Ceolas Guide to Celtic Music in North America

Concerts and tour schedules

Venues & Regional Guides

• New York City:
  • The Blarney Star
  • An Beal Bocht
  • Rince Ceol at the Irish Arts Center, has extensive listings.
• Buffalo's Celtic Connection covers happens around Buffalo, NY.
• Irish Music and Dancing in Central New Jersey, by Chris Lane.
• The Irish Embassy Pub in Boston.
• Celts in DC is a good celtic guide to the Washington, DC region.
• Appalachian regional resources at the Celtic Republic of Appalachia.
• Wisconsin:
  • The Shamrock Club in Milwaukee
  • TheCeltic Music Association in Madison.
• Chicago:
  • Carolyn Andre's Chicago area celtic music guide
  • The Abbey Pub and Restaurant
• The Central Ohio Celt page
• Celtic Music happenings around Champaign-Urbana
• The Celtic Music Association of Des Moines, Iowa.
• Celtic Music in Wichita, KS.
• Celtic Events in Colorado (celticevents.com).
• Texas
  • Texas Celtic Music Network
  • Celtic Texas Homepage
  • McGonigel's Mucky Duck in Houston
• Arizona: The excellent Arizona Irish Music Society
• California
  • San Francisco
    • Irish Music in San Francisco (Suki O'Raghallaigh).
    • Traditional Celtic Music in the Bay Area (Jim Scarff)
    • The Plough & Stars.
    • South Bay Scottish Society.
    • The San Francisco branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann.
    • Sally Greenberg's House Concerts in Berkeley.
  • Irish Sacramento, from the Irish American Social Club.
  • The Craic pages list events in Southern California.
• Folk Events in Portland, Oregon includes Irish dance and celtic music.
• Washington State
  • A Comhaltas branch in Vancouver, WA has local links.
• Celtic Music in Alaska by Gary Newman.
• The Rogue Folk Club in Vancouver.
• Celtic Music in Toronto resource page.
• Traditional Music and Irish Dance in Toronto
• Celtic Music in Waterloo/Kitchener area.
• The Cuckoo's Nest folk club in Ontario specialises in celtic music.
• FolkVenue (currently offline), with thousands of folk venues in North America, is a good place to root around, as is the Northern Journey list of folk venues in Canada.

Festivals & Summer Schools

• Scottish festivals and games in the America and elsewhere.
• Canadian folk festivals including many celtic ones.
• US Scots list of highland games and celtic festivals.
• Summer: Cape Breton, NS: Ceilidh Trail school of celtic music.
• Jul 30-Aug 7: Menlocino, CA: Lark in the Morning Music Celebration.
• Aug 19-22: Milwaukee Irish Fest, Wisconsin.
• Aug 27-29: Buffalo, NY: Irish Festival.
• Aug 27-Sep 4: Valley of the Moon Scottish fiddling school, California.
• Sep 10-11: Olean, NY: Commodore John Barry Irish Fest.
• Sep 10-12: Jackson, MS: CeltFest Mississippi
• Sep 19: Chicago Uilleann pipers Tionol.
• Sep 24-26: Bethlehem, PA Celtic Classic.
• Sep 25-26: Sebastapol, CA Celtic Music Festival.
• Oct 2-3 Cincinnati Irish Fest, Ohio.
• Oct 8-16: Celtic Colours International: Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
• Oct 15-17: Spring Lake, NJ: Harper's Escape Weekend.
• Oct 22-24: Reno Celtic Celebration, Reno, NV.
• Nov 6-8: Austin, TX: Austin Celtic Festival

Musicians

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