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Avalon Rising performs at Ceili On The Lake

The Black Brothers Band – Michael & Shay Black
San Francisco Bay Area
https://www.black-brothers.com/

Shay & Michael Black are singing siblings from Ireland’s foremost family of song, The Black Family. Their Irish traditional ballads, Dublin street songs, music hall ditties, contemporary folk compositions, rollicking reels & joyful jigs, are interspersed with comic stories, jokes & humorous childhood anecdotes that invariably have audiences smiling broadly & joining in on the choruses. Shay and Michael are close harmony singers, with a special fondness for songs that includes their audience in chorus, and many of the songs are narratives with stories.
Group Name: The Black Brothers Band
Members L to R: Michael Black (vocals/banjo/guittern), Shay Black (guitar/ vocals), Eamonn Flynn (piano/vocals), Felim Egan (accordion/vocals)
Music Genre: Irish
Photo courtesy of Michael & Shay Black
Performance Dates: April 27 and 28

Blame the Whiskey band photo

Blame the Whiskey will entertain with rousing Irish music at Céilí On The Lake, an Irish Dance & Music Festival on Saturday, April 27, and Sunday, April 28, in beautiful Lagoon Park at the Marin County Fairgrounds. Blame the Whiskey are Bob McGowan, Meghan Arthur, Joseph Paganucci, and Randy Carnahan. 
Music Genre: Celtic Rock
Photo by Tanya Anguita, Frogsong Photography
Performance Dates: April 27 and 28

Avalon Rising performs at Ceili On The Lake

The San Francisco Bay Area’s premiere progressive Celtic/Medieval rock band, Avalon Rising, is set to perform at the inaugural “Ceili on the Lake” event on Saturday, April 27, at Lagoon Park, Marin County Fairgrounds.
Group Name: Avalon Rising
Members: Top L to R: Kristoph Klover – electric guitar & vocals, Mark Ungar – bass
Bottom L to R: Cat Taylor – electric violin, Scott Irwin – drums, Margaret Davis – vocals
Music Genre: Celtic Rock
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Kristoph Klover
Performance Date: April 27 only

A sheep dog working

Established in 1870, the Healy School of Irish Dance has promoted Irish dance and Irish culture throughout the Bay Area and is the longest-running Irish dance school in the world. Catch them at Ceili on the Lake on April 27 and 28 at Lagoon Park, Marin County Fairgrounds. Photo courtesy of Alisa Belew.

Sheep being herded by dogs

Established in 1870, the Healy School of Irish Dance has promoted Irish dance and Irish culture throughout the Bay Area and is the longest-running Irish dance school in the world. Catch them at Ceili on the Lake on April 27 and 28 at Lagoon Park, Marin County Fairgrounds. Photo courtesy of Alisa Belew.

A sheep dog working

Along with traditional Irish music and dance, sheepdogs will put wooly friends through their paces in sheep-herding demonstrations at Ceili On the Lake, an Irish Dance & Music Festival, on Saturday, April 27, and Sunday, April 28, in beautiful Lagoon Park at the Marin County Fairgrounds. Collie Herding © Altitudevs | Dreamstime.com

Sheep being herded by dogs

Along with traditional Irish music and dance, sheepdogs will put wooly friends through their paces in sheep-herding demonstrations at Ceili On the Lake, an Irish Dance & Music Festival, on Saturday, April 27, and Sunday, April 28, in beautiful Lagoon Park at the Marin County Fairgrounds. Collie Herding © Natallia Yaumenenka | Dreamstime.com