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This fabulous new Irish traditional band founded by Lexie Boatright (concertina and harp), Jake James (fiddle), Cara Wildman (bodhrán and dance), and Ryan Ward (piano and piano accordion) appears in a special Comhaltas-sponsored concert Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, at 7…
Extend your Christmas holiday. Come celebrate the feast of St. Stephen in a uniquely Irish way the following day, December 26. You can join the revelry with the Philadelphia/Delaware Valley branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (pronounced COAL-tus KYOL-TOR-ee AIR-in). CCÉ…
The 2023 Comhaltas Philadelphia-Delaware Valley Kevin McGillian Annual General Meeting Ceili will take place Sunday, September 10, from 3-5 p.m. at the Irish Center. The AGM will take place in conjunction with the Philadelphia Ceili Group’s Ceili Og, a dance…
Friends, family members, and traditional Irish musicians from far and wide gathered for an all-star session June 3 at St. Peter’s Church in the Great Valley, Malvern, Pa., to celebrate the life of Joe Reavy, son of the prolific composer…
The children of families staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia’s University City often face difficult health issues, with both physical and emotional impacts. The goal of the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) is to provide lodging, meals and…
The Mid-Atlantic Fleadh is scheduled for May 12-14 in Parsippany, N.J. Registration is now open. The Fleadh registration deadline is April 10. Payments and/or registrations received after April 10 will be subject to a $50 late fee. A block of rooms for the “Mid-Atlantic Irish Music…
The O’Neill-Malcom Branch of Comhaltas invites one and all to the North American convention, June 29 through July 2, celebrating 50 years of Comhaltas in North America. The venue is the beautiful North Bethesda Marriott, just over the Maryland line from Washington,…
Joseph Martin Reavy, of Malvern, Pennsylvania, son of Philadelphia’s renowned “plumber of hornpipes,” Ed Reavy, died January 13, 2023. He was 95. Joe was the recipient of Mid-Atlantic Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann’s Gradam Comaoine/Outstanding Contribution Award, conferred at the 2019 Comhaltas…
Two years after the pandemic closed off any possibility of Comhaltas Philadelphia-Delaware Valley hosting its annual St. Stephen’s Day Wren Party, the event returned for 2022. With attendees filling the hall and taking up all the tables, it was a…