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Catskills Irish Arts Week Catskills Irish Arts Week
July 11 - July 17 2027
A Celebration of Irish Heritage
Music - Concerts - Dance - Classes - Lectures

An exciting week of music, song, dance, language, and crafts. Workshops: by Master Teachers from Ireland, the USA, and Canada who dedicate themselves to handing down the skills and nuances of the Irish Tradition. Concerts: Monday-Friday at the MJQ Irish Culture and Sports Centre from 7-9 PM. A World-Class feast of performances open to everybody, and included in the student package. Ceilis: Monday-Friday

Nightly Sessions: In the local pubs where the music and banter meet, giving you the experience of a real Irish session.

10/05/2026

The iconic start to our “Fiddle Chorus” at the Wednesday evening concert of CIAW 2026 featuring Dylan Foley with Rose Flanagan, Fintan Kelly, Angela Fee, Eileen Wick, Liz Hanley & Kate Knudsvig, accompanied by Colman Connolly on keys. Enjoy the commentary & the tunes!

See you next summer in the Catskills at CIAW 2027: July 11th - 17th

09/21/2026

Nothing like catching up between tunes on the porch of McGraths ♡ Many of these musicians have been coming to the Catskills since they were kids! Come to CIAW once and you’ll find yourself wanting to come back year after year for this very special week packed with tunes, dancing, friendship & craic.

Featured musicians: Catriona Fee, Patrick Winch, Mairead Fee, Richard Hearn, Brenda Dowling, Brian Gallery, Saoirse Grady, Joe Kelly & Calum Bell

Only 10 months till CIAW 2027 - July 11-17th! Everyone is welcome!

09/06/2026

There’s nothing quite like summer in the Catskills. The Wick and Kelly families treated us to an afternoon of brilliant music and dancing at our Saturday festival. 2026 was a CIAW to remember!

🎶 Michael Kelly, Mary Wick, Fintan & Joe Kelly, JP & Seamus Wick: “Saint Ruth’s Bush / Crooked Road to Dublin”, featuring dancing from Liam Kelly, Regan, Brendan & Eileen Wick

See you next summer at CIAW: July 11-17th 2027

08/25/2026

John Paul Reynolds, Keelan McGrath, Alan Murray & Brendan Dolan in concert at CIAW 2025! Here they’re playing a set of reels composed by Charlie Lennon: The Moving Pint / Dog Big, Dog Little

John Paul & Keelan are part of Peter Street alongside Fionn O’Hanlon and Simon Crehan. You can find their debut album on Bandcamp:
https://peterstreet.bandcamp.com/album/peter-street

08/14/2026

A month ago we were listening to this beautiful music at the Friday evening concert of CIAW 2026. Iris Nevins, Linda Hickman, Brenda Dowling & Ann Marie Acosta playing a lovely hornpipe into the Reel of Rio 🌟

Save the date for CIAW 2027: July 11-17th

08/04/2026

Are you going the Fleadh in Belfast this week? You might catch some of these legends playing some tunes, and having the craic 👀 Best of luck to all heading over to compete!

🌟: Catriona Fee, Brendan Callahan & Sean McComiskey play a composition of Sean’s accompanied by David McKindley-Ward in an impromptu Thursday night session at the Shamrock House, CIAW 2026

Save the date for CIAW 2027: July 11-17th

07/30/2026

We were so lucky to have Mary Bergin on staff for CIAW 2026! Here she is playing two reels (The Dairy Maid / The Laurel Tree) accompanied by Cara Wildman on bodhran and David McKindley-Ward on bouzouki at the Friday evening concert!

See you all next year at CIAW 2027: July 11-17th

07/25/2026

Take us back to last week 😔

Dylan Foley & Colman Connolly treated us to this classic set at our Wednesday evening concert at the MJQ Irish Cultural Centre. Many folks may know these tunes from the recording of the Tulla Céilí Band: Imelda Roland’s / Cregg’s Pipes.

See you all at CIAW 2027: July 11-17th

07/22/2026

MIC’D UP CEILI 😅 We mic’d up Mallaidh & Aoibhinn dancing a figure of the Plain Set at the end of the Friday ceili and it was so FUN but so chaos! Teens featured in this set: Eileen, Ronan, Mallaidh, Aoibhinn, Axel, Gavin & Colleen. Hope you enjoy this as much as we did!

CIAW 2027: July 11-17th

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