updated 2026/05/25
Events in the local area
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Lessons and Recurring Events.
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| Jun 13-14 – Carroll County Celtic Festival Carroll County Agriculture Center 706 Agriculture Drive Westminster, MD |
| Jun 19 at 7:30 pm – IMT presents Karen Ashbrook CD Release Concert (new) Church of the Ascension 633 Sligo Ave Silver Spring, MD |
| Jun 20 – Penn-Mar Irish Festival Pheasant Run Greenhouses 10341 Brillhart Lane Glen Rock, PA Enjoy outstanding traditional and contemporary Irish music, Irish dancers, Irish food, cultural talks, free children’s activities, and a wide variety of vendors offering Irish goods |
| Jun 23 at 8 pm – Ally the Piper Union Stage 740 Water St SW Washington, DC a viral internet sensation, renowned for modernizing the Great Highland bagpipe; she blends classic rock and heavy metal with Celtic influences |
| Jun 26 at 8 pm – Union Stage presents Celtic Underground Debut Album Release Show (new) Jammin Java 227 Maple Ave East Vienna, VA |
| Jun 26-28 – Riverdance 30 Wolf Trap – Filene Center 1551 Trap Road Vienna, VA This special anniversary tour rejuvenates the much-loved original show |
| Jun 28 at 1pm – Emerald Isle Ceili Club Pop-Up Ceili (new) Guilford Brewery 1611 Guilford Ave Baltimore, MD |
| Jul 12-18 – South Sligo Summer School St. Bridget’s Hall Tubbercurry Co. Sligo, Ireland Daily set and sean nos dance classes, music workshops. Pat Murphy teaching sets. Ceilis every night. |
| Jul 13-17 – Catskills Irish Arts Week MJQ Irish Center 2267 Rt. 145 East Durham, NY our 32nd year of continuous instruction in traditional Irish musical arts, |
| Jul 24-26 – MAD Weekend 2026 (Music And Dance) Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville 100 Welsh Park Dr Rockville, MD MAD Weekend is a nationally and internationally acclaimed program providing Irish traditional cultural arts instruction. It follows in the time-honored process of bringing authentic masters of the traditions together with aspiring musicians, singers, dancers, and Irish speakers for rich interaction and instruction. Jul 24 at 7 pm – MAD Weekend Ceili Jul 24 at 7 pm – MAD Weekend Session Jul 25 at 7:30 pm – MAD Weekend Faculty Concert |
| Jul 31 – Aug 2 – Dublin (Ohio) Irish Festival Coffman Park, Dublin, OH Gaelic Storm, Altan, the Gardiner Brothers, Scythian, Eileen Ivers and the Brigideens, Ally the Piper, the Prodigals, John Whelan All Star Ceili Band, and much, much more. |
| Aug 2-9 – Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann (new) Belfast Northern Island |
| Aug 3-9 – Goderich Celtic Roots Festival (new) Lions’ Harbour Park 168 West St Goderich, ON, Canada |
| Aug 13-16 – Milwaukee Irish Festival (new) Henry W. Maier Festival Park 200 North Harbor Drive Milwaukee, WI |
| Sep 7 at 8 pm – Celtic Thunder (new) Warner Theater Washington, DC |
| Oct 9-17 – The 30th Celtic Colours International Festival (new) various locations Cape Breton Noca Scotia, Canada |
| Nov 6 at 7 pm – Gaelic Storm (new) Tally Ho in Leesburg, VA 19 W Market St Leesburg, VA |
| Apr 16-18, 2027 – GWCC Fling (new) Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza 1 Veterans Pl Silver Spring, MD Instructors: Pádraig and Róisín MeEneany, 2027 details under development |