Hamilton Irish Arts

TUESDAY IRISH MUSIC SESSION AT THE CORKTOWN!
2024-05-28 18:00 - 22:00, 2024-06-04 18:00 - 22:00, 2024-06-11 18:00 - 22:00, 2024-06-18 18:00 - 22:00, 2024-06-25 18:00 - 22:00, 2024-07-02 18:00 - 22:00, 2024-07-09 18:00 - 22:00, 2024-07-16 18:00 - 22:00 (America/Toronto) and 6 more dates | Corktown Pub, 175 Young Street, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 1V7, Canada
Sessions are interesting phenomena. They are the best example of what Irish music is about. It’s an intangible thing that has to be experienced to be understood. The session is the life–blood of traditional music, and with the session goes the associated notion of “craic”.
Every Tuesday at the Corktown Pub, 175 Young Street, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 1V7
Music will get underway at 6pm until 7 pm for trad tunes. 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm songs and tunes.
We hope to see you there!

Irish Set Dancing at the Corktown
2024-05-28 18:30 - 20:30 | Corktown Pub, 175 Young Street, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 1V7, Canada
Set dancing is every second Tuesday from 6:30-8:30 pm. $15 per person – every other week! Bring a friend – join in the fun! We learn Set dances but also a few social Ceili dances.

Great exercise, great fun, great people and wonderful teacher, Maureen Mulvey O’Leary!! Just show up and and join us.

There are a couple changes now that we are starting up again.

Dancing on the Second Floor of the Corktown
$15 per person

Bodhrán Workshop - All Levels/All Ages with Les Starkey
2024-06-01 13:00 - 15:00 | Irish Canadian Club Hamilton, 389 Concession St, Hamilton, Ontario, L9A 1B8, Canada
You’ll learn (or review) session etiquette, how to sit/strike and hold the tipper and bodhrán, how to recognize the various tune rhythms played in a traditional Irish session including reels, jigs, polkas, hornpipes, slides and waltzes.
‘Seasoned’ players will be shown some new tricks or methods of performing live or honing skills they already have and learning to enhance the music around them in any session.
Cost for Comhaltas/Hamilton Irish Arts members: $20
Cost for Non-Members: $25
Please register at Email: info@hamiltonirisharts.ca
Payment by etransfer to hammeririsharts@gmail.com
This 2 hr workshop is designed for all ages and all levels of playing.
Hamilton Irish Arts is grateful for the support of Comhaltas North America and Meitheal North America

Niagara Folk & Irish Music Session - Once a month for Summer!
2024-06-02 13:30 - 16:30, 2024-07-07 13:30 - 16:30, 2024-08-04 13:30 - 16:30, 2024-09-01 13:30 - 16:30 | Doc Magilligans, 6400 LUNDY'S LANE, NIagara Falls, Ontario, L2G 1T6, Canada
Niagara Folk & Irish Music Session – Once a month for Summer!

1.30pm To 4.30pm
At Doc Magilligan’s

*Comfy setting (candles on tables etc)

*All musicians welcome!

*Bring your own instrument (fiddles / accordions / whistles / mandolins / banjo / guitar / Bodhran etc)

*Folk and Irish is the general style but we’re open to anything fun! (East coast tunes / original songs / parodies / country & acoustic versions of rock songs!)

We want to create a fun, welcoming environment where those interested in folk and Irish music can have fun playing music & singing together. It’s not a gig. We sit around a table and go around in a circle where everyone has an equal chance to lead a song or tune.

Everyone is equally welcome – from beginner musicians to experts.

It’s a chance to share a few tunes or songs you like with others & to learn old tunes / songs & accompany others.

Music is a catalyst for happiness. Friends meet. Enough said.

Irish Set Dancing at the Corktown - Dancer Appreciation Night
2024-06-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Corktown Pub, 175 Young Street, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 1V7, Canada
The dance classes are breaking for the summer so Tuesday, June 11th, we will be holding a
Dancer Appreciation Night!
Thanks to everyone who has come out to dance with us this year. You can tell that with every week that our group is growing and getting better!

We love to have newcomers join us and experience the joy of dancing. Especially since we have such a great core of people coming consistently to help everyone.

Great exercise, great fun, great people and that we would not be able to do without our wonderful teacher, Maureen Mulvey O’Leary!! Just show up and and join us.

Starting again in September, set dancing is every second Tuesday from 6:30-8:30 pm. $15 per person – every other week! Bring a friend – join in the fun! We learn Set dances but also a few social Ceili dances.

AlgomaTrad Summer Series 2024 - La Famille LeBlanc
2024-07-11 19:30 - 21:30 | Algoma Trad Pavillion, 1249 F&G Line, St. Joseph Island, St. Joseph Island, Ontario, P0R 1J0, Canada
The AlgomaTrad Summer Concert Series is back for 2024, featuring 3 groups of some of Canada’s finest traditional and folk musicians including Acadian family band La Famille LeBlanc on July 11, master bluegrass musicians Christopher Henry & Shane Cook with Darrin Schott and James McEleney on July 18, and the dynamic multi-instrumentalist Medusa Quartet on August 8. The Series occurs at the AlgomaTrad Centre Pavilion, 1249 F&G Line, St. Joseph Island, a gorgeous and intimate timberframe outdoor concert venue.Standard series ticket prices (+HST) are $90 General Admission, $75 Seniors, $60 Students, and $15 Children 10 & under. Tickets for the entire series of 3 concerts are now on sale at a discounted price! Pay by credit card HERE. Use the discount code “SUMMERSERIES” to save 10% at checkout!
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AlgomaTrad Summer Series 2024 - Christopher Henry & Shane Cook
2024-07-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Algoma Trad Pavillion, 1249 F&G Line, St. Joseph Island, St. Joseph Island, Ontario, P0R 1J0, Canada

Irish Summer Camp 4 Kids
2024-07-22 09:00 - 2024-07-26 16:00 | Leander Boat Club, 50 Leander Drive, Hamilton, Ontario, L8L 8L1
Week long summer camp. We provide an introduction to IRISH music, sports, singing, dancing, language, crafts, and much more, through play. The camps run 9am-4pm Monday to Friday, and have a show for family and friends on Friday afternoon. Only $225 a week
The week in Hamilton is July 22- 26 at the Leander Boat Club.
Register early to make sure you have a spot and get the discount.

All Locations:
July 22 – 26
Leander Boat Club, 50 Leander Dr. Hamilton
July 29 – Aug 2
St. Edward the Confessor – 75 Churchill Ave., Toronto North
Aug 5 – 11
Goderich Celtic Roots College and Festival
Aug 12 – 16
Mississauga Irish Supporters Club, 4120 Ridgeway Dr. Unit 39. Mississauga Aug 19 – 23 – Pegasus, 361 Glebeholme Blvd. – Toronto East End
Aug 26 – 30
Lambton House – 4066 old Dundas St. – Toronto 2
All camps are Monday to Friday from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.
For Irish Summer Camp queries or registration contact Maureen at moleary2001@rogers.com or call 416-446-6993.
E-Transfer now accepted for all camps – Email Maureen: moleary2001@rogers.com

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For information and registration

https://www.irishsummercamp4kids.com/our-camps/
https://www.irishsummercamp4kids.com

32nd Annual Goderich Celtic Roots College
2024-08-05 - 2024-08-09 | Goderich Celtic Roots Festival & College, Box 171, Goderich, Ontario, N7A 3Z2
COLLEGE AND KIDS CAMP REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN AND FESTIVAL TICKETS ARE ON SALE
We look forward to seeing you this summer!
College dates are: Aug. 5-9, 2024
Festival dates are: Aug. 9-11, 2024

This is your opportunity to learn from some of the very best musicians and artists from around the world. There are course levels for everyone from beginner to advanced, all are welcome to participate.
Unsure which level to sign up for? CLICK HERE
The Celtic College is a four-day immersive event the week before the Celtic Festival that teaches the ins and outs of many types of Celtic music, dance, and craft art, taught by the artists who will be appearing at the Festival on the weekend. There are four 80 minute classes per day, which repeat throughout the week. For example, you will have the same class from 9:00 to 10:20 every day. Classes cover a broad range of instruments, styles, focuses, artistic mediums, and levels of experience: anything from beginner fiddle tunes to advanced Irish harp technique, from ceilidh dancing to Ontario step dance, or from blacksmithing to illuminated letters, and everything in between.
The Celtic College takes place over a four day period – Monday, August 5th to Thursday, August 8th and is taught by the same musicians and artists brought to the Goderich Celtic Roots Festival to perform throughout the festival.
After learning and growing as musicians throughout the college, all students are welcome to participate in our Friday Showcase. Taking place on Friday, August 9th at the Festival Grounds in Lions Harbour Park, this is a wonderful opportunity to show off your new skills.
To be honest the Goderich Celtic College was a life changing event for me! It’s exactly what I needed in my life!
I am counting down the days until next year’s Celtic festival!!!!! – Stacey Underwood, First time Attendee

A college student’s day might look like this:
1) 9:00-10:20 – Scottish Song
2) 10:40-12:00 – Advanced Cape Breton Fiddle Style
LUNCH 12:00-1:30 – at the College or at a local restaurant
3) 1:30-2:50 – Irish Ensemble
4) 3:10-4:30 – Quebec Style Dance
In the evenings, the experience goes on to include evening teacher concerts in the town square, and everyone can put their skills to practice at the ceilidh dances and sessions that often run into the night at local venues. The week wraps up with a Celtic College Showcase at the Festival on Friday afternoon, which kicks off the weekend!

AlgomaTrad Summer Series 2024 - Medusa Quartet
2024-08-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Algoma Trad Pavillion, 1249 F&G Line, St. Joseph Island, St. Joseph Island, Ontario, P0R 1J0, Canada

32nd Annual Goderich Celtic Roots Festival
2024-08-09 - 2024-08-11 | Goderich Celtic Roots Festival & College, Box 171, Goderich, Ontario, N7A 3Z2
32nd Annual Goderich Celtic Roots Festival
Lake Huron, Goderich, ON, Canada
COLLEGE AND KIDS CAMP REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN AND FESTIVAL TICKETS ARE ON SALE
We look forward to seeing you this summer!
College dates are: Aug. 5-9, 2024
Festival dates are: Aug. 9-11, 2024
“Quite simply, the best folk festival on the planet.” ~ Discover Magazine
The Goderich Celtic Roots Festival is an annual celebration of the music, craft, and culture of the seven Celtic nations, immigrants of which form a strong historic background to Huron County. From a single memorial concert held in 1993 to honour the life of a local teacher, the Celtic Roots Festival has grown to include a week-long school of music, dance and craft art for children and adults, known as the Celtic College, and a parallel school for children called the Celtic Kids Camp, a series of rural outreach mini-concerts, and a three-day traditional outdoor festival held in beautiful Lions’ Harbour Park on the shores of Lake Huron, in Goderich, Ontario, Canada. The mandate of the Goderich Celtic Folk Society, our parent organization and a CRA registered charitable organization, is to produce events which foster awareness, participation, and education in the world of traditional Celtic culture.
With five stages, varying from small intimate performances to the high-powered Main Stage, the Festival is a unique musical experience in Canada and on the world-wide stage. Fresh local food, high-quality craft artisans, art demonstrations, children’s activity area, an evening market – and over 60 hours of live music – make this an unmissable weekend in Goderich. A visit to the Festival is also a great way to experience Goderich, “the prettiest town in Canada”, with the stunning beaches of Lake Huron and downtown shopping all within minutes’ walk of the park.
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Niagara Irish Festival
2024-08-23 17:00 - 23:00, 2024-08-24 11:00 - 23:00 | Fireman’s Park, 2275 Dorchester Road, Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2E 6S4, Canada
Come to celebrate Irish Music and culture in beautiful Niagara Falls, Canada! “The best little Irish music festival in North America!” – Niagara Irish Festival 2024 will feature local musicians from the Niagara region. It will be headlined by international Irish recording artist and performer PADDYMAN. Paddyman has performed live to over 1 million people all over the world and delivers an authentic high energy Irish music show. Since his recent move to Canada (from Dubai) he has been selling out shows locally and abroad. Come experience an authentically Irish night of Folk Songs under candlelight on Friday 23th or a high energy show of Irish favorites on Sat 24th Aug! Complete listing of all performers and tickets available from eventbrite Irish Festival 2024
Date and time: Fri, Aug 23, 2024, 5:00 PM – Sat, Aug 24, 2024, 11:00 PM EDT
Location: Firemen’s Park 2275 Dorchester Road Niagara Falls, ON L2E 6S4 Canada
All are welcome! Including your canine companions as long as they are kept on a leash at all times while inside the festival grounds.
If you would like to contact Irish Music Niagara, please use our webform here. We will try to respond schedule permitting.

Hamilton Irish Arts playing Niagara Irish Festival
2024-08-24 14:00 - 15:00 | Fireman’s Park, 2275 Dorchester Road, Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2E 6S4, Canada
Hamilton Irish Arts musicians are on the program for 2 to 3 pm on Saturday at the main stage for about 45 minutes playing/singing time.

Looking forward to a rockin’ good time!
See attached video ad we were amazed to see on our TV yesterday.

Go Raibh Mile Maith Agaibh, Declan and Paddy. ☘

https://irishmusicniagara.com/festival/

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