Irish Festivals
This page references those events occurring
only once a year in Ireland and in Irish communities around the world.
It's a good thing to add them to your itinerary, but only if you
want
to have fun. Here's a
great link to some Irish Festivals.
Festivals by County
Open House
Festival: Combination of Country and Western and Traditional Irish Music
Winter Music Weekend - Sixmilebridge
Sixmilebridge will be the place to be on the 16th, 17th, and 18th of January
next, as crowds gather for the tenth annual Winter Music Weekend.
The packed programme features many of the acoustic acts who have made the
Winter Weekend so special over the last ten years.
Top of the bill is a U.S. band who always impress with their incredible skill
and passion for bluegrass music, Special Consensus, who will play a concert in
the Mill Bar on the Friday night.
Playing acoustic concerts in the Courthouse will be singers Kate Purcell and
Niamh Parsons, oldtimey stalwarts the Broken String Band, local
singer/songwriter Lou McMahon, and shanty singers Kimbers Men from the UK .
The village will also witness the music and costumes with bells on with the
return of the Golden Star Morris Dancers from Norfolk in England.
Seisiun na h-Eireann is
an Irish festival of Traditional Irish Music
Ennis
Trad Festival
The Ennis Trad Festival
is a festival for those who love to hear (or play) Irish traditional
music.
Kilrush Festival
Lisdoonvarna Matchmakers Festival
Willie
Clancy Summer School
The Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy is Ireland's largest traditional
music summer school, held annually since 1973 in memory of the piper
Willie Clancy.
Willie Keane Festival
This weekend of music, song and dance is our tribute to himself.
Bandon
Music Festival Traditional Irish Music.
Galway Racing
Festival - Ballybrit, Co. Galway
Galway
Early Music Festival -
Galway City
Salthill Air
Show -
Salthill, Co. Galway.
Western Writers' Centre
The Earagail Arts Festival Donegal.
Féile an
Fhálcarraigh, Falcarragh Festival,
takes place in mid-July each year and is timed to form part of
Earagail Arts Festival.
Joe Mooney Summer School
Every summer in the third week of July, Drumshanbo plays host to the award
winning Joe Mooney Summer School. This is a week long traditional festival of
music, song and dance named after the man who did so much to promote the cause
of Leitrim and his beloved town.
Wise Woman
Festival
This festival takes place annually in Dromahair, Co Leitrim.
Killala
Festival
The Killala Festival/Féile Cill Álaidh (Killala,
County Mayo) runs in August and has something for everyone,
including: music, literature, song, dance comedy.
Western Writers'
Centre Stokestown Poetry Festival
Canada
Celtic
Festival (Canada)
Canada's
Irish Festival
The pageant is a
celebration of Canada's Irish Heritage.
United States
Dublin
Irish Festival (Ohio, USA)
The Dublin Irish Festival is produced by the City of
Dublin, Ohio.
Louisville
Irish Fest (KY, USA)
Come celebrate your Irish heritage outdoors on the Belvedere Plaza. Good
food, music & craic!
Milwaukee Irish
Fest
Milwaukee Irish Fest features over 100 entertainers and draws over
130,000 people annually, at the four-day, 16-stage event.
North Texas Irish Festival
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