Irish Bands inВ Sacramento (more musicians follow below)

Folk Rock/Punk
This category features bands that get audiences out on the dance floor. They cover groups like Flogging Molly, The Pogues, and The Tossers in high energy crowd-pleasing performances.

Dust In My Coffee - Cowboy Celtic with an edgy sound Facebook Page

The Pikeys
This new six piece band is crazy fun! Their Irish repertoire is sprinkled with surprisesВ from the likes of the Tom Waits and The Decemberists along with some rowdy originals. When lead singer Ben Mentze breaks out the megaphone, watch out! Instruments: mandolin, guitar, bass, drums, saxophones, tin whistle, flute.https://www.facebook.com/thepikeysrock

Whiskey and Stitches
High musicianship and stage appeal makes this band a good choice for audiences who want hard-driving Irish folks songs with an edge. Instruments: mandolin, tin whistle, guitar, bass, and drums.Nominated for “Best Punk Band” Sammy Award.http://www.reverbnation.com/whiskeyandstitches

One Eyed Reilly
This band consists of classically trained musicians who left the world of stuffy, high brow culture to create their own style of Celtic revelry. Instruments: fiddle, accordian, drums, percussion, bass, mandolin. www.1eyedreilly.com

Piper's Folly Musician friends with a love for Irish music and beer formed an Irish Band. Come enjoy traditional instruments playing modern and traditional Irish hits.

Traditional
This category features bands that play lively jigs and reels and beautiful ballads on traditional Celtic instruments. Ideal for traditional Irish dances, quieter settings, and events that call for a rich musical backdrop.

Stepping Stone - Celtic from Sacramento

Anam Cara - Sacramento 916 600-7954 (Sambandha's Celtic group)
Contact Catherine Mandella atВ sambandhaworldmusic@gmail.com

Keeva
This band puts their own distinctive stamp on traditional Irish tunes and songs. All fivemembers are multi-instrumentalists blending fiddle, accordion, tin whistle, harp, cello, guitar, mandolin, banjo, drums and vocals into their arrangements. They can deliver hard driving reels, lilting jigs and songs both sweet and joyous, all performed with superb musicianship. Contact Dan Chan atВ danchan@comcast.net **** http://www.lawsonmusic.com/fr_home.cfm

Cahersiveen - The Band
Featuring a repertoire ranging from simple old Irish songs and American folk classics to hard-driving, edgy, Scottish and Breton jigs and reels.
http://www.cahersiveenmusic.com/

Celtic Grey
Celtic Grey - Sacramento - We collect and perform folk songs from all over the place. Our very favorite songs come from Ireland and Scotland, but we also cover selections from the United States, Canada, England, and a few other places and cultures.

Mighty Odd Gents
Mighty Odd Gents (Facebook Page). Sacramento based folk band playing songs of Ireland, Scotland and America.