The Western Regional Comhaltas Convention is this weekend in San Mateo and San Francisco–workshops both days, ceili on Saturday night, Sunday session, concert by John Whelan, etc. There’s a whistle workshop Sat morning.
http://sf.ccewest.org/events/wr_mini_con.html
http://sf.ccewest.org/index.html
http://www.johnwhelan.com/
I always seem to miss this event…This time I’ll be down in lovely San Juan Capistrano at the SoCal Pipers Tionol!
Have fun without me, 
Justine