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April 2021
Taking Flight Collective Virtual Concert
Adrienne O'Shea, Joe De Georgeo, Ian McKenna, with CIM instructor Brian Miller play locally-produced traditional Irish music on flute, fiddle, accordion, guitar, bouzouki, and gorgeous vocals!
Find out more »Common Tunes Session with Mary Vanorny: Family Edition
Play along with fiddler Mary Vanorny and special guests from the Center for Irish Music including family members like Claire and Ben Vanorny, folks from the Miller/Rendell household, and the O'Shea's. Tunes will be drawn from the resources on the CIM website (2021, 2020, 2013, and 2010), plus some surprises!
Find out more »Gaeltacht Lecture with Dáithí Sproule
Dáithí Sproule explains the fascinating connection music groups Skara Brae and Altan have with Irish language music and the Gaeltacht. The lecture will be mainly in English. REGISTER HERE. Dáithí Sproule, a native of Derry who has lived for many years in Minnesota, is one of Irish music's most respected guitar accompanists and a singer in English and Irish. Dáithí started out his career in the influential group, Skara Brae and is a member of the internationally renowned Irish band Altan. In…
Find out more »Get Up Your Irish! Ten Year Reunion
Live stream with the cast of Get Up Your Irish and see the video premiere of the play filmed in 2011 at the Steppingstone Theatre. Learn about the Irish that immigrated to Minnesota in the 1880s from author Jane Kennedy.
Find out more »Food Drive
Drop off non-perishable food and supplies at the Celtic Junction at 836 Prior Ave, St. Paul. Diapers, wipes, hygiene items all appreciated.
Find out more »Celtic Twilight: A Labyrinth Talk and Film Screening at Innisfree Farm
Celtic Twilight is a healing event that features "Labyrinths: Ancient Paths for Modern Seekers" a talk by Lisa Moriarity and "Enbarr, Horse of the Sea" a short film premiere by Sarah Kiani.
Find out more »Norah Rendell and Brian Miller in Concert
Norah and Brian unearth heirloom songs with Irish-American and Canadian roots and perform them with passion and nuance. They also play enough jigs and reels to put a spring in your step–even over the internet.
Find out more »Doherty Family Seminar with Brian Miller
Brian Miller discusses archival recordings that were made at the home of Tony and Margaret Doherty on Selby Avenue. They feature the family patriarch Tony Doherty (1896–1972) on fiddle, daughter Marge on piano and accordion, daughter Mary on piano, and daughter Joan on piano.
Find out more »Traditional Irish Tune Exchange – TAP and CIM
Join us for the beginnings of a musical friendship between Traditional Arts Partnership in South Armagh and the Center for Irish Music in Saint Paul, two music schools dedicated to teaching traditional music to students of all ages.
Find out more »Traditional Singers Club Monthly Session
The Traditional Singers Club of the Twin Cities has met (at least!) twice a month online since March 2020 virtually. The club's focus on solo, unaccompanied singing (from Irish, American, Scottish, and other traditions) works well in Zoom! Come join in and sing a song or just listen along.
Find out more »Kindred Spirits Seminar
Kindred Spirits and is an online event bringing together speakers, musicians, singers, and other performers to commemorate and celebrate the linguistic and cultural friendship between Ireland and peoples of the First Nations of America/Canada.
Find out more »Scottish Ceilidh with the Gunn Slingers
Scottish social dance at the Celtic Junction Arts Center south parking lot with the Gunn Slingers! Bring your bubbles! The event will also be live-streamed to Facebook.
Find out more »May 2021
Wild Colonial Bhoys in Concert
Wild Colonial Bhoys will be putting on an outdoor show to be remembered – all as part of the Celtic Junction Spring Outdoor Concert Weekend!
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