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Irish music festivals

  • 16-05-2016 3:26am
    #1
    Dean77
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭


    Hi I would like to know do any of yeah know any festivals similar to the Willie Clancy ?


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  • #2
    squonk
    Registered Users Posts: 8,427 ✭✭✭squonk


    Skerries do a Traditional Weekend. It's only a Friday-Sunday affair but it's quite good and goes from strength to strength every year. Unfortunately the 2016 festival was May 13-15 just gone.


  • #3
    godfrey
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭godfrey


    You just missed the Baltimore Fiddle Festival - not exactly like Willy Week but... Then there's Glencolmcille Fiddle Festival in August, a really good old-timey affair with loads of free music in the pubs.

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  • #4
    CeannLeime
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭CeannLeime


    Feakle Traditional Music Festival 3rd to 8th August 2016. Kilrush Trad Music & Set Dancing Festival 20th to 24th July 2016. Both Co. Clare.


  • #5
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,659 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    Willie Week is the first of a package three, ever-so-conveniently always timed to cover three consecutive weeks to cater for the needs of our overseas visitors.

    Second and third are South Sligo in Tubbercurry, and then Joe Mooney in Drumshamboo.


    There's a pretty long list here: http://anythingbutjigsandreels.blogspot.de/2016/04/irish-traditional-music-summer-and.html


  • #6
    scotchy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭scotchy


    The Joe Mooney in Drumshambo was always my favorite of the three.:cool:

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  • #7
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,453 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Poor 'oul Drumshanbo. The most misspelled town in Ireland. Even the blogger got it wrong.


  • #8
    bogfire
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭bogfire


    There's the South Sligo Summer School, July 10th - 16th. in Tubbercurry, Co Sligo. Web site is sssschool.org.


  • #9
    scotchy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭scotchy


    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    Poor 'oul Drumshanbo. The most misspelled town in Ireland. Even the blogger got it wrong.

    Ooops

    :o

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  • #10
    qwerky
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭qwerky


    Colm Gannon's Summer Music School in August in Spiddal, Galway is one of the best around. Top Class.


  • #11
    Rakish Paddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 758 ✭✭✭Rakish Paddy


    +1 for Drumshanbo. It's not as crazy as Willie Week, has far fewer skangers hanging around, but still has sessions every day/night in all the pubs in town.


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