- Thu, 16 Jul 2026 (Swannanoa: no session this week!)
- Thu, 23 Jul 2026 (Swannanoa: no session this week!)
- Thu, 30 Jul 2026 (The Boba Fête: sendoff for Clare)
- *Bounty* ??? / Fox*hunter* reel
- Thu, 6 Aug 2026
- Lark in the Morning / Humours of Ennistymon / Wandering Minstrel (b1 p25)
- Thu, 13 Aug 2026
- Haunted House / My Darling Asleep / Club Céilí (b1 p22)
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm unless otherwise indicated. Email us for directions to our house.
About the Session
We’re trying to be a “typical” session, whatever that might be. There’s a lot of talking, and a lot of listening. Nobody minds if you drop out or (quietly) stumble your way through, and it’s expected you’ll get lost occasionally.
There’s always tea for anyone who wants it. From time to time, somebody brings snacks!
Whether you’ve been playing for years, or you’re just dipping your toe into Irish traditional music, you are very welcome here.
Set of the Week
We have a “set of the week” each week: we’ll go through that slowly, so everyone can join in. Maybe we gradually get faster. We’ll go through it a second time later: the goal is everybody leaving feeling like they can play the set.
Etiquette
There are dozens of detailed studies of session etiquette, and even more opinions. We’re big fans of Tara Connaghan’s Session Etiquette Podcast, which explores this complex and varying topic.
Sometimes we play slowly, and sometimes we play quickly. If you can’t keep up or don’t know the tune, it’s your opportunity to listen. Listening is the best way to get a tune stuck in your head, and getting a tune stuck in your head is the best way to learn.
If you can keep up and do know the tune, it’s still expected that you’ll listen. The session isn’t giving a speech on a soapbox, it’s having a conversation. Sometimes that means people whoop when someone says something really cool, and you’ll only know when that happened if you’re listening.
Recordings & Sheet Music
We use sets of tunes from Comhaltas Foinn Seisiún.
- Foinn Seisiún 1
- CD, YouTube, Book, PDF
- Foinn Seisiún 2
- CD, YouTube, Book, PDF
- Foinn Seisiún 3
- CD, YouTube, Book, PDF
Other Sites of Interest
- Folk Session
- Every 4th Sunday, 3:30PM, at Bathtub Row Brewing. This is faster and more public, but has some of the same people.
- Musicians Social Hour
- Last Saturday of the month, 4:00PM, at Bathtub Row Brewing
Prior sets
- Thu, 13 Aug 2026
- Haunted House / My Darling Asleep / Club Céilí (b1 p22)
- Thu, 6 Aug 2026
- Lark in the Morning / Humours of Ennistymon / Wandering Minstrel (b1 p25)
- Thu, 30 Jul 2026 (The Boba Fête: sendoff for Clare)
- *Bounty* ??? / Fox*hunter* reel
- Thu, 23 Jul 2026 (Swannanoa: no session this week!)
- Thu, 16 Jul 2026 (Swannanoa: no session this week!)
- Thu, 9 Jul 2026
- Jerry's Beaver Hat / Kesh / Rambling Pitchfork (b1 p21)
- Thu, 25 Jun 2026 (Nobody picked out a set!)
- Thu, 18 Jun 2026 (Just Kidding, it's not cancelled!)
- Thu, 11 Jun 2026
- Maids of Selma / Lisnagun Jig
- Thu, 4 Jun 2026 (Field trip to Beer Creek Brewery to see Last Pint perform)
- Tue, 2 Jun 2026 (Make-up Session due to field trip!)
- Maids of Selma / Lisnagun Jig
- Thu, 28 May 2026
- Lilting Banshee / Haste to the Wedding / Maid on the Green (b1 p24)
- Thu, 21 May 2026
- John Doherty's Mazurka / Vincent Campbell's Mazurk (b1 p40)
- Thu, 14 May 2026 (Extra credit)
- Maids of Selma / Lisnagun Jig
- Thu, 14 May 2026
- Sonny's Mazurka / Shoe the Donkey (b1 p41)
- Thu, 7 May 2026
- The Teetotaller / St. Anne's / London Lasses (b1 p12)
- Thu, 30 Apr 2026
- Humours of Glendart / Saddle the Pony / Tobin's Favorite (b1 p19)
- Thu, 23 Apr 2026
- Cooley's Reel / Wise Maid / Bird in the Bush (b1 p11)
- Thu, 16 Apr 2026
- Lilting Banshee / Haste to the Wedding / Maid on the Green (b1 p24)
- Thu, 9 Apr 2026
- Sonny Murray's Hornpipe / Home Ruler / Kitty's Wedding (b1 p33)
- Thu, 2 Apr 2026
- O'Callaghan's / Plains of Boyle / Rights of Man (b2 p32)
- Thu, 26 Mar 2026
- Jackie Coleman's Reel / Mountain Road / Cregg's Pipes (b1 p10)
- Thu, 19 Mar 2026
- Jim Ward's Jig / Blarney Pilgrim / The Cook in the Kitchen (b1 p23)
- Thu, 12 Mar 2026
- Lark in the Morning / Humours of Ennistymon / Wandering Minstrel (b1 p25)
- Thu, 5 Mar 2026 (canceled)
- Thu, 26 Feb 2026
- Kid on the Mountain / Morrison's / Leitrim Jig (b1 p27)
- Wed, 18 Feb 2026
- Bank of Ireland / Woman of the House / Kerry Reel (b1 p8)
- Thu, 12 Feb 2026
- Boys of Bluehill / Cork Hornpipe / Cronin's Hornppe (b1 p34)
- Wed, 4 Feb 2026
- Bank of Ireland / Woman of the House / Kerry Reel (b1 p8)
- Thu, 29 Jan 2026
- Boyne Hunt / Shannon Breeze / Red Haired Lass (key of G) (b1 p6)
- Wed, 21 Jan 2026 (no slow session)
- Thu, 15 Jan 2026
- Salamanca / Banshee / Sailor's Bonnet (b1 p15)
- Wed, 7 Jan 2026
- Maids of Mount Cisco / Sligo Maid / Swallow's Tail (b2 p28)
- Thu, 1 Jan 2026
- Geese in the Bog / The Connaughtman's Rambles / Out on the Ocean (b1 p20)
- Wed, 24 Dec 2025 (happy holiday!)
- Thu, 18 Dec 2025
- The Lilting Fisherman / Tell Her I Am (O'Neill's Version) / Going to the Well for Water (b2 p4)
- Wed, 10 Dec 2025
- Sheehan's / Cameronian / Foxhunter's (b1 p17)
- Thu, 4 Dec 2025
- Shaskeen Reel / My Love is in America / Tom Ward's Downfall (b2 p24)
- Wed, 26 Nov 2025
- Earl's Chair / Tim Maloney's / Ships are Sailing (b1 p16)
- Thu, 20 Nov 2025
- Chicago Reel / Castle Kelly / Humours of Ballyconnell (b2 p25)
- Wed, 12 Nov 2025
- Maid Behind the Bar / Kilmaley / Green Mountain (b1 p4)
- Thu, 6 Nov 2025 (cancelled)
- Wed, 22 Oct 2025
- Silver Spear / Father Kelly's / Miss Monaghan (b1 p9)
- Wed, 8 Oct 2025
- O'Callaghan's / Plains of Boyle / Rights of Man (b2 p32)
- Wed, 3 Sep 2025
- Star above the Garter / Johnny Mickey's Slide / Dingle Regatta (b2 p33)
- Wed, 13 Aug 2025
- Off to California / Liverpool Hornpipe / Murphy's Hornpipe (b2 p31)
- Wed, 9 Jul 2025
- Drowsie Maggie / Glass of Beer / Toss the Feathers (Dmaj) (b1 p13)
- Wed, 11 Jun 2025
- Concertina Reel / Come West Along the Road / Anderson's (b1 p5)
- Wed, 14 May 2025
- Jim Ward's Jig / Blarney Pilgrim / The Cook in the Kitchen (b1 p23)
- Wed, 9 Apr 2025
- Lilting Banshee / Haste to the Wedding / Maid on the Green (b1 p24)