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