updated 2025/04/01
Events in the local area
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| Apr 3-6 – 2025 CCÉ North American Convention Hilton Doubletree Sea World Orlando, FL |
| Apr 3-6 – Baltimore Irish Trad Fest At multiple venues in Baltimore, MD |
| Apr 4 at 7 pm – Trad Fest Concert at the Creative Alliance featuring trad fest instructors and Trian |
| Apr 5 at 6 pm – Emerald Isle Ceili |
| Apr 5 at 7 pm – Trad Fest Concert at the Creative Alliance featuring trad fest instructors and Open the Door for Three |
| Apr 6 at 730 pm – Solas 30th Anniversary Tour The Birchmere 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave Alexandria VA Solas celebrates 30 years of groundbreaking Celtic music, marking their triumphant return after an eight-year hiatus with a jubilant reunion of talent and passion. |
| Apr 25-27 – The Mid-Atlantic Fleadh Cheoil 2025 Crowne Plaza Princeton – Conference Center 900 Scudders Mill Road Plainsboro, NJ |
| Apr 26 at 10 AM to 6 pm- Southern Maryland Celtic Festival Jefferson Patterson Park 10515 Mackall Hall Rd. St. Leonard, MD. |
| Apr 27 at 4 pm – GWCC Ceili |
| May 2-3 – Annapolis Irish Festival (new) Ann Arundel County Fairgrounds 1450 Generals Highway Crownsville, MD |
| May 3 at 6 pm – Emerald Isle Ceili |
| May 9 at 7 pm – Ken Kolodner (new) Barns of Rose Hill 95 Chalmers Ct Berryville, VA Ken Kolodner is a renowned hammered dulcimer artist and old-time fiddler based in Baltimore. |
| May 11 at 5:30 pm – Pohemia (new) New Deal Café 113 Center Way Rockefeller Center Greenbelt, MD. Celtic Rock. Formed alongside the docks of Baltimore’s historic, industrial waterside community, POHEMIA brings a fresh interpretation to traditional and Celtic music. |
| May 12 at 7:30 pm – IMT presents ilyAIMY and Ayreheart (new) Saint Mark Presbyterian Church 10701 Old Georgetown Road Rockville, MD Celtic and jazz-infused instrumentation with electric stage presence and 4-part vocal harmonies. |
| May 18 at 4 pm – GWCC Ceili |
| May 24 at 8 pm – Sean Healy in Concert and Conversation (new) The Loft 2029 Monkton Road Monkton, MD An evening of Scottish Gaelic song with Seán Heely, champion fiddler, and a musical and cultural ambassador of Scottish Gaelic culture. |
| May 31 – 54th Deer Creek Fiddlers’ Convention. Carroll County Farm Museum 500 S. Center St. Westminster, MD. featuring concert by Charm City Junction. |
| Jun 1 at 7:30 pm – Ronn McFarlane and Ayreheart Episcopal Church of the Ascension 633 Sligo Ave. Silver Spring, MD Renaissance and original compositions on lute drawn from Celtic, folk, jazz, and bluegrass |
| June 22 at 7 pm – Druidsong (new) Swift Run Celtic House Concerts For reservations & directions call (703) 426-1450 or email. singer and instrumentalist Bruce Golightly performs mostly Scottish and Irish folk music, and more |
| June 25 at 7:30 pm – Tartan Terrors (new) The Birchmere 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave Alexandria VA a distinctive sound and a proud tradition of making Celtic music fun and accessible to any audience |
| June 29 at 7 pm – Jody Marshall (new) Swift Run Celtic House Concerts For reservations & directions call (703) 426-1450 or email. with her hammered dulcimer and musical friends, Paul Nahay on keyboard, Jim Queen on fiddle, guitar, vocals, and Susan Queen on bass guitar and vocals. |
| July 13-19 – South Sligo Summer School St. Bridget’s Hall Tubbercurry County Sligo Ireland Daily set and sean nos dance classes, music workshops. Pat Murphy teaching sets. Ceilis every night. |
| Aug 1-3 – Dublin (OH) Irish Festival. Coffman Park Dublin, Ohio. |
| Aug 7 at 7:30 – Celtic music with IONA (new) Cellar Stage™ Fulton/Columbia Temple Isaiah 12200 Scaggsville Rd Fulton, MD IONA‘s music is a unique, acoustic weave of the traditional music of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany (France), the Isle of Man, Asturies and Galicia (Spain), as well as their transplants in America |
| Aug 15-17 – Milwaukee Irish Fest – Cherish the Ladies Henry W. Maier Festival Park 200 North Harbor Drive Milwaukee, WI |
| Sep 14 at 7 pm – Moch Pryderi (“Pryderi’s Pigs” in Welsh) (new) Swift Run Celtic House Concerts For reservations & directions call (703) 426-1450 or email. one of the longest standing pan Celtic bands in Virginia. Performing primarily Welsh, Breton, and Scottish tunes and songs, |
| Sep 28 at 7 pm – IONA (new) Swift Run Celtic House Concerts For reservations & directions call (703) 426-1450 or email. IONA‘s music is a unique, acoustic weave of the traditional music of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany (France), the Isle of Man, Asturies and Galicia (Spain), as well as their transplants in America |
Oct 1 at 8 pm – Talisk and Gardiner Brothers presents: Unleashed (new)The Hamilton Live 600 14th Street NW Washington, DC a thrilling collision of sound and movement in UNLEASHED, featuring the award-winning Scottish folk band Talisk and the world-famous Gardiner Brothers, viral Irish dance sensations |
| Oct 10-18 – Celtic Colours International Festival (new) various locations around Cape Breton, NS, Canada |
| Oct 31 – Nov 2 – GWCC Fling Silver Spring, MD A whole weekend of set dance: 3 workshops, 2 ceilis, and with Padraig and Roisin teaching sets. |