Irish Arts Minnesota appreciates the support of our members. Members are identified with an * and are listed first in each section of this list. Click on the group name for a link to more information.
Irish Music & Dance Association
Rince na Gréine (RINK-ah nah GRAIN-ya) means “Dance of the Sun” in Irish. We teach traditional and contemporary Irish Dance to ages 2 through adult.
At Rince na At Rince na Gréine, we want our dancers to experience the joy of Irish Dance in any way they want to, whether that is just for recreation, or through performance or competition.We are a full member of Cumann Rince Náisiúnta – CRN (the National Dance Association of Ireland), which is an open platform organization. We encourage all our dancers to follow CRN’s motto to “Dance with your heart!”
It is very important to us that Rince na Gréine be a warm, welcoming, and inclusive place. Our dancers are encouraged to treat all people with kindness and respect – be it their teammates, other dancers, instructors, R na G families, or our audiences.
Classes in Hopkins, MN
Lauren Adams-Plehal, ODCRN
Margaret Schmitz, ODCRN
RincenaGreine@gmail.com
An Irish Dance Company for experienced adult Irish dancers.
Classes in St. Paul.
anamirishdance@gmail.com
Ardaigh Suas, meaning “rise up” in Gaelic, is dedicated to training new and experienced Irish dancers to reach their highest potential in an energetic and supportive atmosphere. Classes in Albertville, MN
Ashley Cheek, TCRG
(815) 530-7289
asairishdance@gmail.com
“Three Women Who Can’t Stop Dancing”
Sheila Jordan
651-357-3715
biddiesgalore3@gmail.com
Aiming to inspire dancers to dedicate themselves to the tradition and athleticism of Irish dance. We offer a traditional foundation for ages 4 years old on up at all levels. Classes are offered for both solo competition and team performance. Classes in Anoka, MN.
Liz Hines, TCRG
eilisacademy2012@gmail.com
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Green Fire is dedicated to the joy and love of Irish Dancing. Folling a centuries’ old tradition, Green Fire has it roots in the Twin Cities Irish community.
Elaine Murray and Ed Khoene establised the group in 2002 with the aim of creating a place where adults, teens and children could all dance and perform together. Today, Green Fire’s dancers range age 5 and up!
Classes in Woodbury, MN
612-927-9615
greenfiredancers@gmail.com
Rince na Chroi (Dance of the Heart) is a performance-based Irish dance school for children and adults with a team focus. Classes in St. Paul, MN.
Siobhan George
651-272-7269
siobhan@rincenachroi.com
Rince na Gréine (Dance of the Sun) offers traditional and contemporary Irish dance lessons to ages 2 through adults, along with performance and competition opportunities. Classes in Hopkins, MN
Lauren Adams-Plehal, ODCRN
Margaret Schmitz, ODCRN
RincenaGreine@gmail.com
Rachel Knutson, TCRG
612-327-7962
rjones2112@aol.com
An Irish Dance Company for experienced adult Irish dancers.
Classes in St. Paul.
anamirishdance@gmail.com
Classes in Albertville, MN
Ashley Cheek, TCRG
(815) 530-7289
asairishdance@gmail.com
“Three Women Who Can’t Stop Dancing”
Sheila Jordan
651-357-3715
biddiesgalore3@gmail.com
Classes in Edina, MN
Fauna Gille, ADCRG
fauna@cordamor.com
Liz Hines, TCRG
eilisacademy2012@gmail.com
Classes in Woodbury, MN
Edward Koehne and Elaine Murray
612-927-9615
greenfiredancers@gmail.com
Classes in Wayzata, MN Corey Hudson, TCRG
651-505-3379
HudsonIrishDance@gmail.com
Classes in St. Paul
Irina Orf, ADCRG
Betsy Wing
651-646-3661
info@knocknagowirishdancers.com
Classes in Minneapolis, MN
Emily Wolff TCRG
651-261-8575
emily@mactiririshdance.com
Classes in Winona, MN
(507) 453-5197
tschmidt@cotterschools.org
Carol Gross
carolgross1@comcast.net
Classes in Eden Prairie and Northfield, MN
Beth Pitchford
NorthStarIrishDance@gmail.com
Classes in Eden Prairie, MN
Coleen Mulhern Malloy ADCRG/BG
Eileen Mulhern O’Kane ADCRG
Brian Geraghty ADCRG
Samantha Swanson Martin TCRG
952-334-3158
Samantha.swansonmartin@gmail.com
Classes in St. Paul, MN
Cormac Ó’Sé, TCRG
612-722-7000
adminoid@osheairishdance.com
Classes in St. Paul, MN
Siobhan George
651-272-7269
siobhan@rincenachroi.com
Classes in Hopkins, MN
Lauren Adams-Plehal, ODCRN
Margaret Schmitz, ODCRN
RincenaGreine@gmail.com
Classes in Eagan, MN
Rachel Knutson, TCRG
612-327-7962
rjones2112@aol.com
Folk band playing an assortment of traditional and modern celtic, sea shanties, and pub songs!
bonniedrunkenlad@gmail.com
David & Suzanne Rhees
612-875-1345 or 612-875-1355
info@bundleandgo.com
Award-winning Gaelic harp with cittern, lively dance music with button accordion, and a variety of songs in Gaelic and English. A thousand years of Irish/Scottish tradition.
Ann and Charlie Heymann
507-647-3333
annheymann@gmail.com
Uilleann pipes, vocal, fiddle, guitar.
St. Paul, MN.
651-334-2880
Danny Diamond is a fiddle player from Ireland. He is currently based in Minneapolis, where he plays in a duo with multi-instrumentalist and singer Brian Miller. His inventive, soulful and rhythmic fiddle playing draws on a rich family heritage of musical style and repertoire from the north of Ireland.
Contact Danny Diamond
612-438-5545
danny@dannydiamond.ie
Dòrain is a 4-piece band featuring four-part vocal harmonies and toe-tapping trad tunes. They sing in both English and Scots Gaelic and play a mix of Scottish and Irish traditional music.
Alexander Dove Lempke (guitar, bodhrán, vocals), Cara Weggler Menge (fiddle, bouzouki, vocals) and Iain Dove McAfee (flute, guitar, Scottish smallpipes, vocals), Mattie Ernst (concertina, harp, fiddle, vocals).
St. Paul, MN.
773-576-5772
Iain.lempke@gmail.com
Dunquin plays traditional Irish exuberant reels and jigs and heart-melting Irish airs on fiddle, wooden flute, and piano for concerts, dancing, and all special celebrations, private or public. Known for gorgeous arrangements of traditional tunes and some award-winning originals in the trad style, Dunquin is in demand at festivals, parties, dances, and weddings throughout the Midwest.
Rosa Wells, fiddle; Don Ladig, whistles and flutes; Sherry Ladig, piano and music arrangements.
St. Paul, MN
Sherry Ladig: 651-644-4779
ladig-dunquin@msn.com
Traditional and contemporary music from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Celtic and World music.
info@eiramusic.com
Contact Jim Ofsthun or Sue Spencer 218-343-0111.
Kia Cashman and Bill Conlan Performing a wide range of folk music from Irish Gaelic through traditional Irish and beyond.
Bill Conlan has been performing Irish folk music since 1962 when he co-founded The Gallivanters; enjoying the band’s 50-year run which included many venues. He’s sung at every SPA nursing home tour since its inception in 1967 and at most Minnesota Irish Fairs since the first in 1980. Bill is an Honors member of Irish Arts Minnesota.
Kia Cashman has a long history of singing; from folk songs with her father to performing with the Bel Canto Voices, with the Roger Anderson Trio, and with other groups over the years. She is a former and a founding member of The Giggin’ Siles. Kia sings in Irish and English and plays several instruments.
Bill Conlan
bill@conlan.com
Northumbrian smallpipes, Highland Great and Reel pipes, Swedish bagpipes, Seljefløyte, Whistles
St. Paul, MN
651-646-6581
Dick Hensold 651-646-6581
dickhensold@gmail.com
The members of The Inland Seas spent years touring the nation and traveling around the world playing rock, Americana, punk, and traditional music styles before meeting in Minneapolis and forming this Celtic project in 2017.From rousing pub songs to haunting ballads, The Inland Seas play Celtic folk with heart and grit. They’ll draw you in with songs of the sea, of love and loss, of whiskey and wild nights… Come raise a glass and be swept away by the many moods of The Inland Seas!
Twin Cities, MN.
the.inland.seas.band@gmail.com
Ameri-Celt-icana
An award winning band based out of Delano, Minnesota, Kindred (AKA Singleton Street) combines Celtic, bluegrass, and old time music to form their unique version of Americana. Combining mandolin, bouzouki, guitar, bass, and nyckelharpa, Kindred has played Irish Fairs, bluegrass festivals, renaissance festivals, pubs, and even provided music for a modern ballet.
763-225-7857
singletonstreet@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
Tom Klein plays the uilleann pipes, often called the Irish pipes. The uilleann (pronounced ill-en: Irish for “elbow”) pipes are the bagpipe of Ireland and one of the world’s most complex folk instruments.
IrishPiperTom@gmail.com
Pianist, composer, arranger (all styles) in St. Paul, MN.
651-644-4779
ladig-dunquin@msn.com
Traditional Irish instrumental tunes and lively Irish songs since 2000. Four-member band, consisting of Patti Drew on tin whistle, flute, accordion, mandola and vocals; David McKoskey on 6- and 12-string guitar, mandolin, fiddle and vocals; Connor Carroll on flute, saxophone, clarinet and vocals; and Kevin Carroll on bodhrán, bass and vocals.
Rosemount, MN.
Kevin Carroll
651-983-6384
info@legacycelticmusic.com
A two-man revival of the forgotten Irish songs of the north woods and Great Lakes on voice, guitar, bouzouki and mandola. Their performances weave history and music together.
St. Paul, MN.
Contact Brian Miller
651-245-3719
dadgadguy@gmail.com
Wooden flutes, whistles, concertina, Scottish smallpipes, border pipes, voice. Solo performances and solo themed programs. Twin Cities based, available for outstate venues.
Also ensembles: duos with Dàithì Sproule, with Ross Sutter, MacKenzie & Bissonnette, Willow Brae (with Celtic Harp), and the Celtic big band Brass Lassie.
laura@lauramackenzize.com
www.brasslassie.com
A dynamic duo of traditional wind instruments/voice and percussion, with a richly Irish & Scottish core. (Laura MacKenzie & Michael Bissonnette). 651-398-5055 (Laura) laura@lauramackenzie.com
John McCormick (C#D accordion) & Mary Vanorny (fiddle) play hours and hours of Traditional Irish Music, sure to get your toes tapping! While you can catch us at sessions almost every week of the year, we also perform at festivals and private events.
Catch them as a duo or joined by a few friends as the Tune Pals!
Mary Vanorny
fiddlermary@gmail.com
The McNordiques blend Celtic, French and Scandinavian music in a way that shines through to make your toes wiggle with joy. The McNordiques are Tom Klein (uilleann pipes), Dan Newton (accordion) and Renee Vaughan (nyckelharpa). Together, it’s a unique sound…one you are not likely to hear anywhere else!
Tom Klein
Irishpipertom@gmail.com
Established in 1963, The Minnesota Pipes and Drums (MNP&D) is a nationally recognized competition and performance bagpipe and drum corps based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Our mission is to carry on the rich history and heritage of Gaelic music by performing for the community and making piping and drumming lessons available to all, free of charge.
Mike Huddle, Manager
309-830-0601
info@mnpipeband.org
A trio of fiddle, flute and keyboard playing the music of American mid-19th century through 1920s, with emphasis on Civil War era and beyond. Available to play special occasion events or historic sites, in costume if desired. Available to play special occasion events or historic sites, in costume if desired.
Sherry Ladig 651-644-4779
ladig-dunquin@msn.com
Hailing from County Offaly in the Irish midlands, Paddy O’Brien is a master of the two-row button accordion and a serious collector; over a lifetime he has amassed a repertoire of more than 3,000 compositions. He shares his knowledge through The Paddy O’Brien Tune Collection, a series of recordings containing 1,000 tunes. In 2011, Paddy received IMDA/IAM Honors for his contributions to Irish music in Minnesota, and in 2012, he received Ireland’s Gradam Ceoil Paddy currently tours internationally as a solo musician, and plays local concerts and dances with his Irish traditional chamber group, O’Rourke’s Feast.
St. Paul, MN.
651-698-2258
paddyobrienbox@gmail.com
‘Pad the Road with Me’ is an old Scottish ballad involving coming together and spending time walking or ‘padding’ the road together creating a little craic. We perform Celtic music from around the Irish Sea (Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales) and other folk music at various events around the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area.
Justin O’Carrick
padtheroad@gmail.com
Purgatory Creek is a four-piece band playing Irish and American Roots music with influences from Belfast to Nashville. Our members have been in some of the most popular Irish bands in the area, including Boiled in Lead, Sister Tree, the Tim Malloys, and Lilting Banshees.
Dee Brust (guitar, mandolin, vocals), David Perry (bass, guitar, vocals), Adam Stemple (guitar, bass, vocals), Ann Viviano (fiddle, guitar, vocals)
Twin Cities, MN. David Perry
lollardfish@gmail.com
The RavensFire Band is well known around the area for their energetic performances, beautiful vocal harmonies, and skilled instrumentals with a unique collection of traditional folk and original music performed on the Mandolin, Guitar, and bodhrán, accompanying beautiful vocal harmonies. They are talented, funny, and friendly musicians who show that they genuinely love to perform.
Rochester, MN
Contact@TheRavensFireBand.Com
Traditional Irish Music and Contemporary Folk with world class vocals, flute and guitar.
St. Paul, MN.
Brian Miller
651-245-3719
dadgadguy@gmail.com
Sycamore Gap is a 3-piece folk band based in Minneapolis. We specialize in songs of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales (and even sometimes England), with arrangements that feature powerful vocals and silver flute. We play pub favorites, original songs, and especially rare gems from our deep folk revival catalog. We can be found at pubs and festivals all over town, and you might recognize lead singer Gabe Heller from Katie McMahon’s Celtic Christmas.
Call or Text 651-341-8351
SycamoreGapUS@gmail.com
An upbeat Irish group that brings new life to old traditional songs from the Emerald Isle. The seven musicians of the group play fiddle, tin whistle, flute, bodhrán, guitar, accordion, and mandolin.
St. Paul, MN.
Eileen Degnan
651-641-1859
TipperRoad09@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/TipperRoad
Traditional Irish Music, vocals, fiddle, flute, and guitar, also available with Irish dancers.
St. Paul, MN.
Brian Miller
651-245-3719
dadgadguy@gmail.com
fiddlermary@gmail.com
Traditional Irish & Scottish music performed on Celtic Harp, wooden flutes, whistles, concertina, smallpipes, border pipes and voice. (Andrea Stern, harp and Laura MacKenzie, winds & voice).
651-398-5055
laura@lauramackenzie.com
andrea@andreastern.net
Traditional and contemporary music from Ireland, Newfoundland, Scotland, Canada, Celtic and World music.
info@willowgreenmusic.com
Contact Jim Ofsthun or Sue Spencer 218-343-0111
Mike Breidenbach
651-387-6142
bagpipeassociates@msn.com
John Sjogren
612-207-7362
johnsjog@gmail.com
bird@belfastcowboys.com
Todd Menton and Drew Miller
info@boiledinlead.com
Andy More, Booking/Band Manager
763-222-4703
manager@brianborupipeband.com
David & Suzanne Rhees
612-875-1345 or 612-875-1355
info@bundleandgo.com
Paddy O’Brien
651-698-2258
paddyobrienbox@gmail.com
Ann and Charlie Heymann
507-647-3333
annheymann@gmail.com
Patrick Maun
Patrick@PatrickMaun.com
Loretta Simonet
612-812-4555
loretta@curtisandloretta.com
Tom Dahill 651-334-2880
Sherry Ladig
651-644-4779
ladig-dunquin@msn.com
danny@dannydiamond.ie
612-438-5545
773-576-5772
Iain.lempke@gmail.com
Sherry Ladig 651-644-4779
ladig-dunquin@msn.com
Chuck Lentz
612-839-0463
theeddies@earthlink.net
info@eiramusic.com
Contact Jim Ofsthun or Sue Spencer 218-343-0111
Robin Brown
763-753-6542
robinsnest1966@comcast.net
Bill Conlan and Kia Cashman
bill@conlan.com
Maureen Engelhardt
mc2e@outlook.com
Dick Hensold 651-646-6581
dickhensold@gmail.com
Pete McCauley
651-558-6290
houndsoffinn@gmail.com
Mike Wallace
651-283-6821
irishbrigadeband@gmail.com
Datta Hartman
612-578-0075
irishdiplomacymusic@gmail.com
James Sherman
651-325-8598
jimmythepiper1@gmail.com
Peter Bodurtha
651-210-7216
jollygroggers@gmail.com
Sherri & Chuck Leyda
singletonstreet@gmail.com
763-225-7857
Amy Shaw
flutewoman@gmail.com
Michael Sturm
651-485-8090
info@thelangersball.com
Kevin Carroll
651-983-6384
info@legacycelticmusic.com
Sheri O’Meara
763-516-1443
sheriomeara@gmail.com
Brian Miller
651-245-3719
dadgadguy@gmail.com
Pete McCauley and Tim Cheesebrow
themacandcheeseband@gmail.com
Mike Breidenbach
651-387-6142
pipeband@macalester.edu
651-398-5055 laura@lauramackenzie.com
Mary Vanorny
fiddlermary@gmail.com
Tom Klein
irishpipertom@gmail.com
612-750-5226
toddmenton@gmail.com
Mike Huddle, Manager
309-830-0601
info@mnpipeband.org
Mary Vanorny, fiddlermary@gmail.com
Sherry Ladig
651-644-4779
ladig-dunquin@msn.com
Danny Schwarze
651-263-6704
northerlygales@gmail.com
Paddy O’Brien
651-698-2258
paddyobrienbox@gmail.com
padtheroad@gmail.com
Tim Flynn
651-334-7115
Erik Brandt
hannaerik@mac.com
Jim Haney
218-979-1085
info@poitinband.com
David Perry
lollardfish@gmail.com
Brian Miller
651-245-3719
dadgadguy@gmail.com
Paul Cotton
320-251-0601
paulcotton@ringofkerry.us
Chad McAnally
612-968-4222
ceadachrua@gmail.com
bird@belfastcowboys.com
theserfsmn@gmail.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theserfsmn
651-263-6704
dschwarze13@gmail.com
Hannah Flowers
hc.harpist@gmail.com
Call or Text 651-341-8351
SycamoreGapUS@gmail.com
Eileen Degnan
651-641-1859
TipperRoad09@gmail.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/TipperRoad
Tom Juenemann
tjuenemann@gmail.com
Brian Miller
651-245-3719
dadgadguy@gmail.com
Adam Coolong
adam@wildcolonialbhoys.com
651-398-5055
laura@lauramackenzie.com
andrea@andreastern.net
info@willowgreenmusic.com.
Contact Jim Ofsthun or Sue Spencer 218-343-0111
Dedicated to teaching traditional Irish Music to all ages at all levels. At The Celtic Junction, 836 Prior Ave N, St. Paul, MN 55104.
651-815-0083
admin@CenterforIrishMusic.org
Check out the Center for Irish Music YouTube Channel!
Flute, whistle, Scottish smallpipes, voice/song, now including English concertina; teaching from studios in St. Paul. All ages; beginners welcome. 651-398-5055
laura@lauramackenzie.com
www.lauramackenzie.com
Irish language groups and instruction. Free classes on Monday nights. Also language workshop opportunities.
Irish language classes for children, teens, and their parents, using songs, rhymes, and stories. Fee.
Your Irish home in downtown Stillwater, located in The Water Street Inn.
Live music each weekend.
Unique, Creative, One-of-a-Kind Irish Dance Gifts & Apparel
Jackie Fitzcollins
fitzy@gonfeisin.com
Irish on Grand is very much a community hub – a place to buy the best of Irish goods from jewelry to clothing, purchase the makings of an Irish breakfast, but also a place to drop by for a chat, find out what’s happening in the Irish community or just to see who you might bump in to on a Saturday morning! Located at 1124 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105.
(651) 222-5151
Follow Us on Facebook
Kilts, tartans, accessories, Clan Crests, Coat of Arms.
sales@thecelticcroft.com
Cathy Gadzo and Rosemary Paulson
651-249-8847
celtiquecreations@gmail.com
Mattie Ernst
Earnest.Threads@gmail.com
Jackie Fitzcollins
fitzy@gonefeisin.com
Dan Sexton
888-298-5301
help@theirishrose.com
612-968-4222
ceadachrua@gmail.com
Fostering a vibrant and diverse community of artists, dancers, musicians, and businesses.A community where Ireland’s traditional arts and culture are celebrated to instill an appreciation for generations to come.
Your hosts for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Irish Celebration and Day of Irish Dance at Landmark Center.
info@IrishArtsMN.org
“Weaving the traditions of Dance, Music, Art, and Language, The Celtic Junction Arts Center (CJAC) is a center for the arts and a hub of Irish culture. CJAC offers classes in Irish literature and history, Celtic creative arts, and the Irish language. CJAC hosts concerts, plays, hooleys, ceilis, and parties! CJAC holds an annual Irish Arts Week, two Irish dance feiseanna, and an Irish Language Weekend. Join us for incredible events inside and outside. Check out the art gallery located in our lobby area where we feature work by local artists and craftsmen. Inside the Celtic Junction building are an award-winning Irish dance school and an award-winning traditional Irish music school, both offering classes year-round for youth and adults. There is space available to rent (performance space, dance studios, classrooms, music area, and lobby) for shows, rehearsals, weddings, celebrations of life, and more. CJAC is located at 836 Prior Ave, St. Paul, MN 55104.
Celtic Junction Arts Center’s Eoin McKiernan Library has a beautiful reading room with a collection of over 5000 books and 1200 CDs focused on Irish cultural arts and history. The library also celebrates the long history of Irish cultural activities in Minnesota through archives and exhibitions.
836 Prior Ave. N
St. Paul, MN 55104
library@celticjunction.org
Irish Network Minnesota (IN-MN) is a business, social, and cultural network for friends of Ireland.
Follow us on Facebook.
651-252-9125
irishnetowrk.minnesota@gmail.com
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
nhr@stthomas.edu
PO Box 4423
St. Paul, MN 55104
Patrick Maun
information@gnipc.org
Email: irelandnetworkmn@gmail.com
836 Prior Ave N
St. Paul, MN 55104
651-645-0221
info@irishfair.com
president@irishgenealogical.org
1385 Mendota Heights Road
Mendota Heights, MN 55120
Questions@IrishGenealogical.org
Judy Clerkin
763-234-0669
mplsstpats@aol.com
Monthly online singing sessions and occasional in person concerts and sessions focused on unaccompanied solo singing.
Contact Brian Miller
dadgadguy@gmail.com