The Gaelic Club

07/09/2026

Comhaltas Sydney will be taking over the Friday TRAD this week!

☘️🎻 OÍCHE CULTÚR — AN EVENING OF IRISH CULTURE! 🎻☘️

Join us for a fantastic evening celebrating the very best of Irish culture at The Gaelic Club! 🇮🇪

Full Event Schedule to follow! 🎶

Expect an evening filled with traditional Irish music, song, dance & plenty of craic — the perfect way to kick off your weekend. 🎶💃🍀

📅 Friday 18 September
⏰ From 6PM
📍 The Gaelic Club

Bring your friends, soak up the atmosphere and enjoy a true taste of Ireland in Sydney! 🇮🇪💚

All welcome — see you there! ☘️

02/09/2026

🍀 TRAD Friday 🍀
🎶 Tara 🪈 & 🎶 Mary-Therese 🎻
Get along to the Gaelic Club to round out the week with another Fabulous TRAD Friday session.

Tara Canny comes from Rathmore, Co Meath. She has been playing whistle and flute since she was 5. She grew up playing with her local Comhaltas Branch CCÉ Tlachtga, where she also enjoyed teaching music before moving to Sydney. She is loving playing in the lively Sydney music scene.

Mary Therese Coughlan from Skibbereen, West Cork, has been playing the fiddle since the age of 4. She has travelled all over the world playing music and has won numerous awards at county, Munster, and all-Ireland levels in Fleadh Cheoils and various other competitions.

It will be a lively one!
See you at the Club 😄

🍀 Doors open at 5pm
🎶 Music starts at 6pm
🍺 Creamy Guinness on tap
♥️ Proudly Pokie Free
🍀 Community owned and run

02/09/2026

WE'RE HIRING!
💰 Are you looking for a side hussle to supplement your income?
🎶 Do you LOVE listening to Irish Music??
😍 ARE you a friendly person looking to work in a supportive and friendly environment?

🍀 The Gaelic Club is a small community run bar that operates out of the Irish Cultural Centre in Surry Hills. We are open every Friday night for our FRIDAY TRAD session and many Saturdays for public concerts and private events.

🍀 We are looking for 1-2 casual bar staff to fill our Friday and Saturday night roster.

🍀 We are also looking for the right person to fill the role of Bar Manager.

The Bar Manager role is a low key management role that includes working behind the bar during opening and extra hours for admin and management duties. The bar manager role is approximately 16 hours per week + optional extra hours for events.

For more information or to express interest, please email your CV and RSA to [email protected]

26/08/2026

🍀 FRIDAY TRAD Fiddle Fest!🎻🎻

Síofra hails from Foxford, Co. Mayo. Coming from a musical family, Síofra has been immersed in traditional Irish Music from a young age. She has toured internationally and been featured numerous times on the Fleadh programme on RTE, Fleadh live, TG4 Geantraí, Comhaltas live, and recorded for Dublin's national traditional music archive.

Siofra is joined by fellow fiddler Aoife Trench.

It’s Fri-yay and that means community, tunes, chats and a cold creamy Guinness.

😍 See you at the Club!

❤️ Doors 5pm.
🎶 Tunes from 6pm until late +
🍺 Creamy pints, Tayto's and toasties =
🍀 Recipe for guaranteed craic

20/08/2026

Tomorrow night, The Gaelic Club will be hosting a special 'Jersey Night' alongside their regular Friday night Trad Sessions.

Led by the fantastic Ferdie Whelan on piano and concertina and the multi-talented Sean Nós dancer Ailbhe Ní Dhabharáin (also on concertina), they invite you to wear your county colours tomorrow night and join in the fun!

FRIDAY TRAD & SHOW YOUR COLOURS!

JERSEY NIGHT AT THE GAELIC CLUB 💚❤️🤍💙💛🖤

Wear your county colours this Friday night, 21st of August from 6pm ✨ Expect a night with plenty of dancing!💃 We encourage any dancers out there to come and show a step or gather your friends for Friday evening pint in your county colours 🌃 Ferdie (piano and concertina) and Ailbhe (concertina and Sean nos dancing) will lead the session! They played many sessions together in Galway while Ferdie competed with the Moycullen (Cogar) Ceili Band. Ailbhe has been teaching Sean nos dancing on Wednesday evenings at the Gaelic club!

To book in for the next block of Ailbhe’s Sean nos dance classes or just to check out her amazing talent- contact her at

19/08/2026

FRIDAY TRAD & SHOW YOUR COLOURS!

JERSEY NIGHT AT THE GAELIC CLUB 💚❤️🤍💙💛🖤

Wear your county colours this Friday night, 21st of August from 6pm ✨ Expect a night with plenty of dancing!💃 We encourage any dancers out there to come and show a step or gather your friends for Friday evening pint in your county colours 🌃 Ferdie (piano and concertina) and Ailbhe (concertina and Sean nos dancing) will lead the session! They played many sessions together in Galway while Ferdie competed with the Moycullen (Cogar) Ceili Band. Ailbhe has been teaching Sean nos dancing on Wednesday evenings at the Gaelic club!

To book in for the next block of Ailbhe’s Sean nos dance classes or just to check out her amazing talent- contact her at

12/08/2026

😍🍀😍🍀
MCMOLLY
The Gaelic Club is excited to have the fabulous Mc Molly hosting the TRAD session this Friday. Comprising of Fiddle (Jacqui McPhee), harp(Clíona Molins) guitar/bouzouki (Rosie McDonald) you will be blown away by the beautiful harmonies and instrumentation of these three talented women.

A night not to be missed!
Check out some of McMolly's music here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL79ZhpoeG5p9ubg34ye3mHK_SQ5MBH1Ru

🎵 Trad session 6-9pm. Bar open until late.
🍻 Creamy pints, Tayto's and toasties =
☘️ Recipe for guaranteed craic

😍 SEE YOU AT THE CLUB!

06/08/2026

UPDATE!! UPDATE!!
🍀♥️🍀♥️🍀♥️🍀♥️🍀♥️🍀
TRAD FRIDAY

JACK and MEL go up the Surry HILL!

Jack Conrick is a fiddle and concertina player from Canberra, Australia, who grew up in a musical family with parents who play and teach Irish music. Named after a close family friend and well-loved fiddle player of the Canberra Irish music scene, Jack Canny — brother of the well-known Paddy Canny — Jack began playing at a young age and carries that influence in his music today. He plays regularly at festivals and sessions across the country.

Now residing in County Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, Mel is Western Sydney bred and polished up in Canberra. Mel has been part of the Australian folk scene for decades - and has been playing banjo for just as long.

Expect a welcoming, inclusive session vibe, a groove that gets your feet tapping and harmonies that are easy on the ear.

Join us for an end of week pint, a chat and tunes.

🎵 Trad session 6-9pm. Bar open until late.
🍻 Creamy pints, Tayto's and toasties =
☘️ Recipe for guaranteed craic

😍 SEE YOU AT THE CLUB!

29/07/2026

😍😍 FRIDAY TRAD FAVES!

Seán Griffin and Ferdie Whelan

Ferdie is a traditional Irish piano and concertina player from Loughrea, Co Galway. He comes from a musical family and has been immersed in trad music from a young age. He has taught at various workshops and has played at Fleadhs and in sessions across Ireland.

Seán is a whistle player and singer from Ennis Co. Clare. He found a love for Irish traditional music and culture at a very young age in Ennis and Doolin. He plays frequently in sessions all around Ireland and is a regular on the Irish music scene in Sydney.

🎶 Music from 6 pm until late +
🍻 Creamy pints, Tayto's and toasties =
☘️ Recipe for guaranteed craic