East Durham Irish Festival 2018

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 26 & Sunday, May 27, 2018
Memorial Day Weekend
The 41st Annual East Durham Irish Festival
Day Pass $15 /2 Day Pass $25 (until May 15) [tickets]
$20 at the gate / $30 for 2-day pass at the gate

at:
Michael J. Quill Irish Cultural Centre
2267 NY-145
East Durham, NY
(518) 634-2286
mjqirishculturalcenter.com

 

Line-up:

Saturday, May 26

Main Stage:
11:30am – Micheal Farrell School of Dance
12 pm – Nine Mile House
1:30 pm – The Canny Brothers
3 pm – Derek Warfield and The Young Wolfe Tones
4:30 pm –  T McCann Band
6 pm – The Narrowbacks
7:30 pm – Shilelagh Law

Trad Stage:
11:30 am – Jimmy Gallagher and Tara Gold
12:45 pm – Mary Courtney
2:15 pm – The Pride of Moyvane
4:15 pm – Sharon McKenna Band
5:30 pm – Dylan Foley and Dan Gurney

Beer Garden:
11:30 am – McBueller
1 pm – Fintan Stanley
2 pm – Kilashandra
3:30 pm – Craic agus Ceol
5 pm – Coleman Brothers
6:30 pm – Derek Dempsey


Sunday, May 27

Main Stage:
10 am – Mass celebrated by Fr. Fragomeni
12 pm – Andy Cooney
1:30 pm – Kitty Kelly and Catskill Fever
3 pm – Derek Warfield and The Young Wolfe Tones
4:30 pm – McLean Avenue Band
6 pm – The Narrowbacks
7:30 pm – The Whistlin’ Donkeys

Trad Stage:
12 pm – Michael Farrell School of Irish Dance
12:30 pm – Pride of Moyvane Ceili Band
2 pm – Dylan Foley and Dan Gurney
3 pm – Sharon McKenna Band
4:30pm – T McCann Band
6 pm – The Canny Brothers

Beer Garden:
12 pm – Fintan Stanley
1:30 pm – Jimmy Gallager
3:15 pm – Craic agus Ceol
4:15 pm – Derek Dempsey
5:45 pm – Driscoll and Smith

 


Entertainment in the resorts:

McGrath’s:

Friday:
Mike McGovern
Saturday:
Happy Hour: Mike McGovern
Night: Niall O’Hagan / Ireland the Band
Sunday:
Happy Hour: McBueller
Night: Niall O’Hagan / Ireland the Band

at:
McGrath’s Edgewood Falls
1848 State Route 145
East Durham, NY
(518) 634-2236
McGrathsMotelNY.com


The Narrowbacks

Blackthorne:
Friday:
Derek Warfield and The Young Wolfe Tones
The Narrowbacks
Saturday:
Derek Warfield and The Young Wolfe Tones
The Whistlin’ Donkeys
The Narrowbacks
Sunday:
 Derek Warfield and The Young Wolfe Tones
The Whistlin’ Donkeys
at:
Blackthorne Resort
348 Sunside Road
East Durham, NY
(518) 634-2541
BlackthorneResort.com


Gavin’s
Friday: Andy Cooney
Saturday:  McBueller
Sunday: Andy Cooney

at:
Gavin’s Irish Country Inn
118 Golden Hill Road
East Durham NY
(518) 634-2582
GavinsInn.com


Shamrock House:
Friday:
Pride of Moyvayne Ceili Band
– 8pm
T. McCann Band
– 10pm
Saturday:
Coleman Brothers
– 8pm
Nine Mile House – 11pm
Sunday:
Sharon McKenna
– 8pm

at:
The Shamrock House

ShamrockHouse.com

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