Music Community

Traditional Sessions in the Café (Fall 2024)

All welcome!

Past Event

Details

Free

5 hours

Date(s)

Fri, Sep 27 - Fri, Dec 6, 2024

6:00pm - 11:00pm

Contact

boxoffice@irishartscenter.org
888-616-0274

Location

The Devlin Café at Irish Arts Center

Overview

Irish Arts Center hosts local trad 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 27
Slow session // 6pm–7:30pm
Traditional session // 8pm–11pm

Friday, October 4
Slow session // 6pm–7:30pm
With James Cleveland and Ken Burgeson
Traditional session // 8pm–11pm
With John Morrow and Matt Stapleton

Friday, December 6
Slow session // 6pm–7:30pm
Traditional session // 8pm–11pm

Presented with generous support from National Endowment of the Arts and the Emigrant Support Programme.

 

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Featuring

James Cleveland

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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.

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