March 12 Connor Dowling at the Emerald Isle, Imogene, Iowa 6:30 to 10:30
March 13, 14 The Brigit St Brigit Theatre presents The Weir written by Connor McPherson. Performance at 7:30
General admission $25, students, military, seniors, $20 For more info http://www.bsbtheatre.com 402 502-4910
March 13 The Omaha Irish Cultural Center will celebrate St Patrick’s Gala at the Paxton Ballroom, 1403 Farnam $50 admission Cocktails at 6:30 Dinner at 7:30Entertainment by Connor Dowling and Dowds Irish Dance Academy For more information or to get tickets www.omahairishculturalcenter.com
March 14 Catholic Charities Irish Fest – Tickets at WWW.CCOMAHA.ORG Proceeds from this event help fund the services Catholic Charities provides to over 100,000 people and families annually.
Social hour with a cocktail reception begins at 5:30pm, Dinner at 7:00pm. followed by the live auction at 8:00pm.
$150 per person or $1,500 for a table of 10.
March 14 Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Omaha at 10 am. Route: Starts at 15th & Howard Streets, go EAST on Harney to 11th Street, SOUTH to Howard Street, and WEST to 14th Street.
March 14 Hibernian Post Parade Party at The Mattress Factory, 13 & Cass St (Upstairs) from 11:00AM – 3:30PM $10 Cover. Corn Beef Sliders $2 each. Cash Bar. Parade Award Ceremony. Donnybrook will play Irish and Folk music. Dowd’s Irish Dance School will perform. LAOH will sell desserts and souvenirs at the Post Parade
March 14 Poetry Reading and Creative Writing Workshop with Desmond Egan (2 to 4 pm) The Chieftains in Concert at 7:30pm The Lied Center For the Performing Arts, Lincoln. The Chieftains will be joined on stage by the Omaha Pipes and Drums for a couple of numbers.
You can join Lori McAlister (Lincoln Irish Dancer- member) for a pre-show chat at 7:00pm, but arrive early to get a seat. The doors close when capacity is reached.$44, $38, and $32 – adults, students 1/2 price Get Tickets at www.liedcenter.org/event/chieftains or call 402 472-4747
March 14 Ellis Island at the Brazenhead, 8 PM, no cover Will be packed! This is my favorite Irish band and they always draw a crowd, so expect to stand. When called for reservations, none available. But well worth the lack of a table.
March 14 The Killigans at the Slowdown with Bullet-Proof Hearts & Bloodcow at 9:00pm – midnight, Doors open at 8:00pm Front Room $7 729 N 14th St, Omaha (402) 345-7569
March 14 Lincoln Celtic Players at the Community Well service, St. James church, 2400 S. 11th St., Lincoln, 5 p.m. Free admission.
https://www.facebook.com/LincolnCeltic or their YouTube playlist: http://bit.ly/LincolnCeltic
March 15 General O’Neill Graveside Service starts at 1PM @ Holy Sepulchre Cemetery 50th & Leavenworth (top of the Hill on East) AOH Honor Guard Presence / Piper / Readings on General O’Neill / Wreath Laying/ to Barrett’s Pub (4322 Leavenworth Street) afterwards for refreshments.
March 15 Timmy Conway is the former Lord Mayor of Naas, Ireland. 2:00 PM CPACS Room 101 on the UNO campus. Timmy Conway is both a statesman and a writer. In a political career spanning more than thirty years, he has served three terms in the Irish Senate and two terms as the Mayor of Omaha’s sister city in Ireland, Naas. As a writer, he has published six poetry collections and three novels. Please join us for an afternoon of storytelling, evocative poetry, and prose.
March 15 The annual Hibernian fundraiser for the Madonna School at the Brazenhead, 6 PM to 9 PM The Dicey Rileys are contributing their musical talent and time. We hope you can make a generous contribution for this worthy cause
March 15 Holy Name St. Patricks Party. 6:30 pm-10 pm
Dinner, 1 drink and concert with Donnybrook for $15. Dinner is a corned beef sandwich, Irish stew, and brownie. Holy Name is on Fontenelle Blvd, 2 or 3 blocks north of Radial Highway.
March 15 Irish Soda Bread is available at St Leo’s church and St Pius X church after each Mass. This will be your last chance until next year.Any bread not sold Sunday will be available at the parish office during the week. The soda bread is excellent. $3 suggested donation per 10 Oz loaf. Donations used for tuition assistance at their school.
March 16 Connor Dowling at The Twisted Tail, Logan, Iowa 6:30
March 17 Irish Mass at Holy Cross Church, 4810 Woolworth Irish music including sing-a-long at 10:25 AM Irish Mass begins at 11 AM
March 17 Connor Dowling at The Down Under, 3802 Leavenworth, Omaha, 1 to 2 PM
You say you missed Connor Dowling at the Down Under? No problem, you can catch up to Connor Dowling at Maloney’s Irish Pub, on the west side of north 72 St., just south of Blondo, next to Burger King, 8P.M. to midnight
March 17 Hibernian St Patrick’s Day Luncheon at the Firefighter’s Hall,60th & Grover $10 admission 10:00 Mass with AOH Chaplain Fr. George Sullivan11:00 $5 Corn Beef Sandwich / $5 Bowl of Irish Stew. Cash Bar 11:00 Dicey Rileys play from 11 A.M. until 1 PM. Entertainment by Irish dancers. All proceeds for the benefit of St Vincent de Paul
March 17 The Dubliner opens at 6 AM $5 cover Connor Dowling plays, 9 AM to noon. Dicey Rileys play 2 PM to 6 PM and 7 PM to 11 PM
March 17 The Rivertown String Band at American Legion Post 1, 78th and Davenport, 6 to 8 PM
March 17 the Brazenhead Pub opens at 6 AM, their tent opens at 11 AM Shillelagh Law will play from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Ellis Island plays 2 to 6 PM then Ellis Island will be back on stage 8 to midnight. The Brazenhead is a great place to be on St. Patrick’s Day. Tent outside in the parking lot. Usually Irish dancers perform outdoors. Lots of fun and beverages! Plenty of activities for all.
March 17 St Patrick’s Festival at McFarland & Son’s, Lincoln. 2 to 4 PM Irish Session led by Susan Ritta, John Baylor, and Melodie Landis. Bring your instrument and join in. Pray for good weather ’cause the entertainment moves to an outdoor stage
4 PM Susan Ritta
5 PM Donnybrook
6 PM Dowds Irish Dancers
6:20 Donnybrook returns to the stage
7 PM Dowds Irish Dancers return
7:30 Paul Siebert
8:25 General Guinness and the Stout Boys play until 11 PM
710 P St. in the Haymarket, Lincoln, #402-438-0710 www.mcfarlandandsons.com
March 17 The Brigit St Brigit Theatre presents Music of the Bards at 7:30 Music of the Bards Rediscovered: Ireland’s Lilt of History in Songs This concert is a celebration of Ireland’s rich lyrical tradition, featuring some of its greatest poets and traditional ballads. Throughout the history of Ireland, singers and lyricists used music as an outlet for personal expression and social commentary, and as a means of sustaining an enduring oral tradition. Singers were not only musicians, but storytellers who sang of love lost, hard times, historic triumphs, comical blunders, and the human condition. This rich tradition survives today, both in song and verse, in the ballads and airs written between the 16th and 20th centuries. Arranged by and featuring Max Stehr (“The Muse” in BSB’s production of An Iliad), along with April Stehr, and Luke Polipnick Tuesday, March 17th at 7:30, and Tuesday, March 24th at 7:30
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