updated 2025/07/14
Events in the local area
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| July 12 at 7:30 pm – Scythian 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 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 3 at 1 pm – Emerald Isle Club Popup Ceili (new) Cross Street Public House 26 E Cross St Baltimore, MD Billy McComiskey, Jimmy Egan, and Friends are providing the music |
| 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 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 |
| Aug 16 at 7:30 pm – Solas (new) Arrowbrook Centre Park Location 2351 Field Point Road Herndon, VA the quintessential Irish-American band recording and touring in the U.S. today |
| Sep 5 at 8 pm – The Pogues – Rum Sodomy & the Lash Lincoln Theater 1215 U Street NW Washington, DC |
| Sep 6 – Oct 12 – Ceilidh (a new musical) (new) M&T Bank Exchange 401 W Fayette Street Baltimore, MD As the story of Ceilidh unfolds around you, you’ll be swept into a whirlwind of lively Scottish dances |
| Sep 8 at 8 pm – Skerryvore 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 8 at 6:30 pm – Hope and History: The Poetry of Seamus Heaney (lecture) (new) Smithsonian Associates online – Zoom |
| 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 13 at 7 pm – Charlie Zahn (new) St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church 8531 Riverside Road Alexandria, VA Charlie has become one of the most successful performers on the Celtic festival circuit, weaving magical moments of Scottish and Irish history for the listener and viewer |
| Sep 19 at 7 pm – Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira Barns of Rose Hill 95 Chalmers Court Berryville, VA a dynamic fiddle and cello duo with a compelling blend of traditional and contemporary styles |
| Sep 20 at 7:30 pm – The Wellerman – Tour Tales USA (new) The Birchmere 3701 Mount Vernon Avenue Alexandria, VA The Wellermen’s history is well-known: having been the originators of the sea shanty trend on Tiktok |
| Sep 29 at 5:30 pm – The Book of Kells: The Flowering of Celtic Art (lecture) (new) Smithsonian Associates online – Zoom |
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 4 at 12 pm – The Irish Breakfast Band joined by the Boyle School of Irish Dance (new) Art on the Avenue in Del Ray City Stage Mt. Vernon Ave. Alexandria, VA. |
| Oct 10-18 – Celtic Colours International Festival various locations around Cape Breton, NS, Canada |
| Oct 6 at 7:30 pm – IMT presents Weavers (new) Saint Mark Presbyterian Church 10701 Old Georgetown Rd Rockville, MD |
| Oct 27 at 7:30 pm – IMT presents Ensemble Galilei (new) Saint Mark Presbyterian Church 10701 Old Georgetown Road Rockville, MD put five, brilliant and collaborative musicians in a room, empower them equally, and then set them free. |
| 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 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 The Kennedy Center 2700 F St., NW Washington, DC this groundbreaking group brings a fresh energy to Irish music |
| Dec 8 at 7 pm – Lúnasa: Irish Solstice Celebration (new) Barns of Rose Hill 95 Chalmers Court Berryville, VA one of Ireland’s most beloved traditional bands, joined by special guest vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Dave Curley |
| Dec 16 at 7:30 pm – John Doyle and Mick McAuley – An Irish Christmas at the Historic Lyceum 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 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 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. |
| Jan 31 at 4:30 and 7:30 pm – The Ken and Brad Kolodner Quartet (new) Manor Mill 2029 Monkton Road Monkton, MD one of the most influential hammered dulcimer players in the U.S., Baltimore’s Ken Kolodner has joined forces with his son, Brad Kolodner, one of the finest practitioners of the claw hammer banjo |