2013 in Irish music
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This is a summary of the year 2013 in Irish music.
Monthly summary
January
- 17 January — Shannon Winter Music Weekend.[1]
- 22 January — Temple Bar Trad Fest.[1]
- 26 January — Country & Western Weekend.[1]
February
- 9 February — The Gealach Gorm Singer/Songwriter Festival.[1]
- 13 February — 12 Points Jazz Festival.[1]
- 20 February — The Gathering Festival.[1]
- 20 February — Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival.[1]
- 22 February — Kiltimagh Choral Festival.[1]
- 27 February — Corofin Traditional Festival.[1]
March
- 11 March — ESB Electric Ireland Feis Ceoil.[1]
- 22 March — Inishowen Traditional Singers' Circle.[1]
- 30 March — Ballydehob Traditional Music Festival.[1]
April
- 5 April — Driochead Festival.[2]
- 10 April — Pan Celtic International Festival.[2]
- 12 April — Seshtival.[2]
- 12 April — Clifden Traditional Music Festival.[2]
- 15 April — Waterford New Music Week.[2]
- 19 April — The Shindig Festival.[2]
- 26 April — Feile na nDeise.[2]
- 26 April — Guitar Festival of Ireland.[2]
May
- 1 May — Feile na Bealtaine.[3]
- 1 May — Cork International Choral Festival.[3]
- 2 May — Waterford International Music Festival.[3]
- 2 May — Cathedral Quarter Music & Arts Festival.[3]
- 2 May — City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival.[3]
- 2 May — Bray Jazz Festival.[3]
- 2 May — Drogheda Arts Festival.[3]
- 3 May — Feile Chois Cuain.[3]
- 3 May — Cup of Tae Festival.[3]
- 3 May — Vantastival.[3]
- 3 May — Phoenix Arts Festival.[3]
- 3 May — May Country Music Festival.[3]
- 3 May — Little Big Weekend.[3]
- 3 May — Inishbofin Arts Festival.[3]
- 3 May — Athboy Live.[3]
- 3 May — Coors Live at the Latin Quarter.[3]
- 3 May — Feile Oriel.[3]
- 3 May — Kilkenny Rhythm and Roots.[3]
- 3 May — Ballydehob Jazz Festival.[3]
- 3 May — Summer Fest.[3]
- 4 May — Festival of the Fires.[3]
- 5 May — MANGO all day party.[3]
- 8 May — Baltimore Fiddle Fair.[3]
- 10 May — Camden Crawl Dublin.[3]
- 10 May — Gospel Rising Music Festival.[3]
- 11 May — Nass Breakdown Sessions.[3]
- 16 May — Galway Early Music Festival.[3]
- 17 May — Fleadh Nua.[3]
- 23 May — Mayo International Choral Festival.[3]
- 23 May — Dublin City Soul Festival.[3]
- 24 May — LINK Culture Fest.[3]
- 24 May — Wicklow Arts Festival.[3]
- 24 May — Iniscealtra Festival of Arts.[3]
- 24 May — Life Festival.[3]
- 24 May — Donegal Live.[3]
- 29 May — Indie Week Ireland.[3]
- 30 May — The Clancy Brothers Festival.[3]
- 30 May — Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival.[3]
June
- 1 June — Doonbeg International Jazz Festival.[4]
- 1 June — Nitrogen Festival.[4]
- 1 June — Forbidden Fruit.[4]
- 1 June — Moe Fest.[4]
- 1 June — Strawberry Fest.[4]
- 1 June — Burren Summer Festival - Féile An tSamhraidh.[4]
- 1 June — Barcastle Free Music Festival.[4]
- 1 June — Lismore Music Festival.[4]
- 1 June — Cold Pro Music and Surf Festival
- 1 June — Shamrock Music Festival.[4]
- 1 June — The Happy Valley Festival.[4]
- 1 June — Pigstock Festival.[4]
- 1 June — Castlebar Blues & Beyond.[4]
- 1 June — Little Havana Festival.[4]
- 2 June — Inistioge Summer Festival.[4]
- 2 June — Pop Picnic.[4]
- 2 June — Woodstock Revisited.[4]
- 6 June — Flat Lake Festival
- 7 June — Arcadia Festival.[4]
- 7 June — Temple House Festival.[4]
- 7 June — Eigse Carlow Arts Festival.[4]
- 7 June — Live at Leopardstown.[4]
- 8 June — Gentlemen of the Road.[4]
- 8 June — Tain Summer Festival.[4]
- 8 June — Helium.[4]
- 11 June — KBC Great Music in Irish Houses.[4]
- 12 June — Clare County Fleadh.[4]
- 14 June — NPLD (No Place Like Dome).[4]
- 14 June — The Fastnet Maritime and Folk Festival.[4]
- 15 June — Face Fest.[4]
- 18 June — Mayo Alive.[4]
- 19 June — Bushmills Live.[4]
- 20 June — Love Live Music.[4]
- 20 June — Féile Brian Ború.[4]
- 20 June — Cork Midsummer Festival.[4]
- 21 June — Glenties Busking Festival.[4]
- 21 June — Body & Soul.[4]
- 21 June — Open House Festival.[4]
- 21 June — Drogheda Samba Festival.[4]
- 21 June — Live On Spike.[4]
- 22 June — BBA Taking Control.[4]
- 22 June — Fortstock.[4]
- 26 June — Irish Performing Arts Festival.[4]
- 26 June — Celtronic.[4]
- 26 June — Solstice.[4]
- 27 June — Summer Carnival.[4]
- 28 June — West Cork Chamber Music Festival.[4]
- 28 June — Summer Madness.[4]
- 28 June — Celtic Fusion.[4]
- 28 June — Sea Sessions Surf & Music Festival.[4]
- 28 June — Westport Festival of Music and Performing Arts.[4]
- 28 June — Louth Music Festival.[4]
- 28 June — Rocky Mayhem.[4]
- 28 June — Westport Folk & Bluegrass Festival.[4]
- 28 June — Bump! Muzik Festival.[4]
- 29 June — Rhythm Fest.[4]
- 29 June — The Island Jam.[4]
- 29 June — Dylan Fest.[4]
July
- 4 July — Carrick on Shannon Water Music Festival.[5]
- 5 July — Cairde festival.[5]
- 5 July — Burning Oak Festival.[5]
- 5 July — Willowstone Arts & Music Festival
- 5 July — Riverside Jump.[5]
- 6 July — Bray Summer Fest.[5]
- 6 July — Oxegen.[5]
- 6 July — Clonmel Junction Festival.[5]
- 6 July — Make A Move.[5]
- 6 July — Kinsale Arts Week.[5]
- 6 July — Earagail Arts Festival.[5]
- 7 July — Aran Trad Fest.[5]
- 12 July — Athy Bluegrass Festival.[5]
- 12 July — Carbon Dioxide Festival
- 12 July — Donegal Town Summer Festival.[5]
- 12 July — Templebar Beatles Fest.[5]
- 12 July — Link Fest.[5]
- 12 July — Dalriada Arts Festival.[5]
- 13 July — Tra Fest.[5]
- 15 July — Venice of Ireland Festival.[5]
- 15 July — Galway Fringe Festival.[5]
- 15 July — Galway Arts Festival.[5]
- 17 July — Liberties Festival.[5]
- 19 July — Loughcrew Garden Opera.[5]
- 19 July — Festival of World Cultures
- 19 July — Hilltown New Music Festival.[5]
- 20 July — Ceol at the O.[5]
- 20 July — Dublin Flamenco Festival.[5]
- 20 July — Glasgowbury.[5]
- 21 July — Fiddler’s Green Festival.[5]
- 21 July — Ulster Fleadh.[5]
- 24 July — Sligo Jazz Festival.[5]
- 26 July — Buncrana Music Festival.[5]
- 26 July — Skibbereen Arts Festival.[5]
- 26 July — Abhainn Rí Festival.[5]
- 26 July — Westport Music Festival.[5]
- 26 July — Waterford Music Fest
- 26 July — Boyle Arts Festival.[5]
- 26 July — Ballyshannon Folk & Trad Music Festival.[5]
- 26 July — Killarney Summer Fest.[5]
- 26 July — Walled City Music Festival.[5]
- 26 July — KnockanStockan.[5]
- 28 July — Mary From Dungloe International Festival.[5]
- 30 July — Sunset Festival.[5]
August
- 2 August — Ballyshannon Trad and Folk Music Festival.[6]
- 2 August — Clonakilty Waterfront Festival.[6]
- 2 August — Scariff Harbour Festival.[6]
- 3 August — Spraoi Festival.[6]
- 3 August — Carrigallen Summer Festival.[6]
- 3 August — Farney Music Festival.[6]
- 3 August — Indiependence Music & Arts Festival.[6]
- 3 August — Castlepalooza.[6]
- 3 August — Sean McCarthy Memorial Weekend Festival.[6]
- 3 August — Le Cheile.[6]
- 3 August — Forfey Festival.[6]
- 3 August — Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival.[6]
- 3 August — Ranalagh Arts Festival.[6]
- 3 August — Cahersiveen Festival of Music & the Arts.[6]
- 3 August — Belfast Taste & Music Fest.[6]
- 3 August — Booleigh Ska Festival.[6]
- 3 August — Americana & Roots Weekend.[6]
- 4 August — Old Fair Day Festival.[6]
- 4 August — Féile Ghleanncholmcille.[6]
- 4 August — Liss Ard Festival.[6]
- 5 August — Joy Music Festival.[6]
- 5 August — Kingscourt Festival.[6]
- 6 August — Northside Music Festival.[6]
- 8 August — Feakle Trad Festival.[6]
- 10 August — Mohill Bluegrass Festival.[6]
- 10 August — Puck Fair.[6]
- 10 August — Kilkenny Arts Festival.[6]
- 11 August — Dublin Latin American Festival.[6]
- 11 August — Jam in the Park.[6]
- 13 August — Fleadh Cheoil.[6]
- 15 August — Terry Glass Arts Festival.[6]
- 15 August — Masters of Tradition.[6]
- 15 August — Belsonic.[6]
- 17 August — Jack of Diamonds Rhythm & Roots Festival.[6]
- 17 August — Down with Jazz.[6]
- 17 August — Stendhal Festival.[6]
- 17 August — Back to Basics - Rose of Tralee Carnival.[6]
- 17 August — Sunflower Fest.[6]
- 17 August — Killruddery Music Festival.[6]
- 17 August — The Marquee in Drumlish.[6]
- 18 August — Ululele Hooley.[6]
- 18 August — Letterkenny Live.[6]
- 18 August — New Ross Summer Festival.[6]
- 19 August — Danny's Garden Music Festival.[6]
- 19 August — Decades Festival.[6]
- 21 August — Tennents Vital Festival.[6]
- 23 August — Ballinamore Free Fringe Festival.[6]
- 24 August — Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival.[6]
- 24 August — Belly Bang.[6]
- 24 August — Prosperous Music Festival.[6]
- 24 August — City of Derry Guitar Festival.[6]
- 25 August — Jollylands.[6]
- 25 August — Tara Rocks.[6]
- 30 August — Kilkenny International Gospel Music Festival.[6]
- 31 August — Appalachian & Bluegrass Music Festival.[6]
- 31 August — Electric Picnic.[6]
September
- 1 September — Phizzfest.[7]
- 6 September — Dingle Trad/Fusion Festival.[7]
- 6 September — Gig 'n The Bann.[7]
- 7 September — Harvest Time Blues.[7]
- 7 September — Tulla Trad Festival.[7]
- 8 September — Slane Castle.[7]
- 8 September — Absolute Fringe.[7]
- 8 September — Skerries Soundwaves.[7]
- 9 September — The Blackstairs Blues Festival.[7]
- 10 September — Planet Love.[7]
- 12 September — Navan Live.[7]
- 13 September — Dunfanaghy Jazz and Blues Festival 2011.[7]
- 13 September — A French Revelation.[7]
- 14 September — Tuam Trad Festival.[7]
- 15 September — John Martyn Tribute Festival.[7]
- 17 September — Mystik Fest.[7]
- 20 September — Clifden Arts Week.[7]
- 20 September — Guinness Cobh Blues Festival.[7]
- 20 September — Shorelines Art Festival.[7]
- 20 September — Clonakilty International Guitar Festival.[7]
- 20 September — Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival.[7]
- 21 September — Spirit of Folk Festival.[7]
- 24 September — The Green Village Music & Arts Festival.[7]
- 24 September — Dublin International Gospel Music Festival.[7]
- 25 September — YES Festival.[7]
- 27 September — New Ross Piano Festival.[7]
- 27 September — Guinness Live At The Latin Quarter.[7]
- 27 September — Engage Arts Festival.[7]
- 28 September — Limerick Jazz Festival.[7]
- 28 September — Sligo Festival of Baroque Music.[7]
- 29 September — Kilkenny Celtic Festival.[7]
- 30 September — Sligo Traditional Singing Weekend.[7]
- 30 September — Galway Jazz Festival.[7]
- 30 September — Kerry International Chamber Music Festival.[7]
October
- 1 October — Oxjam.[8]
- 1 October — Westport Arts Festival.[8]
- 3 October — Beamish Cork Folk Festival.[8]
- 4 October — East Cork Early Music Festival.[8]
- 4 October — Hard Working Class Heroes.[8]
- 5 October — O' Carolan Harp, Culture & Heritage Festival.[8]
- 6 October — One Night Music Festival.[8]
- 12 October — Feile Frank McGann.[8]
- 14 October — Belfast Fringe.[8]
- 15 October — Baboró - International Arts Festival for Children.[8]
- 18 October — Becks Rhythm Weekender.[8]
- 18 October — The Roe Valley Arts Festival.[8]
- 19 October — Imagine Arts Festival.[8]
- 19 October — Belfast Festival at Queen’s.[8]
- 19 October — MUSIC and craic in the Glen.[8]
- 20 October — Imagine Trad Festival.[8]
- 20 October — Cooley-Collins Traditional Music Festival.[8]
- 24 October — Festival Folk.[8]
- 24 October — Wexford Opera Festival.[8]
- 24 October — Sligo Live.[8]
- 25 October — Virginia Pumpkin Festival.[8]
- 25 October — Beat Yard.[8]
- 26 October — Willie Keane memorial weekend.[8]
- 26 October — Patrick O'Keeffe Traditional Music Festival.[8]
- 26 October — Cork Jazz Festival.[8]
- 26 October — Hunters Moon Music and Art Festival.[8]
- 26 October — South Roscommon Singers Festival.[8]
- 26 October — Patrick O'Keefe Traditional Music Festival.[8]
- 26 October — Kinsale Jazz Festival.[8]
- 27 October — Cloughtoberfest Gypsy Jazz Festival.[8]
- 28 October — The Mansion Festival.[8]
- 28 October — Afro Ireland Festival.[8]
November
- 7 November — Dubln Beatles Festival.[9]
- 7–11 November — Ennis Trad Festival.[9]
- 9 November — The All Ireland Elvis Festival.[9]
- 9 November — Spirit of Voice Festival.[9]
- 9 November — Cashel Arts Fest.[9]
- 10 November — Sligo International Choral Festival.[9]
- 12 November — Bottlenote.[9]
- 16 November — Ardee Baroque Festival.[9]
- 17 November — Irish Burning Man Decompressed.[9]
- 17 November — Seesound - as part of Cork Film Festival.[9]
- 17 November — Dublin Burlesque Festival.[9]
- 21 November — Jazz Is….[9]
- 23 November — What If, Why Not?.[9]
- 30 November — Feile na Soilse.[9]
- 30 November — Drogheda Traditional Music Weekend.[9]
- 30 November — Home Grown Music Festival.[9]
December
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 January - March Music Festivals Ireland. Retrieved: 2012-11-25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 April Music Festivals Ireland. Retrieved: 2012-11-25.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 May Music Festivals Ireland. Retrieved: 2012-11-25.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 4.33 4.34 4.35 4.36 4.37 4.38 4.39 4.40 4.41 4.42 4.43 4.44 4.45 4.46 4.47 4.48 4.49 4.50 4.51 4.52 4.53 4.54 4.55 June Music Festivals Ireland. Retrieved: 2012-11-25.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 5.31 5.32 5.33 5.34 5.35 5.36 5.37 5.38 5.39 July Music Festivals Ireland. Retrieved: 2012-11-25.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 6.30 6.31 6.32 6.33 6.34 6.35 6.36 6.37 6.38 6.39 6.40 6.41 6.42 6.43 6.44 6.45 6.46 6.47 6.48 6.49 6.50 6.51 6.52 6.53 6.54 6.55 August Music Festivals Ireland. Retrieved: 2012-11-25.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 7.26 7.27 7.28 7.29 7.30 7.31 7.32 7.33 September Music Festivals Ireland. Retrieved: 2012-11-25.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 8.24 8.25 8.26 8.27 8.28 8.29 8.30 8.31 October Music Festivals Ireland. Retrieved: 2012-11-25.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 November & December Music Festivals Ireland. Retrieved: 2012-11-25.