November 18, 2009


ILLINOIS , INDIANA , IOWA ,
MICHIGAN , MINNESOTA , OHIO

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TOP  Illinois On Going

Illinois



October 29-December 6 -- [CHICAGO]; Seanachai Theatre presents Owen McCafferty's Mojo Mickybo; Directed by Jeff Christian; Artistic Home, 3914 N. Clark St

November 6-22--[OAK FOREST]; Gaelic Park Players Present: Craddocks Well; Gaelic Park; Chicago Gaelic Park; Various times

November 19 -- [SPRINGFIELD]; Emerald Underground; Pipers and dancers from the St. Andrews Society ; Celtic Mist Pub; Monthly hooley; 7 pm

November 19 -- [BOURBONNAIS]; Brendan Loughrey; MacAmlaoibh's Irish Pub, 12 Heritage Plaza; 815-929-2234; 7pm

November 20 -- [DOWNERS GROVE]; Aidan O'Toole; Ballydoyle Irish Pub; 5 pm

November 20 -- [PLAINFIELD]; Brendan Loughrey; Finnegans Irish Pub; 9 pm

November 20 -- [MUNDELIN]; Whitey O'Day; The Irish Mill; 9 pm

November 20--[OAK FOREST]; Bernie Glim and Country Roads; Carraig Pub; Chicago Gaelic Park; 9 pm

November 20 -- [WILLOWBROOK]; Cirrus Falcons; Kerry Piper; 9 pm

November 21--[OAK FOREST]; Jerry Eadie; Carraig Pub; Chicago Gaelic Park; 9 pm

November 20-21 -- [GALENA]; Katie Sullivan and Brownie; The Irish Cottage; 9 pm

November 21 -- [CHICAGO]; Scythian; The Abbey; 11 pm

November 22 -- [MERIONETTE PARK]; Larkin and Moran Brothers; Friends of Kevin Gray Benefit; Bourbon 115, 3359 West 115th St; 2 pm

November 24 -- [CHICAGO]; Katie Sullivan; Jesse's, 10501 S. Ridgeland; 8 pm

November 25 -- [WILLOWBROOK]; Larkin and Moran Brothers; The Kerry Piper, 7900 Joliet Road; 9 pm

November 26-28 -- [GALENA]; Paul McHugh; The Irish Cottage; 9 pm

November 27 -- [DOWNERS GROVE]; Aidan O'Toole; Ballydoyle Irish Pub; 5 pm

November 27 -- [AURORA]; Derek Warfield; Ballydoyle Irish Pub; 8 pm

November 27 -- [BOLLINGBROOOK]; Brendan Loughrey; The Auld Dubliner, 641 E. Boughton Road; (630) 783-1600; 9pm - Midnight

November 27 -- [MUNDELIN]; Tony Leonard; The Irish Mill; 9 pm

November 27--[OAK FOREST]; John Dillon; Carraig Pub; Chicago Gaelic Park; 9 pm

November 27 -- [WILLOWBROOK]; Kevin and Brian; Kerry Piper; 9 pm

November 28 -- [WILLOWBROOK]; The Narrowbacks; Kerry Piper; 9 pm

November 28 -- [DOWNERS GROVE]; Derek Warfield; Ballydoyle Irish Pub; 8 pm

November 28 -- [MUNDELIN]; Seamus O'Kane; The Irish Mill; 9 pm

November 28 -- [URBANA]; Donal Maguire; Heartland Gallery, 112 West Main; 8 pm; Presented by Piper Hut concerts; Please contact pipers.hut@gmail.com -or- 217-390-3291


December 1 -- [CHICAGO]; Katie Sullivan; Jesse's, 10501 S. Ridgeland; 8 pm

December 4-5 -- [GALENA]; Ian Gould; The Irish Cottage; 9 pm

December 4 -- [ROCKFORD]; Patrick Ball; Charlotte's Web; 8 pm; 815/543-7627

December 4 -- [DOWNERS GROVE]; Aidan O'Toole; Ballydoyle Irish Pub; 5 pm

December 4 -- [LINDENHURST]; Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen; House Concert; Details TBA

December 6 -- [LISLE]; Patrick Ball; Sterling Morton Library; 8 pm; 630-719-2429

December 10 -- [JOLIET]; Brendan Loughrey; Chicago Street Pub, 75 N Chicago Street; 6 pm; (815) 727-7171

December 10 -- [NAPERVILLE]; Natalie MacMaster and Friends - A Cape Breton Christmas; Wentz Concert Hall; North Central College ; 8 pm

December 11 -- [PALOS HILLS]; Natalie MacMaster and Friends - A Cape Breton Christmas; Dorothy Menker Theatre; Moraine Valley College; 8 pm

December 11 -- [DOWNERS GROVE]; Aidan O'Toole; Ballydoyle Irish Pub; 5 pm

December 11-12 -- [BELLEVILLE]; Irish Xiles; Castletown Geoghegan; 9 pm

December 11-12 -- [GALENA]; Gareth Woods; The Irish Cottage; 9 pm

December 12 -- [WILLOWBROOK]; Larkin and Moran Brothers; The Kerry Piper, 7900 Joliet Road; 9 pm

December 17 -- [SPRINGFIELD]; Exorna; Pipers and dancers from the St. Andrews Society ; Celtic Mist Pub; Monthly hooley; 7 pm

December 18 -- [DOWNERS GROVE]; Aidan O'Toole; Ballydoyle Irish Pub; 5 pm

December 18 -- [PLAINFIELD]; Brendan Loughrey; Finnegans Irish Pub; 9 pm

December 18-19 -- [GALENA]; Katie Sullivan and Brownie; The Irish Cottage; 9 pm

December 19 -- [BOURBONNAIS]; Brendan Loughrey; MacAmlaoibh's Irish Pub, 12 Heritage Plaza; 815-929-2234; 7pm

December 20 -- [LAKE FOREST]; Switchback; Gorton Community Center; 4pm; 847-234-6060

December 12 -- [GLEN ELLYN]; Gavin Coyle Christmas Concert; To benefit the People's Resource Center, Wheaton; McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage; 8pm

December 25 -- [DOWNERS GROVE]; Aidan O'Toole; Ballydoyle Irish Pub; 5 pm

December 26-31 -- [GALENA]; Ian Gould; The Irish Cottage; 9 pm

December 31 -- [BOLLINGBROOOK]; Brendan Loughrey; The Auld Dubliner, 641 E. Boughton Road; (630) 783-1600; 4-7pm; New Year's in Ireland at 6 pm


January 1-2, 2010 -- [GALENA]; Paul McHugh; The Irish Cottage; 9 pm

January 16 - February 21 -- [CHICAGO]; Samuel Beckett's Hughie/Krapp's Last Tape; Goodman Theatre Albert Theatre

January 16 -- [DOWNERS GROVE]; Larkin and Moran Brothers; Ballydoyle Irish Pub, 5157 Main Street; 9 pm

January 17 -- [CHICAGO]; Solas; Old Town School of Folk Music; 8 pm; 773-728-6000

January 23 -- [BOURBONNAIS]; Brendan Loughrey; MacAmlaoibh's Irish Pub, 12 Heritage Plaza; 815-929-2234; 7pm


February 14 -- [FRANKFORT]; Cherish the Ladies; Lincoln Way Northern High School Auditorium; 7.30 pm

February 26 -- [MERIONETTE PARK]; Larkin and Moran Brothers; Annual Barbara Vic Fundraiser; Bourbon 115, 3359 West 115th St; 7 pm

February 27 -- [ORLAND PARK]; Larkin and Moran Brothers; St Mike's Paddy's Day Party, 14327 S Highland Avenue; 7 pm

February 28 -- [CHICAGO]; Larkin and Moran Brothers; Tourney For Tommy; 7700 S Western Ave; 1 pm


March 3 -- [BATAVIA]; Dervish; Fermilab; 8 pm

March 6 -- [BATAVIA]; Dervish; Fermilab; 8 pm

March 6 -- [MACOMB] Switchback; Celebration Concert Series at WIUM; 2 pm and 8 pm; 800-895-2912

March 6 -- [UTICA]; Larkin and Moran Brothers; IVCC Foundation Irish Night Fundraiser; Celebrations 150; 740 East Highway; 7 pm

March 7 -- [CHICAGO]; The Chieftains; Orchestra Hall; 8pm< BR>
March 9 -- [DECATUR]; Slide; Millikin University; Teaching/workshops; tba

March 10 -- [DECATUR]; Slide; Millikin University; 8 pm

March 12 -- [CHICAGO]; Gaelic Storm; House of Blues; 9 pm

March 13 -- [PARK FOREST]; Switchback; Freedom Hall's Nathan Manilow Theater; 8 pm; 708-747-0580

March 14 -- [GLEN ELLYN]; Danu; Main Stage; Harold D McAninch Arts Center; College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd; 8 pm

March 16 -- [URBANA]; Danu; Tryon Festival Theatre; Krannert Center for the Arts; University of Illinois, 500 South Goodwin Avenue; 7.30 pm

March 17 -- [MERIONETTE]; Larkin and Moran Brothers; 115 Bourbon Street, 3359 West 115th St; 8 pm

March 17 -- [AURORA]; The Elders; Ballydoyle Irish Pub; 9 pm

March 18 - April 25 -- [SKOKIE]; Hugh Leonard's A Life; Northlight Theatre , 9501 Skokie Blvd; Directed by BJ Jones; starring John Mahoney

March 21 -- [HINSDALE]; John McCutcheon;, Acoustic Renaissance Concerts; 8 pm; 708- 802-0236

March 25 -- [ARLINGTON HEIGHTS]; Paddy OBrien; Peggy Kinnane's; 9 pm

March 25 -- [ARLINGTON HEIGHTS]; Paddy OBrien; Arlington Heights Library; with Erin Hart, reading from her novel, False Mermaid; 6 pm

March 26 -- [DOWNERS GROVE]; Curtis and Loretta; Two Way St. Cofeehouse; 7 pm; 630-969-9720

March 27 -- [FOREST PARK]; Paddy OBrien; Centuries and Sleuths Bookstore; with Erin Hart, reading from her novel, False Mermaid; 7 pm


April 1-June 6 -- [SKOKIE]; Samuel Beckett's Endgame; Steppenwolf Theatre, 1650 N. Halstead; Starring William Peterson

April 9 -- [DOWNERS GROVE]; Atwater-Donnelly; Two Way St. Coffeehouse; 8 pm; 630/969-9720

April 10 -- [SPRINGFIELD]; Atwater-Donnelly; Abraham Lincoln UU Church; 217/787-6833

April 11 -- [WILMETTE]; Atwater-Donnelly; St. Augustine's Church; 2pm; 847-432-1701

April 24 -- [DOWNERS GROVE]; The Elders; Ballydoyle Irish Pub; 9 pm


May 14 -- [CARBONDALE]; Curtis and Loretta; Cousin Andy's Coffeehouse; 8 pm; 612-781-9537



TOP  Illinois Listings

Illinois On Going

ILLINOIS:BLUE ISLAND; Session; Forge Pub, 3400 W. 127th St., (708) 388-7919 - last Sunday of the month, 8:30 pm..... BROOKFIELD - Irish Times, 8869 Burlington - Tuesday, (708) 485-8787 ... ARLINGTON HEIGHTS; Session; Peggy Kinnane's - 8 N. Vail Wed. 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.--- Sun. 1 - 4 pm..... MOLINE -- Session - Blackthorn Pub the first Saturday of the Month (1-5pm).... BLOOMINGTON; Mondays,7:30 pm, Lucca Grill, 116 W Market Contact: Kevin Loseke .... ROCKFORD - Session, Tin Whistle, Wednesdays, 7 pm.... FLAT ROCK; 2nd Sunday Session; White Owl Winery - 122A Birds Road, Rt. One - 4 pm --(618) 928-2898....WILLOWBROOK - The Kerry Piper, session, Wednesdays, 8:00 - 10:00 pm - Hosted by Murphy-Roche School ....

CHICAGO; Chief O'Neill's, Sundays and Tuesdays, 9 pm .... CHICAGO; Session; Cullen's Bar and Grill, 3741 N. Southport; Tuesday, 9-11 pm; (773) 975-0600 - Sean Cleland and Jimmy Keane, Slow session, intermediate players.... CHICAGO - Session; Irish Oak, Wrigleyville, 3511 Clark Street, just south of Addison, Wednesday, 7 pm - (773) 935-6669... CHICAGO; Slow session at the Irish American Heritage Center on Wednesday, third floor near the end of the hall....CHICAGO; Session; Grafton, Wednesdays, 8pm and Sundays, 5pm...CHICAGO; Session; Hidden Shamrock, Sunday afternoon, 3pm...Oak Forest - Session; Thursdays - Molly Malones - 7 pm... EVANSTON; Session; Tommy Nevin's, Sundays, 2:30pm....CHICAGO; Session; McNamara's, 4328 W. Irving Park, Sunday and Thursday, (773) 725-1800, contact: patsantry@hotmail.com .... FOREST PARK; Session; Healy's Westside, 7217 W. Madison - Tuesdays, 7 pm - (708) 366-HARP, session hosted by Terry Healy.... CHICAGO - Irish American Heritage Center Continuing Events - Monday - Music Lessons - 7pm ... Tuesday - Crafts and Needlework - 9:30 AM ... Irish Set Dancing - 7:30 pm ... Wednesday - The Academy of Irish Music - 1 pm - 6 pm ... Bingo - 6:45 pm - Gaelic Classes - 7 pm... Crafts and Needlework; 7:30 pm ... Thursday Irish Heritage Singers - 7:30 pm ... Friday - Francis O'Neill Ceili Practice - 8pm ... Saturday The Academy of Irish Music - 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm; Gaelic Classes 10:30 am ... Sunday - Irish Set Dancing - 3pm


TOP  Indiana On Going

Indiana



November 19 -- [SOUTH BEND]; John Kennedy and Sean hoffman; Fiddlers Hearth; 8 pm

November 20 -- [SOUTH BEND]; Switchback; Fiddlers Hearth; 9 pm

November 20 -- [SOUTH BEND]; Kennedys Kitchen; Brigids Pub at Waterford Estates; 9 pm

November 20 -- [FISHERS]; Hogeye Navvy; Fionn MacCool's Irish Pub, 8211 E. 116th St.; 9 pm;(317) 863-2100

November 20 -- [FISHERS];The Whigamaleeries; Fionn MacCool's Irish Pub, 8211 E. 116th St.; 9 pm;(317) 863-2100

November 20 -- [WEST LAFAYETTE]; Hogeye Navvy; O'Bryans Nine Irish Brothers West; 9 pm

November 20 -- [ LAFAYETTE]; Mossy Moran; O'Bryans Nine Irish Brothers East; 9 pm

November 21 -- [WEST LAFAYETTE]; Mossy Moran; O'Bryans Nine Irish Brothers West; 9 pm

November 21 -- [INDIANAPOLIS]; Hogeye Navvy; The Aristocrat; 9pm

November 21 -- [INDIANAPOLIS]; Tropper Thorn; The Gas Light Inn, 2280 S.Meridian; 9 pm

November 21 -- [SOUTH BEND]; Millish; Fiddlers Hearth; 9 pm

November 28 -- [ LAFAYETTE]; Hogeye Navvy; O'Bryans Nine Irish Brothers East; 9 pm

November 28 -- [MADISON]; Guilderoy Byrne; Thomas Family Winery, 208 E. 2nd St.; 8 pm; (812) 273-3755

November 28 -- [INDIANAPOLIS]; The Lathans; Santa's Holiday Breakfast at the Indiana State Museum; 8 am

November 28 -- [NEW CARLISLE]; Kennedys Kitchen; Kate OConnoros; 9 pm


December 4 -- [ LAFAYETTE]; Hogeye Navvy; O'Bryans Nine Irish Brothers East; 9 pm

December 4 -- [SOUTH BEND]; The Kreelers; Fiddlers Hearth; 9 pm

December 5 -- [SOUTH BEND]; Roger Drawdy and the Firestarters; Fiddlers Hearth; 9 pm

December 5 -- [INDIANAPOLIS]; The Lathans; Santa's Holiday Breakfast at the Indiana State Museum; 8 am

December 5 -- [INDIANAPOLIS]; Hogeye Navvy; The Aristocrat; 9pm

December 6 -- [ZIONSVILLE]; The Lathans; Christmas music for the Holiday Strol; Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library; 1:30-4:30pm

December 10 -- [SOUTH BEND]; John Kennedy and Sean Hoffman; Fiddlers Hearth; 8 pm

December 11 -- [FISHERS]; Hogeye Navvy; Fionn MacCool's Irish Pub, 8211 E. 116th St.; 9 pm;(317) 863-2100

December 12 -- [ INDIANAPOLIS]; Hogeye Navvy; The Aristocrat; 9pm

December 13 -- [INDIANAPOLIS]; The Lathans; Santa's Holiday Breakfast at the Indiana State Museum; 8 am

December 13 -- [SOUTH BEND]; Kennedys Kitchen; Fiddlers Hearth; 9 pm

December 13 -- [SOUTH BEND]; John Kennedy and Chris OBrien; Fiddlers Hearth; 12 pm

December 18 -- [SOUTH BEND]; Switchback; Fiddlers Hearth; 9 pm

December 19 -- [ INDIANAPOLIS]; Hogeye Navvy;The Aristocrat; 9pm

December 19 -- [INDIANAPOLIS]; The Lathans; Santa's Holiday Breakfast at the Indiana State Museum; 8 am

December 19 -- [INDIANAPOLIS]; Tropper Thorn; The Gas Light Inn, 2280 S.Meridian; 9 pm

December 19 -- [NEW CARLISLE]; Kennedys Kitchen; Kate OConnors; 9 pm

December 19 -- [SOUTH BEND]; Anish; Fiddlers Hearth; 9 pm

December 26 -- [FISHERS];The Whigamaleeries; Fionn MacCool's Irish Pub, 8211 E. 116th St.; 9 pm;(317) 863-2100

December 26 -- [ INDIANAPOLIS]; Hogeye Navvy; The Aristocrat; 9 pm; bring with you some non-perishable food items to help replenish Gleaners Food Bank supplies

December 26 -- [INDIANAPOLIS]; The Lathans; Santa's Holiday Breakfast at the Indiana State Museum; 8 am

December 31 -- [FISHERS]; Mother Grove; Fionn MacCool's Irish Pub, 8211E 116th St; 9 pm


January 1 -- [FISHERS]; Mother Grove; Fionn MacCool's Irish Pub, 8211E 116th St; 9 pm

January 8 -- [WEST LAFAYETTE]; Rising Gael; O'Bryan's Nine Irish Brothers ; 9 pm

January 8 -- [LAFAYETTE]; Rising Gael; O'Bryan's Nine Irish Brothers ; 9 pm

January 23 -- [INDIANAPOLIS]; Alair; Artsgarden; Circle Center Indianapolis; 1 pm


March 5 -- [GOSHEN]; The Chieftains; Sauder Auditorium; 8 pm

March 13 -- [INDIANAPOLIS]; Mother Grove; Leopalooza; tba

March 16 -- [INDIANAPOLIS]; The Lathans; Artsgarden; noon

March 17 -- [INDIANAPOLIS]; Emily Ann Thompson and Brian Cunningham ; Rathskeller, 401 E. Michigan; 12-4pm

March 17 -- [FISHERS]; Mother Grove; Fionn MacCool's Irish Pub, 8211E 116th St; 9 pm

March 20 -- [SOUTH BEND]; Danu; Leighton Concert Hall; DeBartolo Center; University of Notre Dame, 100 Performing Arts Center; 8 pm


April 11 -- [MUNSTER]; Celtic Crossroads; Munster Theater; 2 pm

May 15 -- [INDIANAPOLIS]; Hogeye Navvy; Indy Folk series; Unitarian Universalist Church of Indianapolis (UUI), 615 West 43rd Street; 7.30 pm

May 22 -- [INDIANAPOLIS]; Alair; Artsgarden; Circle Center Indianapolis; 1 pm


June 25-28 -- [LAFAYETTE]; Le Vent du Nord; Indiana Fiddler's Gathering


September 10 -- [SOUTH BEND]; An Irish Homecoming ; with guests Maura O'Connell, Bohola and Champion Dancers ; - Leighton Concert Hall, DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts; Notre Dame University; 8 pm



TOP  Indiana Listings

Indiana On Going

INDIANA: INDIANAPOLIS; SESSION; Tuesdays, 7:30pm; Golden Ace Inn; 2533 E Washington; 317-632-0696 - Contact: Kate Smith...for further information email BannaRua@aol.com.... INDIANAPOLIS; Session; The House Cafe; 2nd Sunday.... SOUTH BEND; MONDAYS - session; Lula's Cafe, 6:30 until 9:30; beginner/intermediate session..... THURSDAYS - session; The Red Lion, 7pm..... Wednesdays and Mondays, 8 p.m., Irish Session. Lead by Kim Hoffmann and David James - Fiddler's Hearth Public House.....BLOOMINGTON - SUNDAYS; 6:30pm; Runcible Spoon Coffee House - Informal Open Irish Trad Session...BLOOMINGTON --SESSION; The Irish Lion, 212 W. Kirkwood, Sunday, 7 p.m., (309) 336-9076. Phone to confirm. MONDAYS; The Scottish Country Dance group meets most Monday evenings from 6:30 until 8:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church, on the corner of 6th and Lincoln in Bloomington....BLOOMINGTON; Lucca Grill - Mondays, 7:30 pm - 116 W. Market Street - 309-828-7521.... TUESDAYS - The Runcible Spoon, 412 E. 6th Street, 7 - 9:30pm; Led by Grey Larsen... FRIDAYS - 5pm - 7:30pm - Fiddlers Green Inn - Open Irish Trad Session... BLOOMINGTON; Border's Bookshop, Eastland Plaza, 2634 East Third St., first Friday of the month, 7:30-9:30 pm.... Encore Cafe, Fridays; 7 pm.... BLOOMINGTON; SATURDAYS - Banneker Community Center, 930 W. 7th St., Slow Session, Saturday, 4-6 p.m..... FORT WAYNE - Session - Mad Anthony Brewing Co.,1109 Taylor St., 2-5 alternating Sundays of the month. Beginner/slow session. Contact: iupiper@fwi.com .... VINCENNES - Purgatory Coffeehouse, corner of Second and Main - second Saturday of each month, 8-10 pm.....


TOP  Iowa On Going

Iowa



November 21 -- [DES MOINES]; Scottish Heritage Society of Iowa Meeting; A Scottish Evening;Central Iowa Highland Dancers, Traditional Address to the Haggis, Iowa Scottish Pipes and Drums; Des Moines Golf and Country Club ; 7.30 pm

November 28 -- [WATERLOO]; Wylde Nept; Jameson Public House; 9 pm


December 2 -- [OKOBOJI]; Natalie MacMaster and Friends - A Cape Breton Christmas; Pearson Lakes Art Center; 7 pm

December 5 --[IOWA CITY]; Natalie MacMaster and Friends - A Cape Breton Christmas; Hancher Auditorium - University of Iowa; 7.30 pm

December 12 -- [DAVENPORT]; Stepehen's Green; Pat McGuire's; 8 pm

December 22 -- [DAVENPORT]; Stephens Green; Pat McGuire's Davenport; 8 pm

December 31 -- [IOWA CITY]; Wylde Nept; New Years Eve Party; The Mill; 4 pm


January 2 -- [WATERLOO]; Wylde Nept; Jameson Public House; 9 pm

January 15-16 -- Rising Gael; Jameson's Public House; 8 pm

January 23 -- [BETTENDORF]; Switchback; Robert Burns' Night Dinner; 7 pm; 513-391-9971

January 27 -- [DAVENPORT]; Stephens Green; Pat McGuire's Davenport; 8 pm

January 30 -- [DES MOber 31INES]; Malinky; Holy Trinity Parish, 2926 Beaver Ave.; Celtic Music Association of Des Moines; 8 pm


February 18 -- [PELLA]; Gaelic Storm; Pella Opera House; 8 pm


March 4 -- [OELWEIN]; Slide; Workshops; tba

March 4 -- [OELWEIN]; Slide; Williams Center for the Arts; 8 pm

March 6 -- [DES MOINES]; Slide; Celtic Music Association of Des Moines; Holy Trinity church, 2926 Beaver Ave.; 8 pm

March 6 -- [RED OAK]; The Elders; Venue TBA

March 9 -- [DECORAH]; Danu; Center For Faith and Life; Luther College, 700 College Drive; 8 pm

March 11 -- [WATERLOO]; The Elders; Jamesons; 8 pm

March 17 -- [CEDAR RAPIDS]; Cedar Rapids 35th Annual St PAtrick's Day Parade; noon

March 31 -- [DAVENPORT]; Stephens Green; Pat McGuire's Davenport; 8 pm


April 17 -- [DONNELLSON]; Switchback; Music Under the Water Tower; 7 pm; 319-835-5887

April 24 -- [DAVENPORT]; John McCutcheon; Prairie Star District U.U. Conference; tba; 412-323-2707


July 4 -- [DUBUQUE]; Switchback Dubuque Arboretum; 8 pm; 563-690-0830


August 28, 2010 -- [DUBUQUE]; Irish Hooley; Alliant Amphitheater at Dubuque Star Brewery; Port of Dubuque – 600 Star Brewery Drive; Rising Gael, more; All Day


August 27, 2011 -- [DUBUQUE]; Irish Hooley; Alliant Amphitheater at Dubuque Star Brewery; Port of Dubuque – 600 Star Brewery Drive; All Day



TOP  Iowa Listings

Iowa On Going

IOWA: CEDAR FALLS Session; first Friday of the month, September through May; 7 pm; Vibe Coffeeshop, above Bought Again Books, 909 West 23rd St.....DES MOINES; Session; Java Joe's Coffeehouse. On the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month; 2nd Tuesday of the month.....DES MOINES; Beginning ceili, Wednesdays - 7-9 p.m. at The Thoreau Center, 3500 Kingman Blvd. .....IOWA CITY; IRISH SESSIONS; Irish slow sessions every Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 pm - Uptown Bill's small Mall in the Mad Hatter's Tea Room....Tuesdays - The Sanctuary Pub, 405 S. Gilbert St, Iowa City;.....Wednesdays - Mill Restaurant in Iowa City, slow jam at 8... DAVENPORT; Session; Mac's Tavern, 1 to 4 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month.......MOLINE; Contining Set Dance practice; every Monday evening from 6-8 at the Moline Club, 513 16th Street, Moline, on the second floor....DES MOINES --Irish Genealogy Interest Group Meeting: Third Tuesday of every month At 6:30 pm - 628 East Grand Avenue -515-276-0287


TOP  Michigan On Going

Michigan



November19 -- [ANN ARBOR]; Mossy Moran; Conor O Neills; 9:30pm

November 20 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

November 20 -- [KALAMAZOO]; The Tosspints Papa Petes; 9 pm

November 21 -- [FOWLERVILLE]; Blackthorn; St. Agnes Parish, 855 East Grand River; (517) 223-8684; Dinner 6:30pm; Show Time 7:15 pm

November 21 -- [DETROIT]; Terry Murphy; Gaelic League; 8 pm

November 22 -- [DEARBORN]; Kitty Donohoe; Henry Ford Village Retirement Home; 15101 Ford Road; 3 pm; (313)410-0542

November 25 -- [SAGINAW]; The Tosspints; The White Bar; 8 pm

November 27-28 -- [LANSING]; Belfast Gin; Moriarty's Irish Pub; 9.30 pm

November 27 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

November 28 -- [CONKLIN]; Stepehen's Green; Fenian's Irish Pub; 8 pm

November 29 -- [WINDSOR, ON]; Children's Christmas Ceili; Christmas Potluck Dinner and Family Ceili; Irish Canadian Cultural Club of Windsor, 1033 Ottawa Street, Windsor; 7 pm

November 29 -- [YPSILANTI]; Kitty Donohoe; Unity Church of Ann Arbor, 4599 Carpenter Road; 9 am and 11 am services; (734)434-8545


December 3 -- [BURTON]; The Tosspints; Firkin and Fox; 8 pm

December 4 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

December 4 -- [LIVONIA]; Mossy Moran; The Claddagh Irish Pub Livonia; 9:30pm

December 4 -- [SAGINAW]; The Tosspints and the Waxies; Hamilton Street Pub; CD Release party; 9 pm

December 4 -- [WINDSOR, ON]; Christmas Ceili; Christmas Potluck Dinner and Family Ceili; Irish Canadian Cultural Club of Windsor, 1033 Ottawa Street, Windsor; 7 pm

December 4-5 -- [BERKLEY]; Blackthorn; O'Mara's, 2555 12 Mile Rd; 248-399-6750; 9:30 pm

December 5 -- [BAY CITY]; The tosspints; Bemos; 9 pm

December 5 -- [TWIN LAKE];Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen; Radio/House Concert; Details TBA

December 5 -- [ANN ARBOR]; Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen; House Concert presented by Judi Green; (734) 668-4855 or email judilem1@sbcglobal.net for information and times

December 10 -- [ANN ARBOR]; Mossy Moran; Conor O Neills; 9:30pm

December 11 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

December 11-12 -- [HOLLAND]; Jeff Ward; The Curragh; 9 pm

December 11-12 -- [BERKLEY]; Blackthorn; O'Mara's, 2555 12 Mile Rd; 248-399-6750; 9:30 pm

December 12 -- [SAGINAW]; Natalie MacMaster and Friends - A Cape Breton Christmas; The Temple Theatre; 2pm and7.30 pm

December 13 -- [CLINTON TOWNSHIP]; Natalie MacMaster and Friends - A Cape Breton Christmas; Macomb Center for the Performing Arts; 8 pm

December15 -- [CONKLIN]; Teada; Fenian's Irish Pub; smaller format Christmas show w/Seamus Begley; 7 pm

December 18-19 -- [LANSING]; The Lash; Moriarity's Irish Pub; 9 pm

December 18 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

December 19 -- [ANN ARBOR]; Finvarras Wren; Annual Solstice show; Mama's Concert Series - The Michigan Accoustic Music Assoc.; The Ark; 8 pm

December 19 -- [SAGINAW]; The Tosspints; The White Bar; 8 pm

December 19 -- [GRAND RAPIDS]; Blackthorn; Quinn and Tuittes; 8 pm

December 19 -- [SAGINAW]; The Tosspints; Whites Bar; 9 pm

December 21 -- [KALAMAZOO]; Kalamazoo Irish Club; Annual Christmas Party and Silent Auction; Sports Forum, 803 W. Mosel; Dinner at 6pm, meeting at 7 pm

December 22 -- [GRAND RAPIDS]; Cherish the Ladies; Devos Concert Hall with the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra; 7.30 pm

December 31 -- [GRAND RAPIDS]; The Tosspints and the Waxies; Quinn and Tuittes Pub; 9 pm


January 7 -- [BURTON]; The Tosspints; Firkin and Fox Pub; 9 pm

January 8 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

January 8 -- [GRAND RAPIDS]; An Dro; Musical Arts for Justice in the Community (MAJIC), Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 250 Commerce SW; 7- 9:30 pm; All proceeds go to the Grand Rapid Coalition to End Homelessness

January 8 -- KALAMAZOO]; Belfast Gin; Music at the Museum with Belfast Gin; Kalamazoo Valley Museum, 230 Rose Street; 6.30 pm

January 15 -- [EAST LANSING]; Solas; E.L. Hannah Community Center; 8 pm

January 15 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

January 22 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

January 29 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

January 31 -- [BENTON HARBOR]; April Verch; The Livery; 8 pm; 269-925-8760


February 4 -- [BURTON]; The Tosspints; Firkin and Fox; 8 pm

February 5 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

February 12 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

February 19 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

February 26 -- [BENTON HARBOR]; Gaelic Storm; Lake Michigan College; 8pm

February 26 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

February 27 -- [HARTLAND];Marriane Murphy; Celtic Kettle Coffee House; Hartland Music Hall, 3619 Hartland (Avon)Rd; 7:30 pm


March 4 -- [BURTON]; The Tosspints; Firkin and Fox; 8 pm

March 5 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

March 6 -- [BAY CITY]; The Prodigals; State Theater ; 989.892.2660; Friends of Celtic Culture; 8 pm;

March 9 -- [CONKLIN]; Dervish; Fenians; 8 pm

March 11 -- [MT PLEASANT]; Dervish; Central Michigan University; 7.30 pm

March 12 -- [TRAVERSE CITY]; Dervish; tba

March 13 -- [HARBOR SPRINGS]; Dervish; tba

March 12 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

March 13 -- [ROSCOMMON]; Slide; Kirtland Center for the Arts; 8 pm; part of Kirtland's Warbler Festival; 989.275.5000

March 13 -- [MONROE]; Celtic Crossroads; River Raisin Center; 8 pm

March 18-21 -- [DETROIT]; Cherish the Ladies; with the Detroit Symphony; Orchestra Hall

March 18 -- [FLINT]; -- Danu; The Whiting , 1241 East Kearsley Street; 7.30 pm

March 19 -- [CLINTON TOWNSHIP]; Danu; Macomb Center for the Performing Arts , 44575 Garfield Road; 7.30 pm

March 19 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

March 21 -- [MUSKEGON];An Dro; Musical Interludes Concert Series; Langeland House Bed and Breakfast, 1337 Peck St; 4 pm

March 25 -- [EAST LANSING]; Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul; Wharton Center for the Performing Arts ; Michigan State Univ.; 517-432-2000

March 26 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

February 27 -- [HARTLAND];Jim Malcolm; Celtic Kettle Coffee House; Hartland Music Hall, 3619 Hartland (Avon)Rd; 7:30 pm


April 2 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

April 9 -- [DETROIT]; Black Mist; Old Shillelagh; 9 pm

April 17 -- [HARTLAND]; Lost World String Band; Celtic Kettle Coffee House; Hartland Music Hall, 3619 Hartland (Avon)Rd; 7:30 pm

April 22 -- [GRAND RAPIDS]; The Elders; Venue tba

April 23 -- [THREE RIVERS]; The Elders; Venue tba


May 15 -- [ROSCOMMON]; Switchback; Kirtland Center for the Performing Arts; 3 pm; part of Kirtland's Warbler Festiva; 989.275.5000

May 22-23 -- [ALMA]; 43rd Annual Alma Highland Festival; Alma College

May 29 -- [BAY CITY]; North Sea Gas; State Theater ; 989.892.2660; Friends of Celtic Culture; 8 pm;


August 15 -- [LANSING]; Great Lakes Feis; Lansing Center; 8 am



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MICHGIAN: ANN ARBOR - Sundays - Trad session hosted by Marty Somberg at Conor O'Neills; 7-11pm... BIRMINGHAM ... Tuesdays - Sessions at Dick O'Dow's - Birmingham... CONKLIN - Session; Fenians Irish Pub; Wednesdays. 7 pm... FERNDALE - Thursday Nights 7pm; Irish Music-Dance-Language Classes at the White Heather Club, Ferndale. www.irishmusic.nu ... DETROIT - Harp and whistle lessons at the Gaelic League - Wednesdays & Sundays.... DETROIT- Trad session-Sunday afternoons - Gaelic League with Walter Walsh....GRAND RAPIDS - Fridays - "Open Mike" night for traditional players and songwriters, Quinn and Tuites - 9 pm .... DETROIT - Colin Page - The Cock and Bull in Greektown - Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, 8 pm....LANSING ... Claddagh Bar - Call 616-899-2640 to enroll or for additional information.; Irish Language, Every Thursday at 7pm ... Irish Genealogy 1st Saturday of every month at 2:30 pm .... Irish Fiddle - 3rd Thursday of every month at 7:00 pm .... Irish Tinwhistle Lessons - Every Wednesday from 6-7pm .... Irish Trad Session - every Wednesday, 7pm...LIVONIA -- Session; Wednesdays, Shanahans, 8 pm....OSHTEMO - Monday, 7 p.m., Scottish Country Dancing. Oshtemo Township Fire Station at the corner of Stadium Drive and Parkview... ST JOSEPH - Wednesday, 7-10 p.m., Acoustic Open Stage. Barneys Boathouse restaurant, 600 Fishermans Road, St. Joseph, Michigan...GRAND RAPIDS - Thursday, 7 - 8:30 p.m., Irish Ceili and Set Dancing. Grand Rapids, MI, 649 6th Street NW between Muskegon and Davis Avenues....GRAND RAPIDS; Sessions - Tuesdays - 7:30 pm - Hair of the Dog....Ceili Dancing and Set Dancing; St Casmir's - Thursdays - 7pm ...TRAVERSE CITY -- Session; The Loading Dock; Mondays, 7 pm........GRAND RAPIDS; Session; Black Rose; Sundays...DETROIT - The Irish Genealogical Society of Michigan meetings once a month at the Gaelic League/Irish-American Club Meetings are held on Saturdays at 1:30 p.m., except during the months of July, August and December.... AOH; Fr. Solanus Casey Division - Warren - Meets 2nd Wednesday of the month - Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Hall, 586-268-6337... Hogan Division - Gaylord - Meets 3rd Wednesday of the month; 7pm - The Sugar Bowl... St. Patrick Division - Lenawee - Meets 2nd Wednesday of the month ... Fr. John Whalen McGee, Div 1 - Grand Rapids - Meeting -Third Wednesdays of Month, Quinn and Tuitte's... The Patrick Ryan Division AOH - Plymouth ....Meetings held 2nd Tuesday of Month - 7.30 at Jack Dunleavys Pub, 340 N. Main Street...LANSING: Irish American Club of Mid-Michigan; Monthly membership meetings are at 7:00 pm on the second Tuesday of each month from September through May. Meeting places vary, so call 517-484-7474 for the location of the next meeting....


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Minnesota




October 17- December 6 -- [MINNEAPOLIS]; Faith Healer; By Brian Friel; Wurtele Thrust Stage; directed by Joe Dowling; Guthrie Theatre

November 19-21 -- [ST PAUL]; Wild Colonial Bhoys; The Dubliner; 9.30 pm

November 20 -- [AURORA]; Scythian; The Cabooze ; 8:30 pm; 917 Cedar Avenue

November 20-21 -- [MINNEAPOLIS]; Sweet Colleens;Kierans; 9.30 pm

November 25 -- [MAPLE GROVE]; Locklin Road; Claddagh Irish Pub; 8 pm

November 27 -- [ST LOUIS PARK]; Crowley and Hartman; Kips Irish Pub; 8pm

November 27-28 -- [EXCELSIOR]; Lehto and Wright; Jake O'Connors; 9.30 pm

November 28 -- [MINNEAPOLIS];Tom Dahill; Kierans; 6.30 pm

November 29 -- [ST PAUL]; Wild Colonial Bhoys; The Dubliner; 9.30 pm


December 11-12 -- [MINNEAPOLIS]; Langers Ball; O'Donovans; 9.30 pm

December 3 -- [ST PAUL]; The Hounds of Finn; O'Gara's Bar and Grill, 164 Snelling Avenue North; 8 pm; benefit show for St. Paul Public Schools music education program

December 4 -- [MINNEAPOLIS]; Natalie MacMaster and Friends - A Cape Breton Christmas; Cedar Cultural Center; 8 pm

December 4 -- [ST LOUIS PARK]; Crowley and Hartman; Kips Irish Pub; 8pm

December 4 -- [ST PAUL]; Wild Colonial Bhoys; The Dubliner; 9.30 pm

December 4 -- [ST PAUL]; The Eddies; Hat Trick Lounge, 134 E 5th Street; 8 pm

December 4 -- [LAKE CITY]; John Williams; Oak Center General Store; 8 pm

December 4-5 -- [MINNEAPOLIS]; Traveled Ground; O'Donovans Irish Pub, 700 1st Ave. N.; 10 pm

December 4-5 -- [EXCELSIOR]; Todd Menton and John Wright; Jake O'Connors; 9.30 pm

December 4-5 -- [MINNEAPOLIS]; Kieran's Irish Pub; 9 pm

December 5 -- [ST PAUL]; John Williams; Celtic Junction, 839 Prior Ave.; 8 pm

December 6 -- [ST PAUL]; Wild Colonial Bhoys; The Dubliner; 9.30 pm

December 9 -- [ST PAUL]; Langers Ball; The Dubliner, 2162 University Ave W; 8 pm

December 11-12 -- [MINNEAPOLIS]; Langers Ball; O'Donovan's Irish Pub, 700 1st Avenue North; 10 pm

December 11-12 -- [MINNEAPOLIS];Tim Molloysl; Kierans; 9.30 pm

December 11 -- [ST LOUIS PARK]; Crowley and Hartman; Kips Irish Pub; 8pm

December 11-12 -- [EXCELSIOR]; Wild Colonial Bhoys; Jake O'Connors; 9.30 pm

December 12 -- [EXCELSIOR]; Lehto and Wright; Jake O'Connors; 9.30 pm

December 12 -- [MINNEAPOLIS]; Keegan's Irish Pub; 8 pm

December 12 -- [ST PAUL]; The Hounds of Finn; The Dubliner; 8 pm

December 13 -- [ST PAUL]; Wild Colonial Bhoys; The Dubliner; 9.30 pm

December 17-19 -- [MINNEAPOLIS]; Wild Colonial Bhoys; O'Donovans; 9.30 pm

December 18-19 -- [MINNEAPOLIS]; Ian Gould; Kieran's Irish Pub; 9pm

December 18 -- [ST LOUIS PARK]; Crowley and Hartman; Kips Irish Pub; 8pm

December 18-19 -- [EXCELSIOR]; Lehto and Wright; Jake O'Connors; 9.30 pm

December 19 -- [PRINCETON]; Curtis and Loretta; Richard G Hardy Performing Arts Centre; 8 pm; 612-781-9537

December 19 -- [WHITE BEAR LAKE]; >Locklin Road; Washington Square Bar and Grill; 8 pm

December 20 -- [ST PAUL]; Wild Colonial Bhoys; Dubliner; 9.30 pm

December 26 -- [MINNEAPOLIS]; Tom Dahill; Kierans; 6.30 pm

December 26 -- [DELANO]; Locklin Road; Three Crows; 7:30 pm

December 27 -- [ST PAUL]; Wild Colonial Bhoys; The Dubliner; 9.30 pm


January 8 -- [ST LOUIS PARK]; Crowley and Hartman; Kips Irish Pub; 8pm

January 15 -- [ST LOUIS PARK]; Crowley and Hartman; Kips Irish Pub; 8pm

January 22 -- [ST LOUIS PARK]; Crowley and Hartman; Kips Irish Pub; 8pm

January 29 -- [ST LOUIS PARK]; Crowley and Hartman; Kips Irish Pub; 8pm

January 30-April 6 -- [MINNEAPOLIS]; MacBeth; By William Shakespeare; Wurtele Thrust Stage; directed by Joe Dowling; Guthrie Theatre


February 13 -- [ROCHESTER]; Solas; Mayo Civic Centre Presentation Hall; 8 pm

February 28 -- [MINNEAPOLIS]; The Chieftains; Orchestra Hall; 8 pm


March 7 -- [ZUMBROTA]; Slide; Crossings at Carnegie; 7.30 pm

March 10 -- [WINONA]; Danu; Page Theatre; St.Marys University Of Minnesota; 7.30 pm

March 13 -- [OAK CENTER]; Barra; Oak Center General Store; 7 pm

March 13 -- [ LAKEVILLE]; Chulrua; One Book, One Lakeville; 7 pm with Paddy's wife, Erin Hart, reading from her novel Haunted Ground

March 15 -- [ROSEMOUNT]; Moincoin Ceili Dancers; Robert Trail Branch Library; 7 pm

March 15 -- [MANKATO]; Green Tea; MSU - Mankato; 8 pm; 800-722-0544

March 17 -- [ST PAUL]; Barra; Ceili dance; CSPS Hall ; tba

March 17 -- [NEW YORK MILLS]; Chulrua; New York Mills Regional Cultural Center, 24 North Main Avenue; 7 pm; 218-385-3339; E-mail: nymills@kulcher.org

March 17 -- [MINNEAPOLIS]; Minneapolis St. Patrick's Parade; Minneapolis St. Patrick’s Day Association; 6.30 pm; 763-234-7111; mplsstpats@aol.com

March 17 -- [ST PAUL]; St. Paul St. Patrick's Parade ; Noon; downtown St Paul; katymulrooney@yahoo.com; (651) 592-8977

March 17 -- [NORTHFIELD]; Green Tea; St. Olaf College; 8 pm; 507/786-2222

March 18 -- [ST PAUL]; Green Tea; University of St. Thomas; 8 pm; 651-962-5000

March 19 -- [MINNEAPOLIS]; Barra; Come Dance for Guatamala; Irish Ceili Dance Benefit; St. Joan of Arc Church Gymnasium, 4537 Third Avenue South; 7 pm

March 19 -- [MAPLEWOOD]; Chulrua; Maplewood Community Center Performing Arts Center, 1830 County Road B East; 651-249-2000; 7 pm

March 20 -- [GRAND MARAIS]; Chulrua; North Shore Music Association; 7 pm

March 20 -- [LAKE CITY]; Curtis and Loretta; Oak Center General Store; 8 pm

March 21 -- [GRAND MARAIS]; Chulrua; North House Folk School; 4 pm

March 27 -- [ST PAUL]; Gaelic Storm; O'Shaughnessy Auditorium; 8 pm


April 8 -- [FAIRBAULT]; April Verch; Shattuck ; workshops tba; concert at 7.30 pm

April 9 -- [FAIRMONT]; April Verch; Fairmont Opera House; 7.30 pm

April 9 -- [COLLEGEVILLE]; John McCutcheon; Stephen B. Humphrey Theatre; 8 pm; 320-363-5777

April 10 -- [NEW YORK MILLS]; John McCutcheon; New York Mills Arts Retreat; 8 pm; 218-385-3339

April 10 -- [LAKE CITY]; Dan Newton and Cafe Accordion; Oak Center General Store; 8 pm

April 11 -- [STAPLES]; April Verch; Centennial Auditorium; 4 pm; 800-213-6877

April 16 -- [MINNEAPOLIS]; Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas; Cedar Cultural Center; 8 pm; 612-338-2674

April 17 -- [NEW YORK MILLS]; Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas; James W. Mann Centre for Performing Arts; 8 pm; 218/385-3339

April 17 -- [MINNEAPOLIS]; Paddy OBrien and friend; Riverview Wine Bar and Cafe, 3753 42nd Avenue South; 7.30 pm; 612-722-7234

April 17 -- [LAKE CITY]; Boiled in Lead; Oak Center General Store; 8 pm

April 24 -- [OAK CENTER]; Switchback; Oak Center General Store; 8 pm; 507-753-2080



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MINNESOTA: Sessions - SUNDAY - ST PAUL; O'Gara's Pub, Snelling and Marshall avenues - starts about 7pm.....MINNEAPOLIS - Keeghan's Bar - Session from 6 pm to 10 pm - Intended for intermediate to advanced players... Columbia Grounds, 3301 Central Avenue; 6 pm....RED WING - Hobgoblin Music/Stony End Harps - 4th Sunday of every month starting at 6pm - one mile south of the intersection of US Hwy 61 and Minnesota 19. - Sessions are smoke-free. Call (877) 866-3936 for information.... MOORHEAD - O'Leary's Irish Pub - 6-9 pm...... MONDAYS - MINNEAPOLIS; Molly Quinn's; 7 pm...TUESDAY; MINNEAPOLIS; Barley John's - Mostly Celtic songs; a few instrumentals. Starts about 9-10 p.m. and often runs past 1 a.m. Located on the north side of County Road D about 1 mile west of I35W. ...WEDNESDAYS - Minneapolis - Kieran's Irish Pub, 330 2nd Ave So - (612) 339-4499 - 9pm....THURSDAYS - SHAKOPEE; Coffee Corner,238 Lewis St S, (952) 445-0118; 7 pm...FRIDAYS - MINNEAPOLIS; Molly Quinn's; 7 pm... SATURDAYS - BROOKLYN PARK; McTavish's Pub in the clubhouse at Edinburgh USA golf course on 85th Ave. N. - 9pm....Ceili/Set Dancing lessons - TUESDAY - ST PAUL - Dubliner Pub - University & Vandalia - 7-9pm - Set Dancing; Sponsored by Loma Mor Irish Dance Club - Adults only, beginners welcome. No partner needed. - instructor is Karen Cieminski - WEDNESDAY - Dubliner Pub - 7-9pm - Ceili Dancing - instructor is Mike Whelan; ST PAUL - Conway Community Center - at Ruth and Conway; 7-8:45pm Ceili Dancing - all ages/skill levels welcome -instructor is Joe Richter .....CEILIS: ST PAUL - Ceilis are held on the third Saturday of each month at Odd Fellows Hall (corner of Hampden and Raymond; 7:30-11pm. Both Ceili and Set Dancing are featured....GENEALOGY - GOLDEN VALLEY; Irish Genealogy Monthly Meetings - First Tuesdays - MSG Library - 6pm - Library Service - noon


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Ohio




November 19 -- [WILLOUGHBY]; Tim McMahon; Croagh Patrick's; 8:30pm

November 19 -- [COLUMBUS]; Drowsy Lads; Barley's Brew Pub, N.High St.; 8:30pm – 11:30pm

November 20 -- [YELLOW SPRINGS]; Mother Grove; Peach's Grill,104 Xenia Ave.; 10 pm; (937) 767-4850

November 20 -- [DAYTON]; Dulahan; Flanagans Pub, 101 E. Stewart St.; 9 pm; 937-228-5776; Benefit show for Bruce Comer

November 21 -- [CINCINNATI]; The Bloody Tinth; Molly Malones, 6111 Montgomery Road; 8 pm;

November 21 -- [CLEVELAND]; The Portersharks; The Harp; 9 pm

November 21 -- [COLUMBUS]; Mother Grove; Byrne's Pub, 1248 W Third Ave; 9 pm

November 21 -- [COLUMBUS]; Drowsy Lads; Claddagh Pub (Front St.); 8:30pm

November 21 -- [DAYTON]; Fintan; Dublin Pub; 9 pm

November 21 -- [MEDINA]; The Kreelers; Sully's Irish Pub; 9 pm

November 21 -- [TOLEDO]; Jeff Steward& 25s; The Blarney; 9 pm

November 21 -- [WILLOUGHBY]; Dan McCoy; Mullarkeys; 9 pm

November 25 -- [CLEVELAND]; The Portersharks; The Harp; 9 pm

November 27 -- [CINCINNATI]; Dex; Molly Malones, 6111 Montgomery Road; 8 pm;

November 27 -- [CLEVELAND]; Donal O'Shaugnassey;Flatiron Bar; 9 pm

November 27 -- [DAYTON]; 9 Castle Close; Dublin Pub; 8 pm

November 27 -- [TOLEDO]; Toast and Jam; The Blarney; 9 pm

November 27 -- [MILFORD]; Silver Arm; The Main Cup, 126 Main St.; 4-7pm; during the Holiday Walk

Novermber 27-28 -- [CLEVELAND]; New Barleycorn;Flannerys; 9 pm

Novermber 27-29 -- [COLUMBUS]; Midwest Oireachtas; Greater Columbus Convention Center; Hyatt Regency Columbus
November 28 -- [MEDINA]; Donal O'Shaugnassey; Sullys Irish Pub; 9 pm

November 28 -- [COLUMBUS]; Bangers and Mash; Byrne's Pub , 1248 W Third Ave; 9 pm

November 28 -- [WILLOUGHBY]; West Side Steve; Mullarkeys; 9 pm

November 29 -- [OLMSTEAD TOWNSHIP]; Jimmy Carton; West Side Irish American Club; 7.30 pm


December 3 -- [TOLEDO]; Jeff Stewart; The Blarney; 9 pm

December 4 -- [MIDDLETOWN]; Maidens IV; Miami University Middletown; 10 am; Johnston Hall - Miami University Middletown, 4200 East University Boulevard

December 4 -- [CINCINNATI]; Donal Maguire; House concert; 7 pm; details tba

December 5 -- [BEREA, KY]; Donal Maguire, John Skelton and Liams Fancy; 128 North Broadway St; Mid-Afternoon Irish Music workshops - Plectrum, Ballads, Woodwinds & Button Box. Call (859) 396-4491 for more details

December 5 -- [BEREA KY]; Donal Maguire; Afternoon workshop; Evening Concert - House Hall Concert wLiam's Fancy; 128 North Broadway St.; 7.30 pm

December 5 -- [CINCINNATI]; Fintan; Molly Malone's Cincinnati, 6111 Montgomery Rd; 9 pm; 513-531-0700

December 5 -- [CLEVELAND]; The Portersharks; The Harp; 9 pm

December 5 -- [COLUMBUS]; Ladies of Longford; German Village; 7 pm; Hausfrau Haven Holiday Open House

December 5 -- [COLUMBUS]; General Guinness Band; Byrne's Pub , 1248 W Third Ave; 9 pm

December 5 -- [DAYTON]; Homeland; Dublin Pub; 9 pm

December 10 -- [WILLOUGHBY]; Kevin McCarthy; Mullarkeys; 9 pm

December 10 -- [CINCINNATI]; Bob Ford; Union Township Branch Library Holiday Concert; 7 pm; 4462 Mt. Carmel-Tobasco Rd.; 513-528-1744

December 10 -- [CLEVELAND]; Cuyuga; The Barking Spider Tavern; 8 pm

December 11-12 -- [CLEVELAND]; New Barleycorn;Flannerys; 9 pm

December 11 -- [DAYTON]; The Kreelers; The Dublin Pub; 9.30 pm

December 11 -- [COLUMBUS]; Ladies of Longford with Lone Raven; Shamrock Club Christmas Concert; 7 pm

December 11-12 -- [CLEVELAND]; New Barleycorn;Flannerys; 9 pm

December 12 -- [CINCINNATI]; The Irish Tenors; Aranoff Center for Arts; 8 pm; 513-621-2787

December 12 -- [COLUMBUS]; Knot Fibbn; Byrne's Pub , 1248 W Third Ave; 9 pm

December 12 -- [COLUMBUS]; Drowsy Lads; Claddagh Pub (Front St.); 8:30pm

December 12 -- [COVINGTON, KY]; Silver Arm; Benefit for the Freestore Foodbank; Molly Malone's of Covington; tba

December 12 -- [COLUMBUS]; AOH Tara Hall Christmas Party / Installation of Officers; Mass at St Ladislas; 4 pm; Dinner and music by The Hooligans; 8 pm; 274 Innis Ave.

December 12 -- [CINCINNATI]; The Kreelers; PJ McIntyres; 9 pm

December 12 -- [DAYTON]; Roger Drawdy and the Firestarters; Dublin Pub; 9 pm

December 12 -- [MEDINA]; Mossy Moran; Sully's Irish Pub; 8:30pm

December 12 -- [WILLOUGHBY]; The Terriers; Mullarkeys; 9 pm

December 12 -- [TOLEDO]; Celtic Cross; The Blarney; 9 pm

December 12 --[BOSTON HARBOR]; Teada; Irish Christmas in America; Happy Days Visitor Center, 500 West Streetsboro Road (State Rt 303); 8 pm

December 13 --[COLUMBUS]; Teada; Irish Christmas in America; City Music; 8 pm

December 13 -- [CINCINNATI]; Riley School of Irish Music Holiday Concert; Peace and Merriment; 2-5pm; 3718 Eastern Ave.

December 16-17 -- [CLEVELAND]; Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul; An Nollaig -An Irish Christmas; Severance Hall; with the Cleveland Orchestra; 7. 30 pm

December 16 -- [CLEVELAND]; Emerald Frequency; Barking Spider Tavern, 11310 Juniper Rd.; 8 pm

December 17 -- [WILLOUGHBY]; Mossy Moran; Croagh Patrick's; Christmas Party; 8:30pm

December 18 -- [CLEVELAND]; Donal O'Shaugnassey;Flatiron Bar; 9 pm

December 19 -- [CLEVELAND]; Pitch the Peat; The Harp; 9 pm

December 19 -- [COLUMBUS]; Yankee Celtic Consort; Byrnes Pub; 9 pm

December 19 -- [MEDINA]; Donal O'Shaugnassey; Sullys Irish Pub; 9 pm

December 19 -- [WILLOUGHBY]; Dan McCoy; Mullarkeys; 9 pm

December 26 -- [COLUMBUS]; Mossy Moran; Byrnes Pub; 9 pm

December 26 -- [WILLOUGHBY]; West Side Steve; Mullarkeys; 9 pm


January 15 -- [DAYTON]; Brendan Loughrey; The Dublin Pub, 300 Wayne Street; (937)-224-7822; 9 pm;

January 16 -- [COLUMBUS]; Brendan Loughrey; Byrnes Pub,1248 W 3rd Avenue; ayne Street; 614-486-4722; 9 pm;

January 23 -- [COLUMBUS]; Drowsy Lads; Byrnes Pub; 8:30pm

January 29 -- [MARIEMONT]; Silver Arm; The Dilly Deli, Mariemont; 7-10pm

January 30 -- [HAMILTON]; April Verch and Solas; Parrish Auditorium; Miami University Hamilton; 8 pm; 513-529-3200

January 30 -- [COLUMBUS]; The Prodigals; Byrnes Pub,1248 W 3rd Avenue; ayne Street; 614-486-4722; 9 pm;


February 4 -- [DAYTON]; Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy; Victoria Theatre; 8 pm; 937-496-3863; Presented by Dayton City Folk;

February 12 -- [CINCINNATI]; Silver Arm, Ceol Mhor and Murphy's Law; Thomas More College; Tapestry Series; 7pm

February 27 -- [COLUMBUS]; Josephinium Irish Fest; Knot Fibbn, Maiden IV, more; Pontifical College Josephinium; For more info: 614-885-5585

February 27 -- [COLUMBUS]; The Chieftains; Veteran's Memorial; 7.30 pm

February 27 -- [GRANVILLE]; Gaelic Storm; Denison University; 8 pm

February 27 -- [OLMSTEAD TOWNSHIP]; The Elders; West Side Irish American Club; 8 pm


March 6 -- [FLORENCE, KY]; Irish Day at the Races; Turfway Race Park Course; Noon; Vinegar Hill and the McGing Irish Dancers; Sponsored by the Fenians of Northern Kentucky

March 8 -- [COLD SPRINGS, KY]; Blarnacles; Cold Springs Public Library; 7 pm

March 10 -- [COVINGTON]; Mass in Honor of St Patrick; Sponsored by the Fenians of Northern Kentucky; Fenians of Northern Kentucky, a non-profit Irish heritage and cultural organization, in honor ofCathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington, 12th Madison Avenue; 7pm; Fr. William Neuhaus, celebrant

March 10-14 -- [ASHLEY]; Atwater-Donnelly;Buckeye Dulcimer Festival; 740-747-2326

March 11 -- [CLEVELAND]; Gaelic Storm; House of Blues; 8 pm

March 12-13 -- [TOLEDO]; 20th annual St Patrick's Festival; Central Catholic High School; Oldest continuous Toledo Irish Festival

March 13 -- [COLUMBIANA]; Maidens IV; Main Street Theater; 8 pm

March 13 -- [COLUMBUS]; The Hooligans; St. Catherine Parish; St. Patrick's Party; 500 S. Gould Ave.; 8 pm

March 13 -- [DAYTON]; St. Patrick’s Day Celebration; 3-10 pm; IUE Local 755 Hall, 1675 Woodman Drive.; Dulahan, Celtic Academy of Irish Dance and McGovern Ceili Dancers; Sponsored by AOH JFK Division, LAOH, Mary of the Gaels Disivion

March 14 -- [COLUMBUS]; Altan; Southern theatre; 8 pm

March 13 -- [COLUMBIANA]; Maidens IV; Main Street Theater; 2 pm

March 17 -- [YOUNGSTOWN]; Fergie and the Bogdogs; Irish Bob's Pub, 3602 South Ave; 4 pm

March 17 -- [LAKEWOOD]; Loch Erie; Sullivan's Irish Pub; 2 pm

March 17 -- [COLUMBUS]; Drowsy Lads; Byrnes Pub; 4 pm

March 17 -- [HILLIARD]; The Hooligans; Beef O'Brady's - St. Patrick's Day Party; 6340 Scioto Darby Creek Rd; 7 pm; (614) 529-9464

March 18-19 -- [DAYTON]; The Celtic Tenors; Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra; 7.30 pm

March 19 -- [PENINSULA]; David Munnelly Band; Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association ; Cuyahoga Park; 7.30 pm

March 20 -- [FAIRFIELD]; Knot Fibbn; Fairfield Community Arts Center, 5350 Pleasant Ave; 8 pm; 513-867-5300

March 27 -- [COLUMBUS]; Knot Fibbn; Byrne's Pub , 1248 W Third Ave; 9 pm


April 9 -- [DAYTON]; Lunasa; Victoria Theatre; 8 pm; 937-496-3863; Presented by Dayton City Folk;


June 19 -- [COLUMBUS]; Knot Fibbn; Byrne's Pub , 1248 W Third Ave; 9 pm


July 10 -- [CINCINNATI]; AOH/LAOH 2010 National Convention; Roger Drawdy and the Firestarters; 7 pm; Millennium Hotel Cincinnati, 150 West Fifth Street

July 10 -- [SPRINGFIELD]; Cherish the Ladies; Springfield Arts Summer Concert Series; tbd

July 23-25 -- [EUCLID]; Cherish the Ladies; Cleveland Irish Festival; more tba

July 30-August 1 -- [DAYTON]; Dayton Irish Festival; RiverScape MetroPark, 111 E. Monument Ave; Teada, more

July 30 -- [LAKESIDE]; Celtic Tenors; Hoover Auditorium; 8pm


August 6-8 -- [DUBLIN]; Dublin Irish Festival; tba


September 25 -- [COLUMBUS]; Knot Fibbn; Byrne's Pub , 1248 W Third Ave; 9 pm


December 11 -- [COLUMBUS]; Knot Fibbn; Byrne's Pub , 1248 W Third Ave; 9 pm



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OHIO - AKRON - Session; Mother Grub Cafe - 7 pm Wednesdays....BOWLING GREEN - Grounds for Thoughts, Sundays.... COLUMBUS: Irish music sessions - Shamrock Club of Columbus - Third Fridays - Shamrock Club of Columbus.....Pub Quiz - Monday's, Fado Irish Pub; 8:30pm.... WESTLAKE --Session - Sundays - 4 pm - Colin Brennans, Detroit Road.... CLEVELAND - Brendan O'Neills - Sundays, 6 pm .....CLEVELAND - Mondays - Great Lakes Pub, 6-9 pm - 2516 Market Ave., 216.771.2085.... Session, Stampers, Thursday, 7 pm...TIFFIN]; Tiffin Ohio Session - Java Rave Coffee Shop, 45 S. Sandusky Street, (SR 53) - across the street from Tiffin University....


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December 3 - Shamrock Club Christmas Party; ICHC; 6.30 pm - Music by Tinker Tierney

March 13 - St Patrick Day Events: Mass, Parade, Post Parade Party

September 2010 - Shamrock Club 50th anniversary Dinner

Upcoming Color
Guard Parades

October 16 - 18 - Sister Bay Fall Festival

November 14 - Fire and Police Chili Cookoff - Derry's Pub

President Mary McAleese's
St. Patrick's Day Message

SC Scholarship application

Membership application

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