Event Details
TradFest, Ireland’s festival of traditional and folk music, brings five days of concerts to Temple Bar and some of Dublin’s most historic venues each January. Past years have included intimate concerts at Malahide Castle. It’s a must for trad fans and a great introduction for newcomers.
Check website, new acts being added
Wednesday 2oth
Sorcha Ní Scolaí — The Cobblestone
Timothy O’Grady I Could Read the Sky The Pepper Canister Church
Solas, Dervish & CLADA TradFest Gala The National Stadium
Andy Irvine — Áras Chrónáin Ionad Cultúir
Aoife Scott Women of Note St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Thursday 21st
Caroline Keane — The Cobblestone
Flook 30th Anniversary The Pepper Canister Church
The Henry Girls — Áras Chrónáin Ionad Cultúir
The Brudi Brothers — The Grand Social
Hothouse Flowers & Allison Russell — The National Stadium
Trad is Amach Géilí Button Factory
Fionnathan & Friends — The Cobblestone
Kate Rusby — St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Friday 22nd
Fionnathan & Friends — The Cobblestone
Lauren Ní Néill — The Cobblestone
Caitlín Nic Gabhann — The Pepper Canister Church
Steo Wall The Pavee Club The Pepper Canister Church
Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones — The Abbey Tavern
George Murphy & The Rising Sons — Donabate-Portrane Community Centre
Pauline Scanlon & The Whileaways Bird on the Wire: The Songs of Leonard Cohen The Round Room at The Mansion House
Mike Hanrahan & Eleanor Shanley — The Mill Theatre
Kíla Féile Kíla – 40th Anniversary The National Stadium
Ispíní na hÉireann — Button Factory
Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin & Niamh Keady-Tabbal — St. Maelruain’s Church
Aniar — St. Macullins Centre
Briana Corrigan — Dalkey Castle
Róisín El Cherif — The Millbank Theatre
Saturday 23rd
Ademar O’Connor — The Cobblestone
Rónán Ó Snodaigh — Swords Castle
Liam Ó Maonlaí — National Maritime Museum of Ireland
Brigid Mae Power — Malahide Castle
Pierre Bensusan — St. Mary’s Church, Howth
Not specified Glenasmole Family Fun Céilí Glenasmole Community Centre
Teresa Horgan & Donogh Hennessy — The Pepper Canister Church
Phelim Drew & Lorcan Collins Echoes: Stories of Rebellion, Songs of Freedom The Cobblestone
Cór Chúil Aodha — St. Macullins Centre
Pádraig McGovern & Sabina McCague — Áras Chrónáin Ionad Cultúir
Cormac De Barra & Lisa Lambe Sea Echoes National Maritime Museum of Ireland
Rita Perry — Malahide Castle
Alannah Thornburgh — Swords Castle
Gemma Hayes — The Pepper Canister Church
Landless — Áras Chrónáin Ionad Cultúir
Le Boom — The National Stadium
Judy Collins — The Round Room at The Mansion House
Scullion — Dalkey Castle
The Cloverhearts — The Grand Social
Sunday 24th
Artist / Performer Event title Location
Lorcán Mac Mathúna Caoineadh Art Ui Laoghaire The Pepper Canister Church
Jason McGuinness — The Cobblestone
Sharyn Ward — The Cobblestone
Megan Nic Ruairí — Malahide Castle
Jack Talty — National Maritime Museum of Ireland
SONA LÉI — Swords Castle
Rachel Grace — The Pepper Canister Church
Niwel Tsumbu — National Maritime Museum of Ireland
Tommy Sands — The Millbank Theatre
Not separately specified Echoes: Stories of Rebellion, Songs of Freedom (Fingal) Swords Castle
Aisling Lyons — Malahide Castle
The Breath — Áras Chrónáin Ionad Cultúir
Lemoncello — The Pepper Canister Church
Frances Black — Civic Theatre Tallaght
Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Karine Polwart, Scottish Fish & others Transatlantic Women The National Stadium
