Welcome!

We have more fun playing Irish music than should be legal, and we want you and your guests be part of the experience! Our tagline says it all: “Trotters Wake... bringing the pub to your party!™”

I started Trotters Wake Irish Band on St. Patrick’s Day 2006, and we served Arizona’s Irish music needs year-round for 17 years until I retired the Arizona band in April 2023. I reformed the band under the same name in the Philadelphia area, and we now serve eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and parts of New York, Delaware, and Maryland.

We continue to play the same high energy mix of Irish drinking songs, rebel songs, ballads, and traditional instrumental tunes (jigs, reels, etc.) in combos of 1-5 musicians to fit most budgets. We unashamedly strive to be authentically traditional Irish as we play in the style of The Clancy Brothers, The Dubliners, The Irish Rovers, and The Wolfe Tones, while also playing songs with more "modern" sounds from bands like The Pogues, Flogging Molly, The Waterboys, and Gaelic Storm.

We look forward to entertaining you and your guests at your next party or event!

Best!
Drew Monasky
Owner and Founding Member