The Lughnasa Sessions @ The IIMS - An end of summer celebration of traditional and folk music
As part of The Lughnasa Sessions - The IIMS are proud to welcome Oisín Mac Diarmada (fiddle), Paul Finn (button accordion), Samantha Harvey (piano/dance) to North Co. Dublin.
Date - Sunday August 27th
Time - 1 PM
Location - The Square @ The Irish Institute of Music & Song
Ticket Price - €17.50 - Single Ticket or Family of 4 @ €50.
Oisín Mac Diarmada is an All-Ireland winning fiddle player, and founder of the internationally renowned group Téada. He has been described by The Irish Echo's Earle Hitchner as "one of the most gifted and creative traditional fiddlers playing today".
Paul Finn from Co. Laois is one of the finest button accordion players in Ireland. Known for a pulsating and rhythmic performance style, his playing featured prominently in major international touring dance productions, as well as in the indigenous session scene in Ireland, prior to his joining Téada in 2003.
Samantha Harvey is an award-winning step dancer, pianist and accordionist. She has performed throughout the world including gigs in the US, Canada, Ireland, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, and Malaysia with groups Téada, IRELAND - the show, Irish Christmas in America, Atlantic Steps, Cosa, and Tomáseen Foley's Irish Times.
This event is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, under the Small Scale Local Festivals and Summer Schools Funding Scheme 2023