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Social Dances

American Contra, English Country, Irish Ceili, and Scottish Country Dance

Delaware Valley Branch of Royal Scottish Country Dance Society - greater Philadelphia area

Harrisburg Scottish Country Dance Society - Mechanicsburg, PA

IAANWJ - Irish American Association of North West Jersey - Wharton, NJ

Lambertville Country Dancers English Country Dance - Newtown, PA

Lehigh Valley Scottish Country Dance Society - Allentown, PA

Mt. Airy Contra Dance - Irish Center in Philadelphia, PA

New Castle County Irish Center - Wilmington, DE

Philadelphia Ceili Group Irish figure and set dances

Red Rose Scottish Country Dancers - Manheim, PA

Valley Contra Dance - Bethlehem, PA

Local Irish Step Dance Schools

An Clár School of Irish Dance - Albany, NY and Stanhope (Byram Twp), NJ

Celtic Flame School of Irish Dance - Bridesburg, PA - Fox Chase, PA - Bensalem, PA - Trevose, PA

DeNogla-Ardmore Academy of Irish Dance - Verona, Rutherford, Westfield, Ledgewood, and Hamilton, NJ

Coyle School of Irish Dance - Camp Hill, PA - Chestnut Hill, PA - Bridgeport, PA - Cherry Hill, NJ

Dó Cairde School of Irish Dance - Middletown, DE - West Chester, PA

Heritage Irish Dance Company- Clinton, NJ - Green Brook, NJ - Madison, NJ - Middletown, NJ - Wharton, NJ

Irish Stars Parker School of Irish Dance - Hellertown, PA

McDade-Cara School of Irish Dance - Edgemont, PA

McElligott School of Irish Dance - Stroudsburg, PA

O'Grady Quinlan Academy of Irish Dance - Easton, PA - Hatfield, PA - Bloomsbury, NJ - Allentown, PA

Wick-Hegarty School of Irish Dance - Denville, NJ and Sparta, NJ

Local Bands

99 Stringz

Abigail's Garden

Across the Pond

Belfast Connection

Nathan Bishop - violin, fiddle

Blackwater

Boys of County Bucks

Burning Bridget Cleary

John Byrne Band

Seamus Carmichael Sean-Nos and Traditional Song

Cas Ceol

The Celtic Martins

Celtic Rebels Band

Celtic Spirit Band

Celtic Wood & Wires

Chivalrous Crickets - folk baroque

Patrick Clifford

Cormorant's Fancy

DayBreak

Down by the Glenside

Jimmy Farrell - singer, songwriter. Also see Celtic Rebels Band

Fig for a Kiss - acoustic guitar and fiddle duo with Celtic and contemporary influences

Fire in the Glen

Fisher and Maher

Fred Gilmartin

House of Hamill - Rose Baldino (Burning Bridget Cleary) and Brian Buchanan (Jubilee Riots formerly known as Enter the Haggis)

Irish Blessing

Irishtown Road

Jameson Sisters

The Jolly Tars - Ken Purcell and Jake Laubach - Nautical, Irish, Traditional and Historical Music

Terry Kane Sings - voice, mandolin, and guitar

Killen Clark - Irish and American acoustic songs

The Malarkey Brothers - Irish Pub favourites

Mary Kay Mann - Celtic Harp, voice, flute, whistle

McDermott's Handy

Diarmuid MacSuibhne

Joanna Mell - Orchestral and Celtic Harp

Miles to Killarney

The Morrigan

Robert Mouland - WireHarp productions

Bill O'Neal

Parting Glass Band

Piper's Request

Poor Man's Gambit - Corey Purcell, Deirdre Lockman, and Federico Betti

Corey Purcell - button accordian, guitar, cittern, bodhran, vocals, and step dance

Ken Purcell - member of The Tars and The Shanachians

River Drivers

Rizzetta's Tones

Brigid Robine - accordian

The Rogue Diplomats

The O'Rourkes

Seasons

The O'Shenanigans

Tara Minstrels

Ellen Tepper

Fiona Tyndall - voice, bodhran

Steve Walker

Wee Foggy Dogs

Charlie Zahm - Coatesville, PA

NON-Local Bands

The Alt - John Doyle, Nuala Kennedy and Eamon O'Leary

Altan

Battlefield Band

Beoga

Mari Black

Breabach - contemporary folk music from Scotland

Moya Brennan

Paddy O'Brien

BUA

Buille

Kevin Burke - fiddle

The Byrne Brothers

Caladh Nua

Calan - accordion, fiddle, guitar, Welsh pipes, Welsh harp, and clogging

Cantrip - border pipes, fiddle, and guitar

John Carty

Karan Casey

Celtic Fiddle Festival

Cherish the Ladies

The Chieftains

Christmas with the Celts

Chulrua (cool-ROO-ah)

Connla

Copley Street

Maura O'Connell

Robbie O'Connell - Singer, Songwriter

Mary Courtney

Dàimh

Danú

Daymark

Tony DeMarco - Sligo style fiddle

Dervish

Gabriel Donahue

Doolin'

John Doyle

The Druids

Seamus Egan Project

Fara - Traditional and Folk music from Scotland

Fàrsan - Traditional and Contemporary music from Scotland and Cape Breton

The Fitzgeralds

Julie Fowlis

Alasdair Fraser

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas

The Friel Sisters

FullSet

Gadan

James Galway

Girsa

The Gloaming

The Glory Reel - Traditional Irish music from America

Goitse

The Gothard Sisters

Len Graham - Traditional Irish Singer and Storyteller

Brian Ó hAirt

Gráinne Hambly - Irish Harp

Gráinne Hambly and William Jackson - Masters of the Celtic Harp

Martin Hayes

Matt and Shannon Heaton

Shannon Heaton

Noel Hill - concertina

Ímar

Irish Christmas in America produced by Oisín Mac Diarmada

The Irish Rovers

Jollys Band

James Keane - button accordian

Jimmy Keane - piano accordian

Paddy Keenan - Uilleann Pipes

Nuala Kennedy - Flute

Seamus Kennedy

Ken Kolodner

Grey Larsen

Lilt - Tina Eck and Keith Carr

Lúnasa

Cassie & Maggie MacDonald - Nova Scotia

Natalie MacMaster - Cape Breton fiddler

Jim Malcolm - Scots troubadour

Eric McDonald - guitar and mandolin. See also McKasson & McDonald, Outside Track, Will Woodson, Daymark, and Cantrip

Paul McKenna Band

McPeake

Makem & Spain Brothers

Caitlín Nic Gabhann - concertina and dance

John Nolan - accordian

North Sea Gas - Scottish Folk

Laurence Nugent - Irish flute and whistle

Carlos Núñez - Galicia

Old Blind Dogs

One for the Foxes

Open the Door for Three - Liz Knowles, Pat Broaders, and Kieran O'Hare

Pipes & Fiddle - Alison Perkins & Nicolas Brown

Pipers Union - David Power, Ciaran Somers, and Donal Clancy

David Power - Uilleann Pipes

Raw Bar Collective - Conal Ó Gráda (flute), Benny McCarthy (accordion) & Dave Sheridan (fiddle)

Réalta

O'Rourke's Feast - Paddy O'Brien, Suzanne Rhees, Amy Shaw, Kathleen Green, Sherry Ladig, Ingrid Jans, and Rosa Wells

RUNA

Aoife Scott

Skipper's Alley

Socks in the Frying Pan - Shane Hayes, Fiachra Hayes, and Aodán Coyne

Solas

Talisk

Tannahill Weavers

Teada

Gerry Timlin

Triptych - Laura Risk, Paddy League, and Kieran Jordan - Boston, MA

Cillian Vallely - Uilleann pipe

Cillian & Niall Vallely, Buille, and more

Robert Watt - Highland, Border, Small, and Uilleann pipes

Wheezer and Squeezer - Jeremiah McLane & Timothy Cummings, traditional music on bagpipes and accordion

John Whelan - accordian

Will Woodson - Traditional music on Border pipes and wooden flute

The Yanks - Dylan Foley, Dan Gurney, Isaac Alderson, and Sean Earnest - New York

Organizations

Acoustic Music Scene.com

Bucks County Folk Song Society

Ceol Agus Rince Promotions

Celtic Center of Lancaster

Celtic Classic - Bethlehem, PA

Chiff and Fipple

Comhaltas - Delaware Valley Branch

Commodore John Barry Arts and Cultural Center - Philadelphia, PA

East of the Hebrides Entertainments - Organizers for Scottish/Irish Music Festival and trips to Scotland and Ireland

The Folk Project - New Jersey's premier acoustic music and dance organization

IAANWJ - Irish American Association of North West Jersey - Wharton, NJ

Irish Philadelphia

Lancaster Celtic Arts - Lancaster, PA

LIACS - Lancaster Irish American Cultural Society, Lancaster, PA

Lebanon Valley Council on the Arts - Lebanon, PA

Lehigh Valley Celtic - Bethlehem, PA

Lehigh Valley Passport to History - Northampton County and Lehigh County, PA

MacSwiney Club - Jenkintown, PA

Mudcat Cafe

New Castle County Irish Center - Wilmington, DE

Philadelphia Folksong Society

Philadelphia Ceili Group

Pocono Dulcimer Club - Stroudsburg, PA

Princeton Folk Music Society - Princeton, NJ

Real Good Music - booking agent for Moya Brennan, Fullset, Girsa, Goitse, Irish Christmas in America, Mànran, Runa, Slide, Tannahill Weavers, and more

Ruby Hoy - booking agent for Kevin Burke; Celtic Fiddle Festival; Jackie Daly & Matt Cranitch; Seán Gavin; Andy Irvine; Nuala Kennedy & Eamon O’ Leary; Sliabh Notes 25th Anniversary Tour; and more

Scottish Society of Central Pennsylvania - Harrisburg, PA

Scottish Society of the Lehigh Valley - Allentown, PA

Susquehanna Folk Music Society - Central Pennsylvania's grass-roots voice for folk music and dance

TIMES - Traditional Irish Music Education Society

Venues

Act II Playhouse - Ambler, PA

Allentown Symphony Hall - see Miller Symphony Hall

American Music Theatre - Lancaster, PA

Annie Bailey's - Lancaster, PA

Annenberg Center - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Appalachian Brewing Company - Harrisburg, PA

Appell Center for the Performing Arts - York, PA (formerly the Strand-Capitol)

Ardmore Music Hall - Ardmore, PA

Bally Hotel - Bally, PA

Birdhouse Center for the Arts - Lambertville, NJ

Historic Blairstown Theater - see Roy's Hall, Blairstown, NJ

Braveheart Highland Pub - Hellertown, PA

Brittingham's - Lafayette Hill, PA

Carlisle Theatre - Carlisle, PA

Civic Theatre of Allentown - Allentown, PA

The Colony Meadery - Allentown, PA - South Bethlehem, PA

The Cooperage Project - Honesdale, PA

Colonial Theatre - Phoenixville, PA

Columcille - Stroudsburg, PA

The Creative Compound - Honesdale, PA

Crossroads Concerts - Philadelphia

The Dubliner on the Delaware - New Hope, PA

Eicher Museum & Arts Center - Ephrata, PA

Failte Steak House - Dingmans Ferry, PA

The Fenix Room at Molly Maguire's in Phoenixville - Phoenixville, PA

Flaherty's Eating & Drinking Establishment - Kingston, PA

Flanagan's Pub - Shillington, PA

F. M. Kirby Center - Wilkes-Barre, PA

Funk Brewing - Elizabethtown, PA

Ganly's Irish Pub & Restaurant - Sinking Spring, PA

Godfrey Daniels - Bethlehem, PA

Green Willow - Wilmington, DE

Harmony in the Woods - Hawley, PA

Historic Hotel Bethlehem - Bethlehem, PA (NOTE: check Facebook page a few days before St. Patrick's Day Parade and the Celtic Classic)

IAANWJ - Irish American Association of North West Jersey - Wharton, NJ

Keswick Theatre - Glenside, PA

Kildare's Pub - West Chester, PA

KU Presents! - Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA

Lansdowne Folk Club - Lansdowne, PA

Live Edge Concerts - East Allentown, PA

Longwood Gardens - Kennet Square, PA

Mauch Chunk Opera House - Jim Thorpe, PA

Mayo Performing Arts Center - Morristown, NJ

McCarter Theatre Center - Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

McCarthy's Red Stag Pub - Bethlehem, PA

McCleary's Irish Pub - Marietta, PA

McCoole's at the Historic Red Lion Inn - Quakertown, PA

Meduseld Meadery - Lancaster, PA

Miller Symphony Hall - Allentown, PA (formerly Allentown Symphony Hall)

Molly Maguire's Restaurant and Pub - Phoenixville, PA

New Hope Winery - New Hope, PA

The Newton Theatre (Skylands Performing Arts Center) - Newton, NJ

Perkasie Patchwork Coffeehouse - Perkasie, PA

Philadelphia Folksong Society

Porters Pub - Easton, PA

Rose Lehrman Arts Center - Harrisburg, PA

Roy's Hall - Blairstown, NJ

Scranton Cultural Center - Scranton, PA

Sly Fox Brewing Company - Pottstown, PA and Phoenixville, PA

Sellersville Theatre - Sellersville, PA

State Theatre - Easton, PA

SteelStacks Free Music - Bethlehem, PA

SteelStacks Ticketed Concerts - Bethlehem, PA

Levitt Pavilion at SteelStacks - Bethlehem, PA

Strand-Capitol, York, PA - see Appell Center for the Performing Arts

tellus THREE SIXTY - Lancaster, PA

Tir na nOg - Trenton, NJ

Trooper Thorn's - Reading, PA

Touchstone Theatre - Bethlehem, PA

Trust Performing Arts Center - Lancaster, PA

Ugly Oyster Drafthaus - Reading, PA

Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center - West Chester, PA

The Ware Center at Millersville University - Lancaster, PA

WCU Live! - West Chester University, West Chester, PA

Weis Center for the Performing Arts - Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

Williams Center for the Arts - Lafayette College, Easton, PA

Wind Creek Event Center - Bethlehem, PA

The Wooden Match - Bethlehem, PA

World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, PA

The Yankee Chipper - Wyndmoor, PA

Zoellner Arts Center - Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Music Camps and Workshops

Banjo Burke Irish Trad Weekend on the Erie Canal - Rochester, NY and Fairport, NY - Columbus Day weekend in October

Catskills Irish Arts Week - East Durham, NY - 2nd full week after Independence Day Holiday in July

CCÉ Musical Arts and Dance (MAD) Week - Bethesda, MD - 1st full week after Independence Day Holiday in July

Fiddle and Pick Irish Music Weekend - Pegram, TN - Columbus Day weekend in October

Folk College - Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA - Memorial Day Weekend

Gertrude Byrne's #1 Irish Weekend - Villa Roma Resort, Callicoon, NY - first weekend of November

Harpers Escape Weekend - New Brunswick, NJ - 1st weekend in October. Note that the last Harper's Escape Weekend may be October 2016.

Irish Concertina School - East Durham, NY - usually last weekend of July

Maine Fiddle Camp - Montville, ME - Full weeks and weekends in June and August

The Northeast Squeeze-In - Becket, MA - 3rd or 4th weekend in September

The Northeast Tionól - East Durham, NY - 3rd (sometimes 4th) weekend in October

Philadelphia Ceili Group Annual Traditional Irish Music and Dance Festival - West Mt Airy, PA - weekend after Labor Day

Pipers' Gathering - Litchfield, CT - North America's most comprehensive alternative bagpipe event, mid- to late-August

St. Louis Tionól - St. Louis, MO - usually last weekend in April

Somerset Folk Harp Festival - Parsippany, NJ - 3rd weekend in July

Southeastern Harp Weekend - Asheville, NC - usually last full weekend in October

Southeast Pipers Club Tionól - Spring Meeting usually in April at Tybee Island, GA. Fall Meeting usually last weekend in September at Spruce Pine, NC

Swannanoa Gathering Celtic Week - Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC - mid-July

Upper Potomac Music Weekends - Shepherd University Student Center, Sherperdstown, WV - Fiddle Retreat in January - Pipers' Weekend in January - Spring Music Weekend in March

Celtic Festivals

(Under Construction: partial list as of July 2019)

January

February

Rose and Shamrock Irish Festival and Feis - Lancaster County Convention Center, Lancaster, PA

March

April

May

Philadelphia Fleadh - Bensalem, PA

Berks Celtic Fest - Reading, PA

June

Celtic Fling & Highland Games - Pennsylvania Renaissance Fairegrounds at Mount Hope Estate and Winery, Manheim, PA

Havertown Irish Festival - Manoa Shopping Center rear lot, West Chester Pike, Havertown, PA

Patch Town's Irish Fest - Eckley Miners' Village, Weatherly, PA

July

Adams County Irish Festival - Gettysburg, PA

August

Celtic Weekend - Pennsylvania Renaissance Fairegrounds at Mount Hope Estate and Winery, Manheim, PA

September

Irish-American Association of North West Jersey (IAANWJ) Feis & Festival - Sussex County Fairgrounds, Agusta, NJ

McLain Celtic Festival - Two Mile House, Carlisle, PA - NOTE: 2019 will be the final year for the McLain Celtic Festival. The festival will not continue in 2020.

Philadelphia Ceili Group Annual Traditional Irish Music and Dance Festival - West Mt Airy, PA

Covenanter Scottish Festival - Octorara Church, Quarryville, PA

Celtic Classic - Bethlehem, PA

October

November

December

Saint Patrick's Day Parades

New Jersey
ClintonNJ www.fssphunterdon.com Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Hunterdon County New Jersey
MorristownNJ paradeday.com Morris County New Jersey
NewtonNJ sussexcountynjirish.com Sussex County New Jersey
SomervilleNJ www.somervillesaintpatricksparade.com  
New York
New YorkNY www.nycstpatricksparade.org Mid-town Manhattan
Pennsylvania
AllentownPA www.allentownstpatricksparade.com
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ConshohockenPA aohnd1.com AOH Notre Dame Division 1, Montgomery County Pennsylvania
GirardvillePA girardvilleirishparade.com John "Jack" Kehoe AOH Division #1 of Girardville, Pennsylvania
HarrisburgPA www.harrisburgstpatricksdayparade.com  
Jim ThorpePA www.carbonstpatricksparade.com Carbon County Pennsylvania
PhiladelphiaPA www.phillyparade.com  
ScrantonPA stpatparade.com  
StroudsburgPA www.poconoirishamericanclub.com/parade.html Pocono Mountains Pennsylvania
Wilkes-BarrePA wilkes-barre.city/special-events/  
YorkPA www.yorksaintpatricksdayparade.org