Links > Tours & Festivals
TOURS
IRISH MUSIC FESTIVALS AND SUMMER SCHOOLS
JANUARY
Shannonside Winter Music Festival
County Clare
January 17th–21, 2019
www.wmw.ie
Celtic Connections
Glasgow, Scotland
January 17th–February 3rd, 2019
www.celticconnections.com
TradFest Temple Bar, Dublin
January 23rd–27th, 2019
http://tradfest.ie/
IMBOLC - Derry
January 27th–February 10th, 2019
www.imbolcfestival.com
FEBRUARY
Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh
County Kerry
February 20th–24th, 2019
www.scoilcheoil.com
The Gathering Traditional Festival
Killarney, County Kerry
February 27th–3rd, 2019
https://inec.ie/festival/the-gathering
John Joe Maguire
Memorial Festival Weekend
Swanlinbar, Co. Cavan
February 2019
MARCH
NYAH Traditional Irish Music Festival
Co. Cavan
March 8, 2019
www.cavanarts.ie
Kilkenny TradFest
March 2019
www.kilkennytradfest.com
www.facebook.com/KilkennyTradfest
Cwlwm Celtaidd, Wales’ Interceltic Festival
March 8th–10, 2019
cwlwmceltaidd.org
Music City Irish Fest
Nashville
March 2019
www.musiccityirishfest.com
Inishowen International Folk Song & Ballad Seminar
March 22nd–25th, 2019
www.inishowensinging.ie
Féile Patrick Byrne
March 2019
www.carrickmacross.ie/feilepatrickbyrne
APRIL
Ballydehob Irish Traditional Music Festival
County Cork
April 2019
www.ballydehobtradfestival.com
Ceardlann Earraigh,
Concert & Workshops in Music
April 2019
www.ceardlannearraigh.com
Clifden Traditional Music Festival
Clifden, Galway
April 2019
www.clifdentradfest.com
MAY
38th Shetland Folk Festival
Scotland
May 2nd–5th, 2019
www.shetlandfolkfestival.com
“Cup of Tae” Festival
Ardara, County Donegal
May 2019
www.cupoftaefestival.com
East Durham Irish Festival
May 2019
www.eastdurhamirishfestival.com
Fiddle Fair
Baltimore, West Cork
May 2019
www.fiddlefair.com
Orkney Folk Festival
May 23rd–26th, 2019
www.orkneyfolkfestival.com
Galway Early Music Festival
May 24th–26th, 2019
www.galwayearlymusic.com
Skerries Traditional Music Weekend
County Dublin
May 2019
www.skerriestraditionalmusic.com
Féile Chnoc na Gaoithe
Tulla Traditional Music Festival
May 11th–13th, 2019
www.cnocnagaoithe.ie
Fleadh Nua in Ennis
May 2019
www.fleadhnua.com
JUNE
Galway Sessions
June 2019
www.galwaysessions.com
Jim Dowling Uilleann Pipe & Trad Festival
June 2019
jimdowlingfestival.eu
Craiceann International Bodhrán Summerschool
June 24th–29th, 2019
www.craiceann.com
Doolin Folk Festival
June 14th–16th, 2019
www.doolinfestivals.ie/folk-festival
Blas International Summer School
of Irish Traditional Music and Dance
June 24th–July 5th, 2019
www.blas.ie
Cairde na Cruite, An Chúirt Chruitireachta
International Festival for Irish Harp
June 30th–July 5th, 2019
www.cairdenacruite.com
JULY
Cleveland Irish Cultural Festival
July 19–21st, 2019
http://clevelandirish.org
Clonmel Junction Festival
Clonmel, County Tipperary
July 1st–7th, 2019
www.junctionfestival.com
CCÉ MAD Week
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
July 2019
www.ccemadweek.org
Earagail Arts Festival
July 10th–28th, 2019
www.eaf.ie
Ceol na Coille Summer School of Irish Traditional Music
July 8th–12th, 2019
www.ceolnacoille.ie
Gooikoorts International Folk Music Festival
July 5th–7th, 2019
www.gooikoorts.be
Willie Clancy Summer School
Miltown Malbay, County Clare
July 6th–14th, 2019
www.scoilsamhraidhwillieclancy.com
Carrick Water Music Festival
Carrick–on–Shannon, County Leitrim
July 2019
carrickwatermusicfestival.com
South Sligo Summer School of Traditional Irish Music, Song & Dance
July 15th–21st, 2018
www.sssschool.org
Catskills Irish Arts Week
July 2019
www.catskillsirishartsweek.com
East Durham Trad Fest
July 2019
www.catskillsirishartsweek.com
Meitheal Residential Summer School
July 2019
www.tradweek.com
Ardara Bluegrass Festival
July 2019
www.Ardara.ie
Joe Mooney Summer School
July 20th–27th, 2019
www.joemooneysummerschool.com
Fiddler’s Green Festival
July 2019
www.fiddlersgreenfestival.eu
Scoil Acla Summer School
July 2019
www.scoilacla.ie
O’Carolan Harp Festival
Keadue, Co. Roscommon
July/August 2019
www.ocarolanharpfestival.ie
AUGUST
Iowa Irish Fest
August 2019
www.iowairishfest.com
Montelago Celtic Festival
Tolentino, Italy
August 2019
www.montelagocelticfestival.it
Ballyshannon Folk & Traditional Music Festival
Ballyshannon, County Donegal
August 2019
www.ballyshannonfolkfestival.com
Dublin Irish Festival
Ohio, USA
August 2nd-4th, 2019
www.dublinirishfestival.org
Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, Drogheda
August 11th-18th, 2019
www.fleadhcheoil.ie
Irish Traditional Music Camp in Takashima, Japan
August 2019
https://www.facebook.com/The-25th-Irish-Traditional-Music-Camp-in-Takashima-JAPAN-2018-1850221215220538/
www.facebook.com/cafecaledonia
James Morrison Traditional Music Festival
August 2019
jamesmorrisonfestival.com/music-festival/
Féile Cheoil Chill Chartha, Kilcar Fleadh
Kilcar, County Donegal
August 2019
www.kilcar.ie
Eire!
International Irish Music Festival Bondeno (Italy)
August 2019
www.eirelafesta.com
Feakle International Traditional Music Festival
August 7th–12th, 2019
www.feaklefestival.ie
The Irish Fair of Minnesota
August 9th–11th, 2019
www.irishfair.com
Fairport’s Cropredy Convention
United Kingdom
August 2019
www.fairportconvention.com
Bath Folk Festival
August 2019
www.bathfolkfestival.org
Milwaukee Irish Fest
Milwaukee, USA
August 15th–18th, 2019
www.irishfest.com
Masters of Tradition
Bantry, County Cork
August 2019
www.westcorkmusic.ie
National Heritage Week
August 2019
www.heritageweek.ie
Tonder Festival, Denmark
August 22nd–25th, 2019
www.tf.dk
Cornwall Folk Festival in Wadebridge
England
August 2019
www.cornwallfolkfestival.com
SEPTEMBER
Iúr Cinn Fleadh
Newry City Music Festival
September 2019
www.iurcinnfleadh.com
Gig’n the Bann
Portglenone, County Antrim
September 2019
www.gignthebann.com
Fingal Fleadh & Fair
Swords Castle
September 2019
www.facebook.com/FingalFleadhFair
Dingle Tradfest
Dingle, County Kerry
September 2019
www.dingletradfest.ie
Gerry Whelan Memorial Weekend
Cootehill, Co. Cavan
September 2019
www.gerrywhelanweekend.com
Johnny Doherty Music & Dancing Festival
Ardara, Co. Donegal
September 2019
www.ardara.ie
www.johnnydohertyfestival.com
Féile Cheoil Larry Reynolds
September 6th–8th, 2019
www.larryreynoldsweekend.com
Celtic Festival & Marketplace
September 2019
www.kvmrcelticfestival.org
Cork Folk Festival
September/October 2019
www.corkfolkfestival.com
OCTOBER
IrishFest Atlanta
October 2019
www.irishfestatlanta.org
O’ Carolan Harp Festival, Nobber
October 2019
www.nobberharpfestival.com
Dingle Folk Fest
Dingle, County Kerry
October 2019
www.dinglefolkfest.ie
The Irish Festival of Oulu
Oulu, Finland
October 2019
www.irkku.fi
Celtic Colours International Festival
Cape Breton Island, Canada
5th – 13th October, 2018
www.celtic–colours.com
Ed Reavy Traditional Music Festival
October 2018
www.cavantowncomhaltas.ie
www.facebook.com/EdReavyTradFest
Tyneside Irish Festival
United Kingdom
October 13th-21st, 2018
www.tynesideirish.com
Scoil Cheoil na Botha
Scotstown, County Monaghan
October 2018
www.anbhoth.ie
Return to Camden Town Festival
October 2018
www.returntocamden.org
Patrick O’ Keeffe Traditional Music Festival
Castleisland, County Kerry
October 2018
www.patrickokeeffefestival.com
Foxford Traditional Weekend
Foxford, Co Mayo
October 18th-21st, 2018
www.foxfordtraditionalweekend.com
Sligo Live Folk Roots and Indie Festival
October 24th–29th, 2018
www.sligolive.ie
Galway Bay’s Celtic Music Feis
October 2018
www.galwaybayirishpub.com
NOVEMBER
New York Trad Fest
November 2018
www.newyorktradfest.org
Copenhagen Irish Festival
Copenhagen, Denmark
November 2018
www.irishfestival.dk
Ennis Trad Fest
Ennis, County Clare
November 2018
www.ennistradfest.com
The Trip to Birmingham TradFest
November 2018
www.birminghamtradfest.co.uk
William Kennedy Piping Festival
Armagh
November 15th–18th, 2018
www.armaghpipers.com/wkpf/index.html
