Details
FREEDate(s)
Sun, Jun 23, 2019
11:00am
Contact
porchstomp.com
Location
Please note: this event is not at Irish Arts Center.
Venue:
Governors Island, NYC
Nolan Park
Overview
Come dance and sing at the 6th annual Porch Stomp festival on Governors Island! Learn a céilí from Darrah Carr Dance and join in your favorite Irish ballads with Peadar Hickey from Basket House Band, then wander around the historic Nolan Park, where the porches of 19th century cottages transform into stages for over 200 folk, roots, bluegrass, and Americana musicians.
IAC STAGE SCHEDULE
1pm-1:30pm
Céilí workshop (Kendal Griffler and Jonathan Matthews of Darrah Carr Dance)
1:30pm-2pm
Music set (Eoin Kearns and Niall O’Leary)
2pm-3pm
Irish sing-a-long (Peadar Hickey of Basket House Band)
3pm-3:30pm
Céilí workshop (Kendal Griffler and Jonathan Matthews of Darrah Carr Dance)
3:30pm-4pm
Music set (Eoin Kearns and Niall O’Leary)
About Porch Stomp
Porch Stomp is a folk celebration set on the beautiful greenery of Governors Island. Porch Stomp invites over 150 bands, artists, or performing arts organizations to use the historic porches of Nolan Park as a pulpit for performance and education, highlighting artistry ranging from traditional folk to old-time, blues, roots, bluegrass and Americana. Now in its sixth year, Porch Stomp offers more unique performance and educational opportunities than ever. There are many ways to participate as a performer, student, or viewer. There's no better way to spend a Sunday in June!
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.
