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Dec 29, 2024 · Elsewhere, you can read all about the 22nd BCMFest (Boston Celtic Music Fest), which takes place at several locations Jan. 16-19, but here are some other upcoming Irish/Celtic events in Greater Boston. *The Boston College Gaelic Roots series’ 2025 schedule gets off to a terrific start on Jan. 30 with a visit from the duo of Brian Conway and Brendan Dolan at 6:30 p.m. in Connolly House on the ...

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Dec 29, 2024 · Cathy Jordan, the lead singer of traditional Irish band Dervish, doesn’t require a lot of convincing to visit Boston, so she’s more than happy that she and her bandmates will be in town this month for Boston Celtic Music Festival (BCMFest).“Boston is such an extension of Ireland it’s like another county,” said Jordan in a recent interview. “There’s such a …

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Oct 29, 2024 · A glance at some upcoming Irish/Celtic-related events in Greater Boston •This is the month that we can all go to Hell – Fiddle Hell, that is.The immensely popular traditional/folk music festival will take place from Nov. 7 to Nov. 10 at the Westford Regency in Westford, a little northeast of the Route 2/495 intersection.. Massachusetts Fiddle Hell, which has been going in …

May 21, 2024 · A look at some upcoming Irish/Celtic-related music events in Greater Boston•Fódhla, the trio of Medford fiddler Ellery Klein and Maine residents Nicole Rabata (flute, whistle) and Bethany Waickman (guitar), makes a rare and welcome return to the Greater Boston area with a June 1 appearance in Harvard – the town, not the university – presented by notloB Parlour Concerts.

Sep 25, 2024 · A look at some upcoming Irish/Celtic music-related events in Greater Boston and nearby •No mathematicians were consulted in the writing of this column, but here’s a confluence of events that would seem to defy the odds: a father and a son, both Scottish fiddlers who live thousands of miles away from one another, just happen to have gigs with their respective duos in the Boston area around ...