Literature Music

Muldoon's Picnic (October 2019)

Curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon. Featuring Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Emerald Rae, Beowulf Sheehan, Syd Straw, Cillian Vallely, and Rogue Oliphant.

Details

$45 general / $36 members
Date(s)

Mon, Oct 14, 2019

7:30pm

Contact

Box Office

888-616-0274
boxoffice@irishartscenter.org

Phone hours:
10am-6pm, Monday-Friday

In person:
Opens 60 minutes before the performance on show days


Location

Irish Arts Center
553 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019

Overview

Hosted by Paul Muldoon
With house band Rogue Oliphant

The beloved monthly variety show returns with another season of music and madness, prose and poetry, high commentary and low comedy. 

Based on a late 19th century New York show of the same name, Muldoon’s Picnic includes songs written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Paul Muldoon and performed by house band Rogue Oliphant, and an ever-eclectic roster of special guests. 



FEATURING

Rowan Ricardo Phillips, poet
Emerald Rae, fiddle player and folk singer
Beowulf Sheehan, photographer
Syd Straw, rock vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist
Cillian Vallely, uilleann piper



“Okay, it's not actually a picnic but a music-and-literature extravaganza.”
Time Out New York

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Lineup may be subject to change.



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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 Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; the Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; the Irish Institute of New York; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours International; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; and thousands of generous donors like you.

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