NOVEMBER

Having nothing in particular to say here, I’ll just direct you to EVERY SOUPY NORMAN EPISODE SO FAR. It’s an RTÉ show that started out as a Polish soap opera and took a turn for the hilarious.

Saturday 3 November, 10:00 AM to noon
SLOW SESSION
Washington Square East Building
510 East Washington Street
Bloomington, Illinois
Free

Sunday 4 November, 4:00 PM
MARTIN HAYES & DENNIS CAHILL
Old Town School of Folk Music
4544 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
773-728-6000
$16-$20

Sunday 4 November, 5:00 to 8:00 PM
IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC SESSION
Mike & Molly’s
105 North Market Street [map]
Champaign, Illinois
217-355-1236
Free

Hosted by yours truly.

Every Monday, 7:30 PM
IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC SESSION
Lucca Grill
116 West Market Street
Bloomington, Illinois
309-828-7521
Free

Every Wednesday, 7:00 to 10:00 PM
IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC SESSION
Bentley’s Pub
419 North Neil Street
Champaign, Illinois
217-355-1236
Free

Friday 9 November, 8:00 PM
GAN BUA
Music Building Auditorium
1114 West Nevada Street
Urbana, Illinois
$15 adults / $10 with non-student school photo ID /$5 seniors or with student ID

This Chicago-based trad band features Jackie Moran (bodhrán), Chris Bain (fiddle), Sean Gavin (uilleann pipes, flute, whistle), Brian Hart (vox, concertina, whistle), and Brian Miller (guitar).

Piper’s Hut concerts

Monday 12 November, 8:00 PM
PADDY KEENAN
Martyrs’
3855 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
773-404-9494
$10 advance / $12 door

COMING UP

The month of December. Send in gig announcements. Or don’t.

QUOTE OF THE MOMENT

For the good are always the merry,
Save by an evil chance,
And the merry love the fiddle
And the merry love to dance

—W. B. Yeats, “The Fiddler of Dooney”

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