Busy weekend!

This morning (July 24), you can catch the Beggarmen at the Iowa City Farmer's Market (Chauncy Swan parking structure on Washington Street) from 9 to 11 am.

Then tonight, please come out and help us celebrate the release of our third CD A Soft Day, made possible by a grant from the Iowa Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. This event will be tonight (July 24) at the Mill (120 E Burlington in Iowa City) beginning at 7 pm. The concert will be immediately followed by a traditional Irish session so please bring your instruments!

Finally, Join us this Sunday (July 25) at the Senior Center for an Irish session.

The sessions are the fourth Sunday of each month from 2 to 4 pm. 24 South Linn Street. All are welcome!

Irish session this Sunday, June 27th

Join us this Sunday at the Senior Center for an Irish session.

The sessions are the fourth Sunday of each month from 2 to 4 pm. 24 South Linn Street. All are welcome!

Irish session this Sunday, May 23!

Join us this Sunday at the Senior Center for an Irish session.

The sessions are the fourth (not always the last!) Sunday of each month from 2 to 4 pm. 24 South Linn Street. All are welcome!

St. Louis Tionól 2010

We had a fantastic time at Tionól in St. Louis! We met some wonderful friends from all over the world... (click on the links to see the larger pictures)

...connected with some friends from home...

...proudly watched our students dive right in with the adults...

...made music into the wee hours of the morning...

...learned some new things (our amazing dancing friend Tré Champagne of the Ghrá na Gaeilge Irish dancers took her first bodhrán workshop)...

...played some new tunes...

...told the stories of our lives...

...somebody played in his first Irish session at McGurk's Tavern...

...did a little sightseeing (the Arch!)...

...blended right in with the best of them...

...made time for a little nonmusical fun...

...and stopped for fireworks on the way home (what, didn't you?)

I was very lucky to take a class with one of my fiddle heroes, John McEvoy of Dublin and two of my students took a class with young Irish fiddle dynamo Oisín Mac Diarmada. I can't recommend this musical event more highly. It was a fantastic weekend.

We are already looking forward to Tionól 2011!

Irish session this Sunday, April 25

Join us this Sunday at the Senior Center for an Irish session.

The sessions have moved to the last Sunday of each month from 2 to 4 pm. 24 South Linn Street. All are welcome!

Irish session this Sunday, March 28!

Join us this Sunday at the Senior Center for an Irish session.

The sessions have moved to the last Sunday of each month from 2 to 4 pm. 24 South Linn Street. All are welcome!

Ceili!

Our first Iowa City ceili was a rousing success!

Music by the Beggarmen, step dancing by the Ghrá na Gaeilge Irish dancers, calling by Gerry Bade of the Quad Cities Ceili Club. We had over one hundred people in attendance and many traveled from the Quad Cities, Fairfield and further to attend. We plan to have another ceili at the Center sometime this fall.