SongLives showcases Ireland and North America’s most exciting contemporary singer-songwriters, working on an intimate and personal scale to bring the rich tradition of busking on Dublin’s Grafton Street to New York City. Cat Dowling and Hannah McPhillimy Cat Dowling writes beautifully dark pop songs, offering low-key beats colored with layers of sonic delights and a […]
Kick off St. Patrick’s week with us by taking a look at what we’re all about. The Center will be abuzz with authentic music and dance performances, and filled with chances to try out our 40+ adult and children’s classes on offer throughout the season. Learn the basics of Irish language or a new dance […]
April 20 – 22 | 8 PM Featuring Arturo O'Farrill, piano David Bixler, alto saxophone Heather Martin Bixler, violin Carlo Derosa, bass Vince Cherico, drums Victor Prieto, accordion “A place where Celtic reels merge with gospel and funk, as if it were the most natural thing on earth.” – WBGO Radio Station “An intriguing effort […]
This show takes its title (Rip Rig and Panic) from an album by the virtuosic jazz musician Rahsaan Roland Kirk. His unique boundary-pushing style, onstage vitality, comic banter and political rantings epitomize the zeitgeist of the 1960’s and the reshaping of the world as it was known. A range of very special guests on the […]
St. Ann’s Warehouse and Irish Arts Center (IAC) join forces to introduce New York audiences to two new works by the Tony Award-winning Irish playwright-director Enda Walsh. St. Ann’s Warehouse, which has provided a home for Walsh’s work for nearly a decade, will present the American Premiere of his acclaimed new play Arlington, a large-scale […]
IRISH ARTS CENTER PRESENTS EDGES OF LIGHT, JUNE 1-3 A New Collaboration Between Iconic Dancer Colin Dunne and Celebrated Musicians Tóla Custy, Maeve Gilchrist and David Power, Presented in Association with Ireland’s Music Network Irish Arts Center is pleased to present Edges of Light, a new collaboration between Irish dance legend Colin Dunne, fiddler Tóla Custy, harpist […]
Trad and contemporary Irish music punctuated by Colin Dunne's legendary percussive dancing—Edges of Light comes to New York for three nights only. Colin Dunne dance Maeve Gilchrist harp David Power uilleann pipes Tóla Custy fiddle
“'The Galway Girl' is the one thing I’m sure to be remembered for. I owe a lot of that to Mundy … the biggest hit was his version.” —Steve Earle “Amazing gigs that has us eatin’ the songs straight from his palm, he’s a gift.” —Damien Dempsey One of Ireland’s most exciting live performers returns […]
Friday, June 16 | 7 PM The 36th annual literary rite of spring celebrating life, love, and language in James Joyce's lavish, languid, and lively prose. At Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway Co-produced by Symphony Space and Irish Arts Center For over a decade, Joyce's great work was famously banned throughout […]
Hosted and curated by Paul Muldoon with house band Rogue Oliphant Our critically-acclaimed feast of music, storytelling, and poetry—now in its seventh season—has become a staple of New York’s cultural diet. Led by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, this words-and-music jamboree features an evolving lineup of world-class special guests from across the spectrum of arts and […]
