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Vancouver School of Irish Music is a non-profit society with the goal of bringing authentic Irish traditional music to young people in Vancouver. Check out our blog below for a flavour of our activities!
Our Fall 2025 children’s classes are currently under way - click to inquire!
These group tin whistle and fiddle classes are intended for children in the 7-12 age group and will run from 2nd September to 16th December 2025.
Further details and registration instruction... IRL Group hosted a fantastic Family Day at Leg in Boot square this July. We had great fun entertaining the crowd!
Photo by Adam Blasberg
... We had a wonderful time performing at this year’s Irish Families of Vancouver Potluck Picnic at Trout Lake!
... Looking for live traditional Irish music in Vancouver? Join us at our regular session at Foy’s Bar, where musicians gather to share tunes and great company.
We meet every Sunday from ... These group tin whistle classes are intended for children in the 6-12 age group and will run from April to June 2025.
Further details and registration instructions are provided on our Classe... CelticFest Vancouver 2025 will be held from March 7-17th. Saturday 15th March (10 am onwards) will be a Family Day at the Famee Furlane hall in East Vancouver.
Free Tin Whistle Workshops We ... Our students had a special class with guest teachers Seán and Caoimhín, learning the march Roddy McCorley. Later on Seán and Caoimhín delivered an insightful lecture on the regional styles o... We are looking forward to our Jan/Feb 2025 children’s classes, which are now fully booked. We have emailed instructions to registered families - if you have missed the email or have an... We are delighted to announce our first run of Irish traditional music classes! These classes are intended for children in the 7-10 age group (approx.) and will run for six weeks in Jan/Feb 2... Thank you to everyone who responded to our survey over the summer.
Based on the results we are planning to run a pilot series of classes in the New Year. We are inquiring with schools in Eas... If you live in the Vancouver area and are interested in Irish traditional music lessons, please take our survey below.
... Eoin brought a mic along to our last session and has extracted a few tracks.
The musicians are Eoin, Dave, Mel, Randy and Niall.
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Tin whistle and fiddle classes starting September 2nd!
Aug 19, 2025
IRL Group Family Day
Jul 27, 2025
Irish Families Picnic
Jun 10, 2025
Regular Trad Session at Foy's Bar
Apr 5, 2025
Next tin whistle classes starting April 1st!
Mar 16, 2025
CelticFest
Mar 2, 2025
Lecture by Seán Gavin and Caoimhín Ó Fearghaíl
Feb 6, 2025Children's Classes Update
Dec 31, 2024Children's Classes Starting January 2025!
Oct 31, 2024
Update
Oct 14, 2024Take Our Survey
May 14, 2024
Wednesday Evening Session
Apr 24, 2024