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.
Winter/Spring Season 2023
IONA SCOTTISH SESSION
playing the traditional music of Scotland, Cape Breton and Ireland in Brooklyn, NY
Category Archives: Liz Hanley
BURNS NIGHT IS BACK!
It’s Robert Burns season and we’re doing the full monty at Iona this year. No session next Monday 23rd, instead come and join us for an Iona Scottish Session Burns Supper extravaganza with all the parts and a fab cast on Weds 25th Jan at 8pm. There will be haggis. Iona is 180 Grand Street at Bedford, Brooklyn NY.
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.
Liz Hanley back at Iona May 23rd
So good we asked her back immediately! Come hear Liz sing and play some tunes with us this coming Monday May 23rd. Iona is at Grand and Bedford in Williamsburg and we get going around 9pm.
Monday May 9th – Liz Hanley and Ben Trott
Join us for a special night of tunes and song with this fine pair – fresh from their Frogbelly and Symphony tour – at Iona – this Monday May 9th – from 9pm. Iona is at 180 Grand Street at the corner of Bedford in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
New York Trad Fest October 13th – 19th 2014 Alasdair White leads Iona and performs at Connolly’s Klub 45
We had a great night last night at Iona as part of NY Trad Week with our special guest Alasdair White welcoming a stellar crop of fiddlers. Alasdair will represent Scottish music on Saturday October 18th at the Connolly’s NY trad fest gig.There’s more action all week long around the city for the fest. Tonight Tuesday 14th October – Liz Hanley leads the Dempsey’s Session. Wednesday 15th, Joanie Madden is at Swift’s with Tony DeMarco, then Saturday night October 18th the big gala gig is at Connolly’s Klub 45 in Manhattan with a great roster of amazing Irish, Old Time, Scottish and Klezmer talent plus dancing, yodeling and singing! Tickets for Connolly’s Klub . Followed on the Sunday 19th by the finale of New York Trad Fest at the Irish Arts Center. Featuring Brooklyn-born fiddler Tony Demarco, traditional and original folk duet Murphy Beds, American fiddler Kenny Kosek, Irish-American flute and whistle player Joanie Madden, American fiddler Eileen Ivers, American five-string banjo player Tony Trischka, and more, the evening is sure to live long in the memory. Tickets for Irish Arts.
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