Selected Irish Dance & Music Events

Last updated : Jun22, 2008

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Riverdance at the Wolf Trap Filene Center in Vienna, VA - May 29 - Jun 1 - link
GWCC Summer Irish Set Dance Classes at the Frost Cener in Rockville, MD - starts Jun 05 link
Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance - Damhsa, A Celebration of Irish Dance and Music at Wolf Trap's Theatre-in-the-Woods in Vienna, VA - Jul 8-12 at 10am - link
CCE Fiddle Week Ceili at the Washington Waldorf School in Bethesda, MD - Jul 11 link
GWCC Summer Dance Workshop & Ceili at the Frost Center in Rockville, MD - Jul 26 link
GWCC Cape May Dance Weekend at Atlantic Sands Hotel & Conference Center in Rehoboth Beach, DE - Oct 24-26 link
(with Padraig & Roisin McEneany and the Cape May Ceili Band (Felix Dolan, John Whelan, Bernadette Fee, Jimmy Kelly and Laura Byrne Egan)

CCE Fiddle Week at Washington Waldorf School in Bethesda, MD - Jul 07-11 link
( woth Brendan Mulvihill, Brian Conway, Heather Bixler; Myron Bretholz, and Karen Ashbrook)
HMT Bodhran workshop with Albert Alfonso in Takoma Park, MD - Jul 23 - link
(This workshop is geared towards intermediate-to-advanced level bodhran players. Albert will first review basics, and will then explore some ways to change the physical aspects of one's playing. He will provide info on new styles of playing, how to integrate traditional and top end methods, how to introduce different rhythms, and much more)

FSGW Washington Folk Festival in Glen Echo - May 31-Jun 1 - link
McHenry Highland Festival of Mountain Maryland at McHenry, MD - Jun 6-8 - link
15th Potomac Celtic Festival at Morven Park Historic Green and Mansion in Leesburg VA - Jun14 link
(with IONA, Tinsmith, Fynesound, Beggar's Circus, Hen, Flying Cows of Ventry)
Penn-Mar’s annual Irish Festival in Shrewsbury, PA - Jun 21 - link
Catskills Irish Arts Week at MJ Quill Festival Grounds in East Durham, NY - Jul 13-19 - link
Augusta Heritage Center Irish Week at David Elkins College in Elkins, WV - Jul 20-25 - link
Adams County Irish Festival in Gettysburg, PA - July 19 - link
Ballyshaners Irish Festival in Alexandria, VA - Aug 02 - link
Irish Festival in Baltimore City is in the Canton Waterfront Park - Sept - link
CCE Traditional Irish Music & Dance Festival at Van Dyck Park in Fairfax, VA - Sep 27 - link
(3 Stages of Traditional Music and Dance and Hurling & Gaelic Football and Children's Program and Session Tent)
Irish Charities of Maryland Festival in Timonium, MD - Nov 7-9 - link
18th Annual Irish Festival Cruise in the Carribean Jan 31 - Feb 07, 2009 link
(with Mary Black, Cherish the Ladies, Tommy Sands, Donny Golden, Matt Cunningham, and many more)

Riverdance at the Wolf Trap Filene Center in Vienna, VA - May 29 - Jun 1 - link
Afternoon Tea (Music by Jo Morrison, celtic harp) at The Shapiro Music Room at The Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, MD - Jun 18 - link
Summer Solstice Celtic Concert at Londontown Public Gardens in Edgewater, MD - Jun 20 - link
Afternoon Tea (Music by Carol Rose Duane, celtic harp) at The Shapiro Music Room at The Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, MD - Jun 27 - link
Celtic Concert (Maggie Sansone) at Ladew Topiary Gardens. in Monkton, MD - Jun 27 - link
CCE Fiddle Week Concert at McGinty's Public House in Silver Spring, MD - Jul 9 - link
Concert at Baldwin's Station (featuring members of the Old Bay Ceili Band) at Baldwin's Station, Sykesville, MD - Jul 10 - link
(The Old Bay Ceili Band, will be competing in the Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann, the world Irish Traditional music competition, in Tullamore, County Offally, Ireland on Sunday, August 24th 2008.
This ensemble, the first ceili band from Maryland or D.C. to compete in the All-Ireland Fleadh)
The Irish Inn Mates at a house concert in Fairfax Station, VA - Jul 12
(for info, call 703-426-1450 or email ionavoice@pobox.com)
Youmg Dubliners at Rams Head On Stage in Annapolis, MD - Aug 1- link
The Irish Tenors (Anthony Kearns, Karl Scully, and Finbar Wright) at the Wolf Trap Filene Center in Vienna, VA - Aug 04 - link
Old Blind Dogs (with Teada and Cara) at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA - Sep 16 - link