In Auckland, at the Dogs Bollix, on a Tuesday Night they have what they call a Traditional Irish session. It usually starts with a song, played on the banjo, or guitar by Swig (fear a'ti?), various instrumentalists join in, later swing off into tunes, reels , gigs. In the pauses there are unaccompanied singers, poets. Sometimes an American rock'n'roll set, a french set (voice and accordion)and when it quietens down the song-writers get a moment or 15.
The craic is great and the pub is always full to overflowing.