Music Community

Traditional Sessions in the Café (Spring 2025)

All welcome!

Details

Free 5 hours
Date(s)

Jan 31, 2025 – Apr 11, 2025

6:00pm

Contact

boxoffice@irishartscenter.org
888-616-0274


Location

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

Overview

Our spring 2025 series invites local trad luminaries into rousing sessions in the Devlin Café at Irish Arts Center. On select dates, veteran IAC fiddle teacher James Cleveland leads beginners in a slow session to kick off the evening.

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, January 31
Slow session // 6pm–7:30pm
Traditional session // 8pm–11pm

Friday, February 21
Slow session // 6pm–7:30pm
Traditional session // 8pm–11pm

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


Presented with generous support from National Endowment of the Arts.

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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 & 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.

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