Irish Christmas In America – California Center for the Performing Arts, Escondido

About this event

Irish Christmas in America is a staged holiday concert program combining Irish traditional music, vocal performance, dance and spoken stories about seasonal Irish traditions. The 2026 production is produced by Sligo fiddler Oisín Mac Diarmada and features Laura Jo, Jack Warnock, Gráinne Hambly, Caoimhín Ó Fearghaíl and Samantha Harvey. The production uses music, song and dance together with evocative photographic images as a backdrop. The lineup assigns vocals to Laura Jo and Jack Warnock, Irish harp and concertina to Gráinne Hambly, uilleann pipes and flute to Caoimhín Ó Fearghaíl, and piano and dance to Samantha Harvey. Mac Diarmada is credited with fiddle as well as production. The show was first conceived in 2005, with earlier touring artists excluded from the 2026 CCAE cast.

Cast & creative

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  Vocalist

  Laura Jo
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  Vocalist

  Jack Warnock
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  Dancer

  Samantha Harvey
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  Fiddle

  Oisin Mac Diarmada
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  Guitar

  Jack Warnock
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  Irish Harp

  Gráinne Hambly
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  Concertina

  Gráinne Hambly