Hello and welcome to John Whelan’s Offical Site. John has dedicated most of his life to delivering the gift of song through his accordian. With over a dozen recordings out and numerous other productions and appearances, John has made himself one of the top artists in Celtic Music.

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This is turning out to be a banner year for the John Whelan Band and John Whelan personally. The band was just booked to close out the Saturday night main stage at the Celtic Classic Highland Games and  Festival on September 24th.  Also the band  will be performing at the Milford Irish Festival on the 17th of September in John’s home town. John will also be performing solo at the Irish Festival in Fairfield CT in the cultural tent. Join him up close and personal, ask him questions and make requests to hear a tune of your choice. Also as you can see below John is doing his first Cruise with the Cape May Ceili Band in February of 2012. For more information on all the events John and his band will be doing this year go to the tour dates page of  this website.

AS Chairman of the P.V. O’Donnell branch of Comhaltas Ceoiltoiri Eireann, John is proud to announce the  partnership of the Irish Studies programe at Sacred Heart University and the Shamrock Traditional Irish Music Society they will be hosting the 2011 Comhaltas “Echoes Of  Erin” tour. This is the third tour that the branch will have hosted and we are delighted to have it at the Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday October 13th 2011.

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