Includes 10 minute intermission. Patrons are asked to remain seated during performance.
A Celtic Christmas springs from the infinitely rich treasury of Ireland’s cultural heritage. It is a re-creation of a night before Christmas in the West of Ireland in the 1940s, before the advent of motorcar, the television, and the telephone. Traditionally, in the remote parish of Teampall an Ghleanáin--Tomáseen Foley’s birthplace - the neighbors gathered at each other’s farmhouses and brought with them their fiddles, uilleann pipes, flutes, whistles, bodhráns, for a night of traditional Irish music, traditional carols, traditional Irish dancing, and, of course, storytelling.
Premium & Loge: $45. Orchestra: $35 - Adults. $12 - Children 12 & Under.
Balcony: $25 - adults. $12 - Children 12 and under.
More about A Celtic Christmas
For the 26th season, Tomáseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas takes to the road immediately after Thanksgiving. This year’s show features scintillating traditional Irish musicians and dancers - some of the finest and most authentic exponents of the Celtic arts performing anywhere today, on either side of the Atlantic. At its center is native Irish storyteller, Tomáseen Foley.
On stage, the spirit of A Celtic Christmas dances to life and glows brightly when these artists - ‘the neighbors’ - gather to create a wholesome, cultural, family feast directly from the rich table of communal life in the west of Ireland
It was in such places and on such nights that the delightful treasury of Irish culture was created, expanded and preserved. By recreating just such a night on stage, Tomáseen Foley’s A Celtic Christmas brings the timeless tradition to American audiences.
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Monday & Friday - 12 p.m. until 5 p.m.
Wednesday - 12 p.m. until 8 p.m.
The Reg Lenna Center for The Arts' programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.