Dine Out Boston – August 3–16, 2025

Dine Out Boston

Formerly known as Restaurant Week Boston®, Dine Out Boston offers some of Boston’s finest dining. Try a new restaurant or get back to an old favorite. Enjoy a multi-course prix fixe lunch or dinner served at one of the participating restaurants. Each participating restaurant selects one of the four price options.  Dine Out Boston is presented…

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Comhaltas Music School Welcomes Fiddler Gerry O’Connor

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The Boston chapter of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCE) (Irish Musicians Association) welcomes Master Fiddler Gerry O’Connor to CCE Boston Music School for a live, in-person workshop, on Thursday, May 22nd at the Canadian American Club in Watertown! Whether you’re just starting out or have years of experience, this is a rare chance to learn from…

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IPC Presents: Monthly Irish Music Session

IPC, August Trad Session

Join the Irish Pastoral Centre (IPC) on August 17th to celebrate Irish culture and tradition with the monthly traditional Irish music session. It’s a great way to celebrate the summer season! All musicians, singers, dancers and listeners welcome! Tea/Coffee and light refreshments will be provided. View more IPC events here.

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IPC + AOH Present Annual Irish Famine Memorial Mass on Deer Island

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On Saturday, June 7 at 11 a.m., greater Boston’s Irish community will gather for a Memorial Mass at The Great Hunger Memorial on Deer Island in Boston Harbor.  The annual mass remembers the Irish refugees who died there in the 1840s and are buried on the island. In the late 1840s, the City of Boston…

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IPC Presents: Monthly Irish Music Session

IPC, July Trad Session

Join the Irish Pastoral Centre (IPC) on July 20th to celebrate Irish culture and tradition with the monthly traditional Irish music session. It’s a great way to celebrate the summer season! All musicians, singers, dancers and listeners welcome! Tea/Coffee and light refreshments will be provided. Register here.

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IPC Presents: Monthly Irish Music Session

IPC June Trad Session

Join the Irish Pastoral Centre (IPCC) on June 22nd to celebrate Irish culture and tradition with the monthly traditional Irish music session. It’s a great way to welcome the summer season! All musicians, singers, dancers and listeners welcome! Tea/Coffee and light refreshments will be provided. Register here.

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Irish American Writers at ALA

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Members of the Irish American Writers and Artists discuss a range of topics at the annual ALA Conference in Boston. Led by Chair Lori Cassels, the panel includes Margaret Seidler, Loretto Leary, Ben Nadler, Bill Nevins and Larry Kirwin. “Payne-ful  Business from NYC to Charleston, my Irish family’s involvement in the slave trades,” Margaret Seidler,…

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Discover Quincy Presents: Classic Rock Revival

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Join in Quincy’s iconic Classic Rock Revival! Featuring tribute bands, Chicago Total Access, Doobie Others Band and the Ultimate Queen Celebration. Food and drink available for purchase. The following food trucks are scheduled to appear. – Diavolo – Wahlburgers – Ellie’s Treats – Drifters Kitchen & Bar 1:00pm-2:30pm Chicago Total Access The Ultimate Tribute Band…

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Discover Quincy Presents: Concert on the Common

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Concert on the Common Saturday, May 17, 2025 | 4:00 PM Hancock-Adams Common Rain Location: Quincy High School Lloyd Hill Center for Performing Arts) The Quincy Symphony Orchestra and combined High School Choral Group proudly present a special outdoor concert featuring Todd Angilly (Bruins’ National Anthem Singer, pictured) and conductor Yoichi Udagawa. The event is…

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Irish American Partnership: 2025 Albany Golf Tournament

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Join the Irish American Partnership on Monday, June 30th for the Irish American Partnership’s 34th annual Albany Golf Tournament. The Albany golf community returns year after year to play one of the finest courses, to compete for a spectacular first prize of roundtrip tickets to Ireland, and to enjoy the camaraderie and fun of a spectacular…

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Irish American Partnership: Annual Chicago Golf Tournament

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Join the Irish American Partnership on Monday, June 2 for the Irish American Partnership’s annual Chicago Golf Tournament at Sunset Ridge Country Club. The Tournament is a wonderful opportunity to play one of Chicago’s finest courses, and to compete for a spectacular first prize of roundtrip tickets to Ireland, while impacting the lives of thousands…

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Discover Quincy Presents: August Moon Festival

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The City of Quincy hosts the annual August Moon Festival as one of the city’s signature event for the month of August. A community tradition since 1987, this event was voted ‘Best Street Festival’ by Boston Magazine in 2018. This momentous holiday celebrates the harvest and the full moon, which is a symbol of prosperity,…

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ICC Presents: GAA Finals Weekend

August 9-10 GAA Finals Weekend Irish Cultural Centre Canton Championship matches for Boston Northeast Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)  summer league takes place August 9-10 at the Irish Cultural Centre in Canton, 10 miles from Boston.   The season began in May with 45 teams from across New England, and this weekend determines which men’s and…

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ICC Presents: GAA Semi Finals Weekend

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August Aug 2-3 GAA Semi Finals Weekend Irish Cultural Centre Canton 2025 Semi-finals and finals are weekends of Aug 2-3 and 9-10 for all except Junior B and C hurling, and Junior C football. For those competitions the semis are July 26 and Aug 2 weekends. irishculture.org  

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JFK Library: The Night Agent

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Kennedy Library Virtual Forum The Night Agent: Intelligence and National Security on the Page and Screen Access to this event will be provided through a link sent to your email. Register here. Matthew Quirk, author of The Night Agent, and Shawn Ryan, creator and showrunner of the Netflix series based on the book, discuss the process of…

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Lowell Summer Music Series Presents: Sierra Hull

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Sierra Hull is a virtuoso mandolinist, a two-time Grammy-nominated artist, and a groundbreaking songwriter. Recognized for her acclaimed albums 25 Trips (2020) and Weighted Mind (2016), she’s also a six-time IBMA Mandolin Player of the Year – the first woman to ever receive this honor. A pioneer in acoustic music, Hull has performed on iconic stages like Carnegie Hall, the…

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Lowell Summer Music Series Presents: Gaelic Storm

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Gaelic Storm is coming to Lowell! “You have to see us live. We are the true workingman’s’ band,” says longtime member Ryan Lacey. “We still, and most likely always will, tour most of the year, and that’s how we constantly hone our craft.” The band takes a true blue-collar, hard-nose approach to touring, consistently traveling…

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Spectacle Live Presents: The High Kings

The High Kings

The High Kings are Finbarr Clancy, Darren Holden, Brian Dunphy and Paul O’ Brien. The High Kings formed in June 2007 when Brian, Darren, Finbarr and former member Martin Furey were asked to join a brand-new Irish ballad group by David Kavanagh after he had noticed a gap in the market for a band specializing…

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Spectacle Live Presents: The High Kings

The High Kings

The High Kings are Finbarr Clancy, Darren Holden, Brian Dunphy and Paul O’ Brien. The High Kings formed in June 2007 when Brian, Darren, Finbarr and former member Martin Furey were asked to join a brand-new Irish ballad group by David Kavanagh after he had noticed a gap in the market for a band specializing…

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Celtic Thunder – Their Greatest Songs and along the way a Reunion with Old Friends

Graham Nash

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,…

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Spectacle Live Presents – Pink Martini

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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…

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Graham Nash – More Evenings of Songs and Stories

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Spectacle Live Presents Grahan Nash. Graham will be joined on stage by Todd Caldwell (keyboards and vocals), Adam Minkoff (bass, drums, guitars, and vocals), and Zach Djanikian (guitars, mandolin, drums, and vocals), performing favorites from across his sixty-year career. Legendary artist Graham Nash, as a founding member of both the Hollies and Crosby, Stills and…

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Spectacle Live Presents – Adam Ezra Group

Adam Ezra

If you haven’t connected with Adam Ezra Group yet, these are just a few examples to help you understand how this underground, Americana songwriter and his bandmates seem to have popped out of nowhere, establishing a connection with their fans unlike any other, and are suddenly selling out theaters throughout the Northeast: he takes a month…

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