Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley

LXCL:Free-Bee

General admission

<p fr-original-style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91);">The H.A.R.P. Museum at the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley invites you to join them on Thursday October 28 at 7:00 PM for tales and songs that celebrate Ireland&rsquo;s Samhain or Halloween tradition.<p fr-original-style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 12pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91);"><span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">I<span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">n this darkening time of year, Samhain arrives to herald autumn down its slide to winter, when the barrier between the living and the dead is thinnest. This evening we will present stories collected in 19th century rural Ireland. Stories and songs from a time when science wasn&rsquo;t so sure of itself. Tales and tunes of banshees and fiends, musical fairies - not the nice kind - and of course ghosts. We endeavor here this evening to embrace the dark and shorten the night.<p fr-original-style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 12pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91);"><span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">The name Amad&aacute;n Dubh hails from Irish folklore and refers to the &ldquo;dark fool&rdquo; or &ldquo;dark fairy&rdquo;. A trickster fairy, Amad&aacute;n Dubh is the &quot;bringer of madness and oblivion&hellip;haunting the hills after sunset playing reed pipes to work his magic.&rdquo;<p fr-original-style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 12pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91);"> <p fr-original-style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 12pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91);"><span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Tonight, Amad&aacute;n Dubh possess Sue Romero, Mike Hoke, and Mike Carroll. <p fr-original-style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;width:100%;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0pt 0px; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91);"><span fr-original-style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">The event will be held at the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley, 623 Columbia St, Utica, NY. The Irish Cultural Center and the H.A.R.P. Museum are wheelchair accessible and open to all.

The H.A.R.P. Museum at the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley invites you to join them on Thursday October 28 at 7:00 PM for tales and songs that celebrate Ireland’s Samhain or Halloween tradition.In this darkening time of year, Samhain arrives to herald autumn down its slide to winter, when the barrier between the living and the dead is thinnest. This evening we will present stories collected in 19th century rural Ireland. Stories and songs from a time when science wasn’t so sure of itself. Tales and tunes of banshees and fiends, musical fairies - not the nice kind - and of course ghosts. We endeavor here this evening to embrace the dark and shorten the night.The name Amadán Dubh hails from Irish folklore and refers to the “dark fool” or “dark fairy”. A trickster fairy, Amadán Dubh is the "bringer of madness and oblivion…haunting the hills after sunset playing reed pipes to work his magic.” Tonight, Amadán Dubh possess Sue Romero, Mike Hoke, and Mike Carroll. The event will be held at the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley, 623 Columbia St, Utica, NY. The Irish Cultural Center and the H.A.R.P. Museum are wheelchair accessible and open to all.

Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley

Irish Ghosts, Banshees, & Fairies 2026

623 Columbia St

General admission

Free

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