Ambient pop music with new age elements from singer/songwriter/guitarist voted No. 1 Acoustic Act 4 times (Rhythm and News Magazine Poll). Influences from Heart to Suzanne Vega to Ralph Towner.
  Tuesday
September 17
9:00 am
to
10:00 am | Mini Festival
with Helen Avakian, Dave Irwin Red Door
Acoustic, Americana, and Bluegrass. Fingerstyle Guitar | Winfield Arts and Humanities
700 Gary St
Winfield, KS See Map |
| Dave and I love playing for this annual Winfield event. We look forward to appearing at a local school and hopefully inspiring some kids to make music! |
Tuesday
September 17
5:30 pm
to
8:30 pm | Music Crawl
with Helen Avakian, Dave Irwin Red Door
Acoustic, Americana, and Folk/Traditional. Virtuoso Fingerstyle Guitar | Advantage Family Chiropractic out front
805 Main St
Winfield, NY See Map |
| Dave and I are delighted to perform at a Walnut Valley Festival week tradition, the downtown Music Crawl! We will be leaning heavy on the Americana and Bluegrass, but there will be plenty of other styles too and possibly special guests! |
Thursday
September 19
11:00 am
to
4:00 pm | Guitar Party
with Helen Avakian, Dave Irwin Red Door
Acoustic, Singer-Songwriter, and Americana. Virtuoso Fingerstyle Guitar | College Hill Coffee
403 Soward
Winfield, KS See Map |
| WV Fest Meet and Greet at Winfield's favorite cafe featuring friends and performers. Dave and I will play a set as well. Get a preview of the festival plus Dave will interview each artist. Feel free to bring chairs and blankets. Wonderful coffee and delicious food available. |
Saturday
September 28
6:30 pm
to
8:30 pm | CoffeeHouse Music
with Helen Avakian Red Door with Dave Irwin, Dave Irwin, Matthew Ackerman
Acoustic, Singer-Songwriter, and Classical/Opera. Fingerstyle Guitar | Cargo Coffee East
www.facebook.com/HelenAvakian
Madison, WI See Map |
We are so happy to return to this friendly Madison venue!
Coffee, smoothies, wine, and all kinds of food.
We share the evening with classical and Flamenco guitarist, Matthew Ackerman, who I am also proud to say has been my guitar student for 7 years!
Matt will open the evening with a set of guitar instrumentals from the Renaissance through present. Red Door will play a set of our Eclectic Americana selections and we will close with all of us performing a song or two together.
Admission Free, Donations accepted |
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Thursday
December 5
4:00 pm
to
5:00 pm | Happy Hour for Residents
with Helen Avakian, Dave Irwin
Acoustic, Singer-Songwriter, and Jazz. Fingerstyle Guitar | Cardinal Senior Living
Middleton, NY See Map |
| Dave and I perform music for the season for residents. |
Saturday
December 21
7:00 pm
to
8:00 pm | Friday Evening Concert
with Helen Avakian, Dave Irwin
Acoustic, Singer-Songwriter, and Jazz. Virtuoso Fingerstyle Guitar | Capitol Lakes
333 W. Main St
Madison, WI See Map |
| We will play a mix of originals and selcted covers, songs and instrumentals of the season for the residents in an intimate theater, |
