Music Community

Traditional Irish Sessions in the Café (Fall 2025)

All welcome!

RESERVE

Details

Free

5 hours

Date(s)

Fri, Sep 19 - Fri, Dec 12, 2025

6:00pm - 11:00pm

Contact

boxoffice@irishartscenter.org
888-616-0274

Location

The Devlin Café at Irish Arts Center
726 11th Avenue
Hell's Kitchen, NYC

Overview

Irish Arts Center hosts local traditional musicians and audience members alike at our popular session nights! Admission is free, and select events will kick off with a slow session for beginners led by IAC fiddle teacher James Cleveland.

Slow Session // This session is aimed at musicians who are developing their repertoire and are new to participating in traditional Irish sessions, enabling them to learn the customs and etiquette of a typical session.

Traditional Session // This session is aimed at practiced musicians who have developed their repertoire and are comfortable playing with other musicians.

Friday, September 19
Slow session // 6pm–8pm
Traditional session // 8pm–11pm

Friday, October 17
Slow session // 6pm–8pm
Traditional session // 8pm–11pm

Friday, December 12
Slow session // 6pm–8pm
Traditional session // 8pm–11pm

Featuring

James Cleveland

Ken Borgeson

Café Concert Series: Joshua Burnside

Big City Folk Song Club (Fall 2025)

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 & 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; M&T Bank; the Dead Rabbit; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; and thousands of generous donors like you.