every MONDAY 8pm-11pm
IRISH TRAD EVENING
with Niall O’Leary and guests
*The only event in New York City featuring LIVE Irish Dance every week*
Live’ Irish Music Session & Irish Dance Jam
at Paddy Reilly’s Music Bar
519 2nd Avenue, south-west corner of 29th Street, NYC
by Subway: 6 train to 28th Street, walk 3 blocks!
by Bus: M34A & M15 stop outside the door!
No cover, all welcome!
Led by Niall O’Leary, with different featured musicians every week:
Monday June 8th, EARLIER 6pm-8pm
*6pm Pop-Up Gaeltacht*:
All welcome for bilingual conversations in English & Irish Gaelic!
Music & Dance jam w/
Niall O’Leary (accordion, spoons, percussive dance)
with special guests
Dylan James (banjo, fiddle, percussive dance) &
Andy Fitzpatrick (guitar & songs)
followed by the Knicks with full sound on!
Monday June 15th, 8pm-11pm
Music & Dance jam w/
Dylan James (banjo, fiddle, percussive dance)
with special guests
Chris McLoughlin (accordion) &
Andy Fitzpatrick (guitar & songs)
Monday June 22nd, 8pm-11pm
Music & Dance jam w/
Niall O’Leary (accordion, spoons, percussive dance)
with special guests
Tom Fitzgerald (fiddle & percussive dance)
Andy Fitzpatrick (guitar & songs)
Monday June 29th, 8pm-11pm
Music & Dance jam w/
Niall O’Leary (accordion, spoons, percussive dance)
with special guests
Bernadette Fee (fiddle & dance)
Andy Fitzpatrick (guitar & songs)
Monday July 6th, 8pm-11pm
Music & Dance jam w/
Niall O’Leary (accordion, spoons, percussive dance)
with special guests
Dylan James (banjo, fiddle, percussive dance)
Andy Fitzpatrick (guitar & songs)
Monday July 13th, 8pm-11pm
Music & Dance jam w/
Niall O’Leary (accordion, spoons, percussive dance)
with special guests
Niall Mulligan (fiddle)
Andy Fitzpatrick (guitar & songs)
Monday July 20th, 8pm-11pm
Music & Dance jam w/
Dylan James (banjo, fiddle, percussive dance)
with special guests
Jake James (fiddle, bodhrán & percussive dance)
Andy Fitzpatrick (guitar & songs)
Monday July 27th, 8pm-11pm
Music & Dance jam w/
Niall O’Leary (accordion, spoons, percussive dance)
with special guests
TBA &
Andy Fitzpatrick (guitar & songs)
More info on Irish Trad Evening:
This is an informal Traditional Irish Music Session featuring live Irish dance performance, both solo dancing (mostly hardshoe) and ceili team dancing!
All musicians, singers, dancers, listeners, lookers welcome!
Dancers are especially welcome…
Bring your hardshoes!
You can also just stop in to hang out!
RSVP not required: just show up if you can make it !
Note: no dances are taught at this event:
For classes visit www.nialloleary.com/school
You could and should pay big money to see some of these musicians and dancers in concert format, but this event is at a more intimate venue where they share their talents in a more informal setting. All welcome to join in, sing, dance, play music!
If you don’t believe me, just watch!
Hosted by Niall O’Leary
(Percussive Dance, Piano-Accordion, Keyboards, Spoons, Mouth Music),
Irish Dance Jam led by Niall O’Leary with other guest dancers from the Niall O’Leary School of Irish Dance and elsewhere!
Call in on your way uptown or on your way downtown, or on your way crosstown!
Past Featured Musicians include:
Tony DeMarco (fiddle), John Whelan (button-accordion), Katie Grennan (fiddle), Patrick Mangan (fiddle), Jerry O’Sullivan (Uilleann Pipes), Caitlin Warbelow (fiddle), Mirella Murray (piano-accordion), Katie Linnane (fiddle), Jake James (fiddle, bodhrán, percussive dance), Tom Dunne (accordion & fiddle), Brenda Castles (concertina), Maeve Flanagan (fiddle), Alasdair White (fiddle), Kevin McCormack (guitar & vocals), Matt Mancuso (fiddle & guitar), Niall Mulligan (fiddle & keyboards), Isaac Alderson (uilleann pipes & flute), Sebastian McLaughlin (banjo), Linda Hickman (flute), Liz Hanley (fiddle & vocals), Bernadette Fee (fiddle & dance), Ben Power (flute, bodhrán, percussive dance), Aifric Prunty (fiddle), Leah Rankin (cello & dance), Danny Littwin (guitar & vocals), Brenda Dowling (flute, whistles, concertina), Dan Lowery (flute), Conor McGuirk (accordion & keyboards), Louise Walsh (fiddle & vocals), Emerald Rae (fiddle), Dan Foster (fiddle), Brian Fleming (percussion & vocals), Clare Horgan (guitar, vocals, & whistle), Cara Wildman (bodhrán), Breiffni Ó Domhnall (fiddle), Amy Beshara (fiddle & vocals), Joanna Clare (fiddle), Erin Michet (mandolin & trombone), Elsa Kelly (harp & flute), Eileen Clune Goodman (flute & whistles), Matthew Christian (fiddle), Roisin McArdle (piano-accordion & keyboards), Eileen McLain (fiddle), Ryan Ward (keyboards & accordion), Kieran McCarthy Fell (flute & whistles), Colin Forhan (guitar & banjo), Dylan James (banjo, fiddle, percussive dance), Ailísh Conneely (accordion, flute, whistle, song), Isa Simon (fiddle & song), Sarah Meehan (concertina), Anna Bosnick (fiddle), Ursula Garry Ocampo (flute), Krista Charles (keyboards), Tony Steele (electric bass).