10th Anniversary Tionól, May 13-15th

Featuring Blackie O’Connell, Pat D’Arcy and Sean Gavin!

Online registration is now open! HERE

Tickets for the Saturday night concert at the Celtic Junction. Only $10.

A new year is upon us…won’t you plan now to renew your membership to The Great Northern Irish Pipers’ Club? Just a mere $30 gets you a year’s worth of support, sponsorship and, dagummit, pride. PLUS your membership will go a long way to making our Whopping-Big 10th Tionol a stunning success. Plan now for that event, May 13-15 aboard the Covington Inn in St. Paul.

And perhaps the biggest BIG news is that the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council has selected the 2011 Great Northern Irish Pipers’ Club Tionol to be a recipient of a 2011 Community Arts Grant award. We as a club are humbled by this honor and are looking forward to making this 10th tionol a real humdinger. Details to follow as soon as we have worked out the nitty gritty in January.

New to the site is the ability to join the club or renew your membership online via PayPal. Just visit our membership page to join today.

Open Mic & Annual Fundraiser – April 2nd

Date: Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

Time: 7:00pm – 11:00pm
Location: The Celtic Junction

Calling all Irish trad musicians, dancers, story tellers and the gathered masses…

The Irish Music and Dance Association and the Great Northern Irish Pipers Club present ——> Open Mic Night at the Celtic Junction!

We’ll also be hosting a silent auction, if you have something you’d like to donate, please let us know..

Never played on stage before? Got a new piece you’ve worked up and Want to try out? Here’s your chance before a sympathetic crowd! Come show your support for our wonderfully talented local celtic musicians and dancers and bring your instruments/voices/dancing shoes/what have you.

You can also make a donation to the club in $5 dollar increments. Simply add to your cart and change to quantity to the amount you’d like to donate.

Check out other events at the Celtic Junction and directions at www.TheCelticJunction.com

Celtic Open Mic Night – January 8th!

Date: Saturday, January 8th, 2010

Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location: The Celtic Junction

Calling all Irish trad musicians, dancers, story tellers and the gathered masses…

The Irish Music and Dance Association and the Great Northern Irish Pipers Club present ——> Open Mic Night at the Celtic Junction!

After the great turn-out and success of the April Open Mic Fund-raising event for the GNIPC, we decided it would be great to have a non-fundraiser Open Mic Night on a semi-regular basis, as a way to provide the opportunity to local performers to show off their skills! GNIPC has teamed up with the IMDA to make this happen.

Never played on stage before? Got a new piece you’ve worked up and Want to try out? Here’s your chance before a sympathetic crowd! Come show your support for our wonderfully talented local celtic musicians and dancers and bring your instruments/voices/dancing shoes/what have you.

Check out other events at the Celtic Junction and directions at www.TheCelticJunction.com

Irish Fair 2010

We had a great Irish Fair this year!
Join us August 13th, 14th and 15th for the annual Irish Fair on Harriet Island. Once again, we’ll be setting up shop at Keegan’s Pub Traditional Music Tent. We’re bringing up young piper extraordinaire Joey Abarta and will have other surprise guests on hand. This is always a fun weekend for the whole family and the Piper’s Tent is a wonderful place to escape the crowds and enjoy some traditional music. We hope to see you there!

Friday August 13th
4:00 pm – Pipes – local pipes
5:00 pm – Seisiún
7:00 pm – Uilleann Pipes (Joey Abarta)

Saturday, August 14th
11:00 am – Seisiún with David and Suzannne Rhees
1:00 pm – Uilleann Pipes (Joey Arbarta)
2:00 pm – Seisiun with Tom Dahill
3:00 pm – Learners Seisiún with Jason Novak
5:00 pm – Uilleann Pipes (Joey Abarta)
6:00 pm – Seisiún with John McCormick and Amy Shaw

Sunday, August 15th
11:00 am – Seisiún
1:00 pm – Uilleann Pipes (Tom Klein)
3:00 pm – Seisiún with Tom Dahill
5:00 pm – Uilleann Pipes (Joey Abarta)

Posters for Sale

Patrick Maun has been creating posters and other items for the GNIPC and other Irish music organizations for quite some time. He’s decided to sell these on his website. Take a took and stock up on some collectible posters!