The Pipes Are Calling: Relive the Irish Roots of American Tap

A Musical Pot of Gold and All the Joy Your Heart Can Hold!

Join Kevin Doyle’s Roscommon Soles, the Kelly School of Dance, and Peter Krasinski on PPAC’s Wondrous Wurlitzer as they reenact the Irish roots of American tap dance. From Roscommon, Ireland, to Providence, Rhode Island, experience the craic (lively atmosphere) and usher in the Season of St. Patrick – live on the PPAC stage!

PPAC’s House Organist Peter Edwin Krasinski and the Roscommon Soles, led by Rhode Island’s National Endowment for Arts National Heritage Fellow Kevin Doyle, and joined by special guests Daryl Black Eagle Jamieson and the Eastern Medicine Singers, will headline this fourth annual The Pipes are Calling.

Boasting a ranking in the Top Five of the “Most Irish States in the U.S.,” Rhode Island’s own Celtic lilt, laughter, and legacy in music, dance, song, and story will shine in this free PPAC Wonders of Wurlitzer lunchtime event, with appreciation to Providence’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee for their partnership and support. Visit https://providencestpatricksparade.org/ for details about the 2026 Parade scheduled for March 21.

Kevin Doyle’s Roscommon Soles features Kevin Doyle, Maureen Doyle, Amara Grant, Sheila Falls, Bob Drouin, Joey Abarta, Joshua Kane and Caroline Vitale. Learn more about the ensemble in the box below.