Join Irish Arts Minnesota (IAM) at the Landmark Center in downtown St. Paul to celebrate our 41st Annual St. Patrick’s Day and Sundays at Landmark: Day of Irish Dance celebrations! These are two opportunities to experience and learn about Irish dance, music, and arts of all kinds in a family friendly gathering. The fun starts…
Category: Music
Katie McMahon – Celtic Christmas 2022
The family tradition is back! Katie McMahon’s Celtic Christmas 2022 The O’Shaughnessy at St Catherine University 2004 Randolph Ave, St Paul, MN 55105 Friday, December 09, 2022 Doors Open: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm $5 to $28 Katie McMahon has graced stages around the world as the original voice of Riverdance. Her ode to the holidays,…
Sister Celeste’s Sing-A-Long Event
It’s that time of year and Sister Celeste is determined to get everyone in pitch-perfect shape for the holy season! Join her and Sr. Margarita in the former St. Agatha’s Conservatory Chapel. There will be a wee vocal warm-up (Sister has a pitch pipe…which doesn’t mean she sings on-key!) followed by a festive round of Christmas Bingo there…
Irish Fair Returns to Harriet Island
Shenanigan-Again 2022! Organizers for the Irish Fair of Minnesota have announced dates for this year’s Fair, Friday through Sunday, August 12-14 on beautiful Harriet Island across the mighty Mississippi from downtown Saint Paul. “Harriet Island will come alive with music, dance, comedy, and all kinds of Irish culture curated for our guests” said Tom Whelan,…
Ann Heyman Honored
Ann Heyman was Honored for A Lifetime Achievement Award. Both the Somerset Folk Harp festival and the Historical Harp Society of Ireland were recognizing Ann Heymnn with their Lifetime Achievement Awards this July. The decisions that each group reached independently. Somerset’s award honors Ann’s pioneering work with wire-strung harps and her importance to the harp community….
Once more…
Join Irish Network MN for a Holiday Gathering at the Dubliner Pub & Cafe, Tuesday, December 10th at 6 p.m. Gather for great conversation, news about Irish Network MN 2020 upcoming events, drinks, food and to celebrate the Dubliner’s Free Irish film night with “ONCE”, winner of the Film Independent Spirit Awards. Film will be…
Silver Spear Publications presents 2-volume collection of Irish music writing by scholar/performer L.E. McCullough
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — L.E. McCullough started writing about Irish Traditional Music in 1974. He hasn’t stopped yet. A new publication titled “What Whistle Would You Play at Your Mother’s Funeral?” — L.E. McCullough’s Writings on Irish Traditional Music, 1974-2016, gathers in two volumes the more than 300,000 words on Irish music and culture the prolific…
Tones that are tender
Could I find again the woodland Where I loved to lie and dream, While Dragon flies were dancing To the rippling of the stream. (“Retrospection” by Percy French) In the 1960s when my contemporaries were listening to Radio Luxemburg and singing (and talking about) “a Whiter Shade of Pale,” “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” and…
Séamus Reports
Irish Music and Dance Association is the sponsor of the IMDA Music Workshop Tent at Irish Fair of Minnesota with workshops offered on Saturday and Sunday. Check out the schedule on the Irish Fair pull-out section of The Irish Gazette. IMDA will make a special presentation of the Story of the San Patricios by Andale…
Memories: Irish Fair in Minnesota and Irish Fest of Milwaukee
The six-hour drive on Interstate 94 between Milwaukee and the Twin Cities has become an annual road trip for Mark Minor, although it doesn’t seem that long when his favorite tunes are playing — especially when they can also be found at each end of the tour like bookends. They incorporate music he sings himself…