Schedule of Events

March 22, 2025

2pm – 5pm: Crossroads Salon

Bring your creative work inspired by Irish/Irish-American culture, history or experience to share with this warm and appreciative audience. The Crossroads Salon is a convivial gathering where local writers, musicians, singers and visual artists gather to enjoy each other’s work. Join us at a gracious home with sweeping views of San Francisco for this annual event.

March 23, 2025

2pm – 4pm: A Reading with Reyna Grande, Author of A Ballad of Love and Glory

Join us for an event featuring acclaimed writer, Reyna Grande, who will discuss and read from her historical novel, A Ballad of Love and Glory, focused on the San Patricios Batallion, a group of Irish soldiers who fought for Mexico during the Mexican-American War.  The novel follows the story of John Riley, an Irish immigrant in the US army who becomes the leader of the San Patricios, along with Ximena Salomé, a gifted Mexican healer who dreams of building a family with the man she loves on the coveted land she calls home. Grande’s work is described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “An impeccably researched and deeply felt story about a historical moment most people know little about. ” Join us for this rare opportunity to hear Reyna Grande speak about this fascinating history.

Location:
Bookshop West Portal, 80 West Portal Avenue, San Francisco

March 29, 2025

8pm: John Whelan in Concert – FLYNN MEMORIAL CONCERT

Join us to hear seven-time All-Ireland champion Irish button accordion player John Whelan in concert. Whelan fearlessly explores the creative reaches of music, artistry, and expression while carefully preserving the musical roots from which he originally flourished, and passing those on to the next generation.

$15 on Eventbrite or $20 at the Door

Location:
The Plough and the Stars Irish Pub, 116 Clement Street, San Francisco

April 5, 2025

12pm – 6pm: Irish-American Art Exhibit

Artists Presentation: 2-4pm

Interested in submitting your visual art for consideration for this exhibit? See Call for Art

The Irish-American Crossroads Festival is excited to host an exhibition of Irish-American Art, featuring visual art that explores Irish or Irish-American culture, history or themes.

Location:
St. Francis Room, United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Avenue, San Francisco

April 6, 2025

3pm -5pm: Oral History at the Crossroads

Join us for our 15th annual event honoring the life histories of participants in the Irish Oral History Archive of the San Francisco Bay Area. The Irish Oral History Archive project is focused on capturing the experience and contributions of men and women who emigrated from Ireland and settled in the San Francisco Bay Area, and their Irish-American contemporaries, in their own words.

Location:
St. Francis Room, United Irish Cultural Center, 1700 45th Avenue, San Francisco

Date:
March 22 - April 6, 2025

Location:
Various Venues at San Francisco, CA

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