Pasadena Folk Music Society

03/02/2025

A snippet from last night’s show…

03/02/2025

An absolute delight to welcome back the incredibly talented and entertaining Téada last night to Caltech’s Beckman Institute Auditorium. A capacity crowd thrilled to the music of founder Oisín Mac Diarmada on fiddle, Paul Finn on button accordion, Samantha Harvey on piano (along with some beautiful step dancing on our not-quite-a-dance-floor), Caoimhín Ó Fearghail on uilleann pipes and flute, and Patrick Dooley on guitar. Couldn’t make it? Check out their website, https://teada.com/, for the latest on upcoming shows and music! 🇮🇪🎶

02/26/2025

Looking for something to do this Thursday eve? Smoke Holler, a string band that plays everything from bluegrass and country to original American folk music, will perform a couple of sets at the Autry Museum's after-hours event. Details below: https://theautry.org/events/member-events/autry-after-hours-music-smoke-holler

02/24/2025

Continuing the theme of things from the Emerald Isle, the Contemporary Irish Arts Center is hosting a film festival at the Laemmle Monica Film Center in Santa Monica March 14 – 16. Details at the link below: https://ciacla.com/film/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIptq5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVtvLnHmyORkNmqE44XGWZZoJZ2MdfI73aHd7H3AqKXzNFax8gu8BZqkHQ_aem_u2-NL8bMmcwRJoM_Rnh2-A

The Irish Film Festival Los Angeles 2025 A Celebration of Irish Film Runs March: 14-16th 2025 Laemmle Monica Film Center, 1332 2nd St, Santa Monica, CA 90401 The Irish Film Festival Los Angeles returns for an exciting three-day celebration of Irish cinema at the Laemmle Monica Film Center, showcasin...

02/21/2025

It's waiting list only for our concert with Téada on March 1, but it's not too late to get tickets to see Irish fiddle legend Kevin Burke, May 17, at Caltech's Beckman Institute Auditorium. Click Eventbrite link below for details:

Come hear Irish fiddler Kevin Burke perform live in concert on May 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM!

02/12/2025

We're looking forward to our upcoming concert featuring Téada! Saturday, March 1, at 8 pm, in Caltech's Beckman Institute Auditorium. Link for tickets through Eventbrite below: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/teada-irish-band-in-concert-tickets-1226951828949?aff=oddtdtcreator

01/15/2025

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01/13/2025

A Special Message to Our Pasadena Folk Music Society Fans and Friends:

We want you all to know that Pasadena Folk Music Society is still here and still booking concerts for this year, but more importantly we want to extend our compassion to all who have been affected by the wildfires.

We'd been preparing our New Year message with concert announcements and more as we sorted out a mild bump having to do with ticketing procedures for our upcoming concerts, and then we had the fires.

We realize many of you have been evacuated, and some of you might have lost your homes. Several members of our Board of Directors and other volunteers have lost power and are still under evacuation orders, and some have lost their homes. We might have additional delays in getting our concert announcements out to you.

Please bear with us as we continue to find ways to bring the music you have always loved to our community. If there is one thing we can do to uplift spirits, it will be to keep the music coming this year and in the years that follow as communities come together to rebuild what has been lost or changed by our present circumstances. In case it helps someone you know, there is trauma support information as well as fire emergency resources at NAMI San Gabriel Valley (link in caption below).

And if you can go out to hear live music this month, you might want to go to the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center on January 19th for the Slack Key Guitar Festival. Never has the bond between Maui and Southern California been so strong.

We'll be in touch soon with updated information about our concerts and ticketing procedures. In the words of one of our board members, “I’m channeling Winston Churchill" ‘Keep Calm and Carry On.’”

Sincerely,
The Board of Directors & Volunteer Team
Pasadena Folk Music Society

Closing out the first half of the 16th annual Southern California Slack Key Festival; featuring (from left to right): Kainani Kahaunaele, Sonny Lim, Jim "Kim...

11/19/2024

Sharing a few photos from a terrific evening at Knox Presbyterian Church in Pasadena with the Kathy Kallick Band this past weekend. It may have been chilly outside, but the music was great and the crowd enthusiastic 🎶🎶

11/15/2024

We're looking forward to our concert this Saturday, Nov. 16, with the Kathy Kallick Band at Knox Presbyterian Church in Pasadena Here's an article about Kathy that just appeared in the HeySoCal newsletter:

Bluegrass phenom The Kathy Kallick Band is set to perform in Pasadena on Saturday.Since Kallick co-founded the Good Ol' Persons in 1975, she and her folksy

11/11/2024

Just a reminder that we'll be co-hosting Grammy-winner Kathy Kallick's bluegrass band at Knox Presbyterian Church, 225 S. Hill Ave., Pasadena, at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16. For tickets, go to:

10/12/2024

Happy to report that we've got a new date for our concert with the Kathy Kallick Band: Saturday, November 16, at 7:30 pm at Knox Presbyterian Church in Pasadena! For tickets, see the link in our website below:

Presenting the best in folk music from around the country and around the world...since 1983.

07/31/2024

**NEWS ALERT** We're very disappointed to report that the Kathy Kallick Band has had to cancel this Saturday's concert at Knox Presbyterian Church due to Covid. The Caltech ticket office will be handling refunds, and we're hoping to reschedule the show in November, so please stay tuned. In the meantime, the Miskey Mountain Boys will be performing a free bluegrass concert at Altadena's Farnsworth Park Saturday at 7 pm.

07/18/2024

Next up on our calendar: a concert by the Kathy Kallick Band, one of the West Coast's best bluegrass bands, on Saturday, August 3! Please note that this show will be at a different time and place than our usual events: Knox Presbyterian Church in Pasadena, not far from Caltech, at 7:30 pm. You can still find tickets at link below: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36761/production/1204662?performanceId=11484981

07/08/2024

Fantastic concert last night in Pasadena with the Syncopaths! We had a sold-out house and even had to turn people away. Despite the lack of a dance floor, everyone had a toe-tapping, great time! [photos by Rex Mayreis of the PFMS]

07/05/2024

Tickets are going fast for our concert tomorrow eve with the Syncopaths! Unless they sell out, online tickets are available at the link below. There may be a few additional tickets at the door, so don't wait! https://ci.ovationtix.com/36761/production/1202789?performanceId=11476374

06/08/2024

Delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the Syncopaths at Caltech's Beckman Institute Auditorium on July 6. This talented quartet brings a fresh, spirited spin to Celtic and American folk traditions. In the words of the Irish Herald: "Make no mistake, the Syncopaths are nothing short of a Celtic supergroup." Tix and more info for the 8 pm concert can be found here: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36761/production/1202789?performanceId=11476374