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Upcoming Events

Kevin Crawford & Cillian Vallely

Jan. 22, 2017
Olympia House Concert

Reservations: rsb AT randalbays.com
Crawford/Vallely

  • IRISH TUNE CLASS
    Seattle, Mondays, 7- 8:30pm (starts Jan. 16, 2017)

    Randal Bays tune class

    • Fiddler Randal Bays teaches this ongoing class in Northeast Seattle every Monday evening from 7 to 8:30pm. You can build your repertoire, meet other learners and have some fun.
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      Irish resources in the Northwest

      There is a lot going in Puget Sound's vibrant Irish community. Check out these links to some of the groups and events at the heart of it all.
      • Cascadia Irish Music Week
      • Seattle Irish Pipers Club
      • Irish Heritage Club of Seattle
      • Irish Network Seattle
      • Mari Hoiland's Event Listing
Irish session

Irish Music in the Pacific Northwest

 

Welcome to the website of Ceol Cascadia Irish Music Association. We are based in Seattle, Washington, USA. Our mission is to preserve and nurture the heritage of Irish traditional music and culture in the Pacific Northwest, by organizing classes, concerts and other events; through public outreach; and by presenting the Cascadia Irish Music Week, a yearly gathering of learners and teachers of Irish traditional music and culture.  Ceol Cascadia is a project of the Irish Heritage Club of Seattle, a longstanding nonprofit 501(c)3 organization.  You can make a tax-deductible donation to Ceol Cascadia using PayPal here.

With the many ties between the Pacific Northwest and Ireland - including Seattle's sister city relationship with Galway City, and the wonderful maritime weather we all enjoy - the Northwest is a natural setting for this wonderful music. 

Join our mailing list for Puget Sound area concerts and workshops.

Interested in volunteering? Contact us: info@cascadiairish.org

Many thanks to the following organizations for support of our classes and concerts:

The Irish Heritage Club of Seattle

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4Culture of King County


    Cascadia Irish Music Week

  • We have decided to take the next year off and will not be presenting the Cascadia Irish Music Week in 2017. Our plan is to focus our energies on concerts and workshops throughout the year in the Seattle area. So stay tuned, lots of great stuff coming up! - The Ceol Cascadia Board of Directors

  • What is an Irish "Session" ?

    • It's not a "jam", but more of a friendly gathering in which players go over the melodies in the traditional repertoire.. a group memory exercise combined with a party!  An Irish traditional music session is a place where people who know how to play Irish traditional music come together, sometimes in public, sometimes in private homes, to share and enjoy the music and good company. There will usually be some fiddles, some flutes or tinwhistles, maybe button accordions, concertinas, uilleann pipes.. and if you're lucky a good singer will chip in the occasional song, the word in Irish for a session is "seisiún", and you can check out our listing of sessions to see who's playing where.
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