Echoes of Erin 
Traditional and
Contemporary Irish Music
Sundays: 12:00 Noon – 2:00 PM
The University of New Haven, West Haven, Connecticut
Join us on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
IRISH MUSIC ALL DAY!!!
L to R: Joan Kennedy/Pat Kennedy, Pat Hosey, Mike McGrath, Chuck Vigue
Listen
live at www.wnhu.org
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Traditional Music Sessions
Session leaders
are tentative and subject to change.
Sundays 4:00 PM to
6:00 PM: The Playwright Irish Pub
1232
Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT
March
1: Jeanne Freeman/Mike Melanophy
March
8: John Tabb/Kira Jewitt
March
15: NO SESSION
March
22: John Whelan/Damien Connolly
March
29: John Whelan
Tuesdays 8:00 PM to
10:00 PM: The Playwright Irish Pub
1232
Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT
March
3: Loretta Murphy/Katie Murray
March
10: Katie Murray/Jonathan Warner
March
17: NO SESSION
March
24: Loretta Murphy/Ellen Redman
March
31: Jonathan Warner/Dan Accardi
Tuesdays 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM: Bull's
Bridge Inn
South Kent, CT (~one mile north of New Milford line on Route 7)
Led by Dave Paton
1st and 3rd
Wednesdays 7:30: La Boca Restaurant
337 Main St., Middletown, CT
Music
with Jeanne Freeman (fiddle) and guest.
Thursdays (3rd) 7:45 PM: P.V. O'Donnell branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
St.
Gabriel Church Hall, 26 Broadway, Milford, CT
March
20: John Whelan, Dylan Foley, Conor Hearn
At Milford Club. See
announcement below.
Saturdays (4th) 3:00 – 5:00 PM: Burke-Curry-Seery branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
Charlie’s Pizza – 386 Prospect
St., East Hartford, CT
Irish Music Concerts
The Coracles
Friday, February 28, 2020,
7:00 PM, Irish American Home Society, 132 Commerce St., Glastonbury, CT
Friday, March 13, 2020, 7:00
PM, Black Rock Yacht Club, 80 Grovers Ave.,
Bridgeport, CT
Saturday, March 14, 2020, 8:30 PM, Playwright Irish Pub, 1232 Whitney Avenue, Hamden,
CT
Sunday, March 15, 2020, 3:30
PM, Irish American Community Center, Venice Place, East Haven, CT
Tuesday, March 17, 2020, 6:00 PM, Playwright Irish Pub, 1232 Whitney Avenue, Hamden,
CT
Friday, March 20, 2020, 7:00
PM, Irish American Home Society, 132 Commerce St., Glastonbury, CT
Saturday, April,
2020, 8:30 PM, Playwright Irish Pub, 1232 Whitney Avenue, Hamden,
CT
Check out
the Coracles and their complete schedule at www.thecoracles.com.
The Jolly Beggars
Check out their web
site at http://www.thejollybeggarsmusic.com/
Saturday, February 29, 2020,
2:00 PM, East Granby Public Library
Saturday, March 7, 2020,
2:00 PM, Shenanigan's Irish Festival, Stony
Creek Brewery, Branford, CT
Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 7:00, Windsor Public Library
Friday, March 13, 2020, 8:00
PM, Center Stage Theatre,
Shelton, CT
Saturday, March 14, 2020:
12:00 PM -Southbury Public Library - Southbury, CT
4:00 PM - Heritage Village Southbury - Southbury, CT
8:00 PM - Center Stage Theatre - Shelton, CT
Sunday, March 15, 2020, 2:00
PM, Playwright Irish Pub - Hamden, CT
Brannigan’s
Corner
Duffy’s
Tavern, 241 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT
Every
other Sunday, 7:30 PM
March
8
March
22
April
5
Brannigan’s Corner
Friday, March 6, 2020, 7:00 PM
Thimble Island Brewing Company, Branford, CT
Mick
Moloney, Billy McComiskey, Athena Tergis
Tuesday, March 10, 7:30 PM
The Martire Center, Sacred Heart University, 5841 Park Avenue,
Fairfield, CT
Information:
greggburnett@optimum.net or 203-255-3848
Dan Ringrose
Check out Dan’s web site: https://danringrosemusic.com/
Altan
Sunday, March 1, 2020,
7:00 PM
Iron Horse Music Hall,
Northampton, MA
Tickets: http://www.nbotickets.com/auto_choose_ga.asp?area=360&event=11440
Karan Casey
Thursday, March 5,
2020, 7:30 PM
Middletown House
Concerts
Reservations/Information:
jcormack@wesleyan.edu or call 860-983-7963.
Dublin
City Ramblers
Friday, March 6, 2020,
8:00 PM
Infinity Music Hall,
Hartford
Tickets:
https://www.infinityhall.com/Events/dublin-city-ramblers-3-6-2020/
Lunasa
Wednesday, March 11,
7:00 PM
Iron Horse Music Hall,
Northampton, MA
Tickets: https://www.nbotickets.com/auto_choose_ga.asp?area=360&event=11542
Jerry
O’Sullivan
with
The Greater
Bridgeport Symphony
Eric
Jacobsen, Conductor
There and
Back Again
Saturday, March 14, 2020, 8:00 PM
Klein
Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport, CT
Tickets
and Information: https://gbs.org
There
and Back Again will be a wonderful evening with the Greater Bridgeport
Symphony.
Jerry O’Sullivan will perform Shaun
Davey’s The Brendan Voyage — a travelogue of the 6th-century voyage
of St. Brendan “the Navigator”. The Greater Bridgeport Symphony will follow
Jerry with Dvorak’s 9th Symphony “From the New World.”
Sofia Gilchenok, a co-winner of the Greater Bridgeport Symphony’s Young
Instrumentalists’ Competition will perform Bartok’s Viola
Concerto.
Riverdance
March 19-22, 2020
Oakdale Theater, Wallingford, CT
5 Shows
Tickets: https://www.oakdale.com/
John Whelan, Dylan Foley, Conor
Hearn
Friday, March 20, 2020
Irish
Heritage Society of Milford
131 Bridgeport Ave, Milford, CT
The
High Kings
Friday, March 20,
2020, 8:00 PM
Garde Arts Center, New
London, CT
Tickets:
https://gardearts.org/events/the-high-kings/
Talisk
Friday, March 20,
2020, 8:00 PM
2017 MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards Folk Band of The Year
Katharine
Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, Old Saybrook, CT
https://www.thekate.org
John Whelan and Brian Conway
with Conor Hearn
Saturday,
March 28, 2020, 8:00 PM
First
Congregational Church of Branford, 1009 Main Street, Branford
Hosted
by the Branford Folk Music Society
Claudine Langille and Silas
Hamilton
April
25, 2020, 7:30 PM
House
Concert
3
Lark Road, Simsbury, CT
Reservations:
burkecurryseery@gmail.com or
860-217-0990
One for the Foxes
Tadhg Ó Meachair (piano/accordion), Dave
Curley (vocals/guitar), Joanna Hyde (vocals/fiddle)
Sunday,
May 3, 2020,7:00 PM
Katharine
Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, Old Saybrook, CT
https://www.thekate.org
Gaelic Storm
Sunday
June 21, 2020, 8:00 PM
Infinity
Music Hall, Norfolk, Connecticut
St. Patrick’s Day Parades
Stamford: Saturday, March 7, 2:00 PM
Hartford: Saturday, March 14, 11:00 AM
Milford: Saturday, March 14, 1:00 PM
New Haven: Sunday, March 15, 1:30 PM
Local Irish Clubs and
Organizations
The Irish American Community Center (IACC) and the New Haven
Gaelic Football and Hurling Club
http://www.IACC-CT.com
Become a Member of the IACC: http://www.iacc-ct.com/?page_id=5
The IACC organizes, sponsors and hosts many
events of interest to the community.
Events at the IACC
Bingo
Every Friday, 7:00 PM
Hurling and
Football
Saturday, February 29
2:15 PM: Football – Mayo vs
Kerry
4:15 PM: Football – Tyrone vs
Dublin
Sunday March 1
9:00 AM: Hurling – Galway vs Cork
11:00 AM – Football – Donegal vs Monaghan
1:00 PM: Tipperary vs
Waterford
Indoor Training
Indoor training has started. See Schedule below. All times are
10:30 AM to 12:00 Noon.
Training is at the Connecticut Sportsplex, 216 Foxon Rd., North Branford
The dates and times are:
March 1
IACC Golf Classic
Saturday, May 16,
2020
Alling Memorial
Golf Club
35 Eastern Street
New Haven, CT 06513
Entry Fee: $125.00
per player
For further
information, please contact:
Tracy Williams, 203-673-6169, tlove507@hotmail.com
Nikki Brooks, 203-215-8756, tiggernrp@sbcglobal.net
The Irish Cultural
& Sports Association of Southern Connecticut
There
are many events organized, sponsored and hosted by the IC&SA. Become a
member!
The Shamrock Traditional Irish Music Society,
Inc. (STIMS)
http://www.shamrockirishmusic.org/index.html
STIMS
is a wonderful organization that is responsible for bringing to the area many
Irish musicians.
Join
their mailing list.
Irish Heritage Society of Milford
West Haven Irish American Club
https://www.facebook.com/whIrishclub/
P.V. O'Donnell branch
of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
http://pvodonnellcce.org/index.html
Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum
3011
Whitney Avenie, Hamden, CT
The
museum houses the world’s largest collection of Hunger-related art.
A
visit to the museum is a very moving experience.
The
Irish Piper by William Oliver (1874)
Support
the Museum
https://www.ighm.org/
Website
maintained by Charles Vigue.
Email contact: cvigue@newhaven.edu
for further information and for posting of news and concert
listings on EchoesofErin.net.
Website updated February 28, 2020