St. Patrick's Day in Boston: Whistle venues/concert question

Whistle
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Its been too long since I’ve gotten to hang out here and I’m afraid I haven’t touched my sizable whistle collection for some time now :frowning: However I’m trying to remedy that with a trip to Boston on St. Patrick’s Day weekend. I’m visiting a friend who’s been up there for forever and knows practically nothing about the huge Irish community in her city. So this is my chance to get her hooked :smiley:

Anyway do any of you who are familiar with the Boston area know of good events/bars/music workshops worth trying out that would be a good experience for an Irish music newbie? I know about the Chieftains being in town but being from Texas I have little to no idea how to decipher the quality music events/places-to-be vs. the standard cookie cutter venue which is more cheesy than it is Irish. Thanks in advance!

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I’m pretty sure the parade is Sunday afternoon.

more in the nature of sessions… The Burren in Somerville has a session on Sundays that’s fairly friendly.

for a listing of concerts (within 100 miles of Boston), check out the Music for Robin list: http://music-for-robin.org/100miles.htm

hope that helps!

cheers,
Sara

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Here is a link that points out some of the seisiuns in the area;
http://www.celticfiddler.com/Misc/seisiuns.shtml

Here is a link to the Irish Cultural Center just south of Boston
http://irishculture.org/

The Chieftains are performing Friday Night at Boston’s Symphony Hall, too.

Have fun in Boston.

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Hey thanks for the input (especially the weblinks). This has given me a good idea about some cool places that I can add to my list :slight_smile:

Stonewall

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Hey Stonewall,

Here is one more link I wanted to pass on to you.

http://www.thegrotonsession.com/index.html