Events

Come and experience IAHM’s twice-monthly series of live traditional Irish music sessions. Spirited tunes, expertly played!

This presentation will be an intimate view into Sr. Maura's life, work and legacy. Discussing Sister Maura’s remarkable journey is author Eileen Markey (A Radical Faith: The Assasination of Sr. Maura) and Sr. Maura's family members Deirdre Keogh-Anderson and IAHM's Executive Director Michael C. Clarke

The Irish American Heritage Museum thrilled to commence its 2026 IAHM Film Club Series with two Irish short film screening, followed by a discussion about the films with Writer/Director Cian O'Connor and Actor Katherine O'Sullivan. Monthly films will be shown at IAHM’s beautiful, intimate and unique Flanagan Theater as part of the IAHM 2026 Film Club Series.

Come see IAHM’s new Exhibition, entitled “The Flanagan Brothers,” a tribute to the late legend and Albany icon Michael Flanagan and the Flanagan Brothers band, who were among the first “global influencers” of Irish heritage and culture in the early 1900s. Followed by concert by trad masters Diarmuid Ó Meachair and Andrew Caden.

Irish American supergroup/quartet’s first performance in the Capital Region. Join us at IAHM for the Museum’s first of the new year, its quarterly 2026 Special Event Performance Series!

Frigg - a six-piece Scandinavian band with four fiddlers - will shine in the Irish American Heritage Museum’s intimate, unique 60-seat venue! Join us at IAHM’s Flanagan Theater for 2026’s first IAHM’s Celtic Influences Performance Series event!

Lecture by fiddle virtuoso/Irish “trad historian” Gerry O’Connor (Co. Louth) on the Gaelic cultural revival of the early 20th century.

Two masters at their craft - Gerry O’Connor and Kevin McElroy - share their knowledge on the Irish fiddle and tenor banjo, respectively

From soulful to spirited: join us and experience the songs and music from two of the most demanded entertainers in the Irish music scene.