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 25 & Sunday, May 26, 2019
East Durham Irish Festival
The 42nd 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 25
Saturday:
Main Stage:
11:30 am – Micheal Farrell School of Dance
12:00 pm – Nine Mile House
1:15 pm – Pride of Moyvane Ceili Band
2:45 pm – Derek Dempsey‘s Celtic Soul Band
4:00 pm – Derek Warfield and The Young Wolfe Tones
5:45 pm – The Canny Brothers
7:15 pm – T McCann Band
8:30 pm – Shilelagh Law
Trad Stage
11:30 am – Clare Horgan
12:15 pm – Mary Courtney, Brian Conway, Dylan Foley
1:45 pm – Sharon McKenna Band
3:15 pm – Micheal Farrell School of Dance
5:30 pm – Ireland the Band
Beer Garden
11:30 am – Donna Trunzo and Guy Loughran
12:15 pm – McBueller
1:30 pm – Jimmy Gallagher and Tara Gold
2:45 pm – Kilashandra
4:15 pm – Nine Mile House
6:15pm – Coleman Brothers
Sunday
Main Stage
10:00 am – Mass celebrated by Fr. Fragomeni
12:00 pm – Andy Cooney
1:30 pm – Kitty Kelly and Catskill Fever
3:00 pm – McLean Avenue Band
4:30 pm – The Canny Brothers
6:00 pm – Derek Warfield and The Young Wolfe Tones
7:30 pm – T McCann Band
8:45 pm – Derek Dempsey‘s Celtic Soul Band
Trad Stage
12:00 pm – Michael Farrell School of Irish Dance
12:45 pm – Coleman Brothers
2:15 pm – Pride of Moyvane Ceili Band
3:30 pm – Dylan Foley, Clare Horgan and Friends
4:45 pm – Mary Courtney, Brian Conway, Dylan Foley
6:00 pm – Ireland the Band
Beer Garden
12:00 pm – Mary G
12:30 pm – Jimmy Gallagher
2:00 pm – Sharon McKenna Band
3:45 pm – Kilashandra
5:15 pm – Nine Mile House
Entertainment in the resorts:
McGrath’s:
Line-up includes:
One Shot Paddy
Mike McGovern
Niall O’Hagan
Ireland the Band
at:
McGrath’s Edgewood Falls
1848 State Route 145
East Durham, NY
(518) 634-2236
McGrathsMotelNY.com
Blackthorne:
Friday:
Derek Warfield and The Young Wolfe Tones
Saturday:
Derek Warfield and The Young Wolfe Tones
Sunday:
t.b.a.
at:
Blackthorne Resort
348 Sunside Road
East Durham, NY
(518) 634-2541
BlackthorneResort.com
Gavin’s
Friday: Andy Cooney
Saturday: Kitty Kelly
Sunday: Slainte Irish Band
at:
Gavin’s Irish Country Inn
118 Golden Hill Road
East Durham NY
(518) 634-2582
GavinsInn.com
Shamrock House:
Friday:
Irish Dancing Fundraiser & The Pride of Moyvane
Saturday:
Derek Dempsey‘s Celtic Soul Band– 9pm
Nine Mile House – 11pm
Sunday:
Coleman Brothers – 8pm
at:
The Shamrock House
2388 NY Route 145
East Durham, NY
(518) 634-2897
ShamrockHouse.com
