Editing Irish traditional music session (section)

==Locations and times==
[[Image:Nash-session.jpg|thumb|A Dublin [[pub session]]]] 
Sessions are usually held in [[public house]]s or [[tavern]]s.  A pub owner might have one or two musicians paid to come regularly in order for the session to have a base.<ref name="Companion">Fintan Vallely (Editor): ''Companion to Irish Traditional Music'' Second Edition, Cork University Press, {{ISBN|978-1-85918-450-9}}, p. 610f</ref> These musicians can perform during any gaps during the day or evening when no other performers are there and wish to play. Sunday afternoons and weekday nights (especially Tuesday and Wednesday) are common times for sessions to be scheduled, on the theory that these are the least likely times for dances and concerts to be held, and therefore the times that professional musicians will be most able to show up.

Sessions can be held in homes or at various public places in addition to pubs; often at a festival sessions will be got together in the beer tent or in the vendor's booth of a music-loving craftsperson or dealer.  When a particularly large musical event "takes over" an entire village, spontaneous sessions may erupt on the street corners. Sessions may also take place occasionally at [[Wake (ceremony)|wake]]s. House sessions are not as common now as they were in the past.  In her book ''[[Peig]]'', [[Peig Sayers]] notes that when she was young they often attended sessions at people's houses, in a practice called 'bothántiocht'.<ref>Sayers, Peig. ''Peig'' {{ISBN|0-8156-0258-8}}</ref>