About the Quinte Irish Canadian Society:

The Quinte Irish Canadian Society is based in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1979 in an attempt to promote interest in and encourage all people to celebrate Irish culture in all aspects.  

Some of the goals of the society are:

  • To preserve and transmit Irish music, singing and dance though lectures, concerts, socials, plays and classes in Irish music, language and dance.
  • To serve our community by sponsoring activities emphasizing education, friendship and by supporting the efforts of other local groups.

You can keep track of our all of our events on the QICS Google calendar.

Regularly scheduled events are:

Date / Time

Event

Information

Wednesdays
6:30pm to 8:30pm

Irish music session

Bring your whistle, accordion, fiddle, bohdran, flute, guitar... and join in the fun. Share the tunes you know, learn a few new ones, and have some fun. All levels of musicians are welcome.

Our session tunebooks are now available for downloading (pdf format).

For more information drop us an email or contact Wilfred @ 613-771-1770

Alternate Thursdays

Child and young adult (kindergarten to high school) Irish Dancing

What exactly is Irish dancing?

Taught by Orla Kelly a TCRG certified teacher from the Kelly School of Irish Dancing. Lessons are held at the Engineers Hall (43 Pine Street, Belleville).

Next session starts Thursday January 13th.

· Class 1 (Beginners – new students only) 4:30pm - 5:30pm

· Class 2 (Intermediate) 5:15pm – 7:00pm

· Class 3 (Advanced) 6:30pm – 9pm

Lessons are held on alternate Thursdays. For new dancers the 1st lesson is free. Cost for the complete session (13 lessons) ending mid-June:

· Class 1 - $156

· Class 2 - $195

· Class 3 - $260

For more information drop us an email or contact Theresa @ 613-962-7092

Alternate Tuesdays

Adult ceili and set dancing

An informal gathering of people interested in celi and set dancing. What is set and ceili dancing? Everyone is welcome. No experience is required, you do not have to come as a couple. The best part is that it is FREE, although we ask you join the QICS if you start to come out regularly.

Check out video of our first ceili in Prince Edward County.

For more information drop us an email or contact Wilfred @ 613-771-1770

Irish / Music / Dancing links:

To Join the QICS:

Please fill out one of the membership forms listed below:

·         QICS membership - MS Word Format

·         QICS membership - HTML

To Contact the QICS:

Drop us an e-mail or if you really want to you can send us some good old snail mail to:

P.O. Box 1716, Stn CSC
Belleville, Ontario
K8N 0A5

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