Sunday Trad Session ☘️

Welcome to the Alicante Trad Session at Beoir! 🎻☘️🎶

For those of you who are new to the “Trad Session” - it’s basically a chance for musicians to gather and play folk music together. The tunes can range from Irish, to Scottish, to North American folk!

Who is this session for?

Anyone who wants to “jam” on trad music - especially those who are quite familiar with this genre
People who don’t play music but are just curious to watch and listen. You can hang out, have a drink, have some food, and be a cheerleader!

Is this session good for beginners?

All levels are welcome! But this session will be less focused on learning and more on just playing/jamming.
Pro-tip! If you want a beginner-friendly learning environment, check out our “Slow Session” at 16:00 that same day. 🤓

How it works:

We meet, chat, grab drinks/snacks
We gather in a circle
We start swapping ideas and playing tunes: “Do you know this tune? It goes like this….” “How about this tune?” etc
If someone suggests a tune you don’t know - you can try to play along/harmonize if you’re good at learning-by-ear, or just sit it out and enjoy until the next one
We’ll just keep jamming like this until they kick us out 😂

Bring your own instrument! All acoustic instruments are welcome, such as…

Fiddle
Acoustic guitar
Banjo
Mandolin
Tin whistle
Pipes
Concertina
Voice
Bodhran / hand drum

\We’d prefer to avoid electric/amplified instruments just because it could easily overpower the group.

Here’s a playlist of just some of the tunes we’ll play - but remember: this is not a strict list. Anyone can bring a tune to the table! We just ask that the main focus is on trad/folk music.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr3qvoAhPdsecsnFtBpsKTHWBKt-dbLhj

ALSO! This is a free event 🤩 so please make sure to buy something to support our lovely hosts at Beoir! 🍕🌭🍻🥤

See you there!