The Burlington Irish Heritage Festival celebrates and raises awareness of Irish and Irish-American culture in Burlington, Vermont and the surrounding region, with a special focus on the calendar period around St. Patrick’s Day. The BIHF works with local musicians, dancers, writers, historians, artists, and co-sponsors to create a core set of events during the week closest to St. Patrick’s Day.
Schedule of Events:
6:00 pm - 7:45 pm: Free Slow Music Session
Intro to Playing Irish Traditional Music – Are you new to playing traditional Irish music? Looking for an opportunity to play with others in a welcoming, slow-paced session? Join us for an informal gathering where we will play tunes together, review session etiquette, share resources and do our best to answer your questions. Feel free to bring Irish tunes to share that others may know for maximum participation. Questions? Please RSVP: [email protected].
Location: Fletcher Free Library, 235 College Street, Burlington, VT 05401
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm: RambleTree
RambleTree (formerly The County Down) returns to Ri Ra!
Boil and mash together: Clancy Bros. and Tommy Makem, Dubliners, Pogues and sea chanteys -with- Grateful Dead, Johnny Cash, Bob Marley, Jam band and World music. Season with homegrown original material.
Reagh Greenleaf Jr. – voice, bodhrán, djembe
Daniel Brown – voice, guitar, harmonica, percussion
Location: RiRa Irish Pub, 123 Church St., Burlington, VT
