updated 2025/06/02
Events in the local area
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| Jun 5 at 7:30 – Garnet Rogers and Robin Bullock Cellar Stage™ Fulton/Columbia Temple Isaiah 12200 Scaggsville Rd Fulton, MD Garnet is widely considered by fans and critics alike to be one of the finest singers anywhere. Robin Bullock is a prolific composer and multi-instrumentalist, whose virtuosity on guitar, cittern and mandolin blends the ancient melodies of the Celtic lands and their vigorous Appalachian descendants into one powerful musical vision. |
| June 21 at 7:30 pm – Baltimore Folk Club presents John Doyle and Mike McGoldrick The Theater Creative Alliance 3134 Eastern Ave. Baltimore, MD John Doyle and Mike McGoldrick, together, represent the finest musicians performing in traditional Irish music today. |
| June 25 at 7:30 pm – Tartan Terrors 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 |
| July 12 at 7:30 pm – Scythian (new) Arrowbrook Centre Park Location 2351 Field Point Road Herndon, VA 20171 Washington D.C.-based Scythian (sith-ee-yin) began over 15 years ago as a bunch of college buddies playing Celtic music in the streets and has grown to be a headliner on the U.S. Celtic Festival Circuit |
| 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. |
| July 13-19 – Catskills Irish Arts Week MJQ Irish Centre 2267 Route 145 East Durham, NY |
| July 16 at 7:30 pm – JigJam The Gudelsky Gazebo The Mansion at Strathmore 10701 Rockville Pike North Bethesda, MD 20852 This Irish-born band has ignited the flame of “igrass” or Irish Bluegrass in this reiteration of Americana. |
| July 20 and 21 at 8 pm – Gaelic Storm (new) Rams Head On Stage 33 West Street Annapolis, Maryland 21401 This multi-national, Celtic juggernaut grows stronger with each live performance |
| July 26-28 – CCE Musical Arts and Dance (MAD) Week Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville 100 Welsh Park Dr Rockville, MD |
| Aug 1-3 – Dublin (OH) Irish Festival. Coffman Park Dublin, Ohio. |
| Aug 7 at 7:30 – Celtic music with IONA 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 14 at 7 pm – Ayreheart (new) New Deal Cafe Roosevelt Center 113 Centerway Greenbelt, MD a magical blend of lute, fretless electric bass, colascione, vionlin, and various percussion instruments |
| Aug 15-17 – Milwaukee Irish Fest – Cherish the Ladies Henry W. Maier Festival Park 200 North Harbor Drive Milwaukee, WI |
| Sep 5 at 8 pm – The Pogues – Rum Sodomy & the Lash (new) Lincoln Theater 1215 U Street NW Washington, DC |
| Sep 8 at 8 pm – Skerryvore (new) Rams Head On Stage 33 West Street Annapolis, Maryland 21401 With a mix of bagpipes, fiddles, accordions, and whistles, alongside guitar and vocals, underpinned by driving bass, drums and keys, Skerryvore represent the best in contemporary Scottish traditional music. |
| Sep 12 at 7 pm – Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira (new) The Lyceum 201 South Washington Street Alexandria, VA a dynamic fiddle and cello duo with a compelling blend of traditional and contemporary styles |
| Sep 19 at 7 pm – Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira (new) Barns of Rose Hill 95 Chalmers Court Berryville, VA a dynamic fiddle and cello duo with a compelling blend of traditional and contemporary styles |
Oct 1 at 8 pm – Talisk and Gardiner Brothers presents: Unleashed 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 various locations around Cape Breton, NS, Canada |
| Oct 31 – Nov 2 – GWCC Fling Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza Silver Spring, MD A whole weekend of set dance: 3 workshops, 2 ceilis, and with Padraig and Roisin teaching sets. |
| Nov 5 at 1:30 pm – Abbie Palmer and Lucas Ashby (new) Hylton Performing Arts Center George Mason University 10960 George Mason Cir Manassas, VA D.C.-based harpist and singer-songwriter Abbie Palmer presents a Matinee Idylls performance ranging in genres from traditional Celtic and African to New Age and Hip-Hop. |
| Nov 25-30 – Shamrock Tenors: Christmas in Belfast (new) The Kennedy Center 2700 F St., NW Washington, DC this groundbreaking group brings a fresh energy to Irish music |
| Dec 16 at 7:30 pm – John Doyle and Mick McAuley – An Irish Christmas at the Historic Lyceum (new) The Lyceum 201 South Washington Street Alexandria, VA Doyle’s powerhouse rhythmic guitar sound along with McAuley’s virtuosic instrumental skills make for driving tune sets from this pairing. |
| Mar 8 at 4 pm – Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy and The Celtic All Stars (new) Hylton Performing Arts Center George Mason University 10960 George Mason Cir Manassas, VA There are performances here that will raise you up and performances that will leave you misty-eyed |
| Mar 20 at 8 pm – Danú (new) Center for the Arts George Mason University 4373 Mason Pond Dr Fairfax, VA One of today’s leading traditional Irish ensembles Danú takes audiences on a musical journey to the group’s native Ireland through stirring ancient music and vibrant new repertoire. |