Join us on Mondays – open session, all welcome to play, sing and listen.
Spring session guests at Iona Scottish Session
IONA SCOTTISH SESSION
playing the traditional music of Scotland, Cape Breton and Ireland in Brooklyn, NY
Category Archives: Amy Beshara
St. Patrick’s Sessions 2023
Paddy’s mayhem with the regular music night Monday 13th and 20th 9-12 and a special St Patrick’s session on Friday 17th 6-9. All welcome to play, listen, sing, imbibe the green and toast the wee donkey. Iona is at 180 Grand Street in Brooklyn, corner of Bedford.
Winter/Spring Season 2023
Join us for Mondays 9 to midnight every week for an open session led by our special guest musician. All welcome to play, sing, listen. Iona is in Brooklyn NY, 180 Grand St at Bedford.
Triumphant Return ! Monday Feb 7 2022
Join us for the session from 9pm on Monday Feb 7th with fab Cape Breton and Scottish fiddler, Amy Beshara. Amy has been working in the Boston area for the last couple of years, and we are delighted to welcome her back to Iona. All are welcome to listen and play.
Previous leaders and friends of Iona Scottish Session
- Alasdair Fraser
- Alasdair White
- Alice Breda Ryan
- Amy Beshara
- Andrea Beaton
- Andrew Coileáin Sharp
- Andrew Forbes
- Anita MacDonald
- Anna Bosnick
- Anna Colliton
- Art Show
- Ben Miller
- Benjamin Trott
- Black 47
- Breiffni Ó Domhnaill
- Brendan Hearn
- Burns Night
- Caitlin Warbelow
- Calum Pasqua
- Carnegie Hall
- Celtic Connections
- Charlie McKerron
- Christine Primrose
- Colin Cotter
- Darren Roche
- Doug Safranek
- Eamon Sefton
- Elias Alexander
- Emerald Rae
- Emilie Rose
- Frankie Gavin
- Fraser Fifield
- Galen Fraser
- Hannah Marcus
- Irish Fiddle
- Irish Session
- Jake James
- Jayne Pomplas
- Jeremy Kittel
- Jesse Ofgang
- Joanie Madden
- John Grimaldi
- JR Strauss
- Karen Brown
- Katie McNally
- Kevin Crawford
- Lilly Pearlman
- Liz Hanley
- Louise Bichan
- Matt Diaz
- matt diaz
- Matthew Christian
- Max Carmichael
- Moxie
- Natalie Haas
- Neil Pearlman
- New Year
- New York Trad Fest
- NY Celtic Music
- Pamela Jean Agaloos
- Patsy Reid
- Robert Burns
- Ryan McKasson
- Scottish Session
- Sean Heely
- Sebastian McLaughlin
- Session Dates
- Session Leader
- Small and Border Pipes
- Song Night
- St. Patrick's Day
- Steven Czajkowski
- Tiffany Knight
- Tom Fitzgerald
- Tony DeMarco
- Troy MacGillivray
- Uncategorized
- Will Woodson
Back weekly from September 18th 2017
We’re delighted to return to Monday night tunes at Iona, weekly from Monday September 18th. Iona is at 180 Grand Street, Brooklyn on the L and M subway lines. As well as tunes from 9-12 on Mondays, there’s an excellent craft beer selection and full kitchen serving delicious food from the grill every night of the week. Join us this Monday and every Monday for tunes at the session, all welcome.
Amy Beshara is a performer, teacher and lover of Cape Breton style fiddle playing. She’s recently returned from a trip to Nepal where she shared tunes with traditional musicians. We’re excited to have her back at Iona on Monday 18th September from 9pm to lead the session.
Save the Date! Cancel the Inauguration! The IONA BURNS NIGHT returns in all it’s shaggy glory next Wednesday 25th January at 9pm. Fiddler Emerald Rae and piper Andrew Forbes will unleash the musical beasts. Poetry, comedy, haggis and cheap adult beverages will flow. JR Strauss, Max Carmichael, Amy Lynn, Calum Michael, Matt Diaz, Pamela Jean Agaloos, Miguel Coias and Karen Brown in the house. Crying and screaming permitted. Also dancing and laughing.
December Song Nights at Iona 12th and 18th
How did we get this lucky? It’s song week at Iona and our special guest is the legendary Scots Gaelic singer Christine Primrose. Our own Pamela Jean Agaloos will host Monday 12th from 9pm then we’ll have a full on Gaelic song night on Sunday 18th from 7pm with the BBC in to film for the 2nd time this year. Come along, bring a song, it doesn’t have to be gaelic or require a santa hat, and there is a prize if you do both.
Session will not run on Monday 26th December, but we will be back in the New Year on January 2nd.
Iona Session Fall Season
September 26th with Will Woodson- we’re starting at 10.30pm after the presidential debate but usually tunes start at 9pm. October 17th we have Andrew Sharp doing a pipes and woodwind workshop before the session. October 24th a film crew will be in to record.
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