Music

Big City Folk Song Club (Spring 2026)

Niall Connolly's free NYC concert series

Reserve

Details

FREE (reservations strongly encouraged)

3 hours

Date(s)

Thu, Feb 26 - Thu, May 14, 2026

7:00pm - 10:00pm

Contact

boxoffice@irishartscenter.org
888-616-0274

Location

The Devlin Café at Irish Arts Center
726 11th Avenue
New York, NY 10019

Overview

Our spring 2026 member pre-sale starts Friday, December 12. Tickets go on sale to the public on Monday, December 15.

Thursday, February 26
Kevin Connolly

Thursday, March 26
Brendan O'Shea

Thursday, April 16
Megan Burtt

Thursday, May 14
Podge Lane

Big City Folk Song Club continues its residency at IAC with a monthly showcase of original songwriting from NYC artists. Curated and hosted by acclaimed Irish songwriter Niall Connolly, the series has long been a welcoming space for emerging and established voices alike, counting Lana Del Rey, Anaïs Mitchell, Lucius, Mundy, Mick Flannery, and Susan O’Neill among its past performers.

Interested in performing? Please email a streaming link for your music to: bigcityfolk@gmail.com.

Facebook: @bigcityfolkcollective
Instagram:@bigcityfolk
Twitter: @bigcityfolk

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Our Supporters

Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by government, foundation, and corporate partners including Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; the Jerome L. Greene Foundation; the Brandt Jackson Foundation; the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; the Irish Institute of New York; the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater; the MacMillan Family Foundation; Bloomberg Philanthropies; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours; M&T Bank; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; the St. Patrick's Day Foundation, NYC; the Hyde and Watson Foundation; the Manhattan Tourism Foundation; and thousands of generous donors like you.