We had a very successful Irish Folk Festival 2009.
Read the article from the Fairfax Connection HERE.
CLICK HERE to see a full Festival Schedule for all of the Performing Venues.
CLICK HERE for site map and Driving Directions
LIZ CARROLL, National Heritage Award Winner (and All Ireland Champion fiddler) will be performing with button accordion virtuoso and All-Ireland Champ BILLY McCOMISKEY.
Four stages will present some of the area’s finest musicians and dancers (see list below) along with visiting performers, All Ireland Champion fiddler and the Irish Echo's Top Trad Artist for 2008, BRIAN CONWAY, flute and piano expert BRENDAN DOLAN , and our own All-Ireland Champion, fiddler BRENDAN MULVIHILL with BRIAN GAFFNEY
Make plans now to attend what promises to be the best Traditional Irish Music and Dance Festival south of the Catskills!
There will also be a traditional Irish crafts display including Harp maker Rick Kemper, photographers Denny Lynch and Susan Day, an Irish book sale, Irish genealogy and ancestry search, The House of Musical Traditions, and more…
A Children’s Program
Music Session All Day
Great Food
Stage performances from Noon-6:00PM
Ceili to follow in The Cellar of The Auld Shebeen
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Featuring music by Shepherd's Pie & Friends!
Partial List of Performers
DANCE GROUPS
| Calico Cloggers |
Culkin School of Irish Dance |
Happy Feet Cloggers |
Shannon Dunne |
Boyle School |
| CCE Dancers |
GWCC dancers |
O'Neill-James School |
Tuesday Night Ceili Club |
Teelin Irish Dance Company |
