Events
UPCOMING EVENTS
Dinner Fundraiser
To Benefit St Pat’s For All
2025 St Pats For All Parade
2025 St. Pat's for All Grand Marshal
JUDY COLLINS
Judy Collins has long inspired audiences with sublime vocals, boldly vulnerable songwriting, personal life triumphs, and a firm commitment to social activism. In the 1960s, she evoked both the idealism and steely determination of a generation united against social and environmental injustices. Five decades later, her luminescent presence shines brightly as new generations bask in the glow of her iconic 55-album body of work, and heed inspiration from her spiritual discipline to thrive in the music industry for half a century.
The award-winning singer-songwriter is esteemed for her imaginative interpretations of traditional and contemporary folk standards and her own poetically poignant original compositions. Her stunning rendition of Joni Mitchell's “Both Sides Now” from her landmark 1967 album, Wildflowers, has been entered into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Judy’s dreamy and sweetly intimate version of “Send in the Clowns,” a ballad written by Stephen Sondheim for the Broadway musical A Little Night Music, won "Song of the Year” at the 1975 Grammy Awards. She’s garnered several top-ten hits gold- and platinum-selling albums. Recently, contemporary and classic artists such as Rufus Wainwright, Shawn Colvin, Dolly Parton, Joan Baez, and Leonard Cohen honored her legacy with the album Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins.
The cultural treasure’s 55th album, Spellbound, was released in February 2022, finds Judy enjoying an artistic renaissance. The 13 song album is a special entry in her oeuvre. It marks the first time ever she wrote all the songs on one of her albums. It features 12 new recently-written modern folk songs, and a bonus track of her evergreen, “The Blizzard.” Spellbound is an introspective and impressionistic album. It unfolds as if Judy curated a museum exhibit of her life, and welcomed us into a retrospective of her most formative moments, some big and public, and some intensely personal and intimate. Spellbound was nominated in the Best Folk Album category at the 65th Recording Academy Grammy Awards in 2023.
While maintaining her rigorous touring schedule, Judy is set to release her first book of poetry in March of 2025 with Andrews McNeel Publishing. Written with the bold vulnerability that Judy Collins is best known for, Sometimes It’s Heaven is a timeless collection of poetry that captures the ethereal and inspiring nature of her artistry in an all-new way. Biographical and relatable, Sometimes It’s Heaven is a must-read for fans of poetry, fans of Judy, and fans of truth.
2025 St. Pat's for All Grand Marshal
Lord Mayor of Belfast Councillor Micky Murray
The current Lord Mayor of Belfast, Micky took up office on 3 June 2024. He is the first openly gay Lord Mayor of Belfast.
A member of the Alliance Party, Micky was initially co-opted onto Belfast City Council in May 2022, and retained his seat in the local government election of May 2023.
His background before politics was in the community and voluntary sector, where he worked helping homeless people and those with addiction challenges.
Micky is committed to using his year in office to furthering the goal of making Belfast an inclusive and compassionate city.
2025 St. Pat's for All Special Guest
Helena Nolan - Consul General of Ireland
She joined Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs in 1990, after an initial 7 years in the Department of Education.
Over the course of her career, Helena has held a wide number of roles at home and overseas, most recently serving as Ireland’s Ambassador to Belgium and the Partnership for Peace Liaison Office (2017-2021). Prior to her appointment to this role, Helena served as Director for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation in the Department’s headquarters in Dublin and was a regular visitor to the UN here in New York. She has also served in London, Armagh, Kuala Lumpur and Dar Es Salaam, as well as working in the Departments of Education and Enterprise and the Office of Science and Technology.
She took up duty as Consul General of Ireland in New York on 26 August 2021.
Helena and her husband Sami have two sons.
St Pat’s For All welcomes the Rainbow Twirlers
St Pat's for All is excited to welcome the super talented Rainbow Twirlers, a group of 50 young women from Dublin, to Sunnyside, Queens for the 26th anniversary St. Pat's for All celebrations.
These amazing young women raised the funds and self-funded for flights and accommodation. That in itself is quite an accomplishment.
We are really looking forward to see them marching, dancing and twirling in the parade.
About
Rainbow Twirlers, a community majorette dance organization located in South Inner-City Dublin, aims to provide children and young people through dance with opportunities and activities that foster positive relationships, confidence, and personal achievements in a secure environment.
Rainbow Twirlers was established 10 years ago by five volunteers, and our chosen name reflects our organisation values of diversity and inclusiveness. Over the past decade, we have evolved from a small dance group to an internationally recognized competitive team, competing in Ireland, Britain, and recently qualified for the European championships in Eindhoven. Our inclusive, interracial, and intergenerational group emphasizes affordable and accessible participation, promoting community spirit, pride, resilience, teamwork, and social inclusion among children and young people in Dublin. We have close ties with the LGBTQ/Dublin Pride having participated in several annual Dublin Pride Parades as well as in the Official Dublin St Patrick's Day Parade.
The Rainbow Twirlers, which is affiliated to the City of Dublin Youth Services Board has gone from strength to strength after it was set up to provide a fun and safe community group for girls.
We are looking forward to welcoming them to New York.
Sponsors
PAST EVENTS
2025 St Pat’s For All
Fundraiser
February 20, 2025
For pictures of the event, click here.
March 3, 2024
The 25th annual edition of the St. Pat’s for All Parade — an inclusive celebration of Irish culture and heritage — rolled through the streets of Sunnyside and Woodside in Queens on March 3.
2024 St Pat’s For All Parade
St Pat’s For All 25th Anniversary Fundraiser
January 18th, 2024
The St. Pat’s for All 25th Anniversary Fundraiser at the NEW YORK IRISH CENTER took place on Thursday, January 18, 2024!
Music, comedy, dance, food, wine, beer!
St Pat’s For All 25th Anniversary Fundraiser
February 12th, 2024
Our second Fundraiser of 2024 at the Irish Arts Center! The Raffle Grand Prize was 2 round trip tickets to IRELAND courtesy of our friends at Aer Lingus.
St. Pat’s for All is supported by the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs through their Emigrant Support Programme.