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The International Saint Patrick’s Day Celebration was a series of three consecutive Zoom Events, bringing new performances by Irish and Irish-American performers and instructors directly into your computer, tablet or smartphone.

With dozens of attendees all in a massive Zoom meeting to saw and heard these top Irish Performers and Instructors, safe at home, in a massive Zoom meeting with all your friends and contemporaries, LIVE and in Person!

First, we had Balladeer, Niamh Parsons, and guitarist, Graham Dunne are each a force to be reckoned with in their own right, and together they are simply sublime! Niamh’s singing has been described as “both emotionally haunting and tonally as clear as crystal”, while Graham’s expert accompaniment creates the perfect foil for a rich and warm delicacy.

Next came Socks in the Frying Pan, one of the most sought after groups in Irish music today, this multi-award winning trio hails from County Clare on the West coast of Ireland, the universal hub of Irish traditional music. Their dynamic vocal harmonies, virtuosic musical ability and their onstage wit captured and captivated our audience as they have done the world around. The worldwide ‘Sock Invasion’ continues!

This was followed by three hours of workshops and instruction in Irish dance, vocal, instrumental from artists of global acclaim. World-class education and participatory sessions to learn about Irish Music and Culture. Six live instructors bring you decades of careful study and honing skills.

To close the day out, at 6:00 PM we had Shay & Michael Black the singing siblings from Ireland’s foremost family of song, The Black Family, and to introduce them, their sister Frances Black, an Irish Senator. The ‘Black Brothers Band’ was hailed in the Irish Echo as “one of the most impressive groups of Irish singers to be found anywhere; exquisite, exhilarating and nothing short of thrilling” as they raise their sibling rivalry to revelry, and as in past years, they were accompanied by keyboardist, Eamonn Flynn. Everyone had a rousing good time, so much so that when the closing call came at 8:00 PM, nobody had left!

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International Samhain Celebration
Saturday, October 31st

To Donate to these Performers
Just Click on the Photos Below!

Performers

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)

01:00 – 01:30 PM
Celso Díaz Band

02:00 – 02:15 PM
Cedar Dobson

02:15 – 02:30 PM
Mòrag Bruce

02:30 – 03:00 PM
Kevin Carr

03:00 – 03:15 PM
Cecilia Fàbos-Becker

03:15 – 03:45 PM
Shauna-Picket-Gordon

03:45 – 04:00 PM
Scots Poetry Corner

04:00 – 04:30 PM
Stepwise

04:30 – 4:45 PM
Scuttles

04:45 – 05:30 PM
Merloch

05:00 – 05:30 PM
Michael Mullen

05:30 – 05:35 PM
Alfi

Whistle Walks

01:30 – 02:00 PM

Terry Clarke-Coyne conducts another half-hour of his show-within-a-show, Whistle Walks, featuring the following 10 guest performers:

› John Whelan ‹
› Dermot Byrne ‹
› Noreen O’Donaghue ‹
› Gerry ‘Banjo’ O’Connor ‹
› Kevin Crawford ‹
› Michael McGoldrick ‹
› Sean Regan ‹
› Brid Harper ‹
› Robbie Harris ‹
› John Joe Kelly ‹

The International Samhain Celebration, happend Saturday, October 31st, from 1:00 PM PDT – 5:30 PM PDT, here on the US West Coast, in the UTC-7 time zone.

Since COVID-19 restrictions stopped most folks from the usual Hallowe’en trick or treating, parties, etc., our Craic Team (AmeriCeltic, Cope-a-cabana, SASSF and Cedar Dobson) put together another show as a healthy, safe alternative.

This was another AmeriCeltic style, online festival, with lots of performers ‘in the Zoom Box’!

Our theme was Celtic traditions of ‘Samhain’, as practiced in Ireland, Scotland, etc. for many thousands of years, as well as the modern descendant we generally call Hallowe’en. There was spooky tunes, songs, Seanchaí stories that evoke the season, ghosts, pirates, banshees, witches, faeries, elves, etc.

Hundreds of you joined us on YouTube and Facebook live for a great party of Samhain/Hallowe’en of Craic!

Donations

This festival had 13 acts and 28 performers from all over the Celtic World. Each of these performers deserves your support, and so we are setting a goal to raise $50 for each of them. Celia and I kicked in the first $50, and many other put in a few coins too. The proceeds were distributed equally to our 13 performers or their designated charities after the event.

Donate Directly through AmeriCeltic’s PayPal portal and PAY NO FEES or you can Donate through the Facebook Fundraiser and pay Facebook Fees

How to start a Facebook Watch Party

Because this show is live streamed simultaneously on multiple Social Media platforms, you can invite your friends and since we are merging the live comments from the YouTube and Facebook streams together, it doesn’t matter which one you watch, we are all watching together!

It’s easy to invite your friends to watch with you — just forward one of these links, YouTube Live or Facebook Live, to your friends with the message, ‘Join me and we will watch this show together!’

For Facebook users, you can use the Facebook Event post to send the invitations to the event. Click on this Facebook Event Link, and then click ‘Going’ or ‘Interested’ to join list of Facebook followers for this show, and then just drop down the ‘Share’ button and invite all your Facebook friends to join you on the day!

For Facebook users who wait until the last minute, you can do this on the day of the show using the Facebook Watch Party bot! During the live show, click here, ‘Tony’s Facebook Live Tab’, click ‘Share’ and then start a Facebook Watch Party of your own and your friends was notified to join you there! Once you are in your Facebook Watch Party, you can also click ‘Share’ and invite your friends to join you one at a time.

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Saint Patrick’s Day – Take 2
Thursday, September 17th

To Donate to these Performers
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11:00 – 11:30 AM
Steve Gardner

11:30 AM – Noon
Celso Díaz

Noon – 12:15 PM
Cedar Dobson

12:15 – 12:30 PM
07:00 – 07:30 PM
Amelia Hogan

12:30 – 01:00 PM
The Fire

01:00 – 01:30 PM
Martin McDonnell

01:30 – 02:00 PM
Alfonso Franco

02:00 – 02:45 PM
Michael Mullen

02:45 – 03:15 PM
Brennish Thomson

03:15 – 03:50 PM
Terry Clarke-Coyne

03:50 – 04:30 PM
Cahal Dunne

04:30 – 05:10 PM
Alan Purves

05:10 – 06:00 PM
Hill and Rhodes

06:00 – 06:30 PM
Raney and Araki

06:30 – 07:00 PM
Noctambule

07:30 – 08:00 PM
Patrick D’Arcy

08:00 – 08:15 PM
Stepwise

08:15 – 09:00 PM
Tempest

Over 800 Celtic music fans joined us on Thursday, September 17th, on Online Facebook Live, or YouTube Live to listen, enjoy food, have a drink with us to celebrate with three score of talented Celtic music performers, and support them with donations. Another 400 have watched the Replay on YouTube.

AmeriCeltic, Cedar Dobson, Cope-a-cabana and The Saint Andrew’s Society of San Francisco co-sponsored the online event, St. Patrick’s Day, Take Two! Six months late to the day, this event has grown into a day-long virtual and International Celtic music concert! Does it showcase talented Celtic performers, New and well Loved, but helps to support them during these unusual times — in the display above, each photo links to the donation site for each of them!

The Craic began at 11:00 AM Pacific time, with a focus on performers from Europe, and continue into the evening with Celtic performers from the Western Hemisphere.

If you’d like to participate as a performer in a future event, let us know with an email to cedardobson@gmail.com, or americeltic@gmail.com.

Facebook Event

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Teada Concert in San José

Tuesday, February 25th at 7:00 – 10:00 PM
Presented by Cope-a-cabana and AmeriCeltic

Potluck: 7:00 – 8:00 PM | Concert 8:00 – 10:00 PM

$20 Cash at the Door | RSVP for Teada Concert: RSVP@Cope-a-cabana.com

One of the preeminent Celtic bands on the circuit, Teada, led by fiddler Oisín Mac Diarmada, has performed extensively world-wide as headliners at many major festivals earning a reputation as one of the best – if not the best – Irish Trad bands playing today! We are very fortunate to have them perform for us here in the South Bay!

‘There’s a rich sense of continuity in the sets and of boundless energy bereft of egotism in the playing.‘ Siobhán Long, The Irish Times (4-star Review)

‘At the cutting edge of the next generation of Irish musicians … with a fierce familiarity with the old ways.‘ Irish Music Magazine

If you have attended any of the Irish Christmas In America concerts over the years, you will recognize Oisín and especially his spouse, dancer Samantha Harvey, who hails from the Monterey Bay Area.

Check out their performance for live TV in Ireland Click Here

More on the Teada website: http://teada.com/

Over the past three years, San José fans of traditional music have gained a new venue, through the good works of local lad Bill Cope and his bed and breakfast, Cope-a-cabana! in San José. Let’s thank Bill by purchasing all the available seats for this Teada Concert

For more on Bill’s Celtic House Concerts, check the Cope-a-cabana Facebook Page here!

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Gangspil

Gangspil Concert in San José
Sonnich Lydom & Kristian Bugge

Friday, February 21st, 8:00 PM

Potluck: 7:00 – 8:00 PM | Concert 8:00 – 10:00 PM

$15 Cash at the Door | RSVP for Gangspil Concert: RSVP@Cope-a-cabana.com

‘Two of Denmark’s leading folk musicians take you along on a tour around the music traditions of their home country!’

For many years Sonnich Lydom (accordion, harmonica, vocals) and Kristian Bugge (fiddle, vocals) kept meeting in many corners of the blooming Danish folk scene, often when there was a jam session going on and finally decided to bring some of that fun to the stage. After playing and touring together since 2015, they’ve built a following in both Europe and North America.

Sonnich Lydom (accordion, harmonica) and Kristian Bugge (fiddle) deliver an entertaining and variated journey through the traditions of Danish folk music, performing old dance tunes and songs from every corner of their Scandinavian home country. From rural islands like Læsø to the metropol Copenhagen, including a few of their own compositions. Expect everything from wild polkas and jigs to lyrical waltzes, fiery reels and happy hopsas, plus the exotic ‘Sønderhoning’ dance tunes from the famous Island of Fanø, and long forgotten songs from all over the country. An unforgettable live experience spiced up with humor and stories from their many years on the road.

Watch Gangspil Videos: http://bit.ly/2NrW3no.

Sonnich is a master of Irish, French-Canadian, and especially Danish traditional tunes. During the last 25 years he’s been leading the revival for diatonic accordion and harmonica in the Danish folk music. Sonnich holds a special place in his heart for the music from the Western Island of Fanø, where his family is deeply rooted.
He is best know from his work with the ULC trio and later quintet (adding jazz pianist Peter Rosendal and bassist Mads Vinding). ULC recieved the Danish Music Award (Danish ‘Grammy’) in the category ‘Folk Album of the year’ in 2001 and 2004.

Kristian has specialized in the strong Danish folk music traditions. He is very active on the Danish and Scandinavian folk music scene as well as in the rest of Europe and North America, both as a musician and teacher, and his debut CD was awarded ‘Danish debut of the year’ and ‘Danish Folk Instrumentalist of the year’ at the Danish Music Awards Folk 2006. At the same occasion in 2012, Kristian received the prize as ‘Danish Folk Artist of the Year and latest in 2016 he was awarded ‘Danish Folk Musician of the Year’. More info: www.kristianbugge.com

More info on the Gangspil Website: www.facebook.com/traddk

Over the past three years, San José fans of traditional music have gained a new venue, through the good works of local lad Bill Cope and his bed and breakfast, Cope-a-cabana! in San José. Let’s thank Bill by purchasing all the available seats for this Gangspil Concert

For more on Bill’s Celtic House Concerts, check the Cope-a-cabana Facebook Page here!

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Molly’s Revenge
Amelia Hogan, vocalist
The Rosemary Turco Irish Dancers
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Amelia Hogan

Saturday, November 30th, 7:30 PM (Doors open at 7:00 PM)

Tabard Theatre on San Pedro Square, 29 N. San Pedro St, 2nd Floor, San José, CA

The 2019 holiday season includwed, and the annual, fabulously popular, Winterdance Christmas Show is on once more in San José!

‘A seriously joyous, masterly musical experience.’ — Tom Clancy, Irish Music Magazine

Molly’s Revenge, starring David Brewer, John Weed and Stu Mason with guest vocalist Amelia Hogan, and the award winning Rosemary Turco Irish Dancers will present an evening of music, song and dance associated with the festive season. The performance will include Christmas songs both old and new, all played with a Celtic twist, and something new for our regulars.

Molly’s Revenge, whose lineup includes bagpipes, fiddle, whistle, guitar, mandola, and bodhran, have toured the world with their unique and infectious on-stage enthusiasm. Their arrangements of traditional jigs and reels bring these dance tunes up to date with a driving, hard-edged accent that always leaves audiences shouting for more.

As always, this 14th Annual Celtic Christmas Celebration will capture the traditional spirit of the season and warm the hearts of all who attend. Vocalist Amelia Hogan, and her voice of lilting grace and a subtle power will again balance the evocative storytelling of these great songs, and the Rosemary Turco Irish Dancers will bring a percussive, joyful, and colorful exuberance to the stage.

California-based Molly’s Revenge has toured since 2000 as a four and five-piece acoustic band, releasing eleven CDs along the way, and in 2014, Molly’s Revenge and Christa Burch recorded a collection of Celtic Christmas and winter-themed music at a remote windswept retreat in the redwoods of the Mendocino coast. This beautiful Winterdance
holiday album was available at the shows.

To raise funds for their programs, co-sponsors AmeriCeltic.net and the South Bay Scottish Society offer WinterDance – South Bay Edition at the Tabard Theatre on San Pedro Square, 29 N. San Pedro St, 2nd Floor, upstairs from O’Flaherty’s, in downtown San José, with ample validated parking in the City parking ramp accross San Pedro lot. Check out the Tabard Theatre and Parking here: Theatre Virtual Tour.

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Autumn Rhodes and Tim Hill
with Richard Mandel

Friday, October 25th, 7:30 PM
Presented by Cope-a-cabana and AmeriCeltic

Cope-a-cabana, 433 S. Henry Ave., San Jose, CA

Autumn Rhodes and Tim Hill are a musical duo steeped in the traditions of Ireland dating back over 200 years. The pairing of Autumn’s heavily rhythmic style on the concertina and flute mixed with Tim’s relaxed yet deadly accurate uilleann piping results in a graceful and infectious sound that has drawn rapt audiences from both sides of the coast and the Atlantic. They continue to perform throughout the United States, primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Midwest, as well as in northern New England. Well known guitarist Richard Mandel will join in to complete the trio.

Watch the promotional Video: https://youtu.be/VmVlJoWlsoQ
More on their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/hillandrhodes

Tickets sliding scale $15 – $20 cash at the door

Autumn Rhodes was raised in a rural Indiana household full of Irish music. At the age of 12, Autumn got a tin whistle for a birthday present and a year later was performing professionally, shortly after, progressing to the flute and concertina and learning from master players such as Laurence Nugent, Kevin Henry, and John Williams. Autumn is equally renowned as a singer in the sean-nos style of Irish tradition.

Born in the Philadelphia area, Timothy Hill has spent the last decade studying and performing Irish traditional music. Tim started his career with Irish music on bodhrán, and at the age of 11 took up the uilleann pipes. With years of tutelage from John Donnelly, Jerry O’Sullivan and Tim Britton, and performances with Mick Moloney, Paddy Keenan, Teada, Billy McComiskey, Tony DeMarco, Seamus Begley, Gabriel Donohue to name a few, Tim has become one of the top young pipers in America.

Richard Mandel fell into the well of Irish music in the mid-’90s and was soon driving every session he could get into. As a first-call accompanist, Richard has performed with legendary Irish musicians including Paddy Keenan, Jimmy Keane, Gerry O’Connor, Mick Maloney, Paddy O’Brien, Tony DeMarco and many others. Richard plays in the trio Three Mile Stone with mandolinist Marla Fibish and fiddler Erin Shrader. Three Mile Stone released its debut CD, produced by John Doyle, in March 2010 and has received rave reviews. In addition to Three Mile Stone, Richard can be heard on Christa Burch’s CD ‘Love of the Land’, Radim Zenkl’s, ‘Restless Joy’, and Tipsy House’s CD, ‘Sets in the City.’

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Erica and Friends

Sunday, September 15^th, 2019

Doors open: 6:30, Concert 7:00-9:00
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RSVP to RSVP@Cope-a-cabana.com

Erica and Friends is a Berkeley based folk and traditional band that you really should hear if you get the chance, for example, Sunday August 4th at 4:00 PM, just before the Starry Plough Session in Berkeley!

Last Fall, Erica and Friends issued their debut album, Hillside Avenue, showcasing their distinctive, upbeat mix of jigs and reels, pub songs and ballads from around the British Isles and Ireland, at the Pleasanton Highland Games.

For Erica Hockett and Friends videos, just Click Here!

Erica Hockett — Vocals/Bodhrán Erica Hockett grew up in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, nestled in the English Cotswolds, home of Fairport Convention. Growing up singing in the local pubs, Erica came to love folk music from the British Isles and Ireland, especially the tales of woe and the history embedded in the old ballads. Erica met Anne Goess while performing in The California Revels vocal ensemble.

Anne Goess — Violin/Vocals/Tin Whistle Fiddler Anne Bingham Goess has played for many a ceili, English Country and contra dance in the Bay Area, with The Raggedy Annes and Raven Hill, among other bands. She has also arranged instrumental music for several theater productions, including Bloomsday and a commemoration of the Easter Rising. When she’s not fiddling, she’s singing with the Christmas Revels and directing the Revels Solstice Singers, a traditional music vocal ensemble that entertains year-round. For more on Anne, Click Here.

Chris Hammond — Guitar/Vocals Chris Hammond’s first musical love is Bluegrass and Appalachian music. He plays several acoustic guitars, including a beloved model made in the 1930s, and he loves to sing those high lonesome harmonies.

Charlie Hancock, — Accordion/Keyboards Charlie plays with The Bogues, an SF based Pogues cover band and for Contra and International Folk Dance in and around the Bay Area from his base in Berkeley.

Jason Courtney, — Bouzouki Jason is a seasoned player at Bay Area sessions and has played in the Elderberries band.

For more on Erica and Friends, check their Facebook Page here! | For even more music, check their Soundcloud site, or
their Reverbnation site!

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Windborne

Friday, September 20^th, 2019

Doors open: 6:30, Concert 7:00-9:00

RSVP to RSVP@Cope-a-cabana.com

The internationally acclaimed vocal ensemble Windborne is a group of vocal chameleons who specialize in close harmony singing, shifting effortlessly between drastically different styles of traditional music within the same concert. Their musical knowledge spans many continents and cultures, but they remain deeply rooted in American folk singing traditions. Praised for “the purity of their voices, strength of their material, and attention to detail in their arrangements,” Lynn Mahoney Rowan, Will Thomas Rowan, Lauren Breunig, and Jeremy Carter-Gordon share a vibrant energy onstage – their connection to each other and to the music clearly evident. They educate as they entertain, telling stories about the music and explaining the characteristics and stylistic elements of the traditions in which they sing.

Much more on the Windborne website.

New World String Project

Saturday, September 21^st, 2019

Doors open: 6:30, Concert 7:30-9:30

RSVP to RSVP@Cope-a-cabana.com

The New World String Project brings together four mighty players who weave a shimmering sonic tapestry from Celtic, Nordic and American folk traditions. Fiddler John Weed and guitarist Stuart Mason also play together in the long-running Celtic band Molly’s Revenge. And Celtic harp master Lisa Lynne, who gained international renown via recordings and tours with the label Windham Hill, often performs in a duo with NWSP-mate Aryeh Frankfurter, an expert on harp and Swedish nyckelharpa. Together, these intrepid string explorers take audiences on a thrilling, melodically exuberant musical ride.

Click Here for their videos.

Check out all their info at https://newworldstringproject.com, or email Lisa Lynne

Dáimh

Friday, September 27^th, 2019

Doors open: 7:30, Concert 8:00-10:00

RSVP to RSVP@Cope-a-cabana.com

Dáimh – Gaelic Supergroup and un-challenged champions of straight in the eye Highland music are based around West Lochaber and the Isle of Skye. Formed around the turn of the century and taking the name from the Gaelic word for ‘kinship’ Daimh (pronounced Dive) have taken their contemporary take of Highland and Gaelic music to over 20 countries, setting audiences alight from Moscow to San Francisco.

Click for a video of Daimh doing Dhannsamaid le Ailean by Celtic Connections 2016.

With a reputation as giants of the Bagpipes and Fiddle, Angus Mackenzie and Gabe McVarish lead the melodic powerhouse with fellow founder member Ross Martin underpinning the groove on the Guitar. The Band are joined by ‘new guy’ Murdo ‘Yogi’ Cameron on Mandola and Accordion to complete the instrumental line up. Daimh have always had the renown and notoriety of working with some of the finest Gaelic singers in Scotland and the current line up only serves to cement that distinction with the addition of the Gaelic firmament’s most rapidly rising star, Ellen MacDonald on vocals.

Check out the Daimh Website.

Saint Patrick’s Day in San José
Sunday, March 17th, 2019

3:00 PM – Matinee Show | 7:00 PM – Evening Show

Kyle Alden, Tim Hill and Steve Gardner
Michael Mullen’s Trio Of One
Celtic/World Rock Legend Tempest
Historic Hoover Theater, 1635 Park Avenue, San José, CA

3:00 PM Matinee Show
Kyle Alden, Tim Hill
Steve Gardner

Steve Gardner brings his decades of performances with Culann’s Hounds and a reputation for stage shows filled with mash-up of tradition and energy drawn from folk melodies drawn of Ireland, France and early America. With seeming effortlessness he plays Irish traditional music, Cajun, country and rock, pairing with his bandmates at breakneck speed. At once thought provoking, accessible and infectious, Steve’s virtuosic violin style is clean and uncut, and when he grabs his guitar and sings, he brings his own irreverent style to both classic and original songs.

To watch their Videos, CLICK HERE!.

Kyle Alden is an award-winning singer/songwriter and folk musician recognized for his Irish traditional guitar accompaniment, Kyle has several issued several albums of original work and supported many top players in concert, including Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin Tommy Peoples, Paddy Keenan, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Liz Carroll, Athena Tergis, Andrew McNamara, Tony De Marco and Ann Kirrane, among others and has appeared on stages throughout the western US and Ireland.

Born in the Philadelphia area, Timothy Hill has spent the last decade studying and performing Irish traditional music. Tim started his career with Irish music on bodhrán, and at the age of 11 took up the uilleann pipes. With years of tutelage from John Donnelly, Jerry O’Sullivan and Tim Britton, and performances with Mick Moloney, Paddy Keenan, Teada, Billy McComiskey, Tony DeMarco, Seamus Begley, Gabriel Donohue to name a few, Tim has become one of the top young pipers in America.

Mini-Festival

Lecture: Local Irish Heroes and Villains 5:30 – 6:30 PM In the Studio Room Donagh Mc Keown Irish Voices and Donagh Mc Keown are pleased to announce that the Irish Influence in San Francisco Walking Tour is going on an extended walk to San Jose on this upcoming St. Patrick’s Weekend. In association with AmeriCeltic, we are proud to present a special talk on some of the Irish Heroes and Villains who helped form San Francisco and San Jose. The talk was a donations only event.

Music: Santa Clara Valley Fiddlers 5:00 – 7:00 PM In the Courtyard The Santa Clara Valley Fiddlers Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of traditional types of American music such as Celtic, old-time, bluegrass and gospel music, as played on the fiddle and other compatible acoustic instruments. Their public outreach performance band, The Santa Clara Valley Fiddlers, will entertain us with an hour of Celtic and related old-time tunes. Check out The Santa Clara Valley Fiddler’s Association, on the SCVFA’s Website or SCVFA on Facebook.

7:00 PM Evening Show
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Michael Mullen’s Trio Of One
Hard Driving Live Looped Celtic Acoustic Rock

Never pre-recorded, always immediate and created fresh, the masterful Michael Mullen makes live looping an art form. Experiencing this solo musician building his TriaSoli ‘ensemble’ group gives the audience a unique and powerful connection with old chamber favorites – You may have heard them a thousand times, but never like this. Then, in Trio of One, the Mullen brings to life the music of his Celtic roots, creating a full band while you watch and listen. In the end, you’ll understand why his old Tempest bandmates dubbed him The Mad Fiddler.

Says Michael:
“If you haven’t seen me perform my live looping act, The Trio Of One—perhaps you live too far away to make it to any of my shows—this might be your best chance to see what I do.”

See Michael’s videos, Click Here!
Check Out Michael Mullen’s Trio Of One YouTube Channel

Celtic/World Rock Legend Tempest
Celebrating more than 30 years of Celtic Rock!

World-famous Tempest needs no introduction — close out your Saint Patrick’s Day fun while grooving to Celtic Rock with flavors of Scandinavia, India, Africa & Arabic Nations.

Lief says:
“We are delighted to announce our new line-up for 2019— please join us in welcoming the big, rich bass playing talent of Mirco Melone, straight from Bologna, Italy, and on blistering lead guitar we now have Kevin Florian — recently arrived from Chicago – and man, these guys rock! Buckle up, ‘cuz it’s gonna be a wild ride!”

Since forming in 1988, Tempest has delivered a globally-renowned hybrid of high-energy Folk Rock fusing Irish reels, Scottish ballads, Norwegian influences and other world music elements. The last 30 years have seen the San Francisco Bay Area based act release seventeen critically acclaimed CDs and play more than 2,500 gigs. It’s also enjoyed an evolving line-up that’s enabled musicianship and creativity to rise with each new member.

Signed to Carta Records, Tempest’s releases are acclaimed worldwide. Last year, the group celebrated it’s 30th Anniversary by releasing a fab new studio album, Thirty Little Turns, a collection of inspired new original and traditional material — with a cheeky surprise or two.

Mail order CDs directly from Tempest: tempestmusic.com/html/cdorder.html

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Winterdance Celtic Christmas Celebration

Friday December 14, 2018, 7:00 PM
Raffle to benefit Camp Fire Victins

In its 13th year, the Winterdance Celtic Christmas Celebration for 2018 AmeriCeltic presented on Friday, December 14th at 7:00 PM, at the Hoover Historic Theatre, 1635 Park Ave., San Jose to a Sold Out audience of over 200.

The program featured the renowned Celtic band Molly’s Revenge: https://mollysrevenge.com, vocalist Amelia Hogan, and The Rosemary Turco Irish Dancers. Co-sponsors AmeriCeltic.net: https://americeltic.net, the Santa Clara Valley Fiddlers Association: https://www.fiddlers.org, South Bay Scottish Society: http://southbayscots.org and the Saint Andrews Society of SF: http://saintandrewssocietysf.org, each provided reception tables with staff to greet and discuss their services with the public.

Saint Andrews Society of SF outgoing President, David Campbell, was co-master of ceremonies along with AmeriCeltic’s co-founder, Tony Becker. David Campbell, was dressed in full Scottish traditional attire, including his formal chain of office, providing many of the house with fine photo opportunities.

Camp Fire Relief Raffle

The Program included a raffle of Premium Events and Gift items which benefited the victims of the Camp Fire Wildfire, and more than $1000 was sent to the North Valley Community Fund https://www.nvcf.org.

Raffle Items List

• GRAND PRIZE $240 value – as Seen on PBS, and all around Northern California, 4 premium main floor seats at the stage show An Irish Christmas, Thursday, December 20th, 7:00 PM, at the Mountain View CPA, from Kerry Irish Productions. Includes meet-and-greet with the performers, including Irish Step Dancers Caterina Coyne and Connor Reider of RiverDance and World Champion Tyler Schwartz as well as 5 show CDs.
• $120 value – Whiskey and Cigars Gift Basket with 2 Toro Cigars, 2 whiskey lowball glasses, 2 shot glasses and a fifth of Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey from San Jose Police Emerald Society Pipe Band
• $120 value – 4 tickets to the ABBA MANIA show on Saturday, March 9, 2019 8pm from The Flint Center, Cupertino.
• $120 value – 2 gift tickets to 25th Annual Burns Night, Saturday, January 19th, 4:00 PM @ Mountain View Masonic Temple from South Bay Scottish Society of San José.
• $120 value – 2 gift boxed wines, 2016 Arroyo Seco Chardonnay and 2016 Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon, each 1.5 liters, from J. Lohr of San José .
• $50 value – 2 tickets to the Wake the Dead show Friday, March 22nd, 2019 in Gilroy from Wake the Dead.
• $43 value – Jameson Trilogy gift set containing three 200 ml bottles, one each of World – Favorite, Select Reserve and Caskmates from  Saint Andrews Society of SF
• $40 value – 1 liter bottle of Jameson Irish Whiskey from O’Flaherty’s Irish Pub, San José.
• $40 value – 2 tickets to Frankie Gavin House Concert, Sunday, February 10th, 8:00 PM , from Cope-a-cabana, San José.
• $36 value – 4 passes to The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, including the new Medieval Alchemy Exhibit from Rosicrucian Park, San José.
• $30 value each – 2 Gift Certicates, each worth a pair of tickets up to $30 value to Show of your Choice at Art Boutiki, San José.
• $30 gift card for Britannia Arms Almaden, San José.
• $25 value each – 2 Gift Cards, worth $25 each, from Scrambl’z on the Alameda, San José.
• $25 value – One 1.5 lb. Fyne Traditional Christmas Pudding, steamed to perfection and stuffed with with fruit, with a touch of Guinness and dark rum, from Artisan Candies, San José.
• $25 value – Two Piece Traditional Christmas Centerpiece and Wreath, from Barb Pesavento, of San José.

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