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Here you find listings of all the artists appearing at our latest festival.

Click on the name to see the artist’s full biography.

Charlie and Rowan Piggott

Accordian, Fiddle, Singer

A rare opportunity to hear renowned accordionist Charlie Piggott (of De Danann, The Lonely Stranded Band etc.) in combination with...

Ríoghnach Connolly

Singer

Ríoghnach Connolly is a professional vocalist, flautist, lyricist, workshop facilitator, and musical activist. She has a worldwide publishing deal with...

Martin Hayes

Artistic Director, Fiddle

One of the most influential musicians in the world of Irish traditional music today, Martin Hayes remains grounded in the...

Tiago Matias

Guitar, Lute

Tiago Matias, originally from Aveiro (Portugal), studied at the Aveiro Calouste Gulbenkian Conservatory and the Lisbon School of Music, graduating...

Stuart McCallum

Guitar

Bio coming soon.

Cormac McCarthy

Piano

Cormac McCarthy is a pianist, composer, arranger and conductor from Cork, Ireland. Noted for a diverse stylistic palette, and equally...

Libby McCrohan

Bouzouki

Libby McCrohan is an Irish traditional musician from Dublin. She plays a round back Greek bouzouki. Her approach to accompaniment...

Louise Mulcahy

Pipes

Louise Mulcahy is one of Ireland’s most talented and gifted instrumentalists in Irish traditional music today. Her musicianship has defined...

Máirín Fahy and Patsy Broderick

Fiddle, Piano

Growing up in East Galway, an area renowned for its unique style of traditional music, Máirín Fahy from Ballinakill and...

Clíodhna Ní Aodáin

Cello

Clíodhna Ní Aodáin is an Irish cellist, composer, conductor, and teacher based in Bern. Classically trained in Dublin, Vienna, Manchester,...

Aoife Ní Bhriain

Fiddle

Born in Dublin, to a family of musicians, Aoife Ní Bhriain has established herself as one of the most versatile...

Ciara Ní Bhriain

Fiddle

Born into a musical Dublin family, Ciara Ní Bhriain began learning the violin at the age of three. Her parents,...

Méav Ní Mhaolchatha

Composer, Singer

Méav Ní Mhaolchatha is a singer and composer whose unique sound was forged by the combination of her family heritage...

Liam O'Brien

Concertina

Liam O'Brien, originally from Miltown Malbay, grew up in a very musical family. He began learning the tin whistle at...

Charlie Piggott

Accordian

Charlie Piggott was one of the founding members of De Danann, with whom he toured extensively in Europe, Canada and...

Richie Piggott

Historian

Richie Piggott is an Irish traditional music historian, originally from Cobh, Co Cork but living in Chicago, USA for the...

Kyle Sanna

Guitar

Kyle Sanna is a Brooklyn-based guitarist and composer whose work spans four divergent disciplines: contemporary composition, jazz and improvisation, the...

Seán Doherty

Composer

Seán Doherty (b. 1987) is an award-winning Irish composer and musicologist whose work bridges the worlds of contemporary classical music,...

The Breath

Guitar, Singer

The Breath is Stuart McCallum, acclaimed guitar whiz and ex-member of The Cinematic Orchestra, and Ríoghnach Connolly, multi award-winning folk...

The Weaving

Accordian, Fiddle, Piano, Singer

The Weaving is Méabh Ní Bheaglaoich (accordion, vocals) and Owen Spafford (fiddle) and Cáit Ní Riain (piano, vocals). This trio...

Ryan Young

Fiddle

Ryan Young brings new and exciting ideas to traditional Scottish music, receiving international praise for his spell-binding interpretations on the...

Ciarán Ó Gealbháin

Sean-Nós Singer

Ciarán Ó Gealbháin is a musician and singer from An Sean-Phobal, in the Waterford Gaeltacht. He has travelled extensively in...