Don’t miss your chance to catch a young band at the forefront of new Irish trad music in a series of special concerts for young audiences. Fast becoming a festival favourite around the world, MOXIE are garnering a reputation for their highly charged live performances, brimming with youthful vitality. With a traditional music that flows from banjos, guitar, accordion, keyboard
Have a go at playing traditional music on one of a range of instruments at these fun drop-in sessions for beginners. Suitable for beginners or newcomers to Irish music, each participant will enjoy a short 15 minute introduction to playing one traditional instrument and complete a simple musical task on that instrument. Participants will get a certificate of participation at
If you’re aged 6+ and play an instrument, this is your chance to come and play in a real trad session! Drop in to our open trad seisiún, especially for children, led by members of Ceoltóirí Chluain Tarbh, a long established and highly active Irish music organisation. Children who can play a tune on the fiddle, bodhrán, harp, concertina, or
Try your hand at a variety of fun traditional crafts using different natural materials at this year’s Tradfest Children’s Crafts Club for Ages 4+. Craftspeople of the past and present have found inspiration in the plants, animals and landscapes of the Irish woodlands. They explore the forests, foraging for natural materials to make beautiful crafts. This year the Tradfest Crafts
Learn to use a range of fun household objects to create music as you form your own family folk band for an afternoon! A jug band is a type of traditional folk band from America where at least one member of the band plays music using a jug! On this side of the world they are sometimes called Skiffle bands.