Hello AmeriCeltic Reader,

• On Friday, June 9th at 6:00 PM, the high-energy female trio Gaelic Muses plays at Caper’s Restaurant in Campbell, CA, and on Sunday, June 18th, at 4:30 PM, at the Wheelhouse of Willow Glen in San Jose, CA. (See Details)
• On Saturday, June 10th, at 10:00 AM, the Community Music School of Santa Cruz begins their summer series of Redwood Music Camps, with the adult edition, in Watsonville, CA. Then, on Monday, June 12th at 9 AM they continue with the Teen edition in Aptos, CA, and last, the Kids version begins on Monday, July 31st at 10 AM in Scotts Valley, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Saturday, June 10th & Saturday, July 8th, at 7:00 PM, the legendary The Black Irish Band performs at the Jack Douglass Saloon, in Columbia, CA and then, on Saturday, July 22nd, at 7:00 PM performs at Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, in Jamestown, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Sunday, June 11th, at 12:30 PM sharp, the Pleasanton-Blairgowrie-Fergus Sister City Organization and South Bay Scottish Society invite you to join them riding the Flying Scotsman from Sunol, CA to Niles, CA and back. (See Details)
• On Sunday, June 11th, at 4:00 PM, Erica and Friends will perform at Calliope East Bay Music & Arts at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Albany, CA and then on Saturday, June 24th, 2:00 PM, at Riggers Loft Winery in Richmond, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Monday, June 12th, at 9:00 AM, the United Irish Cultural Center hosts the first of three weeks of Irish Summer Camp. On Saturday, June 17th at 1:00 PM, the Patrick J. Dowling Library hosts their annual Bloomsday event, with costumes, readings, local author Michael Fallon of Ulysses Abridged and local band leader Cormac Gannon, and then on Friday, June 23rd, the UICC is delighted to welcome Belfast documentary photographer Sean McKernan who presents an exhibition Belfast – Conflict to Peace, then on Saturday, June 24th, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM, its the Wawona Gates 3rd Anniversary Party, and on Saturday, July 15th, from 7:00 – 9:30 PM, join Irish tenor, Paul Byrom for an intimate evening of songs and stories, all at their spacious facility in San Francisco, CA. (See Details)
• Scottish Gaelic singer Linn Phipps hosts two monthly online Scottish Gaelic events. On Friday, June 16th, at 11:00 AM, Linn hosts Srùbag, a Gaelic singing session, with special guest Calum MacColl. Both are accessible from anywhere Online via Zoom. On Saturday, June 17th, at 11:30 AM Pacific, Linn hosts the Learn Gaelic Song Workshop. (See Details)
• New! On Bloomsday, Friday June 16th, at 4:00 PM, Michael Fallon invites you to Readings of Ulysses/ Ulysses Abridged, at Five Points Cocktail Bar, in San Jose, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Bloomsday, Friday, June 16th, at 6:30 PM, The Mechanics’ Institute will host their annual Bloomsday event in San Francisco, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Friday, June 16th, at 7:00 PM, entertainers Rory McNamara and Stevie Coyle, aka The Frontmen, will hold forth at Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Co. in Los Gatos, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Friday, June 16th, at 6:30 PM, The Hammer Museum hosts a Bloomsday Celebration at their facility in Los Angeles, CA. (See Details)
• On Saturday, June 17th at 1:00 PM, the Patrick J. Dowling Library at the United Irish Cultural Center of San Francisco hosts their annual Bloomsday event, celebrating Irish Author James Joyce and his groundbreaking book Ulysses with readings, costumes, discussions and music. Local author Michael Fallon will discuss his new book, Ulysses Abridged and local band leader Cormac Gannon will lead a session. All this at the spacious UICC facility in San Francisco, CA. (See Details)
• On Saturday, June 17th at 4:00 PM through Sunday, June 26th at 11:00 AM, Alasdair Fraser hosts Sierra Fiddle Camp, a week of Workshops and Ceilidhs near Grass Valley, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Saturday, June 17th at 7:30 PM, The Weeds will again team up with Adam Hendey for a House Concert in Berkeley, CA. (See Details)
• On Sunday, June 18th, at 7:30 PM, IrishPDX.com presents a concert by Karan Casey with Niamh Dunne & Seán Óg Graham at the Winona Grange in Tualatin, OR. (See Details)
• New! On Tuesday, June 20th, 11:00 AM PDT, Clifton House, Belfast, a storied venue that was once Hotbed of Irish Radical Activity, is offering an anniversary program about Mary Ann McCracken and her mentor, Mary Wollstonecraft and it is available to anyone, anywhere Online via Zoom. (See Details)
• On Wednesday, June 21st, 6:30 PM Celtic Rockers Tempest perform at the Oregon Shakespeare Fest, Ashland, ORand then from Friday, June 23rd, 12:00 PM through Sunday, June 25th, 12:00 PM at Rusty Scupper Pirate Daze in Westport, WA. (See Details)
• New! On Wednesday, June 28th, at 7:00 PM, Sisters Natalie Haas (cello) and Brittany Haas (fiddle) give a Cage Free Concert at Grizzly Peak Winery in Ashland, OR. (See Details)
• On Thursday, June 29th, at 11:30 AM PDT, Jim Lucas and Linn Phipps will host another Shanty Big Sing, this time based on the song, Fire down Below/ The Fireship, accessible from anywhere, Online via Zoom. (See Details)
• New! On Wednesday, July 5th, at 7:00 PM Noctambule, Marla Fibish and Bruce Victor, play a concert for Cage Free Concerts, at Laughing Lady Farm in Ashland, OR, and then on Thursday, July 6th, at 7:00 PM, a concert for Cedarhouse Concerts in Monroe, OR. (See Details)
• On Friday, July 7th, at 6:00 PM its the The South Bay Scottish Society membership meeting will welcome Scottish singer Peter Daldry at the Britannia Arms of Almaden Valley in San José, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Saturday, July 8th, from 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM, the still completely FREE, 47th annual San Francisco Free Folk Festival, with music performances, workshops, an open Irish session, story telling sessions, open instrumental and song sessions and much more, happens at the Music Concourse, in Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Sunday, July 9th, at 4:00 PM, Irish band Sixpenny performs at Main Street Brewery in lovely Pleasanton, CA. (See Details)
• New! Beginning Monday, July 10th, from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, singer and teacher Amelia Hogan kicks off Summertrad, with a first series of thrice weekly classes, followed by a second series beginning Monday, August 14th, all held at her residence in San Francisco, CA. (See Details)
• New! From Friday, July 28th to Saturday, August 5th, the world-famous annual Music, Song, & Dance event Lark Camp, returns to the idyllic Redwoods near Mendocino, CA. (See Details)
• New! From Thursday, August 3rd, 3:00 PM through Monday, August 7th, 11:00 AM, a loosely organized band of fretted dulcimer players and friends of the dulcimer will convene as they have done for the past 48 years, this time in person. As last year, this so-called Kindred Gathering will happen on the slopes of Mount Hood, in ZigZag, OR, and you are all invited. (See Details)

• On Fridays, at 12 PM Pacific, (3 PM Eastern or 8 PM Ireland/UK), Alix Sandra Huntley-Speirs also hosts an online Irish Traditional Learners Sessions, at for those who are just beginning to learn to play an Irish Instrument. (See Details)
• On First Fridays of the month at 5:00 PM Pacific Time, and also on Third Fridays of the month, at 12:00 PM Pacific Time, Adam Dahmer, hosts Guth na Coimhearsnachd, a Scottish Gaelic Song learning session, Online via Zoom, from Calgary, AB. (See Details)
• Each first Fridays of the month, at 5:30 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 Fridays, from 5:00 PM on, Pub Scouts, plays great tunes at Duffy’s Tavern in Chico, CA. (See Details)
• On first Saturdays at 7:00 PM, the fabulous Shipwrecked Shanty Band performs in person and streaming online via YouTube and Facebook Live from Sláinte Irish Pub in Jack London Square in Oakland, 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 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 first and third Sundays of the month, from 11 AM – 1 PM Pacific / 2 PM – 4 PM Eastern time, Lynn Noel hosts Mermaid’s Tavern sing-arounds online via Zoom from her home studio. On the first Sunday of the month the theme is Ballads, and on the third Sunday of the month the theme is Sea Chanteys and Tavern Songs. (See Details)
• On Sundays, from 1:00 PM PDT, Pete Grassby hosts the ‘Caretaking’ Loch Down Folk Club timed so our friends from the US and Canada can join in. Online via Zoom. (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 Friday, June 2nd, Grass Valley based Three Times Through plays at One 11 Kitchen in Nevada City, CA, and on 1st Sundays, at 3:00 PM PST, Grass Valley based Three Times Through plays at Grass Valley Brewing Co, in Grass Valley, CA. (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 12:00 PM PDT / 8:00 PM UK time on Monday’s, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Online via Zoom. (See Details)
• On Mondays, from 12:00 – 2:00 PM Pacific Time, Mark Wallis & Alix Sandra Huntley-Speirs host an instrumental Traditional Irish Music Session, a participatory online Irish [instrumental] music event, timed so our friends from Ireland and the UK can 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 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. (See Details)
• On Wednesdays, at 2:30 PM John Whelan conducts his free series of ‘Tune Teach’ and ‘Taking Time’ Play Along Sessions. (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 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 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 Thursdays, from 7:00 PM on, Stout Rebellion leads their community fun time at Father Paddy’s Public House in Woodland, CA. (See Details)

• Co-Founder Cecilia Fábos-Becker’s e-book Ancestry & DNA: Beyond the basics, is available for download now! (See Details)
• Now in their 2nd year, Willow on the Green, is operated by friend of the family Alex Sinclair and located on 9th Avenue in San Francisco, CA, especially convenient to Golden Gate Park, and caters to in 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)
• As of Sunday, April 3rd The Starry Plough has reopened, with all the events it’s many long term customers had before the pandemic, open on Sundays – Wednesdays in Berkeley, CA. (See Details)
• On Tuesday – Sunday, from 12-10 PM, Sláinte Pub offers a their full menu of great food and drink, at their location at Jack London Square in Oakland, 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)
• Catherine Barry’s Irish Culture Bay Area, offers a succinct listing of Irish events around Bay Area. (See Details)

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