26 February 2006

Calendar 2023-4

The calendar is frequently updated, and past events are transferred to the separate calendar archive post. All events in the Irish bluegrass festival season for which we have dates can be found below. Some items of country music news, prepared by the Country Music Association of Ireland, can be seen here.

A few important and/or accessible events outside Ireland are also listed. For a fuller listing of events in the UK, see the calendar pages on the BBMA website and FOAOTMAD website. A select list of festivals in Europe is on the EBMA website.

Bands and event/venue organisers: if your session or event is not shown here, please contact the editor. Punters: please note that tour schedules often have to be changed, so before you go to a show, please check that the date and place are still the same as when you first noted it down.

If you first heard about an event from the Bluegrass Ireland Blog, we'll appreciate it if you tell the organisers that.


JANUARY 2023

Fri. 20th: Wookalily, Black Box, Belfast, 1.00 p.m.; tickets (£10) include lunch (part of 18th Out To Lunch Festival)

Wed. 25th: Special Consensus (USA), Black Box, Belfast, 1.00 p.m. (part of Out to Lunch Arts Festival); American Bar, Belfast, 8.00 p.m.

Wed. 25th: Dirk & Amelia Powell, Shanley's Bar, Clonakilty, Co. Cork

Thurs. 26th: Special Consensus (USA), Court House, Bangor, Co. Down, 8.00 p.m.

Thurs. 26th: JigJam, Grand Social, Dublin, 8.00 p.m. (part of TradFest Temple Bar)

Thurs. 26th: Tim O'Brien (special guest of Dervish), National Stadium, 145 South Circular Road, Dublin 8 ('Great Irish Songbook')

Thurs. 26th: Dirk & Amelia Powell and I Draw Slow, The White Horse, Ballincollig, Co. Cork (part of Ballincollig Winter Music Festival); SOLD OUT

Thurs. 26th: The Yonder Boys (USA/AUS/CHL), St John's Theatre, Listowel, Co. Kerry

Fri. 27th: Special Consensus (USA), Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Limavady, Co. Londonderry, 8.00 p.m.

Fri. 27th: Tim O'Brien and Jan Fabricius, Moynihan's Bar, 30-34 Upper Gladstone St., Clonmel, Co. Tipperary (Clonmel World Music)

Fri. 27th: The Yonder Boys (USA/AUS/CHL), Levis Corner House, Ballydehob, Co. Cork

Fri. 27th: Brendan & Louis Butler, free-admission bar session, The White Horse, Ballincollig, Co. Cork (part of Ballincollig Winter Music Festival)

Sat. 28th: Dirk Powell, old-time music workshop, 11.00 a.m.-2.00 p.m., €20.00, The White Horse, Ballincollig, Co. Cork (part of Ballincollig Winter Music Festival)

Sat. 28th: Special Consensus (USA), Marketplace Theatre, Armagh city, 8.00 p.m.

Sat. 28th: The Yonder Boys (USA/AUS/CHL), Levis Corner House, Ballydehob, Co. Cork

Sun. 29th: Tim O'Brien and Jan Fabricius, White Horse, West Village, Ballincollig, Co. Cork (part of Ballincollig Winter Music Festival); SOLD OUT

Sun. 29th: The Yonder Boys (USA/AUS/CHL), free-admission bar session, The White Horse, Ballincollig, Co. Cork (part of Ballincollig Winter Music Festival)



FEBRUARY 2023

Thurs. 2nd Feb.: Tim O'Brien and Jan Fabricius, Cleere's Bar & Theatre, 28 Parliament St., Kilkenny city

Fri. 3rd: Special Consensus (USA), Colfers Pub, Carrig-on-Bannow, Co. Wexford, 9.00 p.m.

Sat. 4th: Special Consensus (USA), Raheen House Hotel, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, 9.00 p.m.

Sat. 4th: Tim O'Brien and Jan Fabricius, Clew Bay Hotel, James St., Westport, Co. Mayo

Sun. 5th: Special Consensus (USA), Campbell's Tavern, Headford, Co. Galway, 4.00 p.m.

Sun. 5th: Tim O'Brien and Jan Fabricius, Hawk"s Well Theatre, Temple St., Sligo town

Mon. 6th: Special Consensus (USA), Glen Theatre, Banteer, Co. Cork, 8.00 p.m.

Tues. 7th: Special Consensus (USA), Bob's Bar, Durrow, Co. Laois, 8.00 p.m.

Wed. 8th: Special Consensus (USA), Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo town, 8.00 p.m.

Thurs. 9th: Special Consensus (USA), Beehive Bar, Ardara, Co. Donegal, 8.00 p.m.

Fri. 10th: Special Consensus (USA), Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, 8.00 p.m.

Fri. 10th-Sun. 12th: Friends Of American Old Time Music And Dance (FOAOTMAD): Gainsborough festival, England, with FOAOTMAD AGM

Sat. 11th: Special Consensus (USA), Séamus Ennis Arts Centre & Café, Naul, Co. Dublin, 8.00 p.m.

Sun. 12th: Special Consensus (USA), Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, 8.00 p.m.

Mon. 13th: Special Consensus (USA), The Red Room, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, 8.00 p.m.

Tues. 14th: Special Consensus (USA), Corner House, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, 8.00 p.m.

Fri. 17th: I Draw Slow, Workman's Club, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2. from 7.45 to 11.45 p.m.; tickets

Sun. 26th: Two Time Polka, Crane Lane Theatre, Cork city. Starts midnight, adm. free


MARCH 2023

Sat. 4th: Pilgrim St, Ballina Arts Centre, Ballina, Co. Mayo, 8.00 p.m.

Thurs. 16th: Pilgrim St, Droichead Arts Centre, Stockwell St., Drogheda, Co. Louth, 8.00 p.m.

Thurs. 16th: Two Time Polka, Left Bank Bar, Kilkenny city, 10.00 p.m.-midnight, adm. free (part of Kilkenny Tradfest)

Fri. 17th: Two Time Polka, Crane Lane Theatre, Cork city, 2.00–3.30 p.m., adm. free

Sat. 18th: Niall Toner Band, The Pumphouse, Kilkenny city, 2.30 p.m. (part of Kilkenny Tradfest)

Sat. 18th: Two Time Polka, Blarney, Co. Cork; open air outside Castle Hotel, 2.00–3.45 p.m.

Sun. 19th: Two Time Polka, St Columba's Hall (Tinny Shed), Douglas, Cork, 5.00–7.00 p.m.

Fri. 24th: The Raines, Seachurch, Ballycotton, Co. Cork


APRIL 2023

Sat. 8th: Niall Toner Band + special guest Andrea Booth, The Cherrytree, Walkinstown, Dublin

Mon. 10th-Fri. 14th: Sore Fingers Week (bluegrass/ old-time music instruction camp), Kingham Hill School, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 6TH, England

Sat. 15th: Pilgrim St, The Red Room, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, 8.00 p.m.

Thurs. 27th-Sun. 30th: MerleFest, Wilkes Community College, NC

Fri. 28th-Mon. 1st May: Cahersiveen Mountain Roots Music Weekend, Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry: High Plains Tradition, Two Time Polka, Freddie White, Hank Wedel & Friends, many more acts; tel. 087 706 9935

Fri. 28th: Two Time Polka, Langtons Hotel, Kilkenny city, 10.00 p.m., adm. free (part of Kilkenny Roots Festival)

Fri. 28th: Woodbine, Lenehans, Kilkenny city, 10.00 p.m., adm. free (part of Kilkenny Roots Festival)

Sat. 29th: Two Time Polka Left Bank Bar, Kilkenny city, 4.00–6.00 p.m., adm. free (part of Kilkenny Roots Festival)

Sun. 30th: Two Time Polka, Sheebeen Bar, Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry, 11.00 p.m., adm. €10 (part of Cahersiveen Mountain Roots Music)

Sun. 30th: The Needables, Lenehans, Kilkenny city, 4.00 p.m., adm. free; also at O'Gorman's, 10.00 p.m., adm. free (part of Kilkenny Roots Festival)

Sun. 30th: Blue Light Smugglers, The Front Room, Kilkenny city, 10.00 p.m., adm. free (part of Kilkenny Roots Festival)

Sun. 30th: Prairie Jaywalkers, Clubhouse Hotel, Kilkenny city, 10.00 p.m., adm. free (part of Kilkenny Roots Festival)

Sun. 30th: Rye River Band, Ormonde Hotel, Kilkenny city, 10.00 p.m., adm. free (part of Kilkenny Roots Festival)

Sun. 30th: Niall Toner Band, Pembroke Hotel, Kilkenny city, 10.00 p.m., adm. free (part of Kilkenny Roots Festival)


MAY 2023

Mon. 1st: High Plains Tradition (USA), Kilworth Community Centre, Kilworth, Co. Cork, 8.00 p.m.; tel. 087 792 1771 (25th Anniversary Concert)

Tues. 2nd: High Plains Tradition (USA), The Copper Buoy Restaurant, Lower O'Connell St., Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, X35 FE09, 8.00 p.m.; tel. 087 064 0542

Wed. 3rd: High Plains Tradition (USA), St Senans Church of Ireland, Ardrum, Inniscarra, Co. Cork, T23 T934, 8.00 p.m., support act Pat Kelleher; tel. 087 792 1771

Thurs. 4th: High Plains Tradition (USA), O Gliasain's Bar (concert room), Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare, 8.00 p.m.; tel. 086 607 9864

Thurs. 4th-Sun. 7th: Baltimore Fiddle Fair, Baltimore, Co. Cork; Foghorn Stringband (USA), Alison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves (USA), many more; programme

Fri. 5th-Sat. 6th: Mini Bluegrass Festival, Bob's Bar, Durrow, Co. Laois; High Plains Tradition (USA), supported by the Gill Family (Fri.), Woodbine (Sat.); pickin' session all day Sat.; concerts €20.00 per person each, €30.00 per person for both days; booking 851 656685

Sat. 6th: Two Time Polka, La Grange, Bellachassagne, 10.00 p.m., adm. free (part of Fete de St Georges, Bellechassagne, France)

Tues. 9th: Foghorn Stringband (USA), Raheen House Hotel, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

Wed. 10th: Foghorn Stringband (USA), Colfers Pub, Carrig-on-Bannow, Co. Wexford

Thurs. 11th: Foghorn Stringband (USA), Séamus Ennis Arts Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin

Thurs. 11th: Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves (USA), Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre, Armagh city, 8.00 p.m.

Fri. 12th: Foghorn Stringband (USA), The Red Room, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone

Fri. 12th: Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves (USA), An Taibhdhearc, 19 Middle St., Galway city, 8.00 p.m.

Sat. 13th: Foghorn Stringband (USA), The Beehive, Ardara, Co. Donegal

Sun. 14th: Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves (USA), The Cobblestone, Dublin, 8.00 p.m.

Thurs. 18th-Sat. 20th: European World Of Bluegrass (EWOB) Festival, De Eng, Voorthuizen, the Netherlands; programme

Fri. 19th: Pilgrim St, The Venue Theatre, Ratoath, Co. Meath, 8.00 p.m.

Sat. 20th: Watery Hill Boys, The Moorings restaurant, 156 Derrylin Rd, Bellanaleck, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh BT92 2BA; 8.00-10.30 p.m.; tickets (£15) include light supper; fundraising event for Enniskillen palliative care unit, and in memory of John Watson

Sat. 20th: World Fiddle Day

Sun. 21st: Two Time Polka, Crane Lane Theatre, Cork city, midnight, adm. free

Fri. 26th-Mon. 29th: Bluegrass Omagh 2023, Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh, Co. Tyrone: Honey Dewdrops (USA), Zoe and Cloyd (USA), Truffle Valley Boys (I), Blue Grass Boogiemen (NL), Viper Central (CAN), Niall Toner Band (IRL), Woodbine (IRL), Watery Hill Boys (IRL), Henry (NI), Eilidh Patterson (NI), Cool Hand String Band (NI), Knotty Pine String Band (NI), Old Baby Mackerel (ENG); Friday events at Silverbirch Hotel; weekend tickets include entry to Bluegrass Family Day (Monday)

Sat. 27th: Pilgrim St, The Spirit Store, Dundalk, Co. Louth, 8.00 p.m.


JUNE 2023

Fri. 2nd: Two Time Polka, Harley Bar, Muckross Rd, Killarney, Co. Kerry, 9.30 p.m., adm. free (part of Ireland Bikefest)

Sun. 4th: Two Time Polka, River stage, Clashmore, Co. Waterford, 5.30 p.m., adm. free (part of Strings & Things)

Wed. 7th: Gumbo Birthday Bash! Dirk and Amelia Powell (USA), The White Horse, Ballincollig, Co. Cork

Thurs. 8th: Dirk and Amelia Powell (USA), The Spirit Store, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Thurs. 8th: Demolition String Band (USA), Matt Molloy's, Bridge St., Westport, Co. Mayo, 7.00 p.m.

Fri. 9th: Dirk and Amelia Powell (USA), Fumbally Stables, Fumbally Lane, The Liberties, Dublin

Fri. 9th: Two Time Polka, Lighthouse Bar, Allihies, Co. Cork, 10.00 p.m., adm. free (part of Michael Dwyer Festival)

Fri. 9th: Demolition String Band (USA), Clew Bay Hotel, James St., Westport, Co. Mayo, 12.00 noon

Fri. 9th-Sun. 11th: 17th Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival, Westport, Co. Mayo: Kody Norris Show (USA), Fog Holler (USA), Bill and the Belles (USA), Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman (USA), The Pond (USA), Rustic Robots (CZ), Lluís Gómez Bluegrass 4tet (E), Niamh Dunne, Tim Rogers, Rocky Top String Band; concerts, pub gigs, sessions, workshops, square dance, gospel hour

Sat. 10th: Dirk and Amelia Powell (USA), Chandler’s House, Rathfriland, Co. Down

Sat. 10th: Demolition String Band (USA), Doolin Folk Fest, Co. Clare, 7.00 p.m.

Sun. 11th: Dirk and Amelia Powell (USA), Doolin Folk Festival, Doolin, Co. Clare

Sun. 11th: Demolition String Band (USA), Levis, Ballydehob, Co. Cork, 7.00 p.m.

Mon. 12th: Demolition String Band (USA), Charlie's Barn, Union Quay, Cork city, 7.00 p.m.

Tues. 13th: Fog Holler (USA), The Red Room, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone

Tues. 13th: Demolition String Band (USA), with Hank Wedel and Ray & Robbie Barron, Copper Buoy Bar, O'Connell St., Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, 8.00 p.m., 20 euros

Wed. 14th: Fog Holler (USA), The Moorings, Bellanaleck, Co. Fermanagh

Wed. 14th: Dirk and Amelia Powell (USA), Colfers, Carrig-on-Bannow, Co. Wexford

Wed. 14th: Demolition String Band (USA), Finn's Bar, Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary, 7.00 p.m.

Thurs. 15th: Dirk and Amelia Powell (USA), Cleeres, Kilkenny city

Fri. 16th: Dirk and Amelia Powell (USA), World Music Club, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

Fri. 16th: Demolition String Band (USA), The Rusty Spur, Claudy, Co. Londonderry, 7.00 p.m.

Fri. 16th-Sat. 17th: 51st Banjo Jamboree, Čáslav, Czech Republic (oldest bluegrass festival in Europe); programme

Sat. 17th: Pilgrim St, The Ramor Theatre, Virginia, Co. Cavan, 8.00 p.m.

Sat. 17th: Two Time Polka, Blue Haven Bar, Kinsale, Co. Cork, 10.00 p.m.

Sat. 17th: Dirk and Amelia Powell (USA), Clew Bay Hotel, James St., Westport, Co. Mayo

Sat. 17th: Demolition String Band (USA), Beehive Bar, Ardara, Co. Donegal, 7.00 p.m.

Sun. 18th: Two Time Polka, Two Time Polka, Main stage, showgrounds, Curaheen Rd, Cork, 4.00 p.m.; tickets (part of Cork Summer Show)

Sun. 18th: Two Time Polka, Crane Lane Theatre, Cork city, midnight, adm. free

Sun. 18th: Demolition String Band (USA), Campbell’s Tavern, Cloughanover, Co. Galway, 4.00 p.m.

Wed. 21st-Sat. 24th: Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum ROMP (River Of Music Party) festival, Owensboro, KY

Fri. 23rd-Sun. 25th: Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival, Rotterdam (NL); lineup

Thurs. 29th: Kinnaris Quintet, The Playhouse, Derry city

Fri. 30th: Kinnaris Quintet, Portico of Ards, Portaferry, Co. Down

Fri. 30th: Shane Hennessy, Mills Inn, Ballyvourney, Co. Cork, 8.00 p.m.; tickets (€20/€15)

Fri. 30th: Ian Alexander, Dufferin Arms, 35 High Street, Killyleagh, Co. Down BT30 9QF, 8.00 p.m., £10


JULY 2023

Sat. 1st: Kinnaris Quintet, Market Place Theatre, Armagh city

Sun. 2nd: Kinnaris Quintet, Theatre at the Mill, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim

Fri. 14th-Sun. 16th: Crossover Bluegrass, Old-Time. & Americana Festival, England; details TBA

Sun. 16th: "Bluegrass Sundays Birthday Bash Jam": Bluestack Mountain Boys welcome all friends of bluegrass to celebrate a year of weekly jam sessions, at Mother Reilly's, 32 Rathmines Rd Upper, Dublin 6, 7.00-11.00 p.m.

Fri. 21st-Sun. 23rd: Ardara Bluegrass Festival, Ardara, Co. Donegal: Woodbine, Henry, Mules & Men, and Kevin & Geraldine Gill; all events in The Beehive Bar, Main St., Ardara

Sat. 22nd: Niall Toner and Andrea Booth (Brendan O'Regan, support), Ballyraine Cafe, Vale Road, Arklow, Co. Wicklow, Y14 HR53, 8.00 p.m.; tickets from Ballyraine Cafe, Beat That Records (Arklow), or e-mail

Sun. 23rd: Two Time Polka, Emo, Co. Laois; Fleadh Stage, 8.15 p.m.; see festival website for tickets (part of Forest Fest)

Fri. 28th: Cairncastle Ulster Scots Cross-Community Festival, Bluegrass day: History of bluegrass music workshop, 2.00 p.m., adm. free; evening concert, 7.15 p.m.: Cormac Crummey (banjo), Knotty Pine String Band (Omagh), Bluestack Mountain Boys (Dublin), £10: Halfway House Hotel, 352 Coast Road, Ballygally, Larne, Co. Antrim

Fri. 28th: Two Time Polka, Greyhound Bar, Kilkee, Co. Clare, 9.30 p.m., adm. free

Sat. 29th: Two Time Polka, Blue Haven Bar, Kinsale, Co. Cork. 10.00 p.m., adm. free

Sun. 30th: Two Time Polka, Crane Lane Theatre, Cork city, 11.55 p.m., adm. free


AUGUST 2023

Wed. 2nd-Sun. 6th: Bluegrass in La Roche festival, La Roche-sur-Foron, Haute Savoie, France; largest bluegrass festival in Europe; multinational schedule: 25 bands from 11 countries

Sat. 5th: Woodbine, Scarecrow Festival, Durrow, Co. Laois

Sat. 5th: Two Time Polka, O’Connell St., Waterford city, open air, 4.00 p.m., adm. free (part of Waterford Spraoi)

Sun. 6th: Two Time Polka, Market St., Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry; open air, 3.30 p.m., adm. free (part of Cahersiveen Festival of Music & the Arts)

Thurs. 10th-Sat. 12th: Trad & Folk Festival Free Weekender, Whelan's, Wexford St., Dublin 2; Sat. 12th I Draw Slow

Tues. 15th: The Purple Hulls (USA), free concert in Riverside Church, Basin Walk, Newry, 8.00 p.m.

Fri. 18th: Two Time Polka, Tanyard Bar, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, 10.00 p.m., adm. free (part of Skibbeereen Blues, Soul & Roots Festival)

Sun. 20th: Two Time Polka, Eldon Hotel, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, 7.00-9.00 p.m., adm. free (part of Skibbeereen Blues, Soul & Roots Festival)

Thurs. 24th: Water Tower (USA), TBA

Fri. 25th-Sun. 27th: 28th Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival, Dunmore East, Co. Waterford: Boxcar Preachers (USA), Water Tower (USA), Eskies, Mons Wheeler BandThe Common Good, Backyard Band, Woodbine, Whistle

Fri. 25th: Water Tower (USA), Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival, Dunmore East, Co. Waterford

Sat. 26th: Water Tower (USA), The Red Room, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone

Sun. 27th: Water Tower (USA), Picnic in the Park, Ward Park, Bangor, Co. Down, 3.00-5.00 p.m.

Sun. 27th: Two Time Polka, Crane LaneTheatre, Cork city, midnight to 2.00 a.m., adm. free

Tues. 29th: Joachim Cooder (with Rayna Gellert (fiddle) and Mark Fain (bass)), Campbell's Tavern, Loughanover, Headford, Co. Galway, 7.30-11.30 p.m.

Tues. 29th: Water Tower (USA), The Rusty Spur Sessions, Claudy, Co. Londonderry

Wed. 30th: Joachim Cooder (with Rayna Gellert (fiddle) and Mark Fain (bass)), The Black Box, Belfast, 8.00-11.00 p.m., £23

Wed. 30th: Nickel Creek (USA), National Concert Hall, Dublin, 8.00 p.m.; tickets €45, €40, €35, €27.50

Wed. 30th: Water Tower (USA), Finn's Bar, Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary

Wed. 30th: Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms Country Band, Colfer's Bar, Carrrig-on-Bannow, Co. Wexford, Y35 V Y10, 8.00 p.m.

Thurs. 31st: Joachim Cooder with Mark Fain (bass) and Rayna Gellert (fiddle), Whelan's, Wexford St., Dublin, €27.50

Thurs. 31st: Water Tower (USA), The Greyhound, Kilkee, Co. Clare

Thurs. 31st: Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms Country Band, The White Horse, West Village, Ballincollig, Co. Cork, 8.00 p.m.


SEPTEMBER 2023

Fri. 1st: Joachim Cooder (with Rayna Gellert (fiddle) and Mark Fain (bass)), Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo town, 8.00-11.00 p.m., €22.50

Fri. 1st: Water Tower (USA), The White Horse, Ballincollig, Co. Cork

Fri. 1st: Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms Country Band, Levis" Corner House, Main St., Ballydehob, Co. Cork, 8.00 p.m.

Fri. 1st-Sun. 3rd: Earl Scruggs Music Festival, Mill Springs, NC

Sat. 2nd: Water Tower (USA), Levis Corner House, Ballydehob, Co. Cork

Sat. 2nd: Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms Country Band, Séamus Ennis Arts Center, Main St., Naul village, Co. Dublin, 8.00 p.m. [Outdoor seated event under the iconic TSEAC canopy; full bar, food and snacks available]

Sun. 3rd: Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms Country Band, Balor Arts Centre, Main St., Ballybofey, Co. Donegal, 8.00 p.m.

Mon. 4th: Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms Country Band, TBD, Co. Sligo. 8.00 p.m.

Tues. 5th: Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms Country Band, The Red Room , Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, 7.00 p.m.

Wed. 6th: Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms Country Band, The Cobblestone, 77 King St. North, Smithfield, Dublin, 8.00 p.m.

Fri. 8th-Sun. 10th: Trafaria Bluegrass Festival, Portugal

Fri. 8th: Yonder Boys (USA/AUS/CHL), Séamus Ennis Arts Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin

Sat. 9th: Yonder Boys (USA/AUS/CHL), Monroe's, Galway city

Sun. 10th: Yonder Boys (USA/AUS/CHL), Mullarkey's, Clifden, Co. Galway

Tues. 12th-Tues. 26th: US picker Matt Bruno in Scotland and Ireland, looking for jams and places to pick

Wed. 13th: Yonder Boys (USA/AUS/CHL), The Sunflower, Belfast

Fri. 15th: Yonder Boys (USA/AUS/CHL), Bennigan's, Derry city

Sat. 16th: Yonder Boys (USA/AUS/CHL), Balor Arts Centre, Ballybofey, Co. Donegal

Sat. 16th: Watery Hill Boys, The Moorings, 156 Derrylin Rd, Bellanaleck, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh BT92 2BA, 8.00-10.30 p.m.

Sun. 17th: Yonder Boys (USA/AUS/CHL), The Red Room, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone

Sun. 17th: Two Time Polka, Crane Lane Theatre, Cork city, midnight-2.00 a.m., adm. free

Thurs. 21st-Sun. 24th: Yonder Boys (USA/AUS/CHL), Clonakilty Guitar Festival, Clonakilty, Co. Cork

Fri. 22nd-Sun. 24th: 13th Moniaive Michaelmas Bluegrass Festival, Moniaive, Dumfries & Ayrshire, Scotland; Bashed Potatoes (D); The Fountaineers; Martha Spencer and Archer (USA); Blue Lass; Rain of Animals

Fri. 22nd: Two Time Polka, Culture Night, Old Market Bar, Bandon, Co. Cork, 9.45-11.15 p/m., adm. free (but a ticket is required for entry. Booking link - FREE tickets)

Sat. 23rd: Two Time Polka, Blue Haven, Kinsale, Co. Cork, 10 p.m.-midnight, adm. free

Tues. 26th-Sat. 30th: International Bluegrass Music Association World Of Bluegrass (IBMA WOB), Raleigh, NC


OCTOBER 2023

Sun. 1st: Two Time Polka, Crane Lane Theatre, Cork city, midnight-2.00 a.m., adm. free (part of Cork Folk Festival)

Sun. 8th: Two Time Polka, ZydecoSwamp, Molenstraat 58a, Raamsdonk, the Netherlands, 7.00-8.30 p.m. Doors 2.30 p.m.. adm. €7.50

Fri. 20th: Level Best (USA), The Red Room, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone

Sat. 21st: Level Best (USA), The Beehive Bar, Ardara, Co. Donegal

Sun. 22nd: Level Best (USA), The Moorings, Bellanaleck, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh

Tues. 24th: Level Best (USA), Gleeson's Bar, Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare

Wed. 25th: Level Best (USA), Richhill Castle Marquee, Richhill, Co. Armagh

Thurs. 26th: Level Best (USA), Matt Molloy’s, Bridge St., Westport, Co. Mayo

Thurs. 26th: The Local Honeys (USA), The Sound House, Dublin, 7.30 p.m.

Thurs. 26th-Fri. 27th: 15th Red Wine Bluegrass Party, Teatro della Tosse, Sala Agorà/La Claque, Piazza Renato Negri, Genova (Genoa), Italy, 9.30 p.m.

Fri. 27th: Level Best (USA), Sligo Bus Station, 3.00 p.m. (part of Sligo Live International Music Festival); Knocknashee Community Hub, Lavagh, Tobercurry, Co. Sligo, F56 W744 (evening show)

Fri. 27th: The Local Honeys (USA), Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo town, with Niall McCabe

Sat. 28th: Level Best (USA), Richhill Apple Fayre, Richhill, Co. Armagh


NOVEMBER 2023

Wed. 1st: The Dead South (CAN), Ulster Hall, Belfast, 7.00 p.m.

Thurs. 2nd: The Dead South (CAN), Vicar Street, Dublin, 7.00 p.m.

Thurs. 2nd-Sun. 5th: 26th Annual Banjo Gathering, Birthplace of Country Music Museum and Sessions Hotel, Bristol, TN/VA

Thurs. 9th-Sat. 11th: Industrial Strength Bluegrass Festival, Wilmington, OH


JANUARY 2024

Sat. 13th: Earl Scruggs 100th Birthday Celebration, Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN: Bela Fleck, Jim Mills, Charlie Cushman, Gina Britt, Tony Trischka, Alison Brown, Earls of Leicester, Del McCoury, Sam Bush, Sierra Hull, Stuart Duncan, Justin Moses. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Thurs. 18th-Sun. 4th: Celtic Connections festival, Glasgow, Scotland; programme includes Chris Thile, Molly Tuttle, Sarah Jarosz, Kaia Kater, Natalie Haas, Alison Brown, Tim O'Brien, Béla Fleck & ‘My Bluegrass Heart’, Transatlantic Sessions, many more

Wed. 24th-Sun. 28th: TradFest 2024, Temple Bar district, Dublin 2; artists include Alison Brown, Aoife O'Donovan, Kaia Kater, Shane Hennessy, more TBA


FEBRUARY 2024

Fri. 2nd-Sun. 4th: Ardara Bluegrass Festival, Ardara, Co. Donegal: East Nash Grass (USA), other acts TBA; tickets from Pat McGill, 087 6900 714


MARCH 2024

Sat. 16th: New single and video, 'Across the pond' from JigJam

Sat. 16th: Two Time Polka, outdoor, Blarney, Co. Cork. from midday

Sun. 17th: Two Time Polka, Crane Lane Theatre, Phoenix St., Cork city, 2.00 p.m.; Canty’s Bar, Pembroke St., Cork city, 7.30 p.m.

Fri. 22nd: Bela Fleck on Deering Live

Wed. 27th: JigJam on Deering Live (watch on YouTube

Sat. 30th: I Draw Slow with support, Whelan's Main Venue, Dublin 2; tickets


APRIL 2004

Sun. 7th: Two Time Polka, Crane Lane Theatre, Phoenix St, Cork city, from midnight

Mon. 15th: Two Time Polka release new CD Border radio

Thurs. 25th-Sat. 4th May: Joachim Cooder with Rayna Gellert (fiddle), tour of Ireland: Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast, 25th; Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart, 26th; Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, 27th; Dolans Upstairs, Limerick, 28th; Matt Molloy's, Westport, 29th; Campbell's, Headford, 30th; Whelan's main venue, Wexford St., Dublin, May 1st, 8.00-10.45 p.m., €30.00; Cyprus Avenue, cork, May 2nd; Connolly's. Leap, May 3rd; Kilkenny Roots Festival, 4th May
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MAY 2024

Fri. 3rd-Sat. 4th: 20th International Bühl Bluegrass-Festival, Bühl/Baden, Germany

Fri. 3rd-Mon. 6th: Bluegrass Omagh 2024, Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh, Co. Tyrone; Nothin' Fancy (USA), Thomas Cassell (USA), Milkeaters (CZ), Rookie Riot (SE), Pilgrim St (IRL)

Fri. 3rd-Mon. 6th: 26th Kilkenny Roots Festival



JUNE 2024

Fri. 7th-Sun. 9th: 18th Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival, Westport, Co. Mayo: Martha Spencer & the Wonderland Country Band (USA), The Wayfarers (USA), Remedy Tree (USA), Pauline Scanlon (IRL), Zoe & Cloyd (USA), East Tennessee State University Bluegrass Band (USA), Big Chimney Barn-Dance (USA), Hackney Hill Pickers (UK), The Folly Brothers (UK), Late for the Train (USA), The Lois & Clark Expedition (USA), The Rocky Top String Band (IRL), Tim Rogers (IRL)



Thurs. 13th: Jake Blount, Mussenden Temple, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry

Fri. 14th: Jake Blount, Market Place Theatre, Armagh city

Sat. 15th: Jake Blount, Strule Arts Centre, Omagh, Co. Tyrone

Sun. 16th: Jake Blount, Black Box, Belfast, 7.00 p.m.

Fri. 28th-Sun. 30th: Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; very distinguished lineup


AUGUST 2024

Fri. 30th-Sat. 1st Sept.: Earl Scruggs Music Festival, Mill Spring, North Carolina, USA


SEPTEMBER 2024

Tues. 24th-Sat. 28th: IBMA WOrld Of Bluegrass, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

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5 Comments:

At 5:41 pm, Blogger Unknown said...

The Horsenecks touring Dec 6-15th nad @ Cobblestone on the 12th are from Portland Oregon and play Old Time Stringband music on 5 Str, Fiddle & G - TMI?

 
At 9:20 am, Blogger Debbie Splash said...

Any blue grass in Dublin in November/ December?

 
At 4:06 pm, Blogger Richard Hawkins said...

If there is to be any, no public announcement of it has yet (7 Nov.) been made. The likeliest place to see news of bluegrass activity in Dublin is the Dublin Bluegrass Collective Facebook - see the BIB's sidebar. If the BIB receives any news, it will go on our calendar, with a corresponding post on the front page.

BIB editor

 
At 12:35 am, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank you Richard for so many years of your Blog we will miss you. Micheal Murphy

 
At 9:35 am, Anonymous Richard Hawkins said...

Thanks, Michael!

BIB editor (retired)

 

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