Arts and Entertainment
•A couple of festivals to note: There’s the fifth annual Rockport Celtic Festival, which takes place September 11-14 at the Shalin-Liu Performance Center, with a line-up that includes Open the Door for Three, Diarmuid Ó Meachair, Le Vent du Nord, Triton,... Read more
All systems are go for Seisiún, a unique festival taking place September 6 and 7 at The Stage on Suffolk Downs, with an emphasis on the hard-rocking, edgier side of Irish music.
Headlining acts for the music and cultural event will be Boston’s own... Read more
Now in its sixth year, the Rockport Celtic Festival – which takes place September 11-15 mainly in the Shalin Liu Performance Center – has established itself as one of Greater Boston’s premier folk and traditional music showcases, bringing together... Read more
This September is a good month to be a Pogues fan in Greater Boston. The ultra-storied, on-again/off-again Irish folk-punk band will be appearing at the two-day Seisún Irish Music, Arts and Cultural Festival at The Stage in Suffolk Downs September 6 and 7... Read more
The Broadway musical “The Wiz” will play Boston’s Citizens Opera House from August 12 – 24. This marks the groundbreaking show’s first national tour in four decades.
In the mega-musical hit, young Dorothy is whisked off from the boredom of her Kansas... Read more
A trio of upcoming performances to highlight here, including new album launches by the Carroll Sisters and Copley Street, and a reunion of fiddle-harp duo Jenna Moynihan and Màiri Chaimbeul.
•When it comes to putting out a debut album, many artists tend... Read more
•Andrew Caden & Conor McDonagh: “Across the Atlantic: Irish Music on Fiddle and Flute”
Principal Personnel – Andrew Caden (fiddle), Conor McDonagh (flute)
Notable Guests – Catherine McHugh (keyboard), John Blake (bouzouki), Ryan Sheridan (keyboard... Read more
Widely hailed accordionist/melodeonist and sean-nos singer Diarmuid Ó Meachair, a Cork native who’s won and been nominated for a slew of prestigious awards and honors, will give a concert at The Lilypad in Cambridge’s Inman Square on July 29 at 8 p.m.,... Read more
“The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks” is now having its North American premiere at The Park Plaza Castle. It is captivating, an immersive, theatrical experience combining emotional storytelling, rare NASA archival footage, and a magnificent... Read more
A look at upcoming Irish/Celtic-related music events in Greater Boston and somewhat beyond.
July’s big local happening is Summer BCMFest, which takes place July 6 in Harvard Square’s Club Passim, with both outdoor and indoor performances featuring the... Read more
It’s rather cool for an early summer Tuesday evening, but Tommy McCarthy is feeling the warmth.
After all, this is the night of the week when he and his wife, Louise Costello, along with their daughter Rose, host the Irish music session at their recently... Read more
The duos of Matt & Shannon Heaton and Katie McNally & Neil Pearlman – both long-time favorites of Celtic music fans in Greater Boston and elsewhere – will be among the featured acts at the 11th annual Summer BCMFest, which takes place on July 6... Read more
A period spanning nine years is a sizeable one in any era, but the interval between the first album by Boston-based traditional Irish music trio Copley Street in 2016 and its successor, released in January, seems to encompass multiple lifetimes.
There was... Read more
Seisiún, an Irish music and cultural gathering, will be presented at The Stage at Suffolk Downs on Saturday, September 6 and Sunday, September 7, 2025, in partnership with The Bowery Presents, Liam Lynch and Joe Killian.
Featuring The Pogues and Boston’s... Read more
Fiddler and vocalist Christine Delphine Hedden, a mainstay of Greater Boston’s Irish/Celtic music scene, will debut an original composition on Sunday, June 1, at “Songs for the Earth,” a benefit for Mass Audubon. The event – which utilizes the arts to... Read more
Bill Monks uses humor, pathos to portray the essence of a neighborhood in Dublin
Every once in a while, a book captures the character, mood, and humor of a place. In award-winning novels, John Kennedy Toole’s “A Confederacy of Dunces” did that for the... Read more
“Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing
a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.
So begins James Joyce’s masterpiece, “Ulysses.” Boston Irish readers know that Bloomsday is the annual celebration of “Ulysses”... Read more
UMass Boston has entered into a partnership with the city of Derry in the Northern Ireland aimed at boosting collaboration between the Dorchester campus and the Irish city in coming years.
UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco and Derry Mayor... Read more
Trinity Irish Dance Company (TIDC), the Chicago-based critically-acclaimed Irish American non-profit performing arts company that celebrates Founding Artistic Director Mark Howard’s pioneering vision to fuse vibrant Irish traditions with ever-evolving... Read more
A look at upcoming Irish/Celtic music-related events in Greater Boston (and somewhat beyond)
•Jean Butler, who played a major role in the groundbreaking original production of “Riverdance” (you might’ve heard of it) will be at the Irish Cultural Centre of... Read more
