks.org/event/moira-smiley-vocal-workshop-in-ashland-or/

Reverie Road – A Special Celtic Concert
2025-10-31 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Winona Grange, 8340 SW Seneca St, Tualatin, OR, 97062, United States
Reverie Road is a genre-defying Celtic powerhouse ensemble, uniting founding Solas members Winifred Horan (fiddle) and John Williams (accordion) with former Gaelic Storm fiddler Katie Grennan and Steinway Artist Jazz and Raga pianist Utsav Lal. Together, these four exceptional musicians are celebrated as some of todays most accomplished traditional and virtuosic folk artists, captivating audiences worldwide from stages to studios for over three decades.
Reverie Road takes the rich tapestry of Irish music and weaves it into a cinematic experience, full of expressivity and sophistication. Their performances push the boundaries of tradition, offering stunningly innovative interpretations that retain the heart of the genre while embracing a modern twist. With a sound that masterfully blends Irish roots with fresh departures, their repertoire includes distilled airs, continental waltzes, and high-energy reels and jigs. The band chemistry of two accomplished classically-trained fiddlers who share a common history as award winning Irish dancers along with two instrumentalists who have sought to redefine traditional accompaniment and rhythm sections amount to a compelling concert experience. Join us for Reverie Road’s only Portland show!
Doors 6:45, show 7:30pm Tickets and more info at https://www.tickettomato.com/event/9226/

Fox & Bones
2025-11-01 20:00 - 22:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro, CA, 90713, United States
Energetic Portland-based Americana trio featuring Sara Vitort and Scott Gilmore evoking the passion of early Fleetwood Mac.
Opener: Joselyn & Don, modern folk duo

Annex Arts Saloon
2025-11-06 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | The Grand Annex, 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro, CA, 90713, United States
Enjoy a laid-back evening of music and art at this new monthly First Thursday event, with your hosts, local musicians Chris and Emily Huff.
Chris and Emily Huff can be found around San Pedro harmonizing as a father-daughter duo or performing solo. They are known for their Texas-tinged Americana covers and originals played at local hangouts like Lighthouse Cafe and festivals like Fleet Week. They also performed at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium during the inaugural Arts Open San Pedro.
September features live music by multi-platinum songwriter Kevin Fisher and art by fiNdings artists Camilla Townsend, Alan Johnson and Henry Krusoe.
