The Fifth Annual Irish Tenor Banjo Summit

The Fifth Annual Irish Tenor Banjo Summit takes over Creative Alliance on September 25th and 26th! Join us for a full weekend of dancing, performances, and workshops celebrating traditional Irish music.

While the Summit is dedicated to the Irish tenor banjo, we have something for all lovers of Irish traditional music!  On Friday night we’ll have an instructor concert featuring Clíodhna Costello and Pádraig Ó Dubhgaill, Dan Neely with Diarmuid Ó Meachair and Matt Mulqueen, and Simon Lace with Eamon Sefton and Noah Kelly.  We’ll have sessions all day on Saturday, and the theater lobby of the Creative Alliance will also serve as an instrument flea market – feel free to bring banjos or other instruments that you’d like to display or sell!

Banjo players who register for workshops will receive three intensive workshops with our banjo tutors, and will be divided into three groups to keep workshops intimate.  They will also all attend the fourth block together, which will be a full-length presentation and performance with Dan Neely, Matt Mulqueen, and Diarmuid Ó Meachair presenting the music of the Flanagan Brothers, who played on the first recordings of the tenor banjo in Irish traditional music.  We also offer four non-banjo masterclasses in fiddle, box, guitar, and a two-block sean nos dance intensive during each of the slots, which can be purchased individually or in addition to the all-day banjo classes. View this year’s staff of instructors!