Irish musician here, missing regular sessions at Patrick's Pub in Providence, RI. Smithwicks' Ale for the players, random audience members singing Irish songs in Irish and English, we are all missing the community, especially since our outdoor jams ended 5 months ago.
My father has been playing in the same pub session with the same friends almost every week for close to 40 years. Pubs in Ireland have been closed for a full year now (gastropubs could operate over the summer for a bit but in a limited capacity) and it’s been very hard for them to adjust to the loss of community, especially since they’re all relatively recent retirees. Here’s to some normality soon.
