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TOURS
IRISH MUSIC FESTIVALS AND SUMMER SCHOOLS
JANUARY DATES
Sixmilebridge Winter Music Weekend
January 16th-18th, 2009
www.wmw.ie
Temple Bar Trad ’08
28th January - 1st February, 2009
www.templebartrad.com
FEBRUARY DATES
Ceol Chairlinn
February 6th-8th, 2009
www.carlingfordbeds.com
The 10th Gathering Traditional Festival
February 18th - 22nd, 2009
www.thegathering.ie
MARCH DATES
Arabian Irish Festival
March 2009
www.arabianirishfestival.com
The Celtic Festival of Wales
March 26th– 29th, 2009
www.cwlwmceltaidd.com
Nyah Festival
March 13th – 15th, 2009
www.cavanmusic.com
Féile na bPáistí
Children’s Festival
March 2009
www.cill-chartha-kilcar.com
APRIL DATES
Ceardlann Earraigh, Concert and Workshops in Music
4th April, 2009
Tel. + 353 1 6273274
www.ceardlannearraigh.com
The 3rd Annual Féile Átha Dá Chab,
April 17th - 19th, 2009
www.feileathadachab.blogspot.com
FÉILE NA nDÉISE
April 30th-May 4th 2009
www.feilenandeise.com
MAY DATES
Ceiliuradh an Earraigh
Coleman Music Centre
May 1st-4th, 2009
www.colemanirishmusic.com
Folk, Blues & Bluegrass Festival
May 2009
www.cill-chartha-kilcar.com
Coleman Music Centre – Ceiliuradh an Earraigh
May 2009
www.colemanirishmusic.com
The “Cup of Tae” Traditional Festival
May 1st - 4th, 2009
www.cupoftaefestival.com
Galway Early Music Festival
May 15th - 17th, 2009
www.galwayearlymusic.com
FOLK IN THE PARK
May 16th-17th, 2009
www.folkpark.com
Fiddle Fair 2009
May 7th - 10th, 2009
www.fiddlefair.com
Fleadh Nua in Ennis
May 17th - 25th, 2009
www.comhaltas.ie/events/detail/fleadh_nua_2009
The 7th Skerries Traditional Weekend
May 2009
www.skerriestraditionalmusic.com
Edward Bunting Harp Festival
May 29rd – May 31st, 2009
www.edwardbuntingharpfestival.com
JUNE DATES
Coleman Music Centre – Fleadh Ceol Chontae Shligigh
May 2009
www.colemanirishmusic.com
Wimborne Folk Festival
12th-14th June, 2009
www.wimbornefolkfestival.co.uk
The Galway Sessions
June 2009
www.galwaysessions.com
MINNESOTA 3rd ANNUAL YOUNG IRISH MUSICIAN’S WEEKEND
June 19th-21st, 2009
www.centerforirishmusic.org
Blas 2009
June 2009
www.blas.ie
JULY DATES
DR. DOUGLAS HYDE SUMMER SCHOOL
July 2009
www.douglashyde.com
WILLIE CLANCY SUMMER SCHOOL
July 2009
Email: angleann@oceanfree.net
Celtic Fusion International Musical Arts Festival
July 2009
www.celticfusion.co.uk
South Sligo Summer School
July 12th-18th, 2009
www.sssschool.org
Catskills Irish Arts Week
July 12th-18th, 2009
www.east-durham.org/irishartsweek
Meitheal Summer School
July 13th-17th, 2009
www.tradweek.com
FIDDLER’S GREEN FESTIVAL
July 19th - 26th, 2009
www.fiddlersgreenfestival.co.uk
The 16th Phil Murphy Weekend
July 2009
Tel.+ 353 87 8200986
O’Carolan, Harp & Traditional Music Festival, Keadue, Co. Roscommon
July 26th-31st, 2009
www.ocarolanharpfestival.ie
Scoil Acla Irish Traditional Music Summer School
July 27th - August 2nd, 2009
www.scoilacla.com
Kilcar Street Festival
July 2009
www.cill-chartha-kilcar.com
Dublin OHIO Irish Festival
July 31st-August 2nd, 2009
www.dublinirishfestival.org
AUGUST DATES
Ballyshannon Folk Festival
August 2009
www.ballyshannonfolkfestival.com
The World Fleadh
July 31st- August 8th, 2009
www.theworldfleadh.com
9th Annual Queen Maeve International Summer School Festival
August 3rd - 7th, 2009
Tel: 00353 71 91 62008
www.carmelgunning.com
22nd Feakle Traditional Music Festival
5th–11th August, 2009
www.feaklefestival.ie
Fairport’s Cropredy Convention
August 2009
www.fairportconvention.com
Féile Cheoil Chill Chartha
Kilcar Fleadh
August 2009
www.cill-chartha-kilcar.com
ESB BEO Celtic Music Festival
National Concert Hall, Dublin
August 2009
www.nch.ie
Éigse Mrs. Crotty Traditional Music Festival and Summer School
August 12th-16th, 2009
www.eigsemrscrotty.com
Milwaukee Irish Fest
August 13th – 16th, 2009
www.irishfest.com
Masters of Tradition Festival
August 2009
www.westcorkmusic.ie
Fleadh Ceol na hEireann
August 16th - 23rd, 2009
www.fleadh2009.com
Wadebridge Folk Festival
August 2009
www.wadebridgefolk.co.uk
Tonder Festival
August 27th - 30th, 2009
www.tf.dk
16th Annual Appalachian & Bluegrass Music Festival
September 2009
www.folkpark.com
Coleman Traditional Festival
August 2009
www.colemanirishmusic.com
SEPTEMBER DATES
Gign the Bann Music and Dance Festival
September 12th-14th, 2009
www.gignthebann.com
Éigse Chill Chartha
September 2009
www.cill-chartha-kilcar.com
Icons Irish Connections Festival
September 2009
www.irishconnections.org
Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival
September 24th-27th, 2009
www.johnnykeenan.com
Johnny Doherty MUSIC & DANCE FESTIVAL
September 25th-27th, 2009
www.ardarafestivals.com
Kilkenny Celtic Festival
Kilkenny, County Kilkenny
September 2009
www.celticfestival.ie
Enniskillen Arts Festival
September 2009
www.enniskillenartsfestival.com
OCTOBER DATES
The Irish Festival of Oulu
Finland, October 1st-4th, 2009
www.irkku.fi
Cork Folk Festival
October 1st - 4th, 2009
www.corkfolkfestival.com
Feile Lios Tuathail
October 2009
info@kerrywritersmuseum.com
O’Carolan Harp Cultural & Heritage Festival
Nobber, Co Meath
October 2009
www.nobberfest.com
Feile Frank McGann Irish Traditional Music Festival
October 8th - 11th, 2009
www.feilefrankmcgann.com
Celtic Colours International Festival
October 9th-17th, 2009
www.celtic-colours.com
Tyneside Irish Festival Festival
October 2009
www.tynesideirish.com
Scoil Cheoil na Botha
October 2009
Scotstown, County Monaghan
www.anbhoth.ie
Return to Camden Town Festival
October 09
www.returntocamden.org
Sligo Live Festival
October 2009
www.sligolive.ie
Patrick O’ Keeffe Traditional Music Festival
Castleisland, County Kerry
October 2009
www.patrickokeeffe.com
An T-Oireachtas
Cork, Ireland
October 2009
www.antoireachtas.ie
Carlingford Halloween Festival
October 30th-November 1st, 2009
www.carlingfordbeds.com
NOVEMBER DATES
Copenhagen Irish Festival
Copenhagen, Denmark
November 2009
www.irishfestival.dk
Ennis Trad Festival
November 2009
www.ennistradfestival.com
16th William Kennedy Piping Festival
November 2009
www.armaghpipers.com
