Get an early start to your St. Patrick’s Day celebrations by joining the Black Brothers Band on Sat, March 10th at 8pm at Don Quixote’s in Felton, CA. Brothers Shay and Michael are acclaimed Irish singers, story-tellers and instrumentalists, covering a wide repertoire including ballads, music hall ditties, and sea shanties as well as the…
Kevin Burke Wed Dec 7th
By Folk Department | Published December 5th, 2011Irish fiddle master Kevin Burke will be appearing in a solo concert Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 7:30pm at Don Quixote’s in Felton, CA. A proponent of the fluid and beautifully ornamented County Sligo style, Kevin has been the fiddling mainstay of several seminal Irish groups, including The Bothy Band and Patrick Street. Now residing…
Kevin Crawford & Cillian Vallely Tues Oct 18th
By Folk Department | Published October 18th, 2011Kevin Crawford and Cillian Vallely will be performing at a house concert in Soquel, CA on Tuesday evening October 18, 2011 at 7:30pm. Both are members of the award-winning traditional Irish band Lunasa. Kevin plays flute, whistle and bodhran (Irish drum) and is a past winner of the Irish Echo’s “Traditional Musician of the Year”…
Brendan Begley & Caoimhin O Raghallaigh Oct 9th
By Folk Department | Published October 8th, 2011Brendan Begley & Caoimhin O Raghallaigh, a dynamic musical duo from Ireland, will be performing traditional Irish tunes and songs on Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 7:00pm at Don Quixote’s, 6275 Highway 9, Felton, CA (831) 603-2294, presented by the Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay. Brendan, of County Kerry, is a master button accordion…
Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill Oct 5-6
By Folk Department | Published October 4th, 2011The duo of Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill will be playing Irish traditional fiddle tunes at two concerts this week, on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 7:30pm at the Chautauqua Hall, 162 16th St. (at Central) in Pacific Grove, CA (408) 847-6982 presented by the Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay, and on Thursday, October…
Three Mile Stone Wed Sep 28th
By Folk Department | Published September 27th, 2011San Francisco based Irish traditional band Three Mile Stone will be performing at a house concert in Soquel, CA (near Santa Cruz, CA) on Wed, September 28, 2011 at 7:30pm. The band features Marla Fibish on mandolin, Erin Shrader on fiddle and Richard Mandel on guitar, and all members sing. They have been at the…
Wake the Dead Fri June 3rd
By Folk Department | Published June 1st, 2011The Wake the Dead band who are mostly from the SF Bay Area, blends traditional Celtic music played on acoustic instruments with the songs of the Grateful Dead. They’ll be performing at Don Quixote’s International Music Hall, 6275 Highway 9, Felton, CA (831) 603-2294 on Friday, June 3, 2011 at 8pm. The band includes Danny…
Chulrua, Sunday May 22nd
By Folk Department | Published May 22nd, 2011Chulrua, a dynamic Irish traditional music trio, will be in concert at Don Quixote’s, 6275 Highway 9, Felton, CA on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 7 pm. The Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay will present veteran tune-monger and All-Ireland champion button accordion player Paddy O’Brien from County Offaly, Ireland along with fiddler Patrick Ourceau,…
Paddy Keenan April 20th
By Folk Department | Published April 20th, 2011Irish piper and whistle player extraordinaire Paddy Keenan, will be in concert with a guitar accompanist tonight at 7:30pm at Don Quixote’s, 6275 Highway 9, Felton, CA. Presented by the Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay, Paddy was a member of the critically acclaimed Bothy Band, which did much to popularize traditional Irish music around…
Gerry O’Beirne, Wed Mar 30, 2011
By Folk Department | Published March 29th, 2011Gerry O’Beirne, Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (6 and 12 string guitar, tiple, ukulele, slide guitar and more), will be performing at a house concert in Bonny Doon, CA in an intimate setting starting at 7:00pm on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. UCSC grad student and musician Steve Coulter says “I have had the good fortune of…