Northern California Celtic Music Venues

 

Sessions are now included on the Celtic Calendar
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Links to Northern California Music Venues:

Central California Seisiun List

Traditional Celtic Music In the San Francisco & Monterey Bay Areas

Venues in Northern California from the Fresno Folklore Society

Fire on the Mountain  Music Festivals

Rusty Sword Productions  Music Festivals and Ren Faires

 

Sacramento Valley:

Boxing Donkey - 300 Lincoln St., Roseville, CA (916) 797-3665

Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, 15th & J, Sacramento - Welsh Church Evensong service - 1st Wednesday of each month, 7:30 pm - 916 363-9518 

Fox and Goose, 1001 R Street, corner of 10th and R, Sacramento, Ca 95814  (916) 443-8825

Delta of Venus Cafe & Pub, 122 B Street, Downtown Davis  Info: marymlogan(at)yahoo.com or call 530-400-6775 - Irish Traditional Session - Wednesdays, 7-10 pm 

Duffy's Tavern, 337 Main St (4th and Main), Chico - 530 343 7718 - Irish Traditional Music session and dance - Musicians, Dancers, and Punters welcome - Each Friday 3:30 –7:30 p.m. -

Northern California Harp Ring Circle - First Sunday of the Month – Chico - Janice Williams  530-893-8026 nchr(at)sbcglobal.net

Constable Jack's - 515 Main St, Newcastle (916) 663-9385

Pete and Pat's World Kitchen Latitudes Restaurant  130 Maple Street in Auburn 

The Center for the Arts, 314 W Main St, Grass Valley, CA  95945   530.274.8384

 

Fresno and San Joaquin Valley:

Full Circle Brewery  - 620 F St.Fresno 
 
Crossroads - 3315 N. Cedar Ave, Fresno, CA 93726

Fresno Folklore Society

Fox Theatre - 326 North Irwin St., Hanford  (559) 584-7823  

Grace O’Malley’s Public House - 4020 N Cedar Ave, Fresno - (559) 229-7825

 

San Francisco:

Plough & Stars Pub, 116 Clement Street (near Second Avenue), San Francisco 751-1122

Johnny Foley's Pub, 243 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, near Union Square, San Francisco.

An Bodhran - CLOSED

The Blackthorn Tavern, 834 Irving Street, San Francisco - Culann's Hounds' home in San Francisco.

Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub, 519 Jackson Street, San Francisco (415) 955-1916

The Abbey Tavern, 4100 Geary Blvd at 5th Ave, San Francisco

United Irish Cultural Centre, 2700 45th Avenue (at Sloat Boulevard), San Francisco - (415) 661-2700

O'Reilly's Irish Pub and Restaurant, 622 Green Street, San Francisco, 989-6222
 
O'Reilly's Holy Grail , 1233 Polk Street, San Francisco

The Chieftain Irish Pub and Restaurant - 198 5th St., San Francisco, 615-0916

Irish Bank  - 10 Mark Lane (off Bush St.), San Francisco, 788-7152

Pat O'Sheas Mad Hatter and Ireland's 32 - Both on Geary Avenue near Third Avenue 415-752-3148

Buena Vista Cafe - 2765 Hyde Street at Beach, San Francisco, 474-5044
 
Wild Oscar's  - 1900 Folsom, San Francisco, 621-7145
 

S F South Bay:

O'Flaherty's Irish Pub in downtown San Jose every Tuesday night from 6:30 until 10:00. Contact session host, Julie Horner at 408-422-1463 or clanstewart3(at)yahoo.com.

White Cockade Scottish Pub in Boulder Creek on the first and third Sundays. Interested parties should contact session host, Greg Roe at sessions(at)gregroe.com.

Finn McCools Irish Pub, 213 El Camino Real, Millbrae - Bar Phone: 650.697.2403 

Sunnyvale & Mountain View: Molly & Fibbar Magees.

The Grand Dell Saloon, 1040 Dell Ave. in Campbell, also around 8pm and (408) 378-3970
 
There are slow to medium play, for the most part, sessions, starting at 7pm, at a private home in Cupertino on the 2nd Sunday of the month. For info call Angeline at (408) 799-0314.
 
The Fox Theatre, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City (650) 369-4119

Towles Cafe - Burlingame - Great food and Celtic music 1401 Burlingame Ave. (650)344-1462

The San Francisco Pipers Club at Fandango Pizza, 3163 Middlefield Road (near Loma Verde), Palo Alto (650) 494-2929

 

S F North Bay and Mendocino Coast:

Wednesday Main Street Station, located at 16280 Main Street, in Guerneville  from 6:30 to 9:00 PM.  Call (707) 869-0501 or email pizza@mainststation.com for details.

St. Isabella's Parish Hall, 1 Trinity Way, San Rafael (Terra Linda off Freitas Parkway) starting at 7:00pm Call (415) 497-8656 or email MarinIrishCeili@lucasvalley.net for play list and directions.

Murphy's Irish Pub, 464 First Street East, Sonoma. Murphy's has its schedule on the WWW.
 
San Rafael, Marine Center Box Office - 415 499-6800 

The Mayflower Pub, located at, 1533 Fourth Street, San Rafael (website not up yet 5/16/08)

The Black Rose - 2074 Armory Dr. Santa Rosa - 707.546.7673

Sebastopol Community Center. 

Caspar Inn - 14957 Caspar Rd. Caspar (707) 964-5565

 

S F East Bay:

Mr. Pickwick's British Pub & Restaurant 4633 Clayton Road, Concord, CA   (925) 459-0574     No cover charge

Fremont - Brask House Concert - 2041 Valorie St. 

Freight & Salvage on Addison (just off San Pablo one block south of University Ave. Berkeley.

Sally Greenberg's House Concerts in Berkeley. These concerts tend to feature English and Scottish music in a great, intimate setting (limited to 40 people).

Starry Plough Pub, in Berkeley on Shattuck Ave (south of Ashby) . The Starry Plough has informal sessions every Sunday night starting at 8:00 organized by Shay Black.

The Adelphian Center for the Arts, 2167 Central Ave, Alameda (51) 748-8181. This is a lovely venue with nice acoustics, people who come to hear the music (and beer!).

 

Monterey and Santa Cruz:

The Britannia Arms, 8017 Soquel Ave. in Aptos from 7pm to 9pm & on the 3rd Sunday of the month, from 2pm to 4pm, at NOAA Building on the UCSC Marine Science Campus. For info call Winona at 426-9113.

St. Andrew Presbyterian Church: 9850 Monroe Avenue, Aptos, CA 95003 just off Soquel.  St. Andrew Presbyterian Church  

There is a new session every Sunday in Gilroy at The Claddagh Irish Restaurant & Pub, 1300 First St., from 5pm to 9pm. For info, contact The Claddagh at (408) 848-5050, the claddagh@yahoo.com or visit www.thecladdagh.net.

There is a session in Monterey on the 3rd Sunday of the month at Duffy's Tavern, 282 High St. in Monterey beginning at 3pm. For info, call Tam at 626-0666.

The London Bridge Pub, Fisherman's Wharf #2 in Monterey from 8pm to 10pm. For info, contact Glen at Zenfiddler@yahoo.com.

There are 'Mostly Celtic Sessions' twice a week. On Tuesdays at CB Hannegan's, 208 Bachman Ave. in Los Gatos which begin around 8pm and you can call (408) 395-1233 for info

Monterey Live - 414 Alvarado St., Monterey (831)646-1415

Don Quixote's International Music Hall, 6275 Hwy. 9 in Felton ( 831 ) 203-2294

The Monterey Celtic Arts Academy hold monthly Bagpipe Nights on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at The Music Building at York School in Monterey from 5pm to 6pm. For more information call Wendy at 633-4444 or Michel at 372-2020.

 

Nevada:

Wild Sage - Every Monday from noon to 2pm at Comma Coffee, 312 South Carson St., Carson City, Nevada, across from the state legislature.  Call Comma Coffee at 883-2662.  - kingtildrum(at)earthlink.net, or cdadbayer(at)aol.com