Schedule:

Saturday, March 2, 2024

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Community Ceili hosted by the Garrett School of Irish Dance
An afternoon of live traditional Irish music and dance, this ceili (community celebration) will feature the traditional social dances of Ireland, along with a few special performances and live music by local Irish band One More Time. Dances will be taught on the day, and all are welcome to participate! No experience and no partner needed. Please bring clean, soft-soled shoes and join us for an afternoon of dancing, music, and fun for all ages.
Location: Richmond Free Library Community Room
Suggested donation: Individual: $8, Student/Senior: $5, Family: $20

Sunday, March 3, 2024

12:00 p.m - 2:00 p.m: Ukelele Session & Singalong
Strum and/or sing along with Ukulele Mele, a group that meets regularly in South Hero. Music provided. RSVP is appreciated.  If you would like to bring your own music, please let me know so we can add them to our song list.
Location: Worthen Library
Cost: Free

7:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m: Danu at the Barre Opera House
Hailing from Counties Waterford, Cork, Dublin and Donegal in Ireland, Danú is one of the leading traditional Irish ensembles of today. The band formed in 1995 as part of Irelands delegation to Lorient Inter-Celtic Festival in Brittany, France (an annual event that is the biggest gathering of celtic nations in the world).

For over 2 decades Danú’ has been delighting audiences worldwide. Winners of numerous awards from the BBC and Irish Music Magazine, Danú has toured throughout Europe and North America. Danú takes its audiences on a musical journey to their native Ireland, offering a moving and memorable concert experience.
Location: Barre Opera House
Cost: $28 – $42

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

6:30 p.m - 8:30 p.m: Irish Session at St. John’s Club
Come to the St. John’s Club for an Irish Music Session on Wednesday, March 6 (and every Wednesday) from 6:30- 8:30 pm. Irish musicians are welcome to bring their instruments and join in with the group. Non-musicians are welcome to enjoy the music and good craic. Note: You do not need to be a St. John’s Club member for this event! It is open to the public!
Location: St. John’s Club
Cost: Free

Friday, March 8, 2024

5:15 p.m - 6:15 p.m: Fiddle Workshop
Join us for a fiddle workshop with Reverie Road Members Winifred Horan (Solas founder) & Katie Grennan (Gaelic Storm). Best for intermediate and advanced musicians including UVM students, teens & young adults.
Location: UVM Southwick Music Building
Cost: Free

7:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m: Reverie Road with Aoife Scott- Flynn Lane Series
The great Irish-American fiddler and dancer Winifred Horan and accordionist John Williams, both founding members of Solas, have come together with fiddler Katie Grennan (Gaelic Storm) and (here’s the twist that makes this ensemble really unique and special) jazz and raga pianist Utsav Lal to form this dreamy project with Reverie Road. This is, indeed, Celtic music that takes off in new directions and with incredible virtuosity and flair. The band’s chemistry of two accomplished, classically trained fiddlers who share a common history as award-winning Irish dancers, along with two instrumentalists who have sought to redefine traditional accompaniment and rhythm sections, weave a tapestry of truly stirring music that moves and engages an audience. We are so excited to introduce you to Reverie Road.
Location: UVM Recital Hall
Cost: $6.50 – $39.50

Saturday, March 9, 2024

1:30 p.m - 2:30 p.m: Introduction to the Irish Language with Chris Branagan
This will be an informational session for people who have had little or no previous contact with Irish (also known as Gaelic) and are interested in learning more about it. Topics will include:
History and current status of the language
Guidelines for pronunciation
Basic sentence structure
Useful phrases, proverbs, etc.
Dialects of Irish
Description of available courses for adult learners
Location: Fletcher Free Library
Cost: Free

2:45 p.m - 4:15 p.m: Cable/Aran Knitting Class with Cindy Hill
Learn knitting in the round and cable stitches like you see on those beautiful Aran sweaters! In the workshop, we’ll work on a tubular neck warmer as a sampler to try out a variety of cable stitches. You’ll also leave with instructions and a link to a video series on knitting the Burlington Irish Heritage Festival’s 802-Cable Hat. Aimed at new-ish knitters (who can cast-on, knit and purl) and any intermediate or advanced knitters who want to learn cables. $20 materials fee includes yarn, circular needle, cable needle, and instructions for the neck warmer and hat. Registration suggested, as workshop can accommodate 15 participants.
Location: Fletcher Free Library

Sunday, March 10, 2024

3:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m: Irish Music Pub Singalong at RÍ RÁ
Join us for an Irish singalong at RÍ RÁ the Irish Pub’s back room. Bring your favorite Irish songs, ballads, shanties or recitations to sing – or just listen and/or join in with the chorus.
Location: RÍ RÁ Irish Pub
Cost: Free

Monday, March 11, 2024

4:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m: Irish Baking Class
Make Irish soda bread and/or scones with Mary Jo McCarthy. Limit of 10 participants. We will make both regular soda bread, the whole wheat version (brown bread); and raisin scones. As we wait for the breads to cook, Angela Patten will read to us from a humorous cookbook that belonged to her mother. RSVP is required. $10.00 charge for ingredients, which will be provided.
Location: St. Mark’s School

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

7:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m: Genealogy Workshop: Finding Your Irish Roots with Ed McGuire
The Vermont Genealogy Library and the Burlington Irish Heritage Festival are again hosting an online presentation by Ed McGuire entitled “Researching Your Irish Ancestors.” This talk will provide a brief history of Irish immigration to North America and then discuss some of the major problems facing researchers. Ed will discuss techniques for finding your ancestors’ parish, and he will highlight the major record sets in Ireland. The talk will also cover major new collections that have recently come online and provide a handout with links to resources. A Q&A period will follow. Ed McGuire is part of a group of library members who focus on Irish research, and he speaks often on this topic. His great-grandparents came to Connecticut from counties Donegal, Limerick and Kilkenny.
Location: Vermont Genealogy Library
Cost: Free

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

6:30 p.m - 8:30 p.m: Irish Session at St. John’s Club
Come to the St. John’s Club for an Irish Music Session on Wednesday, March 13 (and every Wednesday) from 6:30- 8:30 pm. Irish musicians are welcome to bring their instruments and join in with the group. Non-musicians are welcome to enjoy the music and good craic! (Note: You do not need to be a St. John’s Club member for this event! It is open to the public!)
Location: St. John’s Club
Cost: Free

Thursday, March 14, 2024

7:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m: A Nation Once Again
Join us on Zoom for a presentation marking the centennial of US recognition of the Irish Free State in 1924, during the presidency of Calvin Coolidge. The independence of Ireland was not completely restored since partition left six Ulster counties in the north still subject to British rule as part of the United Kingdom. This year also might bring a final political resolution to the division of the island, and the latest developments will be discussed.
Location: Online
Cost: Free

Friday, March 15, 2024

7:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m: Mick Moloney Tribute Concert
Join us for a tribute to Mick Moloney, in person/guests including William Lee Ellis, Hilari Farrington, Benedict Koehler, Sarah Blair, Yasi Zeichner, Roy Feldman, Fletcher Fischer, Gerlisa Garrett, Dana Lyn, Brian Perkins, Anthony Santoro. Online guests include Liz Carroll, the Carroll Sisters, Brenda Castles, Tony Demarco, John Doyle, Seamus Egan, Skip Gorman, Liz Hanley, Jimmy Keane, Claudine Langille, Joanie Madden and Cherish the Ladies, Billy McComiskey, Robbie O’Connell, Niall O’Leary, Jerry O’Sullivan, Athena Tergis.
Location: Saint Michael’s College
Free admission. Donations Welcome.

9:30 p.m - 11:00 p.m: Post-Concert Open Irish Session with One More Time
Location: Four Quarters Brewery
Cost: Free

Saturday, March 16, 2024

10:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m: Children’s Crafts
Share the Irish heritage with a new generation, or expand your children’s cultural horizons by creating some Irish-themed crafts. All ages are welcome.
Location: Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library

4:30 p.m - 5:45 p.m: Slow Music Session
Intro to Playing Irish Traditional Music – Are you an adult new to playing traditional Irish music? Looking for an opportunity to play with others in a welcoming, slow-paced session? Join us for an informal gathering where we will play tunes together, review session etiquette, share resources and do our best to answer your questions. Feel free to bring Irish tunes to share that others may know for maximum participation.

7:30 p.m - 9:00 p.m: Trinity Irish Dance Company at the Flynn
Join us at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30pm for the Trinity Irish Dance Company. Offering everything you expect and nothing you’d imagine, the Trinity Irish Dance Company brings a cutting-edge, integrity-filled vision to the stage. Called “sophisticated and commanding” by the Los Angeles Times and “impossibly complex” by the New York Times, TIDC has sold out tours in Asia and distinguished venues throughout North America, including Washington’s Kennedy Center, NYC’s Joyce Theater, and LA’s Royce Hall. A dance legacy that is rooted in tradition yet forward-looking and ever evolving, TIDC dazzles with hard-driving percussive power and aerial grace while sending a clear message of female empowerment.
Location: Flynn Center for the Arts
Cost: $25 – $65

Sunday, March 17, 2024

1:00 p.m - 3:00 p.m: Burlington Irish Heritage Festival Ceili – With McFadden Academy of Irish Dance
The annual Festival Ceili, co-sponsored with Young Tradition Vermont at Vermont Folklife, is fun for the whole family with Irish step dancing and some fine traditional musicians. Hear fiddles and flutes, Irish pipes and penny whistles; and the bodhrán, an Irish frame drum. This music features the Young Tradition Vermont Fiddleheads Residency with Sarah King. Area musicians are welcome to bring their instruments and join in for a lively seisun, led by Denise Dean. Members of the McFadden Academy of Irish Dance will perform and also lead audience participation in ceili dances.
Location: Contois Auditorium
Cost: Free

3:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m: St. Patrick’s Day SD Ireland Truck Parade
Annual truck parade organized by SD Ireland travels from their headquarters on Industrial Avenue in South Burlington through Winooski and Burlington. The parade reaches Church Street in Burlington between 3:20-3:40pm.
Location: Church Street Marketplace

Date: March 2 - 17, 2024

Location: Various Venues in Burlington, VT 05401

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