Below is a list of local open sessions. If you would like to get email about these sessions, join the Yahoo! Groups mailing list or send email to the contact for the specific session. If you have information about a session not listed here or updates on any of these, please contact me.
A weekly Irish music session is held in Tir na nOg in Raleigh each Sunday. The beginner lesson is held from 3-4pm where a tune is taught by hear. A slow jam runs from 4-5pm where tunes learned at the session are played. From 5 on anything goes. Check out their web site at http://www.nogirishsession.com for more information.
A weekly Irish music session is held in the Craft Center at North Carolina State University on Wednesdays, 4:30-6:00pm. All musicians are welcome, from the community and NCSU campus. The Craft Center is located on the ground floor of Thompson Hall (see map at http://www.ncsu.edu/campus_map/central.htm, building #105) with public parking in the adjacent Coliseum Parking Deck, lowest level (map, building #99).
The Pinecone Beginners Irish Session is no longer being held. Music that was presented at the session is still available at the links below
These new tunes are included in the Session Tune Book 2 above and are the tunes that have been taught at the session since Session Tune Book 1 was produced.
The Red Oak Brew Pub session is held the last Sunday of the month at 4:00pm until 7:00pm for Trad Irish music. Red Oak Brew Pub is located at 714 Francis King St., Greensboro, NC.
The Foothills Brewery session is held the first Sunday of the month from 4:00-6:00pm. Foothills Brewery is located at 638 West Forth St, Winston-Salem, NC.
