updated 2024/04/16
Events in the local area
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| Apr 19-20 – GWCC Spring Fling War Memorial Building 102 E German St Shepherdstown, WV |
| Apr 27 at 10 am to 6 pm – Southern Maryland Celtic Festival Jeferson Patterson Park 10515 McKall Rd. St. Leonard, MD |
| April 28 at 8 pm – Alan Doyle The Barns at Wolf Trap 1635 Trap Road Vienna, VA Alan Doyle is the iconic lead singer of Canadian rock band Great Big Sea. Fellow Canadian singer/songwriter Adam Baldwin opens the show. |
| Apr 28 at 5 pm – The New Dominion Choralier’s Ceili: An Irish Music Festival Hylton Performing Arts Center George Mason University 10960 George Mason Circle Manassas, VA. The New Dominion Choraliers of Prince William County and McGrath Morgan Academy of Irish Dance invite you to join them at their Ceili, a grand celebration of Irish music and dance |
| May 1 at 8 pm – Alan Doyle Rams Head On Stage 33 West Street Annapolis, MD Alan Doyle is the iconic lead singer of Canadian rock band Great Big Sea. Fellow Canadian singer/songwriter Adam Baldwin opens the show. |
| May 5 at 4 pm – Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas Weinberg Center for the Arts 20 West Patrick Street Frederick, MD |
| May 7 at 7:30 pm – Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas (new) he Creative Alliance 3134 Eastern Ave. Baltimore, MD |
| May 9 at 7:30 pm – Andrew Finn Magill and Alan Murray The Lyceum 201 South Washington Street Alexandria, Virginia |
| May 10-12 – Cape Breton Music Weekend (new) Shepherds Spring Retreat. Upper Potomac Music Weekends PO Box 1474 Shepherdstown, WV A full weekend of classes, concerts, sessions and a ceilidh for fiddle, pipes, piano and mixed |
| May 11 at 4:30 pm – Masters of Irish & Cape Breton Fiddle Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, DC Caitlin Warbelow is a violinist and fiddler based in Manhattan, Troy MacGillivray is from Nova Scotia. |
| May 11 at 5 pm – Bloom at Good Hope Concert Series: Kevin Elam Good Hope Neighborhood Rec Center 14715 Good Hope Rd Silver Spring, MD Kevin on guitar, bouzouki, and vocals is joined by bluegrass and old-time prodigy Bryan McDowell, Scottish fiddle champion Seán Heely, ever-vivacious dancer Agi Kovacs, and other special guests. |
| May 15 at Noon – From Folk to Baroque (new) Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Bldg., Whitehall Pavilion (LJG45E) 10 1st St. SE, Washington, DC. with Celtic music duo Rakish, Free but must reserve a ticket. |
| May 21 at 8 pm – Alan Doyle with guest Adam Baldwin (new) Rams Head on Stage 33 West St. Annapolis, MD |
| May 23 at 7:30 pm – Maeve Gilchrist The Mansion at Strathmore 10701 Rockville Pike North Bethesda, MD Innovative Celtic harper and composer |
| Jun 7 at 7pm – Brian Conway and Brendan Dolan (new) The Lyceum 201 South Washington Street Alexandria, Virginia |
| Jun 8-9 – Carroll County Celtic Festival (new) Carroll County Agriculture Center 706 Agriculture Center Drive Westminster, MD. Price TBD. |
| Jun 15 9 – Penn-Mar Celtic Festival (new) The Markets at Shrewsbury in southern York County 12025 Susquehanna Trail\ Glen Rock, PA |
| July 14-20 – Catskills Irish Arts Weekend (new) East Durham, NY |
| Jul 14-20 – South Sligo Summer School (new) Tubbercury, County Sligo, Ireland Pat Murphy teaching sets. Ceilis with fantastic bands every night. |
| Jul 26-28 – CCE MAD Weekend (new) Rockville Unitarian Congregation 100 Welsh Park Dr Rockville, MD |
| Aug 2-4 – Dublin Irish Festival (new) Coffman Park 6670 Commerce Parkway, Dublin, OH. A wonderful Irish festival with multiple stages and a fantastic line-up of Irish musicians, cost is very reasonable. |
| Sep 24 at 7 pm – The Tannahill Weavers (new) The Lyceum 201 South Washington Street Alexandria, Virginia |
| Nov 1 at 7:30 pm – Rakish (violinist Maura Shawn Scanlin and guitarist Conor Hearn) (new) The Lyceum 201 South Washington Street Alexandria, Virginia |