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• On Friday, August 29th, at 7:30 PM, Valley of the Moon Scottish Arts offers their annual Fiddle & Dance Extravaganza at the Civic in Santa Cruz, CA (See Details)
• From Friday, August 29th, 1:00 PM (ish) until Monday, September 1st, 2:00 PM, the San Francisco Folk Music Club offers their regular Labor Day Weekend Campout and, as in past years, it will again happen at the Boy Scouts Camp Herms in El Cerrito, CA. (See Details)
• On Labor Day Weekend, The Caledonian Club of San Francisco presents the 159th Scottish Highland Gathering and Games. The festivities begin on Friday, August 29th at 7:30 PM, with a Friday Night Concert at the Marriott in San Ramon, CA. On Saturday, August 30th, & Sunday, August 31st, from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, main events, including huge openning and closing ceremonies, as well as massive amounts of Celtic piping, shopping, dining, music, song, etc., all at the Alameda County Fairgrounds, in Pleasanton, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Sunday, August 31st, at 8:00 PM, Nic Gareiss & Simon Chrisman at Jefferson Center for the Arts, in Mt Shasta, CA, with six more West Coast shows to follow. (See Details)
• New! On Thursday, September 4th, at 7:00 PM, legendary musicians Four Shillings Short continue another summer series of concerts at Richland Library, in Richland, WA followed by dozens more around the West Coast. (See Details)
• New! On Friday, September 5th, at 10:00 AM Pacific, (tentativly), Linn Phipps leads her monthly Srùbag songs-in-Gaelic song circle, featuring special guest Nuala Mac Lochlainn followed by Siansadh songs-in-Gaelic workshop, teaching the song Suas leis a Gàidhlig, available everywhere online via Zoom. (See Details)
• New! On Friday, September 5th, at 6:00 PM, the Black Irish Band performs at Cribbs Field, in Sutter Creek, CA, and on Saturday, September 13th, at 7:00 PM Piper’s Opera House, in Virginia City, NV. (See Details)
• New! On Saturday, September 6th, from 2:00 – 5:00 PM, Kyle Alden, will host a celebration of the music & memory of Rory McNamara at the San Gregorio General Store in San Gregorio, CA. (See Details)
• On Friday, September 12th, at 6:00 PM, Suzuki Cady and Jimmy Murphy perform at San Anselmo Street Fair at Artist Within Gallery, in Petaluma, CA, followed by several more gigs in the north Bay area during September. (See Details)
• On Saturday, August 30th, and every Saturday at 4:00 PM, United Irish Cultural Center hosts their regular Irish session. Then, on Saturday, September 13th, at 8:00 PM, it’s Randal Bays and Marty Smith in Concert. All at their large facility in San Francisco, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Saturday, September 13th, from 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM, 2025 Festival of the Sea, at the Maritime Park in San Francisco, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Saturday, September 13th, at 7:30 PM, Lane to the Glen begins a three day tour of PNW at Winona Grange in Tualatin, OR, followed by shows in Mount Vernon and Vashon, WA. (See Details)
• On Sunday, September 14th the new band, the Gaelic Muses with Michael Mullen, will perform at the Wheelhouse in Willow Glen, San Jose, CA, then on Saturday, September 20th, at 1:30 PM, at the Mabon Festival at 1:30 PM in San Jose, CA. (See Details)

• On Fridays, from 5:00 PM on, Pub Scouts, plays great tunes at Duffy’s Tavern in Chico, CA. (See Details)
• On the 1st Saturday of each month, at 6:00 PM, the San Francisco in-person Chantey Sing is held at the Maritime Museum in San Francisco, CA, and then on the 2nd or 3rd Saturday of the month, at 11:00 AM, the San Francisco Virtual Chantey Sing happens Online via Zoom. (See Details)
• On Sundays, from 1:00 – 5:00 PM, there is a Turf in the Bog performance at Yosemite Wine Tails in Oakhurst, CA. (See Details)
• On the first Sunday every month, at 9:00 AM Pacific, Dr. Ronan Connolly offers a Lets Learn Irish free workshop on Irish Language, free of charges and available everywhere Online via Zoom. They also offer a free, on demand starter course of three short videos. (See Details)
• On Sundays, from 8:00 UK time / 12:00 PM Pacific, it’s the Loch Down Folk Club, timed so our friends from the US and Canada can join in, Online via Zoom. (See Details)
• On first Sundays of the month, at 1:00 PM Pacific Time, the Cross Keys band, Cormac Gannon, Stacy Samuels, Neil O’Neill, sing out at the Way Station Smokehouse & Beer Garden in Fairfax, CA. (See Details)
• On Sunday, May 11th, at 4:30 PM, and every 2nd Sunday of the month, the female duo Celtic Moon, performs at The Wheelhouse of Willow Glen in San Jose, CA. (See Details)
• On the last Sunday of each month, join Alexandra Annen for a Irish traditional instrumental music session at Sayla Music Academy in Lodi, CA. (See Details)
• On First Sundays, Grass Valley based Three Times Through plays at Grass Valley Brewing Company in Grass Valley, CA, plus several other weekend dates around the Gold Country of California. (See Details)
• On the first Sunday of the month, from 11 AM – 1 PM Pacific / 2 PM – 4 PM Eastern time, Lynn Noel hosts the Mermaid’s Tavern Ballad sing-around, online via Zoom from her home studio. (See Details)
• Phoenix Folk Ltd. was established in 2009 by Maurice Condie, Adam Holden & Marina Dodgson to promote participation and performance in folk and acoustic music, song and dance across the North East of England, and since the COVID lockdowns, they have expanded into the online world. Currently, they host three weekly online events on Zoom, happening at 8:00 PM UK / 12:00 PM Pacific on Monday’s, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Online via Zoom. (See Details)
• New! On First Mondays, at 12:00 PM Pacific, the Clé (Left) Club of Dublin, Ireland meets for a Zoom session devoted to traditional music, verse and song Online via Zoom. (See Details)
• On Mondays, from 12:00 – 2:00 PM Pacific Time, Mark Wallis & Alix Sandra Huntley-Speirs host the Moosehead Traditional Irish Music Session, a participatory online Irish instrumental music event, timed so our friends from Ireland and the UK and join in. Online via Zoom. (See Details)
• On Mondays, from 3:00 – 6:00 PM Pacific Time, Irish born Maureen McNally hosts the Ag Teacht Le Chéile Irish Session, a participatory online Irish music event timed so our friends from Ireland and the UK can join in. Online via Zoom. (See Details)
• On Mondays, from 6:00 – 7:15 PM at her home in Sebastopol, CA, Suzuki Cady gives Irish Music Classses for All Instruments. (See Details)
• On Mondays, from 7:00 – 8:00 PM, the Celtic Arts Center offers beginner level Irish classes online via Zoom and a full evening of Celtic in-person music and dance at the Mayflower Club in North Hollywood, CA. (See Details)
• On Wednesdays, from 12:00 – 2:00 PM Pacific Time, Tony Becker, hosts the Trans-Atlantic Session, an online traditional music event, featuring a mix of instrumental and vocal performances, timed so participants from Ireland and the UK can join in. Later on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM Pacific, Tony hosts the Pacific Evening Session. (See Details)
• On Wednesdays, John Whelan conducts his free Play Along Sessions: Tune Learning at 2:30 PM Pacific and Taking Time at 4:00 PM both Online via Zoom. (See Details)
• Every Wednesday, at 8:00 PM Los Angeles based Stepwise, a young traditional band born of the COVID Pandemic by founders Liam Lewis and Olivia Breidenthal, performs at Griffins of Kinsale in South Pasadena, CA. (See Details)
• The Philo-Celtic Society offers four full quarters of multiple free classes focused on learning the Irish Language, and some quarters include classes in Irish Song. Fall Quarter 2024 classes began in mid-September and run through December, and include a Children’s Reading Class. All are accessible to everyone everywhere, Online via Zoom. (See Details)
• On Wednesdays, at at 8 – 9:30 PM Eastern / 5 – 6:30 PM Pacific, and again on Thursdays at 8 – 9:30 PM Pacific / 11 – 12:30 AM Eastern, Autumn Rhodes teaches Irish Session Repertoire for All Instruments online via Zoom from San Francisco, CA. (See Details)
• On 1st Thursdays, from 6:00 – 8:00 PM Pacific Time, and also on 3rd Thursdays, from 12:00 – 2:00 PM Pacific Time, multi-instrumentalist Michael Eskin hosts the The Ould Sod Virtual Irish Sessions, the best and most popular participatory online Irish traditional music event. (See Details)
• On 1st Thursdays at 8:00 PM, and other Thursdays at 8:30 PM, Irish Dance – San Francisco Bay Area organizes Irish set dancing at the Plough and Stars Irish Pub in San Francisco, CA. They also sponsor dances at 7:30 PM on 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month at Ireland’s 32 Pub in San Francisco, CA as well as set dancing lessons there on the second and fourth Tuesdays at 7:30 PM. (See Details)
• On Thursdays, at 6:00 PM Pacific Time, One Eyed Reilly plays at The Delta King Bar & Grill in Sacramento, CA, and can be heard at several other venues in the Sacramento Valley. (See Details)
• On third Thursdays, at 6:00 PM, Phillip Taylor leads a Irish/Scottish tune learning session at the Strum Shop in Roseville, CA. (See Details)

• Co-Founder Cecilia Fábos-Becker’s e-book Ancestry & DNA: Beyond the basics, is available for download now! (See Details)
• On Fridays from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, (Pacific time) as well as Mondays from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM, Tuesdays – Thursdays from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Online or In-Person, Oakhurst, CA born Cedar Dobson is offering lessons in all types of Irish whistles from Gandharva Loka World Music Store in Central Dublin, Ireland. Cedar is also gathering donations on gofundme to produce physical CDs of her new album, Decade. Click here to make a donation. (See Details)
• Sláinte Pub continues to provide a proper Irish Pub experience at Jack London Square in Oakland, CA. (See Details)
• Now in their 3rd year, Willow on the Green, operated by friend of the family Alex Sinclair and located on 9th Avenue in San Francisco, CA, is especially convenient to Golden Gate Park, and caters to the park revelers, offering a unique array of ready to eat culinary delights. (See Details)
• Well known Flying Scot and all round traditional musician David Brewer has launched his online music lessons, accessible to anyone, anywhere Online via Zoom. (See Details)
• The Starry Plough is now open everyday, with all the events it’s many long term customers had before the pandemic, in Berkeley, CA. (See Details)
• Music and Dance have returned to the cherished San Francisco, CA Celtic cultural institution, The Plough and the Stars, now open from Wednesday through Sunday, 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM. (See Details)
• The Chieftain Irish Pub & Restaurant, the local Irish Pub bringing the culture of Ireland to downtown San Francisco at 5th and Howard. (See Details)
• Multi-genre violin teacher (especially Irish Traditional Music) and performer Darcy Noonan is available for gigs and lessons. (See Details)
• Sport your Celtic heritage! AmeriCeltic offers a colorful array of items, each emblazoned with the AmeriCeltic logo. (See Details)
• The Celtic Tea Shoppe, in San Jose is your source for Celtic and Celtic inspired carry-out fresh baked foods, confections and rare teas. (See Details)
• With an extensive selection of instruments and instructional material from around the world, Lark In The Morning in Berkeley, CA is open for in person and online sales and lessons. (See Details)
• Publican Stan Gamble has re-opened The Duke of Edinburgh Pub & Restaurant, offering full service 7 days a week from 4pm to late. (See Details)

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