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Feakle Traditional Music Festival

August 5th – 10th, 2015 www.feaklefestival.ie

The 28th Annual Feakle Traditional Music Festival takes place this year from August 5th–10th. Now firmly established as one of the best Music Festivals of its kind in Ireland and indeed further afield, this year’s package will offer more of the finest entertainment as is expected and looked forward to by the thousands of punters who travel to this haven of Irish culture from all over the world.

The hard working group who organise this event are busy at present knitting together a Festival which will embrace all that is good in our Traditional Music Field. Feakle is considered the cultural capital of East Clare and hosts sessions 5 nights of the week throughout the year. With local musicians such as Martin Hayes, Mark Donnellan, Andrew & Mary McNamara, Seamus Bugler, Jed Foley, Vincent Griffin, John Canny and many more, this area has a richness of Quality music, and come August 5th they will be joined by many of the world’s top traditional artists be they musicians, singers, dancers or poets.

Joining local musicians this year will be Moya Brennan & Cormac De Barra, Peter Carberry & Padraig McGovern, The London Lasses, Caitlin Nic Gabhann & Ciaran O Maonaigh, Seamus Begley & Joe Fitzgerald (Australia), 4 Star trio and many more.

For further information visit the website www.feaklefestival.ie or email: info@feaklefestival.ie

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