The finest bands in a historic venue to support The Hudson Valley Irish Fest & Centers 15th Anniversary and the Daisy Jopling Music Mentorship Foundation!
Join us for the Daisy Jopling Band and The Narrowbacks, Pipemajor Joe Brady, The Rising of the Moon Seisuin, and Katie Izzo’s Clan na hÉireann School of Irish Dance and local music students and musicians of many cultural backgrounds, all of whom have worked so hard to bring you the finest night of Irish music, song, dance, and culture!
This year, we celebrate our 15th Anniversary with a wonderful concert at Peekskill’s Premiere Music Venue, The Paramount Hudson Valley Theater. We hope you can come and support live music and Irish Culture on a special evening. We also invite you to participate as a sponsor and partner in Irish Culture, Arts, and Live Music in Peekskill & the Lower Hudson Valley!
Become a sponsor TODAY!
Please help us celebrate the last 15 years, support the 2024 Fest on Saturday, September 18, 2024, and reach our goal of a sustainable, multi-use Irish cultural and arts center in Peekskill.
We are proud to collaborate on our mutual goals with our sponsors and the Daisy Jopling Music Mentorship Foundation, a renowned and established Peekskill-based Children’s Music Program!
To our Hudson Valley Irish Fest Friends, Supporters, Vendors and wonderful Community, we couldn’t have our 2023 Fest due to bad weather. But that wont stop us from having our 15th Anniversary Celebration! Join us on March 10, 2024 for a great evening of Irish Music at The Paramount Hudson Valley! https://paramounthudsonvalley.com/events/irish-music-celebration-with-the-daisy-jopling-band-and-the-narrowbacks/
On behalf of our all-volunteer Board and committee, we hope this message finds you well.
We wanted to reach out with some unfortunate news regarding the 2023 Hudson Valley Irish Fest at Peekskill Riverfront Green.
Due to Tropical Storm Ophelia, a potentially dangerous storm, on Saturday, September 23, 2023, we have decided to postpone the event.
The safety and well-being of our visitors, artists, vendors, volunteers, and supporters is our top priority, and ensuring a secure environment for everyone involved is crucial.
The potential impact of the inclement weather on the festival’s ability to provide a safe, fun, and high-quality experience for our community forced us to make this difficult decision.
While we understand this may be disappointing, we are committed to making a rescheduled festival even more remarkable and memorable.
We appreciate your understanding and support during this challenging time.
If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We value your partnership and look forward to working together to create an incredible celebration of Hudson Valley and Irish American heritage in the near future.
We want to thank the following local establishments for their support: 140 Grand in Croton on Hudson, The Central Bistro at Peekskill Train Station and on N.Division St in Downtown Peekskill, the new location of Gleason’s, and Peekskill’s newest Irish pub, Slainte.
If you you’re in the neighborhood tomorrow anyway, stop in and for a Peekskill Cead Mile Failte at our sponsors’ establishments.
Safety First!
Hudson Valley Irish Fest Inc
Cathal McGreal -Chair
Dan DennehyHudson Valley Irish Fest & Center – Founding Chair
The lineup for 2023 Hudson Valley Irish Fest
(Times, artist lineup and schedule TBA are subject to change).
Starting at 11 am Sharp with
Rising of the Moon Seisiun Group (Where it all began!)
Peekskill favorites
Hudson Valley Irish Fest welcomes back FEST FAVORITES
New York’s Thirstiest
&
T. MCCANN BAND
A Tribute to HVIF Bard of the Hudson
& Founding Officer and Singer/ Multiinstrumentalist
w All-Star Lineup, including
Joe Murphy and fellow members of SEISUIN
9/11 Commemoration with Massed Pipe Bands
Special Appearances
First Time on Our Stage by World-Renowned Artist
Folk/Alternative Recording Artist from Millstreet, County Cork
Hudson Valley Irish Festival Jack McAndrew Memorial Trad Tent timetable.
This tent is located directly behind the Beer Tent, adjacent to the shorleline.
Lineup and Times Are Approximate and Subject to Change
11- 12:30 Rising of The Moon Players
12:30 -2:30 Mary Courtney, Donie Carroll, and Patrick Madden
2:30 Clan na hEireann School of Irish Dance
3- 5 Don Meade, Tom Dunne, Seagda Coyle and Brian Szura
5:00 Clan na hEireann School of Irish Dance
5:30- 7:15 Dawn Doherty, Frankie McCormick & Seamus Finneran
We thank Michelle Carter- Verna and Stephen Gara for their continuous stewardship of the Jack McAndrew Memorial Traditional Music Tent!
We also tip our cap to all our musicians and Irish Dancers who join Mary Courtney, Donie Carroll, Don Meade, John Mahon and all the Rising of The Moon folks, and make the Trad Tent a magic place on the Hudson for Irish music every year!
Hudson Valley Irish Festival Spoken Word Tent timetable
This Tent is located directly behind the trad tent adjacent to the shoreline.
Hudson Valley Irish Festival Spoken Word Tent Lineup 2023
Lineup and Times Are Approximate and Subject to Change
1 Marcia Loughran 1:00-1:15
2 Derek Dempsey 1:15-1:30
3 Siobhan Regan and John Kearns 1:30-1:45
4 Peter Jacob Streitz 1:45-2:00
5 Ruan O’Donnell 2:00-2:30
6 John Munnelly 2:30-2:45
7 Bernadette Cullen 2:45-3:00
8 Mike Farragher 3:00-3:15
9 Maura Mulligan 3:15-3:30
10 Lauren Howard 3:30-3:45
11 Anthony Murphy 3:45-4:00
12 Heidi Daniele 4:00-4:15
13 Annalisa Chamberlin 4:15-4:30
14 Kathleen Donohoe 4:30-4:45
We cannot thank author/playwright John Kearns enough for his continued support and moderation of the HVIF Spoken Word Tent for the 10 years of its existance.
We encourage everyone to go see his play featuring our own Mary Courtney in the days following HVIF:
https://www.irishecho.com/2023/9/4th-nyc-production-for-boann
“Boann and the Well of Wisdom” will be performed as part of “Diverse Worlds at the Morningside Players Theatre at 100 Lasalle St. (lower level), one block south of 125th and Broadway on: Sept. 26-30, at 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 30 at 2 p.m., Oct. 1 at 3 p.m., and Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m.
For tickets, visit here.
Please support all our artists and writers, and like us,
Join IAWMA Irish American Writers & Artists many of our presenters over the 10 years are dues paying members of IAWMA;
NY Times writer and author Dan Barry will receive the 2023 Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award from Irish American Writers & Artists on Monday, October 16, 2023 at the restaurant 5th & MAD located at 7 East 36th Street in Midtown Manhattan.
more to come…
(Times, artist lineup, and schedule TBA are subject to change).
