November 16, 2009

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November 17 -- Miramar Theatre , 2844 N. Oakland Ave.; 8 pm
November 20 -- Jeff Ward; Ashling-on-the-Lough - Kenosha, WI 7:00pm
November 20 -- Finbar MacCarthy; MacCarthy's Ould Sod, Saukville; 9 pm
November 20 -- Frogwater; House of Guinness, 534 Main Street, Waukesha; 9 pm
November 20 -- Derek Byrne; Cedar Creek Settlement Shops, N70W6340 Bridge Rd, Cedarburg; 3 pm
November 20-22 -- Shamrock Club at IIW Holiday Folk Fair; State Fair Park
November 20 -- Ian Gould; The Brat House, Milwaukee; 10 pm
November 21 -- Ian Gould; County Clare; 10 pm
November 21 -- Irish Music Session with Nancy Maio; Shillings Irish Pub, 611 Wisconsin Ave,Racine; 8 pm; (262) 632-6389; For more information please call Jim McVeigh - (262) 989 2100
November 21 -- Derek Byrne and Michael Lund; Paddy's Pub, 2339 N Murray; 9 pm
November 21 -- Ian Gould; County Clare Inn; 10 pm
November 21 -- ICHC Ceili; music by Ceol Cairde; 7.30 pm; ICHC, 2133 W Wisconsin Avenue
November 21 -- athas; Sets in the Burg Ceili; American Legion Post 288, W57N481 Hilbert Avenue, Cedarburg; 8-11pm
November 21 -- Ninth Annual Celtic Christmas Boutique; Milwaukee Irish Fest Center, 1532 N Wauwatosa; 9 am to 3:30 pm
November 21 -- Jeff Ward;The Yardarm Bar and Grill, Racine; 7:30pm
November 22 -- athas; Brocach Irish Pub Milwaukee; 6-8pm; 1850 N. Water St. Upstairs
November 22 -- Milwaukee Irish Fest Song Circle; O'donoghue's Irish Pub, Elm Grove; 7- 9 pm
November 25 -- Nod to Bob; Music by Frogwater; paying homage to Mr. Zimmerman (a.k.a. Bob Dylan); Linneman's Riverwest Inn, 1001 E Locust St; 8 pm
November 27 -- Finbar MacCarthy; MacCarthy's Ould Sod, Saukville; 9 pm
November 27 -- The Cranberries; The Riverside Theatder, 112 W Wisconsin Avenue; 8 pm
November 28 -- Derek Byrne; Reveres Wells St. Tavern, 505 Wells Street, Delafield; 7 pm
November 28 -- Atlantic Wave; Paddy's Pub; 9 pm
November 28 -- Monthly Set Dance; ICHC; Music by Rira; Dancing the The Derada Set; 7.30 pm
November 29 -- athas; Brocach Irish Pub Milwaukee; 6-8pm; 1850 N. Water St. Upstairs
November 29 -- Garlic Mustard Players;Old Fashioned Christmas; tba
December 3 -- Shamrock Club Christmas Party; 6.30 pm; ICHC; Music by the Tinkyr Boys
December 4 -- ICHC Ceili; music by Frogwater; 7.30 pm; ICHC, 2133 W Wisconsin Avenue
December 4 -- Frogwater; Milwaukee Ale House; 5 pm
December 4 -- Jeff Ward; House of Guinness, 354 W Main Street, Waukesha; 9pm
December 4 -- Finbar MacCarthy; MacCarthy's Ould Sod, Saukville; 9 pm
December 5 -- Derek Byrne and Sean Beglan; House of Guinness, Waukesha; 9 pm
December 5 -- Kim Robertson with A Celtic Christmas; Irish Cultural and Heritage Center, 2133 W Wisconsin Avenue; 7.30 pm; 414-345-8800
December 6 -- The Irish Tenors; Riverside Theatre, 112 W Wisconsin Avenue; 7 pm; 414-286-3663
December 6 -- Milwaukee Irish Fest Song Circle; O'donoghue's Irish Pub, Elm Grove; 7- 9 pm
December 6 -- athas; Brocach Irish Pub Milwaukee; 6-8pm; 1850 N. Water St. Upstairs
December 9 -- AOH Milwaukee Division Christmas Party and New Member Initiation; ICHC; 6 pm; Dinner to follow
December 11 -- Blarney; O'Donoghue's Irish Pub, 13225 Watertown Plank Road, Elm Grove; 8 pm
December 11 -- Finbar MacCarthy; MacCarthy's Ould Sod, Saukville; 9 pm
December 11 -- Sandcarvers; McAuliffe's Pub, 3700 Meachem Rd.; 9 pm;(262) 554-9695
December 11 -- Ian Gould; Ashling on the Lough, Kenosha; 9 pm
December 11 -- RiRa with Stuart Mitchell for a special Christmas concert and sing-a-long; ICHC, 2133 W Wisconsin Avenue; 7 pm
December 11 -- Blarney; O'Donoghue's Irish Pub; 13225 Plank Road, Elm Grove; 8 pm
December 12 -- A Leahy Family Christmas ; Dominican High School fund-raiser concert; 7.30 pm
December 12 -- Ian Gould; County Clare Inn; 10 pm
December 12 -- Derek Byrne and Michael Lund; Paddy's Pub, 2339 N Murray; 9 pm
December 12 -- Breakfast with Nick McFest; 9 am; Milwaukee Irish Fest Cengter, 1532 N Wauwatosa; 414-476-3378
December 13 -- Emerald Society Christmas Party; Derry's Pub, 5326 W. Bluemound Road; Noon to 6 pm
December 13 -- athas; Brocach Irish Pub Milwaukee; 6-8pm; 1850 N. Water St. Upstairs
December 14 -- St Andrew's Society Monthly Meeting; Wisconsin Club; 8 pm
December 18 -- Finbar MacCarthy; MacCarthy's Ould Sod, Saukville; 9 pm
December 18 -- Jeff Ward; Paddy's Irish Pub, 2337 N Murray Avenue; 8pm
December 19 -- ICHC Ceili; music by athas; 7.30 pm; ICHC, 2133 W Wisconsin Avenue
December 19 -- Irish Music Session with Nancy Maio; Shillings Irish Pub, 611 Wisconsin Ave,Racine; 8 pm; (262) 632-6389; For more information please call Jim McVeigh - (262) 989 2100
December 19 -- Blarney Christmas Concert; 8 pm; Milwaukee Irish Festival Center
December 19 -- Dublin O'Shea; Nice Ash; 9pm; 327 W Main St, Waukesha;(262) 547-9009
December 20 -- athas; Brocach Irish Pub Milwaukee; 6-8pm; 1850 N. Water St. Upstairs
December 20 -- Milwaukee Irish Fest Song Circle; O'donoghue's Irish Pub, Elm Grove; 7- 9 pm
December 26 -- Finbar MacCarthy; MacCarthy's Ould Sod, Saukville; 9 pm
December 27 -- athas; Brocach Irish Pub Milwaukee; 6-8pm; 1850 N. Water St. Upstairs
December 31 -- Atlantic Wave; Paddy's Pub; 9 pm
January 2 -- Finbar MacCarthy; MacCarthy's Ould Sod, Saukville; 9 pm
January 4 -- Emerald Society Meeting; Derry's Pub, 5326 W. Bluemound Road; 7 pm
January 7 -- Shamrock Club meeting; 7 pm; ICHC, 2133 W Wisconsin Avenue
January 8 -- ICHC Ceili; music tba; 7.30 pm; ICHC, 2133 W Wisconsin Avenue
January 9 -- Finbar MacCarthy; MacCarthy's Ould Sod, Saukville; 9 pm
January 13 -- Milwaukee Chapter - AOH; Division Meeting at 7:15 PM; Derry's Pub, 54 and Bluemound
January 16 -- Monthly Ceili Dance i at the ICHC; Music by Ceol Cairde; Irish Cultural and Heritage Center, 2133 W. Wisconsin Ave; Julie Clark instructor/caller; 7.30 pm
January 16 -- athas; Paddys Pub Milwaukee; 9.30 pm
January 16 -- Wisconsin Winterfeis; Midwest Center; 8 am
January 17 -- ICHC Feis; Midwest Center, 400 West Wisconsin; 8 am
January 22-23 -- athas; Oconomowoc Arts Center; 7 pm
January 24 -- Milwaukee Robert Burns Club; Annual Wreath laying at the Burns Statue; 10 am; Prospect and Knapp, Milwaukee
January 30 -- St Andrew's Society; St Andrews Club Burns Banquet; Wisconsin Club, 11 and Wisconsin; 6pm
February 4 -- Shamrock Club meeting; 7 pm; ICHC, 2133 W Wisconsin Avenue
February 5 -- ICHC Ceili; music tba; 7.30 pm; ICHC, 2133 W Wisconsin Avenue
February 5 -- ICHC Classic Celtic Cinema presents Into the West; Hallamor; Free; 7.30 pm; ICHC, 2133 W Wisconsin Avenue
February 6 -- athas; Sets in the Burg Ceili; American Legion Post 288; 8-11pm
February 9 - March 7 -- The Seafarer by Conor McPherson; Milwaukee Rep Quadracci Powerhouse Theater
February 14 -- Milwaukee Robert Burns Club 23rd Annual Burns Dinner; Klemmer's Williamsburg Inn, 10401 West Oklahoma Avenue, West Allis; 4:30 pm -- Reception and cocktails; 5.30pm - Traditional Burns Supper
February 20 -- ICHC Ceili; music tba; 7.30 pm; ICHC, 2133 W Wisconsin Avenue
February 26-28 -- Midwinter Set Dance Weekend ; ICHC; Details tba
February 27 -- 5 Card Studs; County Clare; 10 pm
March 4 -- Shamrock Club 50th Birthday Party and monthly meeting; ICHC; 7 pm
March 5 -- ICHC Classic Celtic Cinema presents Man of Aran; Hallamor; Free; 7.30 pm; ICHC, 2133 W Wisconsin Avenue
March 5 -- ICHC Ceili; music tba; 7.30 pm; ICHC, 2133 W Wisconsin Avenue
March 6 -- Ward Irish Music Archives 11th Annual Green Tie Affair; Milwaukee Athletic Club; 6 pm
March 6 -- The Chieftains; The Pabst Theatre; 8 pm
March 12-13 -- Danu; Wilson Center for the Arts, 19805 W.Capitol Drive; 8 pm
March 13 -- Shamrock Club's 44 annual St Patrick's Day Parade; Noon; 3rd and Wisconsin to Water and Highland
March 13 -- Shamrock Club's 25th Annual Mass in Honor of St Patrick; St Patrick's Church, 7 and Washington; 8.30 am
March 13 -- Shamrock Club's Post Parade Party; 1-6 pm; ICHC
March 16 -- 5 Card Studs; County Clare; 10 pm
March 17 -- Town of Erin St Patrick's Day Parade; Noon; Hwy 167 to the Erin Inn
March 17 -- Gaelic Storm; Pabst Theatre; 8 pm
March 17 -- John McGivern; ICHC; 7 pm
March 19 -- The Elders; South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center; 7.30 pm
March 20 -- Monthly Ceili Dance i at the ICHC; Music by Ceol Cairde; Irish Cultural and Heritage Center, 2133 W. Wisconsin Ave; Julie Clark instructor/caller; 7.30 pm
March 23 -- Celtic Crossroad; University of Wisconsin - Parkside, Kenosha; 7.30 pm
March 27 -- Monthly Set Dance Ceili at the ICHC; Music by athas; Irish Cultural and Heritage Center; 7.30 pm
April 1 -- Shamrock Club general meeting and scholarship raffle drawing; ICHC; 7 pm
April 2 -- ICHC Classic Celtic Cinema presents The Snapper; Hallamor; Free; 7.30 pm; ICHC, 2133 W Wisconsin Avenue
April 2 -- ICHC Ceili; 7.30 pm; ICHC, 2133 W Wisconsin Avenue
April 17 -- Emerald Society 20th Anniversary Dinner Dance ; Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago Avenue; 5:30 pm to Midnight
April 17 -- April Verch; ICHC; Irish Cultural and Heritage Center; 7.30 pm
April 17 -- Monthly Ceili Dance at the ICHC; Music by athas; Irish Cultural and Heritage Center; 7.30 pm
April 24 -- Milwaukee Spring Feis; Midwest Center, 400 West Wisconsin; 9 am
May 15 -- athas; Sets in the Burg Ceili; American Legion Post 288; 8-11pm
May 22 -- Milwaukee Scottish Dancers Spring Dance; DeKoven Hall; more tba
June 5 -- Shamrock Club monthly meeting; ICHC; 7 pm
June 7 -- Milwaukee Highland Games; Hart Park, 72 and State Street, Wauwatosa; 9 am
June12 -- The Elders; Shank Hall; 8 pm
June 16 -- Irish Heritage Performance; Milwaukee County Historical Society; Music by Ceol Cairde; Trimborn Farms, 8881 W. Grange, Hales Corners; 414-529-7744
August 14 Milwaukee Feis; UWM Student Union; 9 am
August 18 -- Different Drums of Ireland; Boerner Botanical Gardens; 7 pm
August 18 -- Screaming Orphans and Red Hot Chili Pipers; Tosa Tonight; Hart Park; 7 pm
August 16-20 -- Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School; Milwaukee School of Engineering, downtown Milwaukee; Tom Sweeney, Mick Moloney, Slide, Tommy Sands; more nstructors to be announced; 414-476-3378
August 19-22 -- Milwaukee Irish Fest 30th Anniversary; Henry Maier Festival Grounds; Seamus Kennedy; Blarney; Rira; athas; Derek Byrne; Glencastle Irish Dancers; Rince Nia; Cashel Dennehy; Trinity Irish Dancers; Barry Dodd; McMenamin Irish Dancers; Shamrock Club Color Guard Pipes and Drums; Ce`, Screaming Orphans. Red Hot Chili Pipers; Slide; Tom Sweeney; Tommy Sands; Green Fields of America; Different Drums of Ireland; Ceol Cairde; Rising Stour; Evans and Doherty; Slide; Rira with Stuart Mitchell; McMenamin Irish Dance Academy; Reilly Trio; Jeff Ward Band; Slide; Milwaukee Irish Arts; Green Fields of America; 414-476-3378
September 18 -- Shamrock Club of Wisconsin 50th anniversary Diner Dance; Humphrey Scottish Rite Temple, Mason and Wells; 6 pm
ON GOING...

SUNDAY: Session - at the Trinity Three, Juneau and Water Streets; Noon-2pm; ... Session - Ivanhoe's, Racine, 4 pm - third Sundays....Session - O'Donoghue's, 3-6 pm... Milwaukee Hurling League - Brown Deer Park; Matches start at 9:45 for the Youth League and 11:30 for the Adult league - May- through August .....

MONDAY: Milwaukee Scottish Dancers Go to site for class changes --http://milwaukeescd.org .... Beginner Set Dance Classes featuring instructors Joanna Dupuis and Tim McAndrew; 7 to 8:30 pm; through April 5; Mondays, Road House Bar and Grill, 1302 Washington Avenue, Cedarburg....

TUESDAY: Irish Currach Club of Milwaukee Meetings at Slim McGinn's, South 1st Street, 6:30 pm, 3rd Tuesday of the month... Irish Fest General Meeting, first Tuesday of the month, Irish Fest Center, 7 pm....

WEDNESDAY: Irish Emigration Library is open, ICHC, 2-8 pm ... Set Dancing and Session - O'Donoghue's, 7 pm... Gaelic League meetings - O'Donoghue's, last Wednesday, 7 pm...

THURSDAY: Shamrock Club General Meeeting; First Thursday of the month 7 pm at ICHC .... Session at Paddy's Pub Thursdays at 7:30 pm ..... Irish music session at The Pub; in Oconomowc Thursday 7:30 pm .....

SATURDAY: Session - Irish Archives Tune Swap/Session- first Saturday every month; 1-3pm; 1-2pm - Tune swap; 2-3pm-slow session; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Union; room varies, join the CMC email list; celtic_music_club_uwm-subscribe-at-yahoogroups.com; 414-202-8530....

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