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The FolkWorks Calendar is a comprehensive listings of folk/roots/trad related events. The listing includes both live and virtual concerts, dances, festivals, and more.

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Twanguero & Los Silverbacks

The Grand Annex 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro, CA, United States

Grammy-winning Spanish guitarist Diego Garcia returns to the Annex for a night of unbridled rhythm with members of his new collective: Adrian Buono & Jose Agote of the band Los Pinguos of Argentina and Jason Tamba & Mermans Mosengo of Afro Fiesta from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Inspired by world travels and artistic encounters, […]

$16 – $42

Street Corner Renaissance

The Grand Annex 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro, CA, United States

With infectious energy, humor and delightful harmony, Street Corner Renaissance sings a cappella versions of doo-wop and R&B music from days gone by. The quintet is led by NAACP award-winner Maurice Kitchen and joined recently by Bob Henley, touring artist with the legendary Smokey Robinson. The quintet had the honor of performing with some of the […]

$28 – $43

Ken O’Malley solo show

Three Stags Irish Pub and Restaurant 328 Orange Street, Redlands, United States

His passionate and compelling voice is what they notice first. As a solo artist, Ken O’Malley easily commands the room; with his band he also rocks the house. Quickly drawing the audience in, it is no wonder that the Irish News describes him “without question, as the single most enduring, influential and proficient of all […]

Music They Don’t Want You to Hear

A weekly 2 hour radio show of folk music with a focus on singer songwriters.  We range from vintage to the latest releases giving preference to songs focused on social and political  issues.   Ron Cooke (aka A Still Small Voice) shares Folk music with an emphasis on songs related to political and social issues. A […]

Team Taiko

The Grand Annex 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro, CA, United States

We believe in creating unique opportunities for people to meet their neighbors and engage in their community in a new way. Come play with us! Taiko is a Japanese drumming style that, over the last several decades, has become a global phenomenon. Since 2013, Grand Vision has partnered with leading taiko instructors to bring the […]

Event Series Orange County Celtic Jam

Orange County Celtic Jam

St. Paul's Episcopal Church 1221 Wass Street, Tustin, United States

We meet every Monday evening to play Celtic music. Venue: St. Paul's Episcopal Church 1221 Wass St., Tustin, CA Doors open at 6:30 pm. Music at 7:00 pm. $3 donation for use of the room. Tunes are chosen from the books in our Dropbox. OCCJ - Dropbox

$3

Tuesday night Online jam session and mini-concert with Pam Weeks and Bill Olson

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Pam Weeks and Bill Olson have been hosting an online jam session and mini-concert every Tuesday night for almost three years. This is a free, guided jam session for all instruments geared toward the intermediate player, from 7-8PM EST. Tempos will be moderate and chords will be called out the first time through. What makes […]

Ken O’Malley solo show

O'Caine's Irish Pub 36101 Bob Hope Dr, Rancho Mirage, CA, CA, United States

His passionate and compelling voice is what they notice first. As a solo artist, Ken O’Malley easily commands the room; with his band he also rocks the house. Quickly drawing the audience in, it is no wonder that the Irish News describes him “without question, as the single most enduring, influential and proficient of all […]

Whole Hog in Ojai

Sam's Place 308 E Ojai Ave, Ojai, CA, United States

Whole Hog is heading to Ojai for a night of retro country hits and originals at Sam’s Place.  

Mara Kaye

The Grand Annex 434 W. 6th St., San Pedro, CA, United States

Referred to by Jazz Lives as “one of New York’s great gifts to the world,” blues and jazz vocalist Mara Kaye is “like some lost pocket of the blues that had never been explored in the old days, all wrapped up in a ball of 21st-century Brooklyn-bred attitude.”  For over a decade, Kaye has traveled […]

$25 – $40

Ken O’Malley solo show

Three Stags Irish Pub and Restaurant 328 Orange Street, Redlands, United States

His passionate and compelling voice is what they notice first. As a solo artist, Ken O’Malley easily commands the room; with his band he also rocks the house. Quickly drawing the audience in, it is no wonder that the Irish News describes him “without question, as the single most enduring, influential and proficient of all […]