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TOURS
IRISH MUSIC FESTIVALS AND SUMMER SCHOOLS
JANUARY DATES
Sixmilebridge Winter Music Weekend
January 13th-15th, 2008
www.wmw.ie
Dubai Irish Festival
January 21st-27th, 2008
www.dubaiirishfestival.com
Temple Bar Trad ’08
Wednesday 23rd January - Sunday 27th, 2008
www.templebartrad.com
FEBRUARY DATES
Ceol Chairlinn
February 2nd-4th, 2008
www.carlingfordbeds.com
The 9th Gathering Traditional Festival
February 20th - 24th, 2008
www.thegathering.ie
MARCH DATES
The Celtic Festival of Wales
March 6th– 9th, 2008
www.cwlwmceltaidd.com
Nyah Festival
March 5th – 17th, 2008
www.cavanmusic.com
Féile na bPáistí
Children’s Festival
March 24th-25th, 2008
www.cill-chartha-kilcar.com
AR AIS ARIS March-Buncrana Traditional Arts Festival
March 27th-30th, 2008
www.buncranatradfest.com
Ceardlann Earraigh, Concert and Workshops in Music
15th March, 2008
Tel. + 353 1 6273274
www.ceardlannearraigh.com
Oireachtas na Casca
March 27th - 30th, 2008
www.antoireachtas.ie
APRIL DATES
Féile Átha Dá Chab, Ballydehob Traditional Music,
Song and Dance Festival
April 18th - 20th, 2008
http://feileathadachab.blogspot.com
MAY DATES
Folk, Blues & Bluegrass Festival
May 2nd-4th, 2008
www.cill-chartha-kilcar.com
FÉILE NA nDÉISE
May 1st-5th, 2008
www.feilenandeise.com
Coleman Music Centre – Ceiliuradh an Earraigh
May 2nd – 5th, 2008
www.colemanirishmusic.com
The “Cup of Tae” Traditional Festival
May 2nd-5th, 2008
www.cupoftaefestival.com
Galway Early Music Festival
May 16th - 18th, 2008
www.galwayearlymusic.com
FOLK IN THE PARK
May 17th-18th, 2008
www.folkpark.com
Fiddle Fair 2008
Thursday 8th – Sunday 11th May, 2008
www.fiddlefair.com
The 7th Skerries Traditional Weekend
May 16th-18th, 2008
www.skerriestraditonalmusic.com
Edward Bunting Harp Festival
May 23rd – May 25th, 2008
www.edwardbuntingharpfestival.com
JUNE DATES
Coleman Music Centre – Fleadh Ceol Chontae Shligigh
May 30th – June 1st 2008
www.colemanirishmusic.com
Wimborne Folk Festival
13th-15th June, 2008
www.wimbornefolkfestival.co.uk
The Galway Sessions
June 16th-22th, 2008
www.galwaysessions.com
MINNESOTA 1st ANNUAL YOUNG IRISH MUSICIAN’S WEEKEND
June 20th-22nd, 2008
www.centerforirishmusic.org
Blas 2008
June 23rd - July 4th, 2008
www.blas.ie
JULY DATES
DR. DOUGLAS HYDE SUMMER SCHOOL
July 5th -12th, 2008
www.douglashyde.com
WILLIE CLANCY SUMMER SCHOOL
5th-13th July, 2008
Email: angleann@oceanfree.net
Celtic Fusion International Musical Arts Festival
July 13th - 20th 2008
www.celticfusion.co.uk
South Sligo Summer School
July 13th-19th, 2008
www.sssschool.org
Catskills Irish Arts Week
July 13th - 19th, 2008
www.east-durham.org/irishartsweek
Meitheal Summer School
July 14th-18th, 2008
www.tradweek.com
FIDDLER’S GREEN FESTIVAL
July 20th– 27th, 2008
www.fiddlersgreenfestival.com
The 16th Phil Murphy Weekend
July 24th-27th, 2008
Tel.+ 353 87 8200986
O’Carolan, Harp & Traditional Music Festival, Keadue, Co. Roscommon
July 28th-August 2nd, 2008
www.ocarolanharpfestival.ie
Scoil Acla Irish Traditional Music Summer School
July 28th - August 3rd, 2008
www.scoilacla.com
Kilcar Street Festival
July 31st - August 3rd, 2008
www.cill-chartha-kilcar.com
AUGUST DATES
Ballyshannon Folk Festival
August 1st - 3rd, 2008
www.ballyshannonfolkfestival.com
Dublin Irish Festival
August 1st - August 3rd, 2008
www.dublinirishfestival.org
The World Fleadh
July 31st - August 4th, 2008
www.theworldfleadh.com
20th Feakle Traditional Music Festival
6th–12th August, 2008
www.feaklefestival.ie
Fairport’s Cropredy Convention
August 7th-9th, 2008
www.fairportconvention.com
Féile Cheoil Chill Chartha
Kilcar Fleadh
August 9th-17th, 2008
www.cill-chartha-kilcar.com
ESB BEO Celtic Music Festival
National Concert Hall, Dublin
August 9th – 17th, 2008
www.nch.ie
Éigse Mrs. Crotty Traditional Music Festival and Summer School
August 13th-17th, 2008
www.eigsemrscrotty.com
Milwaukee Irish Fest
August 14th – 17th, 2008
www.irishfest.com
Masters of Tradition Festival
August 2008
www.westcorkmusic.ie
Fleadh Ceol na hEireann
August 17th - 24th, 2008
www.fleadh2008.com
Tonder Festival
August 28th - 31st, 2008
www.tf.dk
16th Annual Appalachian & Bluegrass Music Festival
September 5th - 7th, 2008
www.folkpark.com
Coleman Traditional Festival
August 29th – 31, 2008
www.colemanirishmusic.com
SEPTEMBER DATES
Cork Folk Festival
September 11th - September 14th, 2008
www.corkfolkfestival.com
Gign the Bann Music and Dance Festival
September 4th-7th, 2008
www.gignthebann.com
Éigse Chill Chartha
September 12th-14th 2008
www.cill-chartha-kilcar.com
Icons Irish Connections Festival
September 12th – 14th, 2008
www.irishconnections.org
Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival
September 25th-28th, 2008
www.johnnykeenan.com
Kilkenny Celtic Festival
Kilkenny, County Kilkenny
September 26th - October 5th, 2008
www.celticfestival.ie
OCTOBER DATES
The Irish Festival of Oulu
Finland, October 2nd - 5th, 2008
www.irkku.fi
O’Carolan Harp Cultural & Heritage Festival
Nobber, Co Meath
October 5th-7th, 2007
www.nobberfest.com
Feile Frank McGann Irish Traditional Music Festival
October 9th - 12th, 2008
www.feilefrankmcgann.com
Celtic Colours International Festival
October 10th-18th, 2008
www.celtic-colours.com
Tyneside Irish Festival Festival
October 11th - 21st, 2007
www.tynesideirish.com
Return to Camden Town Festival
of Traditional Irish Music, Song and Dance
October 19th - 28th, 2007
www.returntocamden.org
Sligo Live Festival
October 23rd - 27th, 2008
www.sligolive.ie
An T-Oireachtas
Westport, County Mayo
October 29th - November 2nd, 2008
www.antoireachtas.ie
NOVEMBER DATES
Copenhagen Irish Festival
Copenhagen, Denmark
November 6th - 9th, 2008
www.irishfestival.dk
Ennis Trad Festival
November 6th - 10th, 2008
www.ennistradfestival.com
14th William Kennedy Piping Festival
November 12th-16th, 2008
www.armaghpipers.com
