Oregon Culture Nights: Traditional Irish Gaelic Singing with Brian Ó hAirt

Culture is Medicine: Finding Connection, Hope, and Healing
Hosted with the Oregon Folklife Network.

Join us for live demonstrations of Oregon's living traditions Thursday nights in July. Culture bearers from a wide variety of backgrounds will provide insider knowledge about their traditional artforms and reflect on this year’s theme: Culture is Medicine: Finding Connection, Hope, and Healing. Grab a friend and enjoy a night of performance in the museum and the museum courtyard. All ages welcome!

Thursday, July 10
6:00 – 7:30pm
Featuring Traditional Irish Gaelic Singing with Brian Ó hAirt (Outdoors! On the Museum’s Lawn)

Ó hAirt is a master musician, singer, and dancer from the Irish tradition. He is deeply involved in the preservation of Irish cultural practices and especially the Irish Gaelic language. Since 2006 he has facilitated workshops throughout North America at various cultural gatherings, festivals, summer schools, and weekend Irish Gaelic language intensives.

Activities are included with regular admission; free for MNCH members and UO ID cardholders. Show your Oregon Trail or other EBT card for an admission discount.

This season's outdoor events are subject to change based on the weather. Please visit mnch.uoregon.edu for the most current information.

You may also like the following events from The Museum of Natural and Cultural History:

• Next month, 11th July, 10:00 am, Family Fun in the Sun—Native Innovation in Eugene
• Next month, 25th July, 10:00 am, Family Fun in the Sun—Big World of Bugs in Eugene
• Next month, 31st July, 07:00 pm, Oregon Culture Nights: Palestinian Embroidery with Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim in Eugene

Also check out other Music events in Eugene, Festivals in Eugene, Workshops in Eugene.