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Celtic Seisiuns in California
 
This is a list of all Celtic seisiuns that I have found in California. Note that they are not all slow seisiuns, but I have indicated which ones are slow.

Note that this list also includes singing seisiuns. The singing seisiuns generally do not include much in the way of instrumentation, but the fiddle or guitar does show up from time to time.

I post this list 'as is' and make no guarantees as to the accuracy of it. I will update this list as soon as I am made aware of any changes. If you know of any changes, or other seisiúns in California that are not listed here, please e-mail me the details!
Listings in red are unconfirmed, on hold, cancelled, or otherwise kaput.

The data has been collected from other sites, by word of mouth, submissions from others (Thank you all!) and from my own experience.
Region
Seisiúns listed
Northern California
9
Central California
4
Sierra Nevada
1
San Francisco Bay Area
25
Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Central Coast
10
Southern California - Los Angeles
6
Southern California - San Diego
7

Top of pageNorthern California:
Sponsor
When
 Murphy's Irish Pub - Sonoma
   Fran Sweeney
First Sundays
6:00pm
 Redwood Cafe - Cotati
   Roxanne Olivia
Second Sundays
4:00pm
 The Ukiah Brewery - Ukiah
   102 S. State Street
   (707) 468-5898

Every Tuesday
6:30pm
 The Pub Scouts - Chico
   Slow Seisiun
   Mike Cannon or (530) 519-4830
Every Tuesday
6:00pm - 10:00pm
 Main Street Station (Pizza restaurant) - Guerneville
   Main Street
First and Third Wednesdays
Summer Hours: 7-9pm
Winter Hours: 6-8pm (or so)
 The Rose - Santa Rosa
   Slow Seisiun
   Mitch
Third Wednesdays
7:30pm
 Willits Environmental Centre - Willits
   (707) 468-5752
Every Thursday
7:00pm
 The Rose - Santa Rosa
   Regular Seisiun
   Contact
Third Thursdays
8:00pm
 Duffy's Tavern - Chico
   Information or (530) 345-1046
Every Friday
3:30pm - 7:30pm
Top of pageCentral California:

 La Boulangerie - Fresno
   Fig Garden Village
   Kathryn Johnsen

Second Sundays
2:30pm
 Traditional Irish Music Seisiúns - Sacramento
   The Fox and Goose
   Linda Relph
Last Tuesdays
7:00pm
 Riley’s Tavern - Bakersfield
   1523 19th St.
   Mark Forrester
Every Wednesday
7:00pm
 P. Wexford's - Modesto
   Tina Carlsen
Third Wednesdays
7:30pm
 P. Wexford's - Modesto
   Tina Carlsen
First Saturdays
7:30pm
The Thistle and Shamrock ? - Winters This is an unconfirmed Seisiún.
Top of pageSierra Nevada:

 Murphy's Irish Pub - South Lake Tahoe
   Sean Cummings

Every Thursdays
8:00pm
Top of pageSan Francisco Bay Area:
 Berkeley Area Slow Session
   Various locations - Berkeley or
   El Sobrante
    Tris King
Every Sunday
3:30pm
 O'Flaherty's Irish Pub - San Jose
    25 North San Pedro St.
    (408) 947-8007
    Art Friedman or John Lavelle
Every Sunday
5:00pm - 8:00pm
 The Plough and Stars -  San Francisco
   (415) 751-1122
Every Sunday
8:00pm
 The Starry Plough - Berkeley
   (510) 841-2082
Every Sunday
8:00pm
 Kennedy's Pub - San Francisco
   (415) 441-8855
Every Sunday
3:00pm
 Durty Nelly's - San Francisco
   (415) 664-2555
Every Sunday
9:00pm
 United Irish Cultural Centre - San Francisco
   Dinner and Irish Conversation
   Trad Music and sean-nós singing
   
   Come on by and brush up on your Irish!
   Nikki L. Ragsdale
Third Sundays
Irish conversation - 6:30
Music - 8:00pm
 UK Café - Livermore
   Scots / Irish Traditional
   190 S. J Street Livermore, CA
   (925)447-7344
   Michael Mullen and Niall Fordyce
Last Sundays
6:30pm
 The Starry Plough - Berkeley
   Music provided for Irish dance,
   limited seating for musicians.
   (510) 841-2082
Every Monday
Dance instruction: 7:00pm
Ceili/Live Music: 9:00pm
 Ireland's 32 - San Francisco
   Cooley-Keegan Branch of CCE
   Michael Duffy or Michael Riemer
Second and Last Mondays
Slow seisiun: 7:30pm
Trad. seisiun: 9:00pm
 O'Flaherty's Irish Pub - San Jose
    25 North San Pedro St.
    (408) 947-8007
    Juliah Horner
Every Tuesday
6:30pm - 9:30pm
 Marin Irish Ceili's Pub Night
 Mayflower Inn - San Rafael
   Info: (415) 497-8656
   John Trimble
Every Tuesday
7:30pm
 Mostly Celtic Jams - Los Gatos
   C.B. Hannigan's - Tony Becker
        More Information
Every Tuesday
7:30 - 11:00pm
 Fandango Pizza (650) 494-2928 - Palo Alto
   Slow Seisiun
   San Francisco Pipers' Club
   Bob Wilson
Every Tuesday
7:30 - 9:45pm
 Johnny Foley's - San Francisco
   (415) 954-0777
Every Tuesday
9:00pm
 Durty Nelly's - San Francisco
   (415) 664-2555
Every Tuesday
9:00pm
 The Plough and Stars - San Francisco
   Cooley-Keegan Branch of CCE
   Michael Duffy
Third Tuesdays
Slow seisiun: 8:00pm
Trad. seisiun: 9:00pm
 The Plough and Stars -  San Francisco
   (415) 751-1122
Every Tuesday except the third and the last
8:00pm
 The Plough and Stars - San Francisco
 Singing Seisiun
   (415) 751-1122
   Vincie
Last Tuesdays
8:00pm
 Cato's Ale House - Oakland
   (510) 655-3349
Second Wednesdays
6:00pm
 Marin Irish Ceili - ceoiltais tune-learning format
 St. Isabella Parish Hall - San Rafael
   Info: (415) 497-8656
Every Wednesday
7:00pm
 The Grand Dell Saloon - Campbell
   Tony Becker
Every Thursday
8:00pm
 Song and Story Seisiun - S.F. Bay Area
    Instruments as accompaniment only.
    Cooley-Keegan Branch of CCE
    Michael Duffy
First Fridays
 Durty Nelly's - San Francisco
   (415) 664-2555
Every Tuesday
9:00pm
 Various Locations - San Leandro
   East Bay Slow Play
   Sue Hinojosa
Every Saturday
7:00pm
Top of pageSanta Cruz, Monterey, & Central Coast:
 James Joyce - Santa Barbara
   513 State Street
   Intermediate
   (805) 682-1641
   Eliot Jacobson
Every Sunday
6:00pm to 9:00pm
 Britannia Arms - Aptos
   Celtic Society
   (831) 464-2128
Second Sundays
7:00pm
 Duffy's Tavern -
   282 High Street, Monterey
   Marc Rush
   (831) 333-1493
Third Sundays
3:00pm
 Clifford-Hoban Branch of CCÉ - Santa Cruz
   Childrens Seisiún
   Matt @ (831) 662-9444 or 9334
Second Sundays
Afternoon
 Clifford-Hoban Branch of CCÉ - Santa Cruz
   Slow Play Seisiún
   Clare @ (831) 426-9113
Third Sundays
2:00 to 4:00pm
 London Bridge Pub - Fisherman's Warf - Monterey
   Marc Rush
   (831) 333-1493
Every Wednesday
8:00pm to 10:00 pm
 Morro Bay Brewing Co. - Morro Bay
   (San Luis Obispo)
   (805) 772-3534
Every Wednesday
6:30 to 9:30 pm
 Dargan's Irish Pub - Santa Barbara
   Visitors and Dancers are welcome!
   (805) 568-0702
Every Thursday
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Top of pageSouthern California - Los Angeles:
 The Harp Inn - Costa Mesa
   130 E. 17th St.
   (949) 646-8855
   Rob Sinclair and Charlie Kenney
Second Sundays
2:00 - 6:00 PM
Studio City
   Celtic Arts Center -
   Slow seisiun
   4843 Laurel Canyon Blvd.
   (818) 760-8322.
   Information
Most Sundays
4:00 to 6:00pm
Studio City
   Celtic Arts Center -
   Regular seisiun
   4843 Laurel Canyon Blvd.
   (818) 760-8322.
   Information
Every Monday
9:00pm
 Ceili House - Redlands
   Mary or (909) 798-7081
Nearly Every Tuesday
?:??pm
 Irish Times Pub - West L. A.
Every Thursday
8:00pm
Top of pageSouthern California - San Diego:
 The House of Ireland - Balboa Park
   Slow play for beginners
   Michael Eskin
Every Sunday
10:30am
 The Field - San Diego
   Jonathan Parker
Every Sunday
6:30pm
 Tom Giblin's Pub - Carlsbad
   Seisiun, all are welcome
   Heike Behl
Every Sunday
4:00 - 7:00pm
 The Ould Sod Pub - San Diego
   Michael Eskin
Every Tuesday
8:00pm
 The Blarney Stone Pub - Clairemont
   Ed Myers
Every Tuesday
7:30pm
 Thornton's Pub - El Cajon
   Michael Eskin
Every Thursday
7:30pm
  
 Last updated on: March 29, 2007
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