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 27 & Sunday, May 28, 2023
East Durham Irish Festival
The 46th East Durham Irish Festival
[tickets]
$25 at the gate / $40 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 27
Jack Gavin Stage
Sponsored by Gavin’s Irish Country Inn & Nellie’s
Ceili Band & Set Dancing – 12pm -1:30pm
Andy Cooney & His Band – 2pm-3:15pm
Farrell School Of Irish Dance – 3:15pm-4pm
The 19th Street Band – 4pm-5:15pm
McLean Avenue Band – 6pm-7:15pm
The Narrowbacks – 8pm-9:30pm
Matty McGrath Pub Stage
Sponsored By McGrath’s Pub, Bed & Breakfast
Peadar Hickey – 5:15pm-6pm
Diddly Idols – 7:15pm-8pm
Diddly Idols – 9:30pm
Peter Mckiernan Stage
Sponsored By Guaranteed Irish Imports, East Durham)
Susan & Gerard 1pm-2pm
Dee Reilly 2pm-3:15pm
Mick Thomas Comedy Hour 3:30-4:30pm
Sheridan Routine 5:15-6:30pm
Darren Kiely 7pm-8pm
Tom McGoldrick Stage
Stage Donated By The City Of Kingston
Tom Comerford 1pm-1:45pm
The Young Wolfe Tones 2:15pm-3:30pm
Screaming Orphans 4pm-5:15pm
Tom Comerford 5:30pm–6:15pm
Get Up Jack 6:30pm-8pm
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Sunday May 28
Jack Gavin Stage
Sponsored By Gavin’s Irish Country Inn & Nellie’s
Andy Cooney & His Band 12-1:30pm
The Kitty Kelly Band 2pm–3:30pm
The Narrowbacks 4pm-6pm
Matty McGrath Pub Stage
Sponsored By McGrath’s Pub, Bed & Breakfast
Sean Feeney – 3:30–4pm
Ray Coleman – 6pm–7pm
Perfect Strangers – 7:15pm–8pm
Peter McKiernan Stage
Sponsored By Guaranteed Irish Imports, East Durham
Mary G & Frankie Lees – 1pm-1:45
Dermot Henry – 1:45pm-2:45pm
Little Creek Band – 3:30pm-4:30pm
Nine Mile House – 5pm-6pm
Tom Mcgoldrick Stage
Stage Donated By The City Of Kingston
Hibernian Festival Singers 12:15 – 12:45pm
Ronan Tynan – 1pm-2pm
Tom Comerford – 2pm-2:45
Screaming Orphans – 2:45pm-4pm
The Young Wolfe Tone – 4:30-6pm
Schedule subject to change.
A Mill Pond Music / Emerald Gigs production.
Entertainment in the resorts:
McGrath’s:
Friday, May 26
Peadar Hickey– 9pm
Saturday, May 27
Peadar Hickey – 5pm
Darren Kiely – 8:30pm
Allen Gogarty – 11pm
Sunday, May 28
Trad Session – 12pm
Jimmy Kelly – 4-7pm
Allen Gogarty – 9pm
Perfect Strangers – closing the night
at:
McGrath’s Edgewood Falls
1848 State Route 145
East Durham, NY
(518) 634-2236
McGrathsMotelNY.com
Gavin’s
Friday, May 26
Andy Cooney Band – 7:30pm
The Diddley Idols – 10pm
Saturday, May 27
The Canny Brothers – 8pm
Nine Mile House – 10pm
Sunday, May 28
Nine Mile House – 2pm
Ray Coleman – 3:30pm
Sheridan Ruitin – 5:30pm
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 26
Ray Coleman – 6pm
Karaoke – 9pm
Saturday, May 27
Lex Grey – 2pm
Ray Coleman – 5pm
Sheridan Ruitin – 8pm
The Diddley Idols – 10pm
Sunday, May 28
Rylee Lum Band – 3pm
Jason Wicks Band – 6pm
Monday, May 29
Aiden Pagen – 12pm
at:
Nellie’s
2212 NY-145
East Durham, NY
Shamrock House:
Friday, May 26
Tom Comerford – 9pm
Saturday, May 27
The Wooden Nickels – 9pm
Sunday, May 28
Open trad seisiun w/Peggy and Mike 1-4pm
Mary G & Frankie Lees – 8pm
at:
The Shamrock House
2388 NY Route 145
East Durham, NY
(518) 634-2897
ShamrockHouse.com
Blackthorne:
Friday, May 26
Axe throwing – 8pm
Saturday, May 27
Chill Pill – 9pm
Sunday, May 28
Narrowbacks pool party – 8pm
at:
Blackthorne Resort
348 Sunside Road
East Durham, NY
(518) 634-2541
BlackthorneResort.com
