In 2025, Boston Irish Tourism Association (BITA) celebrates its 25th anniversary as a distinctive cultural tourism organization that promotes culture…
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Continue ReadingThe Annual Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival will look a little bit different this year with a focus on more intimate, educational tasting experiences. The weekend schedule of events includes the Rosecliff Seminar Series, offering a variety of 50-person wine and spirits seminars, a Saturday night Vintner Dinner, and an elegant Sunday Brunch at...
Spectacle Live Presents: Celtic Thunder – Their Greatest Songs and along the way a Reunion with Old Friends An Intimate Evening with Celtic Thunder is more than just a concert—it’s a journey through the group’s incredible legacy. Featuring a carefully curated setlist of their greatest hits, this show will showcase the powerful harmonies, soaring ballads,...
Spectacle Live Presents: Celtic Thunder – Their Greatest Songs and along the way a Reunion with Old Friends An Intimate Evening with Celtic Thunder is more than just a concert—it’s a journey through the group’s incredible legacy. Featuring a carefully curated setlist of their greatest hits, this show will showcase the powerful harmonies, soaring ballads,...
This year, the ICC hosts the 3rd Annual Brian J. Donnelly Awards event on September 25th, 2025 The event will be held at Venezia Restaurant. This year the ICC honors Jack Connors (posthumously) for a lifetime of philanthropy and support of the Irish in America. More information is coming soon. Please check back. Venezia Restaurant...
Born of a session in Paisley, Scotland and named for the town's historic weaving industry and local poet laureate Robert Tannahill, the group has made an international name for its special brand of Scottish music, blending the beauty of traditional melodies with the power of modern rhythms. The Tannahill Weavers began to attract attention when...
Presented by Global Arts Live, UNLEASHED is a new show featuring the electrifying Scottish folk band Talisk and the audacious Irish dancing duo, the Gardiner Brothers, celebrating tradition, modernity, and innovation in a thrilling fusion of sound and movement. UNLEASHED was scheduled to perform at the Berklee Performance Center on February 22 but the show...
Experience the globally prestigious Pink Martini in Rockport! Blending jazz, classical and vintage pop with multilingual flair, this “little orchestra” has delivered electrifying performances that transports audiences around the world for more than 30 years. Featuring a dozen musicians with songs in 25 languages, Pink Martini performs its multilingual repertoire on concert stages and with...
Pink Martini has sold well over 3 million albums worldwide on their own independent label Heinz Records (named after Lauderdale’s dog).In 2016, Pink Martini released its ninth studio album, Je dis oui!, which features vocals from China Forbes, Storm Large, Ari Shapiro, fashion guru Ikram Goldman, civil rights activist Kathleen Saadat, and Rufus Wainwright. The album’s...
The Scottish-born singer-songwriter, Al Stewart, has released nearly 20 introspective and lyrically powerful records featuring brilliant backing musicians (Jimmy Page, Phil Collins, Richard Thompson, Peter White, etc.). His biggest platinum successes, “Year Of The Cat” and “Time Passages”, were released in 1976 & 1978 respectively. He’s had several top 20 singles, including the above-mentioned titles,...
Boston-born short story master Edgar Allan Poe visited Lowell three times in the 1840s and apparently loved the city. Lowell is returning the love with the 2nd Annual Poe in Lowell Festival on October 17-19, 2025. Activities include book readings and lectures, live music, art exhibits, film screenings, a walking tour of Lowell and a pop-up...
Featuring Ireland's leading beers, stouts, & ciders! Favorite Irish foods - Irish whiskey & liquours samplings! Two Live Irish music stations & local bands all day long! Enjoy: Guinness, Magners & craft breweries, Irish Food, vendors including Mulligan Gear, JTC Jewelry, Kendra Scott & more, New England Revolution Mascot & The Battalion, The Vikings -...
FREE ADMISSION! Historic Bowen’s Wharf in downtown Newport, RI, will host the 34th annual Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival, on October 18th and 19th, 2025. Named one of the “10 Fabulous Fall Festivals on the Coast,” by Coastal Living Magazine, this event is an open invitation for all to come back to the waterfront after the...
By Roddy Campbell: Contemporary folk songs, at their very best, offer an insight into the hardships, attitudes, and resolve of characters and events that shape our day-to-day lives. You can dress these songs up in inspired arrangements and intricate instrumentation but, at their very essence, the archetypal folk song is all about stories. Stories and...
For 50 years, Two-time Grammy winner BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet have been hailed as “the best Cajun band in the world.” Doucet and the band can be credited with taking Cajun music from its regional roots in Louisiana to popularity worldwide. Born from their rich Acadian ancestry BeauSoleil’s distinctive sound derives from the distilled spirits...
The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music band that emerged from San Francisco's North Beach club scene in 1957. With their unique sound and rich tradition of American folk music, the Trio quickly rose to fame during the late 50s and early 60s, influencing the musical tastes of a generation. Their unprecedented...
The musical partnership between Alasdair Fraser, long regarded as Scotland's premier fiddle ambassador, and the sizzlingly-talented Californian cellist Natalie Haas may not seem an obvious one, but the duo's dazzling teamwork, driving rhythms, and their shared passion for improvising on the melody and the groove of Scottish tunes has helped reconstruct and revive the Scottish tradition of...
