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• On Friday, May 13th, at 4:00 PM, Gerry O’Connor and Richard Mandel conclude their tour of the US West Coast at with three days of shows, beginning at McCabe’s in Santa Monica, CA, followed by stops in San Diego, CA and Ventura, CA. (See Details)
• On Friday, May 13th at 11:30 AM Pacific, Linn Phipps hosts the free monthly world-wide Gaelic Song Session, Srùbag, with special guest Joan Morrison. Then, on Saturday, May 21st, at 11:00 AM Pacific, Linn Phipps conducts another of her Learn Scottish Gaelic songs Workshops. These are both available to anyone, anywhere, live, Online via Zoom. (See Details)
• New! Monday, May 16th at 5:30 PM, all female Bakersfield band, Banshee In The Kitchen begins an eight city tour of CA and OR in Sanger, CA. (See Details)
• On Friday, May 13th at 7:30 PM San Francisco Dance Film Festival will be screening the documentary film, Steps Of Freedom at the Brava Theater in San Francisco, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Saturday, May 14th, at 11:00 AM, it’s the SF Chantey Sing! After years singing from the wooden decks of the historic 1886 sailing ship Balclutha at the Maritime National Historical Park, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, CA, this 40 year old maritime cultural tradition rises like the Phoenix from your computer or device. (See Details)
• On Saturday, May 14th, at 2:00 PM California Revels presents A Music Hall & Spring Variety Show, at First Congregational Church in Oakland, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Saturday, May 14th, 7:30 PM, Scottish American band The Fire kicks off it’s Summer Concerts at the Winona Grange in Tualatin, OR. (See Details)
• On Saturday, May 14th, at 7:30 PM Steve Baughman & Patrice Haan will perform a concert of Turlough O’Carolan’s music at a private home in Berkeley, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Friday, May 20th, at 7:30 PM Noctambule, Marla Fibish and Bruce Victor, play a house concert for Abbie Wiesenbloom Presents, in Portland, OR, and then on Saturday, May 21, at 7:30 PM, another House Concert in Manzanita OR. (See Details)
• New! On Saturday, May 21st, from 9 AM on, Northern Nevada Celtic Celebration and several co-sponsors will host a Concert and Ceilidh in Downtown Reno, NV. (See Details)
• New! On the weekend of May 20th – May 21st, the San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers will present three concerts around the San Francisco Bay of CA. (See Details)
• New! On Friday, May 20th, from 5:00 PM and Saturday, May 21st, from 8:00 AM, the United Irish Cultural Center hosts the the Irish Dance Save the Planet Feis, at their Wawona Gates facility in San Francisco, CA. (See Details)
• New! From Friday, May 20th at 7:30 PM, through Sunday, May 22nd at 4:00 PM The San Francisco Pipers’ Club presents an in-person San Francisco Tionól in San Francisco, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Sunday, May 22nd, at 5:00 PM, the Irish Literary and Historical Society will present Dunnes of Brittas with author Kevin Akers. Live Online via Zoom. (See Details)
• From Friday, May 27th, 1:00 PM until Monday, May 29th, 3:00 PM, the San Francisco Folk Music Club offers their regular Memorial Day Weekend Campout and this time it will happen at the Boy Scouts Camp Herms in El Cerrito, CA. (See Details)
• Sunday, May 29th, at 3:00 PM, Avalon Rising will celebrate their 25th Anniversary with a show at The Bistro in Hayward, CA. (See Details)
• New! On Sunday, May 29, at 7:00 PM offers Eamonn Flynn’s ‘Dublinesque’, A History of Dublin, Ireland in music and song, in Berkelay, CA. (See Details)
• On Saturday, June 4th at 7:00 PM The Gaelic Muses play at Jack’s Brewing Co. in Fremont, CA. (See Details)
• New! On the weekend of Saturday, June 4th — Sunday, June 5th, Random Acts of Harping will be happening Everywhere. (See Details)
• New! On Friday, June 10th, at 7:00 PM Lisa Lynne and Aryeh Frankfurter begin their Summer tour in Los Gatos, CA with shows in a half-dozen more Northern California cities. (See Details)
• On Wednesday, June 22nd, at 6:30 PM, Celtic Rock Band Tempest joins in the The Green Show for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, OR. (See Details)

• On every first Friday, 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 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, multi-instrumentalist Mark Wallis and Tony Becker host the Trans-Atlantic Session, a participatory online Irish music event timed so our friends from Ireland and the UK and join in. (See Details)
• On Wednesdays, at 2:30 PM John Whelan conducts his free series of ‘Tune Teach’ and ‘Taking Time’ Sessions (See Details)
• New band Stepwise performs on Wednesdays and third Fridays, at 7:30 PM PST, at RT Rogers Brewing Company in Sierra Madre, CA, and Saturdays from 12:00 PM at O’ Connor’s Irish Pub in Lakewood, CA. (See Details)
• Alix Sandra Huntley-Speirs has begun a series of online Irish Traditional Learners Sessions on Thursdays, at 3 PM Pacific, 6 PM Eastern or 11 PM Ireland/UK (just before the Ould Sod Virtual Session, Thursdays 6:00 – 8:00 PM Pacific), for those who are just beginning to learn to play an Irish Instrument. (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)
• Alex Sinclair proprietor of Willow on the Green, located on 9th Avenue in San Francisco, CA, provisions Picnics in the adjacent Golden Gate Park and beyond. (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! (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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