An Evening of Irish Piping brings together three of the world's top uilleann pipers for a unique end of year concert. The night will feature Lunasa piper Cillian Vallely, former Riverdance piper Ivan Goff and New York’s own piping master Jerry O Sullivan. In addition, there will be a guest appearance from legendary New York fiddler Tony deMarco and Dublin guitarist Eamon O’Leary.

This concert is a benefit for the musicians’ friend, Belfast piper Eamon Dillon, and all proceeds will go towards Eamon’s hospital bills.

Jerry O'Sullivan has been widely hailed as America's premier uilleann piper. He has appeared on more than 90 albums and has performed or recorded with artists such as The Boston Pops, Don Henley, Paul Winter, James Galway and Dolly Parton.

An Armagh native, Cillian Vallely has established his name in the world of Irish music through his playing with trad supergroup Lunasa, described by the New York Times as “the hottest acoustic band in the world”. He has recorded and toured with Natalie Merchant, Mary Chapin-Carpenter and Tim O’Brien.

From Dublin, Ivan Goff has lived in New York since arriving on Broadway over ten years ago with Riverdance and has made his mark as one of the greatest Irish musicians in America. He has also toured with many of the leading bands including Dervish, Lunasa and Eileen Ivers.

Tony DeMarco has been performing and teaching Irish fiddle music for more than 30 years, and is now one of leading living exponents of the New York/Sligo fiddle style. He has performed with many traditional and modern bands, including The Flying Cloud, Black 47, Wishbone Ash, and the Kips Bay Ceili Band.