AmeriCeltic Newsletter
Friday, 2024-03-29
Updates, Features, & Events
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• New! Co-founders Tony and Celia offer a review of the new album, Passages, from the Band Sassenach, of Montreal, Canada. (See Details)
At this time of year, some, but not all of the world has transitioned their clocks to Daylight Saving Time. As a result, the start times for online meetings listed below may be shifted by one hour, depending on where you live and where the meeting is hosted.
On Sunday, March 10th, the United States and most of Canada moved their clocks forward by one hour, BUT Europe DOES NOT change their clocks until 2:00 AM this coming Sunday, March 31st, the Last Sunday of March. (Parts of Quebec and Western Canada will remain on Standard Time as they do year round!)
This means that, for the next two days, by most North American clocks, meetings originating from Europeans will generally start an hour later, and, conversely, by European clocks, meetings originating from North Americans will start an hour earlier.
• New! On Easter Sunday, March 31st, at 11:00 AM, the annual memorial for Fenian Tom Desmond will be held at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, CA. (See Details)
• On Tuesday, April 2nd, at 7:30 PM hot new Scottish band Breabach takes the stage at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, CA for the first of eleven concerts all along the West Coast over the next three weeks. (See Details)
• On Saturday and Sunday, April 6th and 7th, at 8:00 AM, the Hawaiian Scottish Festival and Highland Games happen for the 41st time in Honolulu, HI. (See Details)
• On Saturday, April 6th, from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM, newly appointed West Coast board member Lori Cassels of the Irish American Writers & Artists organization, invites Irish-Americans to attend a Salon, entitled What Are You Working On?, held at the Clarion Performance Arts Center, in San Francisco, CA. (See Details)
• On Saturday, April 6th, at 5:00 PM, the 2024 Irish-American Crossroads Festival continues with The Crossroads Salon at a Private Residence in San Fransisco, CA and then two more events during April, all in San Francisco, CA. (See Details)
• On Saturday, April 6th, at 6:00 PM, The Caledonian Club of San Francisco invites all to their 159th Annual Tartan Ball formal celebration of Tartan Day, at the San Ramon Marriott in San Ramon, CA. (See Details)
• New! Beginning on Saturday, April 6th, at 8:00 PM, the Irish Trad Trio of Liz Knowles, Eamon O’Leary & Marla Fibish, begin a week of concerts in Berkeley, Healdsburg, and Mountain View, CA before heading off to Walker Camp. (See Details)
• New! On Tuesday, April 9th, at 7:00 PM, the Sebastopol Community Cultural Center is hosting it’s semi-annual fundraiser at their fine facility in Sebastopol, CA. The show features a bevy of Irish music instructors from the Walker Creek Music Camp. (See Details)
• New! On Wednesday, April 9th, at 7:30 PM, Genticorum, begin a five city tour of Northern California, bringing their Québecois fiddle music & song to Santa Rosa, Caspar, Santa Cruz, Oakland, and Santa Clara, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Thursday April 11th – Sunday April 14th its the return of the Walker Creek Music Camp in Fort Bragg, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Friday, April 12th, 7:00 PM, Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas perform a concert at St Mary’s, in Pacific Grove, CA, and then Hermosa Beach, Berkeley, Little River, Sebastopol, and Grass Valley, CA over the following 2 weekends. (See Details)
• New! On Thursday, April 18th, at 7:00 PM, Celtic trio Kalos launches a concert tour of eleven West Coast cities at Grizzly Peak Winery, in Ashland, OR. (See Details)
• New! On Tuesday, April 30th, at 7:30 PM, the legendary Scottish band Old Blind Dogs will kick off a 4 city tour of the West Coast at Duffy’s Tavern, in Chico, CA, then give shows in Pacific Grove, Sebastopol, and Santa Cruz, CA before joining in a the KVMR Festival in Grass Vally, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Friday, May 3rd, 10:00 AM, through Sunday, May 5th, 10:00 PM, it’s the return of the KVMR Celtic Festival, to the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, 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 Saturday of the month, at 11:00 AM, the San Francisco Virtual Chantey Sing happens Online via Zoom. (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. (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 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)
• On Mondays, from 12:00 – 2:00 PM Pacific Time, Mark Wallis & Alix Sandra Huntley-Speirs host a 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)
• 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)
• 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 7:00 – 8:00 PM, the Celtic Arts Center offers beginner level Irish classes online via Zoom, as well as a full evening of Celtic in-person music and dance at the Mayflower Club in North Hollywood, CA. (See Details)
• On Tuesday evenings, from 7:00-8:30 PM Pacific Time, its the Andronicos San Francisco Jam, hosted by Dinah and Noah Stroe on Zoom from San Francisco, 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)
• The The Philo-Celtic Society offers four full quarters of multiple free classes focused on learning the Irish Language, including a couple of classes in Irish Song. Spring Quarter classes began on Wednesday, February 7th, and 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 First Thursdays, from 6:00 – 8:00 PM Pacific Time, multi-instrumentalist Michael Eskin hosts The Ould Sod Virtual Irish Session, 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)
• From Thursday, February 8th, and continuing on the following three Thursdays, Sean Murphy will present a weekly 1st course episode covering the History of Dublin/Baile Áth Cliath, from 3:00 – 4:30 PM PDT, followed by a 2nd course episode covering The Norman Invasion of Ireland from 4:30 – 6:00 PM PDT, both offered Online via Zoom. (See Details)
• Co-Founder Cecilia Fábos-Becker’s e-book Ancestry & DNA: Beyond the basics, is available for download now! (See Details)
• Sláinte Pub has reopened it’s doors as of Friday, December 15th, 2023 at 5:00 PM. The New partners are offering a limited menu of great food as well as great drinks and Irish Music on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, at the same location 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 open, with all the events it’s many long term customers had before the pandemic, on Sundays – Wednesdays 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)
• Music and Dance have returned to the cherished San Francisco Celtic cultural institution, The Plough and the Stars, now open from Wednesday through Sunday, 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM. (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, and they have just announced a new scholarship program! (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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AmeriCeltic Newsletter
Friday, 2024-03-29
Updates, Features, & Events