Highlighting this month's happenings in Greater Boston and Eastern Massachusetts are two festivals: The Rockport Celtic Festival (September 14-17) and the Lowell Irish Festival (September 24). Newfoundland singer/guitarist Matthew Byrne will be among the performers at this month's Rockport Celtic Festival.•Meanwhile, the Burren Backroom series produced by Brian O’Donovan will
Following is a sampling of this month’s Irish/Celtic music-related events in, or slightly beyond, Greater Boston.Over the years, there have surely been periods of time when local Irish/Celtic music fans felt like they may as well quit their jobs and basically give up any semblance of a normal life, because of a converging surfeit of concerts they feel compelled to attend.This