Irish Breakfast Band
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| Date | Description | Time |
| Thursday, July 3, 2008 | First Thursday in Del Ray! If enough of us are available, we sometimes play on the porch of the Anne Welsh Salon. | First Thursday is from 6 to 9 pm; if we play, we usually play from around 7 to 8 or 8:30 pm. |
| Thursday, August 7, 2008 | First Thursday in Del Ray! If enough of us are available, we sometimes play on the porch of the Anne Welsh Salon. | First Thursday is from 6 to 9 pm; if we play, we usually play from around 7 to 8 or 8:30 pm. |
| Thursday, September 4, 2008 | First Thursday in Del Ray! If enough of us are available, we sometimes play on the porch of the Anne Welsh Salon. | First Thursday is from 6 to 9 pm; if we play, we usually play from around 7 to 8 or 8:30 pm. |
| Saturday, September 27, 2008 | Nothing is set yet, but in past years we have played at the Traditional Irish Music Festival at Van Dyck Park, 3730 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax, Virginia (between St. Leo's Church and the John Wood Center). Sponsored by the O'Neill Malcom Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann (CCE). Free, although donations to CCE are welcome and appreciated. | The festival is from noon to 6 pm. If we perform, we usually perform with dancers from the Boyle School of Irish Dance. |
| Saturday, October 4, 2008 | Nothing is set yet, but in past years we have played for Art on the Avenue in Del Ray. | Art on the Avenue usually runs from 10 am to 6 pm. In addition, some of our younger members usually dance with the Boyle School of Irish Dance on the Children's Stage. |
| Usually on a Wednesday in mid-December 2008 | We usually play for the Holiday Open House at the Duncan Branch, located at Commonwealth and Mt. Ida Avenues (2501 Commonwealth Avenue). | The Duncan Library Holiday Open House is usually from noon to about 2:00 pm. |
| Wednesday, December 31, 2008 | Nothing is set yet, but in past years we have played for First Night Alexandria | Not scheduled. |
| Friday, March 27, 2009 | We will be doing a concert at the Fairfax Old Town Hall, 3999 University Drive, Fairfax, VA. | 8 pm to 9:30 pm with one intermission. |
| Date | Description | Time |
| Saturday, February 2, 2008 | The Folklore Society of Greater Washington's annual Mini 2008 MidWinter Festival at Takoma Park Middle School, 7611 Piney Branch Road, Takoma Park, Maryland. (Admission charged) | Irish Seisiún (Jam) with the Irish Breakfast Band from 3:30 to 5 pm. The Mini-Fest will be from noon until 10:30 pm. |
| Saturday, February 23, 2008 | We will be performing for the residents at the Heatherwood Retirement Community, 9642 Burke Lake Road, Burke, VA 22015. We were asked by residents Mae and Charlie McKeon, who are friends (and the former dentist) of the Doherty and Moran families. | 1:00-2:00 pm. |
| Saturday, March 15, 2008 | Join the Irish Breakfast Band and the Boyle School of Irish Dance for a free concert at the Del Ray United Methodist Church, 100 E. Windsor Ave., Alexandria (the entrance to the basement hall is on west end of the church off of Clyde Ave.). Help us celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Irish music and dance. If you would like, bring a dessert to share! Here is a preliminary copy of our set list. | 7 to 9 pm. |
| Sunday, April 6, 2008 | We will be playing for a ceili with Hugh Conway in the Parish Hall (not the main building) of St. Mary of Sorrows Catholic Church, located at the junction of Fairfax Station Rd. and Ox Rd (Rt.123). Do not go to the main church building on Sideburn Road. | In the afternoon, 3:30 to around 6:00 or 6:30 pm |
| Saturday, April 12, 2008 | We will be playing for the opening day of the Del Ray Farmer's Market (south east corner of East Oxford & Mt. Vernon Avenues. | The Farmer's Market is from 8 am to Noon. We will start around 8 am when the market opens. How long we play will depend upon the weather, mostly how cold it is, etc. |
| Saturday, April 19, 2008 | We will be playing at the Carlyle House in Old Town (121 N. Fairfax St. in Alexandria) for the Friends of Carlyle House Annual Herb Sale. | The Garden Day Herb Sale is from 9 am to 4 pm. We will play from about 11 am to about 1 pm, like we did last year. |
| Thursday, May 1, 2008 | First Thursday in Del Ray! If enough of us are available, we sometimes play on the porch of the Anne Welsh Salon. | First Thursday is from 6 to 9 pm; we usually play from around 7 to 8 or 8:30 pm. |
| Saturday, May 10, 2008 (Mother's Day weekend) | We are having a concert at the MAR-VA Theater Performing Arts Center, 103 Market St., Pokomoke City, Maryland. This will be a fundraiser for the MAR-VA Theater Performing Arts Center, so they will probably charge an admission. | 7:00 pm |
| Saturday, May 17, 2008 | We will be playing for a private party/graduation celebration, with the proceeds going to charity. | Evening. |
| Saturday, May 31, 2008 | The Folklore Society of Greater Washington's annual Washington Folk Festival at Glen Echo Park. (Free, although the Folklore Society requests a donation) | Noon at the Yurt Village stage (same stage as last year). |
| Thursday, June 5, 2008 | First Thursday in Del Ray! If enough of us are available, we sometimes play on the porch of the Anne Welsh Salon. | First Thursday is from 6 to 9 pm; if we play, we usually play from around 7 to 8 or 8:30 pm. |
If you're interested in having the band perform at your event, please drop a note to sean"AT"irishbreakfastband.com (replace the "AT" with "@," we put it this way to confound SPAM e-mail address collectors). Please include your phone number.
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