Merrimack Valley
The 2,800 seat Lowell Memorial Auditorium is a perfect venue for concerts and performances of every genre. Constructed in 1922, the Auditorium is located in beautiful and historic downtown Lowell.
Spectacle Live
Partner
Spectacle Live is a full-service booking, marketing, ticketing and promoting organization specializing in the presentation of concerts, theatre, comedy and family entertainment. Pete Lally (pictured) founded Spectacle Live in 2012 after having gained valuable venue management, event booking and marketing experience at a variety of venues for 15 years. Spectacle Live works with more than…
Cary Memorial Hall
Partner
Located in the heart of downtown Lexington, Cary Memorial Building hosts a variety of year-round music, comedy, and family programming, including a number of Irish and Celtic concerts. Cary Hall is home to Lexington’s professional group, the Lexington Symphony Orchestra.
Greater Boston Stage Company was renovated from the historic movie theatre The Stoneham and opened to the public in the year 2000. It produces 6-7 shows each year as part of our Mainstage series at Greater Boston Stage Company.
The next time you are exploring Irish heritage sites in Massachusetts, visit these landmarks in the City of Lowell, a mill city built in the 19th century in large part by Irish immigrants. The idea to create an experimental new town of mills and factories came from Yankee industrialists and bankers, but they quickly realized…
Formed in 2013 in Lowell, MA, Spectacle Live has become one of New England’s premier concert promoters in less than a decade. Founder Pete Lally’s original philosophy – to match the right artist with the right venue at the right date – has proven to be a winner, and today, the company offers creative solutions…
Margaret F. Foley (1827-1877) was a highly-praised 19th century cameo artist and sculptor, who lived in Vermont, Lowell and Boston, Massachusetts before moving to Rome, Italy where she spent the final 17 years of her life. She was widely known for her exquisite and intricate cameos of leading personages from singer Jenny Lind and poet Henry…
The town of Lexington, Massachusetts is gearing up for the semiquincentennial celebration of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. A new organization named Lex250 has been set up to promote and spearhead activities, projects and celebrations for the Town of Lexington. In a statement issued on its website, Lex250 writes: “The legacy of April 19, 1775, endures as…
The annual Patriots Day celebration held each April in Massachusetts is a cherished remembrance of local American history and heritage. It harkens back to April 19, 1775, when farmers and merchants, townspeople and volunteer soldiers in Concord, Lexington and nearby towns who banded together against encroaching British troops. The confrontation began when British soldiers set…
On November 17, 1918, more than 30,000 people gathered in Lowell to honor a favorite native son, William Henry Cardinal O’Connell, who was at that time the Cardinal of the Boston Archdiocese. Officials unveiled and dedicated a fountain of granite and bust of O’Connell along a parkway in front of City Hall. The fountain and…
In 1977, a Celtic Cross was placed in O’Connell Park on Merrimack Street across from Lowell City Hall, as part of America’s Bicentennial Celebration. The granite monument was carved by local artisan Adian Luz. The text on the back of the monument reads: The Irish community of Lowell was the first ethnic group to inhabit…
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