Every Memorial Day weekend, the small upstate town of East Durham hosts an Irish music festival. Hundreds of New Yorkers invade the Catskills town, staying at a bunch of Irish-owned motels and “resorts” for the long weekend, unofficially launching the summer season. This year’s line-up includes several fantastic bands, many of them familiar to the MurphGuide readers.
More info at EastDurhamIrishFestival.com
Saturday, May 28 & Sunday, May 29, 2022
East Durham Irish Festival
The 45th Annual East Durham Irish Festival
Day Pass $18 /2-Day Pass $30 (until May 15) [tickets]
$20 at the gate / $35 for 2-day pass at the gate
at:
Michael J. Quill Irish Cultural Centre
2267 NY-145
East Durham, NY
(518) 634-2286
MJQIrishCentre.com
Line-up:
Saturday, May 28
Jack Gavin Stage
Sponsored by Gavin’s Irish Country Inn & Nellie’s
Ceili Band & Set Dancing 12-2pm
Andy Cooney & His Band 2pm-3:15pm
McLean Avenue Band 4pm-5:15pm
Kilmaine Saints 6pm-7:15pm
The Narrowbacks 8pm-9:30pm
Matty Mcgrath Pub Stage
Sponsored By Mcgraths Pub, Bed & Breakfast
Diddly Idols 3:15pm-4pm
Diddly Idols 5:15pm-6pm
Tom Comerford 7:15-8pm
Allen Gogarty 9:30pm-10:30pm
Peter Mckiernan Stage
Sponsored By Guaranteed Irish Imports, East Durham)
Sean Feeney 1pm-2pm
Dee Reilly 2:30-4pm
Tom Comerford 4:15-5:30pm
The Canny Brothers 5:45-7pm
Tom Mcgoldrick Stage
Stage Donated By The City Of Kingston
Tom Comerford 1pm-2pm
Byrnes Brothers 2:30-3:30
The Young Wolfe Tones 4pm-5:15pm
Seamus Kelleher 5:30–6:15pm
Young Dubliners 6:30pm-8pm
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Sunday May 29th 2022
Jack Gavin Stage
Sponsored By Gavin’s Irish Country Inn & Nellie’s
Andy Cooney & His Band 12-1:15pm
Susan & Gerard 1:45 – 2:30pm
Get Up Jack 3pm-4:30pm
Nine Mile House 5:15pm-6:30pm
Matty Mcgrath Pub Stage
Sponsored By Mcgraths Pub, Bed & Breakfast
Jimmy Gallagher 2:30 – 3pm
Darren Kiely 4:30 – 5:15pm
One Shot Paddy 6:30 – 8pm
Peter Mckiernan Stage
Sponsored By Guaranteed Irish Imports, East Durham
Mary G & Frankie Lees 1pm-1:45
The Young Wolfetones 1:45pm-3pm
The Byrnes Brothers 3:30pm-4:30
Tom Comerford 4:45pm-6pm
Tom Mcgoldrick Stage
Stage Donated By The City Of Kingston
Hibernian Festival Singers 12:15 – 12:45
Ronan Tynan 1pm-2pm
The Narrowbacks 2:30-3:45
Seamus Kelleher 4pm-4:30pm
Young Dubliners 4:30pm-6pm
Schedule subject to change.
A MILL POND MUSIC / EMERALD GIGS PRODUCTION
Entertainment in the resorts:
McGrath’s:
Friday, May 27
Basket House Band – 9pm
Saturday, May 28
Basket House Band – 5pm
Niall O’Hagan Band – 8pm
Allen Gogarty – 11pm
Sunday, May 29
Trad Session w/Brenda Dowling & friends 1pm
Jimmy Kelly – 4pm
Darren Kiely – 7pm
Niall O’Hagan – 9:30pm
Allen Gogarty – 11:30pm
at:
McGrath’s Edgewood Falls
1848 State Route 145
East Durham, NY
(518) 634-2236
McGrathsMotelNY.com
Gavin’s
Friday, May 27
The Diddley Idols – 8pm
Saturday, May 28
The Hambones – 3pm
The Canny Brothers – 8pm
Brian McArtin & Sean Feeney – 10pm
Sunday, May 29
Susan & Gerard – 4pm
Ray Coleman – 6pm
The Canny Brothers – 8pm
The Diddley Idols – 10pm
at:
Gavin’s Irish Country Inn
118 Golden Hill Road
East Durham NY
(518) 634-2582
GavinsInn.com
Nellie’s:
Friday, May 27
Susan & Gerard – 8pm
Saturday, May 28
Susan & Gerard – 2pm
Brian McArtin – 4pm
Ray Coleman – 8pm
The Diddley Idols – 10pm
Sunday, May 29
The Hambones – 2pm
Sean Feeney – 4pm
Brian McArtin & Sean Feeney – 8pm
at:
Nellie’s
2212 NY-145
East Durham, NY
Shamrock House:
Friday, May 27
Tom Comerford
Sunday, May 29
Trad Session
at:
The Shamrock House
2388 NY Route 145
East Durham, NY
(518) 634-2897
ShamrockHouse.com
Blackthorne:
Blackthorne Resort
348 Sunside Road
East Durham, NY
(518) 634-2541
BlackthorneResort.com
