BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Eastern BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:America250 CATEGORIES:Arts CATEGORIES:Concerts CATEGORIES:Gadsby's Tavern CATEGORIES:Museums DESCRIPTION:Imported on Apr 17\, 2026\, 1 day before the event.\nTo verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?s i=62563\n\nGTMS Spring Fling 2026! \nCelebrating 250 Years of American In dependence \n\nPlease join Gadsby's Tavern Museum Society (GTMS) for an e vening of music\, community\, and history! This year\, the Gadsby's Taver n Museum Society's signature fundraiser coincides with America's 250th an niversary. Join GTMS for a fun evening and help preserve the spirit of th e Tavern as we celebrate America's 250th birthday!\n \nIncludes swinging music\, open bar\, appetizers\, silent auction\, and meet the neighbors. Cocktail attire. \n \n\nLocation: Gadsby's Tavern Museum\, 134 N. Royal S t.\nFees: $125 per person\, sponsorship opportunities available!\nAudienc e: Anyone may attend\nTags: America250\, Arts\, Concerts\, Gadsby's Taver n\, Museums\n\nWeb resources:\n\nVisit here for more information and to p urchase tickets. \nhttps://secure.qgiv.com/for/theofficeofhistoricalexand ria/event/gadsbystavernmuseumsocietyspringfling/\n DTEND:20260419T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260410T225714Z DTSTART:20260418T230000Z GEO:38.805577;-77.043493 LOCATION:Gadsby's Tavern Museum\, 134 N. Royal St. SEQUENCE:5 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Gadsby's Tavern Museum Society's Spring Fling TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:35e81b3a-a946-46f9-8c53-49b48ab6561f URL:https://secure.qgiv.com/for/theofficeofhistoricalexandria/event/gadsby stavernmuseumsocietyspringfling/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Imported on Apr 17\, 2026\, 1 day before the event.
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GTMS Spring Fling 2026! \n
Celebrating 250 Years of American Independence \n
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Plea se join Gadsby?s Tavern Museum Society (GTMS) for an evening of music\, c ommunity\, and history! This year\, the Gadsby?s Tavern Museum Society?s signature fundraiser coincides with America?s 250th anniversary. Join GTM S for a fun evening and help preserve the spirit of the Tavern as we cele brate America?s 250th birthday!\n
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Includes swinging music\, open bar\, appetizers\, silent auction\, and meet the neighbors. Cocktai l attire. \n
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Location: Gadsby'\;s Tavern Museum\ , 134 N. Royal St.\n
Fees: $125 per person\, sponsorship opportuniti es available!\n
Audience: Anyone may attend\n
Tags: America250\ , Arts\, Concerts\, Gadsby'\;s Tavern\, Museums
\nVisit here for more information and to purchase ti ckets.
\n X-COA-DTSTAMP:20260410T225714Z BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Gadsby's Tavern Museum Society's Spring Fling: Please visit we bsite to confirm time\, location\, etc. DURATION:PT30M REPEAT:2 TRIGGER:-PT30M END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Arts CATEGORIES:Concerts CATEGORIES:Lyceum CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria CATEGORIES:Old Town CATEGORIES:Performing Arts DESCRIPTION:Imported on Apr 17\, 2026\, 14 days before the event.\nTo veri fy info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx ?si=62534\n\nDylan Foley and Matt Mancuso are New York-based musicians wh o frequently collaborate in the Irish traditional music scene. They are both accomplished fiddle players and have appeared on several albums and at festivals together. \n\nFoley is an award-winning fiddle player known for his performances with musicians like Isaac Alderson. He and Alderson released an album together in 2017 called The Palace Sessions\, which fe atured Matt Mancuso on trumpet. He is a frequent performer at Irish music events and venues\, including past collaborations with Josh Dukes. \n\n Mancuso is a talented multi-instrumentalist who plays both fiddle and tru mpet. He is known for his daring and dynamic fiddle playing. He has perfo rmed in various bands and at numerous Irish music events. \n\nFoley and Mancuso have regularly played together at live events in New York and oth er locations. The album "The Palace Sessions: (2017) features Isaac Alder son and Dylan Foley and includes Matt Mancuso on trumpet. Proceeds from t he record were donated to disaster relief. \n\nLocation: Lyceum\nFees: $3 0\; $15 ages 12-17\nAudience: The same as NULL value.\nTags: Arts\, Conce rts\, Lyceum\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\, Performin g Arts\n\nWeb resources:\n\nPurchase Tickets online\nhttps://ticketstripe .com/Foley-Mancuso\n DTEND:20260502T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260403T224940Z DTSTART:20260501T233000Z LOCATION:Lyceum SEQUENCE:4 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Traditional Music Series Concert at The Lyceum TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:8dc00bf7-9f60-41cf-b525-37ea29dce02b URL:https://ticketstripe.com/Foley-Mancuso X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Imported on Apr 17\, 2026\, 14 days before th e event.
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Dylan Foley and Matt Man cuso are New York-based musicians who frequently collaborate in the Irish traditional music scene. They are both accomplished fiddle players and have appeared on several albums and at festivals together. \n
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Foley is an award-winning fiddle player known for his performances wit h musicians like Isaac Alderson. He and Alderson released an album togeth er in 2017 called The Palace Sessions\, which featured Matt Mancuso on tr umpet. He is a frequent performer at Irish music events and venues\, incl uding past collaborations with Josh Dukes. \n
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Mancuso is a talented multi-instrumentalist who plays both fiddle and trumpet. He is k nown for his daring and dynamic fiddle playing. He has performed in vario us bands and at numerous Irish music events. \n
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Foley and M ancuso have regularly played together at live events in New York and othe r locations. The album ?The Palace Sessions: (2017) features Isaac Alders on and Dylan Foley and includes Matt Mancuso on trumpet. Proceeds from th e record were donated to disaster relief. \n
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Location: Lyceu m\n
Fees: $30\; $15 ages 12-17\n
Audience: The same as NULL val ue.\n
Tags: Arts\, Concerts\, Lyceum\, Museums\, Old &\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\, Performing Arts
\nPurchase Tickets online
\n X-COA-DTSTAMP:20260403T224940Z BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Traditional Music Series Concert at The Lyceum: Please visit w ebsite to confirm time\, location\, etc. DURATION:PT30M REPEAT:2 TRIGGER:-PT30M END:VALARM END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:America250 CATEGORIES:Concerts CATEGORIES:Lyceum CATEGORIES:Museums CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria CATEGORIES:Old Town CATEGORIES:Performing Arts CATEGORIES:Sister Cities DESCRIPTION:Imported on Apr 17\, 2026\, 62 days before the event.\nTo veri fy info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx ?si=62561\n\nMusic of the American Revolution: The 250th for Alexandria's Sister Cities' Concert \n\nCome celebrate the 250th anniversary of Ameri ca's War for Independence with renowned music historians David & Ginger H ildebrand for performances of special period music. The Hildebrands will don period attire to discuss and perform music associated with Alexandria 's sister cities: Caan\, France\; Dundee\, Scotland\; Helsingborg\, Swede n\; and Gyumri\, Armenia. Scottish music was especially influential in th e American colonies\, and once the French joined the Revolutionary cause there were musical celebrations for Generals LaFayette\, Rochambeau and o ther French leaders. This concert event is part of the "Alexandria commem orates America's 250" campaign. \n\nThe American war effort was expressed through patriotic songs\, ballads\, and dance tunes which connect us to George Washington\, Thomas Jefferson\, Benjamin Franklin and others. The Hildebrands will explain and demonstrate their instruments\, including th e harpsichord\, hammered dulcimer\, violin\, and Spanish & English guitar s -- interpreting various musical traditions\, featuring both the formal and less refined aspects of music in early America. \n\nDavid & Ginger sp ecialize in researching\, recording\, and performing early American music . Since 1980 they have presented concerts and educational programs throug hout the country and abroad at museums\, historic sites\, schools and uni versities. Mount Vernon\, The National Gallery of Art\, The National Arch ives\, and Colonial Williamsburg are among their many past sponsors. \n\n In addition to producing seven CD recordings\, the Hildebrands have appea red on C-SPAN television\, BBC radio\, NPR and "History Detectives\," and they have provided soundtrack materials and served as period music consu ltants for PBS broadcasts\, including the series Liberty!--the American R evolution\, and one-hour specials Jefferson: A View from the Mountain\, R e-discovering George Washington\, and Anthem: The Story of the Star-Spang led Banner. In 1999\, along with dance historians Kate van Winkle and Rob ert Keller\, they co-founded The Colonial Music Institute (www.colonialmu sic.org)\, since bequeathed to and now directed by the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon. \n\nGinger holds an M.M. from the P eabody Conservatory\; David's M.A. is from George Washington University a nd his Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America. She teaches private ly and at the Severn School\, performing also with Trio Galilei - a group which for eight years gave volunteer concerts for wounded warriors at Wa lter Reed Hospital. David consults and lectures widely\, and he teaches A merican Music history at The Peabody Conservatory. His book Musical Maryl and: A History of Song and Performance from the Colonial Period to the Ag e of Radio was published in 2017 by Johns Hopkins University Press. \n\n\ nLocation: Lyceum\nFees: $20\nAudience: The same as NULL value.\nTags: Am erica250\, Concerts\, Lyceum\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\, Performing Arts\, Sister Cities\n\nWeb resources:\n\nPurchase tick ets online\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx\n DTEND:20260619T010000Z DTSTAMP:20260410T210323Z DTSTART:20260618T230000Z LOCATION:Lyceum SEQUENCE:5 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Alexandria's Sister Cities' Concert for America250 TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:eebc91d9-96d9-44d8-ac4f-493216b5bde4 URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Imported on Apr 17\, 2026\, 62 days before th e event.
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Music of the American Re volution: The 250th for Alexandria?s Sister Cities? Concert \n
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Come celebrate the 250th anniversary of America?s War for Independence with renowned music historians David &\; Ginger Hildebrand for perfor mances of special period music. The Hildebrands will don period attire to discuss and perform music associated with Alexandria?s sister cities: Ca an\, France\; Dundee\, Scotland\; Helsingborg\, Sweden\; and Gyumri\, Arm enia. Scottish music was especially influential in the American colonies\ , and once the French joined the Revolutionary cause there were musical c elebrations for Generals LaFayette\, Rochambeau and other French leaders. This concert event is part of the ?Alexandria commemorates America?s 250 ? campaign. \n
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The American war effort was expressed through patriotic songs\, ballads\, and dance tunes which connect us to George W ashington\, Thomas Jefferson\, Benjamin Franklin and others. The Hildebra nds will explain and demonstrate their instruments\, including the harpsi chord\, hammered dulcimer\, violin\, and Spanish &\; English guitars - - interpreting various musical traditions\, featuring both the formal and less refined aspects of music in early America. \n
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David &a mp\; Ginger specialize in researching\, recording\, and performing early American music. Since 1980 they have presented concerts and educational p rograms throughout the country and abroad at museums\, historic sites\, s chools and universities. Mount Vernon\, The National Gallery of Art\, The National Archives\, and Colonial Williamsburg are among their many past sponsors. \n
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In addition to producing seven CD recordings\, the Hildebrands have appeared on C-SPAN television\, BBC radio\, NPR and "\;History Detectives\,"\; and they have provided soundtrack mate rials and served as period music consultants for PBS broadcasts\, includi ng the series Liberty!--the American Revolution\, and one-hour specials J efferson: A View from the Mountain\, Re-discovering George Washington\, a nd Anthem: The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner. In 1999\, along with da nce historians Kate van Winkle and Robert Keller\, they co-founded The Co lonial Music Institute (www.colonialmusic.org)\, since bequeathed to and now directed by the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Verno n. \n
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Ginger holds an M.M. from the Peabody Conservatory\; D avid'\;s M.A. is from George Washington University and his Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America. She teaches privately and at the Seve rn School\, performing also with Trio Galilei - a group which for eight y ears gave volunteer concerts for wounded warriors at Walter Reed Hospital . David consults and lectures widely\, and he teaches American Music hist ory at The Peabody Conservatory. His book Musical Maryland: A History of Song and Performance from the Colonial Period to the Age of Radio was pub lished in 2017 by Johns Hopkins University Press. \n
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Location: Lyceum\n
Fees: $20\n
Audience: The same as NULL valu e.\n
Tags: America250\, Concerts\, Lyceum\, Museums\, Old &\; His toric Alexandria\, Old Town\, Performing Arts\, Sister Cities
\nPurchase tickets online
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