Name: Music of the Spheres: Irish Accordion and Concertina Music with Paul Groff
Start: 2025-09-04T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-04T22:00:00-04:00
Location: Blue Tavern

Music of the Spheres: Irish Accordion and Concertina Music with Paul Groff

On the first Thursday of every month during the academic year, the Center for Music of the Americas presents our Music of the Spheres concert series in partnership with Blue Tavern, Midtown Tallahassee's favorite neighborhood joint.
On September 4, we kick off the 2025-26 season with a rare opportunity to hear a master button box player at work. Paul Groff will be presenting an evening of Irish traditional music on the button accordion and Anglo concertina, two exuberant, idiosyncratic, and delightfully loud instruments that have played a pivotal role in the development and dissemination of Irish music - particularly in the United States - over the last century plus. Paul is a renowned performer, researcher, and teacher of Irish music on these intriguing machines, and has been named a Master Artist four times by the Florida Folklife Program.
As always, cover charge is a nominal $5, and Blue Tavern will be serving its justifiably renowned filé gumbo, red beans and rice, sandwiches (including vegetarian and vegan options) and a variety of beer, wine, coffee, tea, and soft drinks. Hope to see you there!