Recommendations for Trad festivals this year

twanda

Hi all,

My boyfriend's parents are Danish and though they don't speak a lot of English they absolutely love all the Irish ballads, rebel songs and trad music.
My boyfriend wants to arrange for them to come over this year hopefully for a trad music festival, as they would be delighted with this.
Can any of you recommend a good festival?

Thanks a lot in advance.

Awful Scut Mk2

Where do they want to go? Willie Clancy is good (Miltown Malbay), but it's always rammed. Ennis is quite good too, but that's on in November, which might be too far away.

aoife2k

Ballyshannon Folk Festival (Co. Donegal)....it's in August and is a great festival!

Google a few places/counties and you should get a few more suggestions

Auldloon

Willie clancy is brilliant. Avoid the weekend crowds and go midweek.

zenmp

Twanda...If you dont find any festival to bring your Danish friends bring them to a good pub where there is a trad band playing.I play in a 3 piece trad band doing all trad and ballads in Leinster and have lots of pub gigs coming up this year.So come and see us if you want and guess what I speak Danish as I lived in DK for a number of years..Best of luck anyway.
PS If they are here in August the Tullamore fleadh ceol is a must for them

stek

go to dungarvan in waterford, plenty of trad all year round!

flanum

all the summer scolis etc.. :
joe mooney fest in drumshambo, fleadh nua in ennis, ennistradfestival in ennis, willie clancy fest in milltown malbay, micho russell fest in doolin, feakle trad fest in feakle, ALL the county/provincial fleadhs which start from easter weekend, etc etc.

try the comhaltas website : http://comhaltas.ie/

good luck.

Jay P

It has to be Willy Clancy week

Shutuplaura

Feakle in East Clare - by a country mile! Busy though but any good festival will be

flanum

that would be a feakle matter! no ****e talk here!

biko

http://comhaltas.ie/blog/post/2008_fleadh_schedule/

http://www.galwaysessions.com/
http://www.theworldfleadh.com/
http://www.ulsterfleadh.com/
http://www.feilebelfast.com/
http://www.fleadhnua.com/

aoife2k

Corofin Trad Fest (Co.Clare) is on this weekend......http://www.corofintradfest.com/

Hup!

bush Baby

Fiddlers Green Festival in Rostrevor Co Down, last week of July. Its a 24 hour a day session for 10 straight days!

www.fiddlersgreenfestival.co.uk
www.myspace.com/fiddlersgreenrostrevor

twanda

Thank you all for your recommendations so far. Much appreciated:)

JæKæ

New festival in Clonegal, Co. Carlow this year too. It has a few trad acts in the mix, along with other Irish bands.

http://www.solas-festival.com/

Dryada

If you´ll be in central Europe during this summer, try to visit some festivals in Slovakia. I wrote about them in my website. There is also festival´s calendar.

I love country style. Just now I returned from Crazy Day in Bratislava, where was country music. Of course, not only music. Also some competitions in country style (for children Indian and Cowboy games, horse riding).
Next time I can bring some photos.:)