Ireland Folk Events and Promoters
Afternoon Blues at The American Bar
Every last Saturday of the month at 2pm in The American Bar, Belfast. Run by the infamous Chris Roddy of The Rotterdam and The Pound. Proper music for grown ups!
Ballymore Acoustic
BAG - Ballymore Acoustic Gigs -takes its name from the village of Ballymore Eustace, Co. Kildare, where live Roots Music gigs have been hosted for over 20 years, featuring the best of Irish and overse…
Belfast TradFest
Belfast TradFest welcomes world-class traditional musicians to Belfast each July. Bringing the city to life with traditional music concerts, sessions, ceili’s, talks, masterclasses and free events.
Call the Dancers
Monthly Trad event at Whelen´s, Dublin. Trad geeks may recognise ‘Call The Dancers’ as a battle cry issued on ‘I gCnoc na Graí / In Knocknaree’ a live album by Tony McMahon and Noel Hill from 1985 …
Carrigaholt Folk & Bluegrass Festival
Come along and enjoy a feast of blues, folk and bluegrass music throughout the weekend.
Cork Folk Festival
The Cork Folk Festival is an international celebration of world-class Folk and Traditional Music.
David Browne Murray at The American Bar
1st & 3rd Thursday of each month at 8pm in The American Bar, Belfast. Experience our local finger-style guitarist playing original pieces and your favourite covers.
FeileAfrica Events
With a history of touring culturally significant ´World Music Acts´ around Europe and Ireland since the early 90s, FeileAfrica is the first place to visit for anyone seeking interesting, unusual and e…
Fiddler´s Green Festival
It began as a one day event in the 1980’s, progressed to a weekend and now extends to eight days and seven nights of music, culture and craic. With up to 200 events the festival caters for music fanat…
Improvised Music Company
Improvised Music Company (IMC) is an Arts Council funded resource for Irish musicians and a specialist music promoter for jazz and ethnic music in Ireland. We produce 4 festivals annually as well as i…
Joe´s Rabble Rousers
Every Tuesday Night at Sandino´s - a nice mix of blues/jazz/folk and traditional tunes.
Moving on Music
Moving on Music is the leading promoter of jazz, folk, roots, traditional, classical and ‘other’ music in Northern Ireland. Established in 1995, we are an independent, not-for-profit organisation and…
Music Capital
People want to be inspired by something they can believe in and we are committed to creating positively life-changing experiences. We want to inspire, create and connect people through the power of li…
www.musiccapital.orgMusic Network
Music Network’s mission is to make high quality live music available and accessible to people throughout Ireland. Music Network is a national music touring and development organisation, and was fou…
National Concert Hall presents
The National Concert Hall, based in the heart of Dublin City Centre, is Ireland´s National Cultural Institution for music. Our vision is to be regarded worldwide as one of the great centres for music …
Penguin Live (Ireland) presents
Our events range from intimate gatherings to extensive tours, featuring comedians and novelists, chefs and big thinkers – from Ruby Wax, Reggie Yates and Caitlin Moran to Simon Sinek, Arundhati Roy an…
Sailortown Folk Night
2nd & 4th Thursday of each month at 8pm in the American Bar, Belfast. Open session with some of the best musicians Belfast has to offer, compered by Joshua Burnside.
Serious (Ireland)
Serious is a unique force in the field of live music. The company makes a major contribution to the arts world through a national programme that is internationally recognised, working with a networ…
The Electronic Folk
The Electronic Folk Music Collective was set up in 2016 by Simon MacHale, as a way to connect Cork electro-folk musicians and offer performance opportunities. The Electronic Folk projects began as m…
The Sunflower Folk Club
The Sunflower Folk Club meets every Thursday from 9 - 11 pm at The Sunflower Public House. The Folk Club draws its inspiration from the many successful Belfast folk clubs over the years. In partic…
Tradfest Temple Bar
TradFest Temple Bar is a joyful celebration of Irish identity through music. Each January, it showcases the best of established and emerging musical talent at a landmark festival which is rooted in t…