Luke Jardel will be performing for AOH charities on Sunday,
Some of your favorite Celtic rockers are jamming this weekend to support the Philadelphia AOH Freedom for All Ireland committee, which is dedicated to the reunification of Ireland. You can hear Luke Jardel (The Hooligans), Bob Hurst (the Bogside Rogues), Jamison, the Shantys, the Celtic Connect and many more. The $30 ticket to get into Finnigan’s Wake in Philadelphia covers food, draft beer, wine, soda, and your donation to the AOH FFAI charities. (Catch the Shantys at Paddywhacks on the Boulevard on Saturday afternoon!)
Also on Sunday, the Coyle School will be having its feis at the Sportsplex of PA in Feasterville, the Delaware Valley Irish Hall of Fame will induct four more Irish community stalwarts, and you can hear Paul Byrom, formerly of Celtic Thunder, at the Sellersville Theatre.
The play, “Once,” based on the movie set in Dublin, continues at the Academy of Music to rave reviews.
On Monday, Villanova University is sponsoring a talk by Maria McGarrity, associate professor of English at Long Island University, called “Framed Forever in the Last Century: James Joyce and Dublin Museum Culture in Derek Walcott’s Omeros.”
On Tuesday, dig up some ancestors with The Irish American Genealogical Society of Delaware County at the Irish Immigration Center in Upper Darby.
On Thursday, the Irish band Comas, featuring Isaac Alderson, will be at the Blue Ball Barn in Wilmington, DE.
And on Friday, catch Jamison at AOH 39 on Tulip Street in Philadelphia.
Check our calendar for more information and for late-breaking events.
Enjoy the week, and remember to be Irish responsibly.
