Links > Tours & Festivals
TOURS
IRISH MUSIC FESTIVALS AND SUMMER SCHOOLS
JANUARY
Shannonside Winter Music Weekend
County Clare
January 19th – 23rd, 2017
www.wmw.ie
Celtic Connections
Glasgow, Scotland
January 19th – february 5th, 2017
www.celticconnections.com
Temple Bar TradFest, Dublin
January 25th – 29th, 2017
www.templebartrad.com
The Derry International Irish Music Festival
January/February 2017
www.culturlann-doire.ie
FEBRUARY
Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh
County Kerry
February 2017
www.scoilcheoil.com
The Gathering
Traditional Festival
Killarney, County Kerry
February 22nd – 26th, 2017
www.thegathering.ie
John Joe Maguire
Memorial Festival Weekend
Swanlinbar, Co. Cavan
February 2017
www.johnjoemaguire.com
MARCH
The Celtic
Festival of Wales
March 9th – 12th, 2017
cwlwmceltaidd.org
NYAH Traditional
Irish Music Festival
March 2017
www.thisiscavan.ie
Mighty St. Patrick’s Festival
Raglan Road, Downtown Disney
March 2017
www.raglanroad.com
Music City Irish Fest
March 2017
www.musiccityirishfest.com
Inishowen International Folk Song & Ballad Seminar
March 2017
www.inishowensinging.ie
Ceardlann Earraigh,
Concert & Workshops in Music
March 2017
www.ceardlannearraigh.com
Féile Patrick Byrne
March 2017
www.carrickmacross.ie/feilepatrickbyrne
APRIL
Féile Átha Dá Chab
Ballydehob, County Cork
April 2017
www.ballydehobtradfestival.com
Clifden Traditional Music Festival,
Clifden, Galway
April 2017
www.clifdentradfest.com
Kilfenora Music Festival
Kilfenora,
County Clare
April 2017
“Cup of Tae” Festival
Ardara, County Donegal
April/May 2017
www.cupoftaefestival.com
MAY
Fiddle Fair
Baltimore, West Cork, Ireland
May 2017
www.fiddlefair.com
Galway Early
Music Festival
May 2017
www.galwayearlymusic.com
Skerries Traditional
Music Weekend
County Dublin
May 2017
www.skerriestraditionalmusic.com
Féile Chnoc na Gaoithe
May 2017
www.cnocnagaoithe.com
Fleadh Nua in Ennis
May 2017
www.fleadhnua.com
East Durham Irish Festival
May 2017
www.eastdurhamirishfestival.com
JUNE
Galway Sessions
June 2017
www.galwaysessions.com
Jim Dowling Uilleann Pipe
& Traditional Music Festival
June 2017
www.jimdowlingfestival.com
Craiceann International
Bodhrán Summerschool
June 2017
www.craiceann.com
Minnesota Irish Music Weekend
June 2017
www.centerforirishmusic.org
Doolin Folk Festival
June 2017
www.doolinfolkfestival.com
Celtic Fusion International
Musical Arts Festival June 2017
www.celticfusion.co.uk
Coleman Country Bodhran School
Gurteen, County Sligo
June 2017
www.colemanbodhran.com
The Blas International Summer School
of Irish Traditional Music and Dance
June 2017
www.blas.ie
JULY
CCE MAD Week
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
July 2017
www.ccemadweek.org
Earagail Arts Festival
July 2017
www.eaf.ie
Ceol na Coille Summer School of Irish Traditional Music
July 2017
www.ceolnacoille.ie
Féile Cheoil Chlochán Bhréanainn/
Cloghane Brandon Music Festival
July 2017
www.cflt.ie
Gooikoorts International Folk Music Festival
July 2017
www.gooikoorts.be
Willie Clancy Summer School
Miltown Malbay, County Clare
July 2017
www.scoilsamhraidhwillieclancy.com
Carrick Water Music Festival
Carrick–on–Shannon, County Leitrim
July 2017
carrickwatermusicfestival.com
South Sligo Summer School of Traditional Music, Song & Dance
July 2017
www.sssschool.org
Catskills Irish Arts Week
July 2017
www.catskillsirishartsweek.com
East Durham Irish Trad Fest
July 2017
www.catskillsirishartsweek.com
Meitheal Residential Summer School
July 2017
www.tradweek.com
Ardara Bluegrass Festival
July 2017
www.Ardara.ie
Joe Mooney Summer School
July 2017
www.joemooneysummerschool.com
Fiddlers Green International Festival
July 2017
www.fiddlersgreenfestival.co.uk
Scoil Acla Summer School
July 22nd – 29th, 2017
www.scoilacla.com
Ballyshannon Folk Festival
Ballyshannon, County Donegal
July 2017
www.ballyshannonfolkfestival.com
O’Carolan, Harp & Traditional Music Festival
Keadue, Co. Roscommon
July 2017
www.ocarolanharpfestival.ie
AUGUST
Dublin Ohio Irish Festival, USA
August 4th – 6th, 2017
www.dublinirishfestival.org
Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann, Ennis
August 14th – 22nd, 2016
www.fleadhcheoil.ie
Irish Traditional Music Camp in Takashima, Japan
August 27th - 28th, 2016
www.gullivervillage.jp/index.php
www.facebook.com/cafecaledonia
James Morrison
Traditional Music Festival
August 2016
www.comhaltas.ie
Féile Cheoil Chill Chartha, Kilcar Fleadh,
Kilcar, County Donegal
August 2016
Eire!
International Music Festival Bondeno (Italy)
August 26-28, 2016
www.eirelafesta.com
Feakle International
Traditional Music Festival
August 3rd – 8th, 2016
www.feaklefestival.ie
The Irish Fair of Minnesota
August 12th – 14th, 2016
www.irishfair.com
Fairport’s Cropredy Convention
United Kingdom
August 11th – 13th, 2016
www.fairportconvention.com
Bath Folk Festival
August 6th – 14th, 2016
www.bathfolkfestival.org
Milwaukee Irish Fest, Milwaukee, USA
August 18th – 21st, 2016
www.irishfest.com
Masters of Tradition Festival
Bantry, County Cork
August 17th – 21st, 2016
www.westcorkmusic.ie
National Heritage Week
August 20th – 28th, 2016
www.heritageweek.ie
Tonder Festival, Denmark
August 25th – 28th, 2016
www.tf.dk
Coleman Traditional Festival
August 26th – 28th, 2016
www.colemanirishmusic.com
Cornwall Folk Festival in Wadebridge
England
August 26th – 29st, 2016
www.cornwallfolkfestival.com
SEPTEMBER
Gig’n the Bann Music
and Dance Festival
Portglenone, County Antrim
September 8th – 11th, 2016
www.gignthebann.com
Dingle Tradfest 2016
September 9th-10th
Dingle, County Kerry
Gerry Whelan Memorial Weekend
Cootehill, Co. Cavan
September 16th – 18th, 2016
www.gerrywhelanweekend.com
Tulla Trad Festival
Tulla, County Clare
September 2016
www.tullatradfestival.ie
Tuam Trad Festival
Tuam, County Galway
September 2016
www.tuamtradfestival.com
Johnny Doherty Traditional Music and Dance Festival
September 23rd – 25th, 2016
www.Ardara.ie
Feile Cheoil Larry Reynolds
September 9th-11th, 2016
www.larryreynoldsweekend.com
O’Carolan Harp, Cultural & Heritage Festival
Sep 30th – Oct 2nd, 2016
Nobber, Co. Meath
www.carolanfestival.com
OCTOBER
Dingle Folk Festival
Dingle, County Kerry
October 14th-16th, 2016
www.dinglefolkfest.ie
The Irish Festival of Oulu
October 5th – 9th, 2016
Oulu, Finland
www.irkku.fi
Celtic Colours International Festival
Cape Breton Island, Canada
October 7th - 15th, 2016
www.celtic–colours.com
Cork Folk Festival
September 29th – October 2nd, 2016
www.corkfolkfestival.com
Ed Reavy Traditional Music Festival
October 13th – 16th, 2016
www.cavantowncomhaltas.ie
www.facebook.com/EdReavyTradFest
New York Trad Fest
October 2016
www.newyorktradfest.org
Galway Bay’s 13th Annual
Celtic Music Feis
October 18th-23rd, 2016
www.galwaybayirishpub.com
Youghal Gathering Events
October 2016
www.corkrebelweek.com
Tyneside Irish Festival,
United Kingdom
October 2016
www.tynesideirish.com
Scoil Cheoil na Botha
October 14th-16th, 2016
Scotstown, County Monaghan
www.anbhoth.ie
Return to Camden Town Festival
October 25th-31st, 2016
www.returntocamden.org
Patrick O’ Keeffe
Traditional Music Festival
Castleisland, County Kerry
October 2016
www.patrickokeeffe.net
Sligo Live Festival
Bank Holiday Weekend, Sligo
October 26th – 31st, 2016
www.sligolive.ie
NOVEMBER
Copenhagen Irish Festival
Copenhagen, Denmark
November 3rd-6th, 2016
www.irishfestival.dk
Ennis Trad Festival
Ennis, County Clare
November 2016
www.ennistradfestival.com
The Trip to Birmingham Tradfest
November 24th – 27th, 2016
www.birminghamtradfest.co.uk
William Kennedy Piping Festival, Armagh
November 2016
www.armaghpipers.com
