Join us for Mondays 9 to midnight with a special Burns Night with all the trimmings on Weds Jan 25th. All welcome to play, sing, listen. Iona is in Brooklyn NY, 180 Grand St at Bedford.
Winter/Spring Season 2023
IONA SCOTTISH SESSION
playing the traditional music of Scotland, Cape Breton and Ireland in Brooklyn, NY
Category Archives: Andrew Forbes
Piper Andrew Forbes at Iona Feb 14th
Let’s be each other’s trad Valentines at the Iona Scottish Session at 180 Grand Street, Brooklyn. Pipe and fiddle tunes led my master piper, Andrew Forbes, from Halifax , Nova Scotia. Tunes from 9. All welcome to listen and play.
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
- 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
- Small and Border Pipes
- Song Night
- St. Patrick's Day
- Steven Czajkowski
- Tiffany Knight
- Tom Fitzgerald
- Tony DeMarco
- Troy MacGillivray
- Uncategorized
- Will Woodson
Iona Burns Night -Thursday Jan 25th 2018
A fabulous Brooklyn Burns Night celebrating the life and work of Scotland’s bard, Robert Burns. Drams, songs, live Scottish traditional music, toasts and delicious haggis with Battlefield Band and Daimh fiddler, Alasdair White, piper Andrew Forbes, Matthew Christian, Karen Brown, Pamela Agaloos, Tiffany Knight, Max Carmichael, Calum Pasqua, Matt Diaz. Master of Ceremonies Robert Buchan. Drink Specials and no cover! Iona is at 180 Grand Street, Brooklyn. Festivities 8-11pm.
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.
Last two Mondays before summer break
June 13th we’re having a send off party for our regular piper, Andrew Forbes with the lovely singer and fiddler Liz Hanley at the helm. June 20th we close the winter/spring season with the fabulous Caitlin Warbelow, fiddler and teacher extraordinaire. We’ll be back after Labor Day! Iona is at 180 Grand Street, corner of Bedford Ave in Williamsburg. Tunes 9-12. See you there. All welcome.
Double Pipe Trouble – Elias Alexander and Andrew Forbes – May 16th
After last week’s fantastic night , this week we’ve got another pair of leaders – Elias Alexander on pipes, fiddles, song and Andrew Forbes the Jimi Hendrix of the pipes at Iona. Come join us for tunes from 9pm at Iona, 180 Grand Street, Brooklyn – Monday May 16th.
Spring at Iona -April/May
Monday April 18th – Andrew Forbes – Jimi Hendrix of the Pipes
Monday April 25th – Elias Alexander – Pipes, fiddle, guitar, song
Monday May 2nd – Alice Breda Ryan – Sean Nos Dance and Song
Monday May 9th – Benjamin Trott – English/Irish/Scottish guitar and concertina
Join us for an upcoming Monday. Tunes start at 9pm. Iona is at 180 Grand Street, Brooklyn NY 11211 and you are welcome as a musician or listener.
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