With Music from Noon to Night

Headlined By…

Enjoy performances by renowned headliners Brendan Mulvihill, Angelina Carberry, Dan Brouder, and Daniel O’Flaherty thanks to travel support for Brendan, Angelina, Dan, and Danny provided by Culture Ireland. Plus, local session leaders, Irish dance schools, and Ceili clubs will keep the energy high with their spectacular performances throughout the day.

Brendan Mulvihill, coming from County Limerick in Ireland, is a world renowned Irish fiddler, teacher and composer. For over 50 years he learned tunes from traditional music legends from his youth and his compositions have been recorded by other world renowned artists and are popular in sessions and among traditional musicians around the world. Brendan teams up once again with Ireland's Music and Culture TV (TG4 Gradam Ceoil’s) 2021 Musician of the Year, Angelina Carberry, and Dan Brouder, a well-respected exponent of the West Limerick accordion style. Both Carberry and Brouder have been praised by The Irish Times for their “well-earned reputation as a banjo/accordion duo who let the tunes do the talking.” Following a successful tour on the U.S. east coast in 2023 to launch the Martin Mulvihill Collection of Irish Traditional Music, Brendan, Angelina and Dan will join Danny O'Flaherty to share a few nights of music, song and stories in Virginia, Texas and Louisiana.  

Irish balladeer and storyteller Danny O'Flaherty joins Mulvihill, Carberry and Brouder.  Danny is a native Irish speaker from the Gaeltect (Gail-tuck) region of Connemara on the West Coast of Ireland. Much of his time growing up was spent around the turf fire listening to songs and stories of his elders, and this instilled in him the desire to pass the music on! He is a singer, songwriter and performer of Folk and Celtic music and is dedicated to preserving the heritage of our ancestors.

With Performances on Indoor & Outdoor Stages

12:10-12:25 PM | Boyle School of Irish Dance / Joe DeZarn & Friends

12:35-1:05 PM | Pariac Keane / Celtic House

1:15-1:30 PM | Foley Academy of Irish Dance / Joe DeZarn & Friends

1:40-2:10 PM | The Irish Inn Mates

2:20-2:35 PM | Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance / Joe DeZarn & Friends

2:45-3:15 PM | Josh Dukes / O’Connell’s

3:25-3:40 PM | Kate Spanos Irish Dance / Joe DeZarn & Friends

3:50-4:20 PM | The Good Folk

4:30-4:50 PM | District Irish Dance Project Rhythm / Joe DeZarn & Friends

5:00-6:00 PM | Brendan Mulvihill, Angelina Carberry, Dan Brouder, Daniel O’Flaherty

6:00-7:00 PM — FINALE SESSION

INDOOR STAGE

12:15-1:00 PM | Open Session, Led by NextGen Session

12:30-12:45 PM | Children’s Storytime in Bookstore

1:10-1:20 PM | Andrew Dodd’s Violin School and Mitch Fanning’s Students

1:30-1:45 PM | O’Neill James Dance Academy / Auld Shebeen Session

1:50-2:05 PM | Sean Nos Demonstration for Kids by Kate Bole / Auld Shebeen Session

2:10-2:30 PM | Song Circle with Nina Gibson & Kevin Elam

2:40-3:10 PM | Brendan’s Voyage

2:30-2:45 PM | Children’s Storytime in Bookstore

3:15-3:35 PM | Abbie Palmer and Agi Kovacs

3:40-3:50 PM | Adult Storyteller with Dan O’Flaherty

4:00-4:15 PM | Morgan Legacy Irish Dance Academy / Peter Brice Band

4:25-4:55 PM | Peter Brice / Kirwan’s

5:05-5:25 PM | Greater Washington Ceili Club (GWCC) Set Dancing / Shepherd’s Pie

7:00-10:00 PM | CEILI with GWCC / Kate Spanos & Marilyn Moore / Shepherd’s Pie+