Festivals
A music festival can take many forms. A celebration of culture. A chance to learn some tunes. An opportunity to meet new friends and old ones. A place to marvel at the skill of a favourite artist. What you experience at a festival of Irish traditional music will depend to a great degree on what you go to find. But whatever your expectation, there’s one thing that you will be sure of finding: a warm welcome.
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- Leinster Fleadh 2008
- 7 July 2008–14 July 2008
- Dublin
The Leinster Fleadh will be held in Dublin (Ballinteer/Dundrum) from July 7-13, 2008. For more information, please visit the fleadh website at http://www.leinsterfleadh.com.
Competitions
The music, comhrá and singing competitions will be held in Ballinteer Community School, Ballinteer on Sat. and Sun. 12th and 13th July…
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- Céili at the Crossroads Festival
- 14 July 2008–20 July 2008
- Clarecastle Comhaltas
This great annual Clare festival is now in its 12th year and takes place in the village of Clarecastle just outside of Ennis. It runs from Monday, 14th to Sunday, 20th July.
The Festival consists of music classes, music and singing sessions, music and singing workshops and ceilí dancing. The highlight…
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- Munster Fleadh 2008
- 15 July 2008–21 July 2008
- Munster
Comhairle na Mumhan i gcomhar le Bórd Cho. Chiarraí & Cr. Tousist/Neidín CCÉ present Fleadh na Mumhan 2008. Fleadh na Mumhan rotates to a different county in Munster annually. From July 15th – 21st, Kenmare, Co. Kerry will be the hosting town for the 48th Fleadh na…
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- Ulster Fleadh 2008
- 22 July 2008–28 July 2008
- Ireland - Ulster
The 2008 Ulster Fleadh will be held in Castlewellan, County Down from July 22-27.
Castlewellan is an attractive setting for the Ulster Fleadh and is noted for its two forest parks nearby. It’s also a market town and has two squares, two market houses and two attractive…
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- The James Morrison Traditional Music Festival
- 1 August 2008–3 August 2008
- Riverstown Branch
Friday 1st August
8:00pm Official Opening Reception & Concert in Riverstown Community Hall
Saturday 2nd August
11:00 - 12:30 Art Workshop in The Cooper Memorial Hall with Gordon Darcy 12:00 RIVERBROOKE FESTIVAL PARADE from Sligo Folk Park to the Diamond, Riverstown 14:00 - 17:00 WORKSHOPS in Button Accordion, Fiddle, Sean Nós…
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- Scoil Éigse 2008
- 17 August 2008–22 August 2008
- Tullamore Comhaltas
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The 36th Annual Scoil Éigse organised by Comhaltas takes place in Tullamore, August 17th to 22nd, the week preceding Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann.
This Summer…
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- Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2008
- 22 August 2008–25 August 2008
- Tullamore Comhaltas
Fleadh Cheoil, August 22-24, 2008. The 2008 All-Ireland Fleadh will be held in Tullamore, County Offaly - This is the second year for the Midlands town to host the All Ireland Fleadh.
With a tradition that includes prolific traditional composer, John Brady and the All-Ireland winning Longridge…
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- Tulla Traditional Music Festival
- 12 September 2008–15 September 2008
- Tulla Comhaltas
Tulla Traditional Music Festival 12 – 14th September 2008
The Tulla Traditional Music Festival 2008 promises to be even bigger and better that our 50 year celebration Festival last year. Our Guest of Honour for the weekend is legendary fiddle player Liz Carroll who will be travelling from the United States.
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July 2008
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