Kids & Family Community

St. Patrick's Open Day 2027

A free, family-friendly event for audiences of all ages!

RESERVE

Details

Free

4 hours

Date(s)

Sat, Mar 27, 2027

12:00pm - 4:00pm

Contact

boxoffice@irishartscenter.org
888-616-0274

Location

Irish Arts Center 
726 11th Avenue 
Hell's Kitchen, NYC

Overview

Get a taste of Ireland’s rich cultural traditions at our annual open house! Guests of all ages can join in a céilí, sample our many educational offerings, make arts and crafts, and delight in the day’s free music and dance performances.

Admission is free, but reservations are required.

“Irish Arts Center’s annual extravaganza ... An Irish favorite for kids and parents”—TIME OUT NEW YORK 

SCHEDULE

THE DEVLIN CAFÉ
Traditional music and dance all day


THE JL GREENE THEATRE
Music and dance performances, and lessons 

12pm–12:30pm: Music and dance performance // IAC Community Céilí Band and set dance demonstration
12:45pm–1:45pm: Music performance// Rock and Roll Playhouse: The music of U2 and more for kids
2pm–2:45pm: Dance performance and lesson // JiGGiG
3pm–4pm: Dance performance and lesson // All ages céilí dance


STUDIO CLASSROOM
Arts and crafts inspired by Julián, the new feature film by award-winning Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon, which is based on the award-winning picture book Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love


LIBRARY CLASSROOM
Sample classes and literature

12:15pm–1pm: Tin whistle sample lesson and giveaway in honor of Bill Ochs
1:15pm–2pm: Irish language 101 for everyone
3:15pm–3pm: Meet the author and storytime with Jessica Love, author of Julián Is a Mermaid
3:15pm–4pm: Tin whistle sample lesson and giveaway in honor of Bill Ochs

Presented with generous support from National Endowment for the Arts, the Emigrant Support Programme, and the Arnhold Foundation.



Featuring

Rock and Roll Playhouse
The IAC Community Céilí Band

Featured Media

Rock & Roll for Kids

Time Out on Rock and Roll Pkayhouse
The best St. Patrick’s Day events in NYC

Time Out
"A flavor of St Patrick’s Day without the shenanigans"

W42ST
Irish Arts Center's annual open house

patch.com

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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; the Covillo Lynch Foundation; M&T Bank; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; the British Council; the St. Patrick's Day Foundation, NYC; the Hyde and Watson Foundation; the H.W. Wilson Foundation; the Tara Circle, Inc; the Manhattan Tourism Foundation; the Harkness Foundation for Dance; and thousands of generous donors like you.

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