2013 in Irish music explained

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.
26 January – Country & Western Weekend.

February

9 February – The Gealach Gorm Singer/Songwriter Festival.
13 February – 12 Points Jazz Festival.
20 February – The Gathering Festival.
20 February – Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival.
22 February – Kiltimagh Choral Festival.
27 February – Corofin Traditional Festival.

March

11 March – ESB Electric Ireland Feis Ceoil.
22 March – Inishowen Traditional Singers' Circle.
30 March – Ballydehob Traditional Music Festival.

April

5 April – Driochead Festival.^[2]
10 April – Pan Celtic International Festival.
12 April – Seshtival.
12 April – Clifden Traditional Music Festival.
15 April – Waterford New Music Week.
19 April – The Shindig Festival.
26 April – Feile na nDeise.
26 April – Guitar Festival of Ireland.

May

1 May – Feile na Bealtaine.^[3]
1 May – Cork International Choral Festival.
2 May – Waterford International Music Festival.
2 May – Cathedral Quarter Music & Arts Festival.
2 May – City of Derry Jazz and Big Band Festival.
2 May – Bray Jazz Festival.
2 May – Drogheda Arts Festival.
3 May – Feile Chois Cuain.
3 May – Cup of Tae Festival.
3 May – Vantastival.
3 May – Phoenix Arts Festival.
3 May – May Country Music Festival.
3 May – Little Big Weekend.
3 May – Inishbofin Arts Festival.
3 May – Athboy Live.
3 May – Coors Live at the Latin Quarter.
3 May – Feile Oriel.
3 May – Kilkenny Rhythm and Roots.
3 May – Ballydehob Jazz Festival.
3 May – Summer Fest.
4 May – Festival of the Fires.
5 May – MANGO all day party.
8 May – Baltimore Fiddle Fair.
10 May – Camden Crawl Dublin.
10 May – Gospel Rising Music Festival.
11 May – Nass Breakdown Sessions.
16 May – Galway Early Music Festival.
17 May – Fleadh Nua.
23 May – Mayo International Choral Festival.
23 May – Dublin City Soul Festival.
24 May – LINK Culture Fest.
24 May – Wicklow Arts Festival.
24 May – Iniscealtra Festival of Arts.
24 May – Life Festival.
24 May – Donegal Live.
29 May – Indie Week Ireland.
30 May – The Clancy Brothers Festival.
30 May – Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival.

June

1 June – Doonbeg International Jazz Festival.^[4]
1 June – Nitrogen Festival.
1 June – Forbidden Fruit.
1 June – Moe Fest.
1 June – Strawberry Fest.
1 June – Burren Summer Festival – Féile An tSamhraidh.
1 June – Barcastle Free Music Festival.
1 June – Lismore Music Festival.
1 June – Cold Pro Music and Surf Festival
1 June – Shamrock Music Festival.
1 June – The Happy Valley Festival.
1 June – Pigstock Festival.
1 June – Castlebar Blues & Beyond.
1 June – Little Havana Festival.
2 June – Inistioge Summer Festival.
2 June – Pop Picnic.
2 June – Woodstock Revisited.
6 June – Flat Lake Festival
7 June – Arcadia Festival.
7 June – Temple House Festival.
7 June – Eigse Carlow Arts Festival.
7 June – Live at Leopardstown.
8 June – Gentlemen of the Road.
8 June – Tain Summer Festival.
8 June – Helium.
11 June – KBC Great Music in Irish Houses.
12 June – Clare County Fleadh.
14 June – NPLD (No Place Like Dome).
14 June – The Fastnet Maritime and Folk Festival.
15 June – Face Fest.
18 June – Mayo Alive.
19 June – Bushmills Live.
20 June – Love Live Music.
20 June – Féile Brian Ború.
20 June – Cork Midsummer Festival.
21 June – Glenties Busking Festival.
21 June – Body & Soul.
21 June – Open House Festival.
21 June – Drogheda Samba Festival.
21 June – Live on Spike.
22 June – BBA Taking Control.
22 June – Fortstock.
26 June – Irish Performing Arts Festival.
26 June – Celtronic.
26 June – Solstice.
27 June – Summer Carnival.
28 June – West Cork Chamber Music Festival.
28 June – Summer Madness.
28 June – Celtic Fusion.
28 June – Sea Sessions Surf & Music Festival.
28 June – Westport Festival of Music and Performing Arts.
28 June – Louth Music Festival.
28 June – Rocky Mayhem.
28 June – Westport Folk & Bluegrass Festival.
28 June – Bump! Muzik Festival.
29 June – Rhythm Fest.
29 June – The Island Jam.
29 June – Dylan Fest.

July

4 July – Carrick on Shannon Water Music Festival.^[5]
5 July – Cairde festival.
5 July – Burning Oak Festival.
5 July – Willowstone Arts & Music Festival
5 July – Riverside Jump.
6 July – Bray Summer Fest.
6 July – Oxegen.
6 July – Clonmel Junction Festival.
6 July – Make A Move.
6 July – Kinsale Arts Week.
6 July – Earagail Arts Festival.
7 July – Aran Trad Fest.
12 July – Athy Bluegrass Festival.
12 July – Carbon Dioxide Festival
12 July – Donegal Town Summer Festival.
12 July – Templebar Beatles Fest.
12 July – Link Fest.
12 July – Dalriada Arts Festival.
13 July – Tra Fest.
15 July – Venice of Ireland Festival.
15 July – Galway Fringe Festival.
15 July – Galway Arts Festival.
17 July – Liberties Festival.
19 July – Loughcrew Garden Opera.
19 July – Festival of World Cultures
19 July – Hilltown New Music Festival.
20 July – Ceol at the O.
20 July – Dublin Flamenco Festival.
20 July – Glasgowbury.
21 July – Fiddler's Green Festival.
21 July – Ulster Fleadh.
24 July – Sligo Jazz Festival.
26 July – Buncrana Music Festival.
26 July – Skibbereen Arts Festival.
26 July – Abhainn Rí Festival.
26 July – Westport Music Festival.
26 July – Waterford Music Fest
26 July – Boyle Arts Festival.
26 July – Ballyshannon Folk & Trad Music Festival.
26 July – Killarney Summer Fest.
26 July – Walled City Music Festival.
26 July – KnockanStockan.
28 July – Mary From Dungloe International Festival.
30 July – Sunset Festival.

August

2 August – Ballyshannon Trad and Folk Music Festival.^[6]
2 August – Clonakilty Waterfront Festival.
2 August – Scariff Harbour Festival.
3 August – Spraoi Festival.
3 August – Carrigallen Summer Festival.
3 August – Farney Music Festival.
3 August – Indiependence Music & Arts Festival.
3 August – Castlepalooza.
3 August – Sean McCarthy Memorial Weekend Festival.
3 August – Le Cheile.
3 August – Forfey Festival.
3 August – Birr Vintage Week and Arts Festival.
3 August – Ranalagh Arts Festival.
3 August – Cahersiveen Festival of Music & the Arts.
3 August – Belfast Taste & Music Fest.
3 August – Booleigh Ska Festival.
3 August – Americana & Roots Weekend.
4 August – Old Fair Day Festival.
4 August – Féile Ghleanncholmcille.
4 August – Liss Ard Festival.
5 August – Joy Music Festival.
5 August – Kingscourt Festival.
6 August – Northside Music Festival.
8 August – Feakle Trad Festival.
10 August – Mohill Bluegrass Festival.
10 August – Puck Fair.
10 August — Kilkenny Arts Festival.
11 August – Dublin Latin American Festival.
11 August – Jam in the Park.
13 August – Fleadh Cheoil.
15 August – Terry Glass Arts Festival.
15 August – Masters of Tradition.
15 August – Belsonic.
17 August – Jack of Diamonds Rhythm & Roots Festival.
17 August – Down with Jazz.
17 August — Stendhal Festival.
17 August – Back to Basics – Rose of Tralee Carnival.
17 August – Sunflower Fest.
17 August – Killruddery Music Festival.
17 August – The Marquee in Drumlish.
18 August – Ululele Hooley.
18 August – Letterkenny Live.
18 August – New Ross Summer Festival.
19 August – Danny's Garden Music Festival.
19 August – Decades Festival.
21 August – Tennents Vital Festival.
23 August – Ballinamore Free Fringe Festival.
24 August – Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival.
24 August – Belly Bang.
24 August – Prosperous Music Festival.
24 August – City of Derry Guitar Festival.
25 August – Jollylands.
25 August – Tara Rocks.
30 August – Kilkenny International Gospel Music Festival.
31 August – Appalachian & Bluegrass Music Festival.
31 August — Electric Picnic.

September

1 September – Phizzfest.^[7]
6 September – Dingle Trad/Fusion Festival.
6 September – Gig 'n The Bann.
7 September – Harvest Time Blues.
7 September – Tulla Trad Festival.
8 September – Slane Castle.
8 September – Absolute Fringe.
8 September – Skerries Soundwaves.
9 September – The Blackstairs Blues Festival.
10 September – Planet Love.
12 September – Navan Live.
13 September – Dunfanaghy Jazz and Blues Festival 2011.
13 September – A French Revelation.
14 September – Tuam Trad Festival.
15 September – John Martyn Tribute Festival.
17 September – Mystik Fest.
20 September – Clifden Arts Week.
20 September – Guinness Cobh Blues Festival.
20 September – Shorelines Art Festival.
20 September – Clonakilty International Guitar Festival.
20 September – Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival.
21 September – Spirit of Folk Festival.
24 September – The Green Village Music & Arts Festival.
24 September – Dublin International Gospel Music Festival.
25 September – YES Festival.
27 September – New Ross Piano Festival.
27 September – Guinness Live at the Latin Quarter.
27 September – Engage Arts Festival.
28 September – Limerick Jazz Festival.
28 September – Sligo Festival of Baroque Music.
29 September – Kilkenny Celtic Festival.
30 September – Sligo Traditional Singing Weekend.
30 September – Galway Jazz Festival.
30 September – Kerry International Chamber Music Festival.

October

1 October — Oxjam.^[8]
1 October – Westport Arts Festival.
4 October — East Cork Early Music Festival.
4 October – Hard Working Class Heroes.
5 October – O' Carolan Harp, Culture & Heritage Festival.
6 October – One Night Music Festival.
12 October – Feile Frank McGann.
14 October – Belfast Fringe.
15 October – Baboró – International Arts Festival for Children.
18 October – Becks Rhythm Weekender.
18 October – The Roe Valley Arts Festival.
19 October – Imagine Arts Festival.
19 October – Belfast Festival at Queen's.
19 October – MUSIC and craic in the Glen.
20 October – Imagine Trad Festival.
20 October – Cooley-Collins Traditional Music Festival.
24 October – Festival Folk.
24 October – Wexford Opera Festival.
24 October – Sligo Live.
25 October – Virginia Pumpkin Festival.
25 October – Beat Yard.
26 October – Willie Keane memorial weekend.
26 October – Patrick O'Keeffe Traditional Music Festival.
26 October – Cork Jazz Festival.
26 October – Hunters Moon Music and Art Festival.
26 October – South Roscommon Singers Festival.
26 October – Patrick O'Keefe Traditional Music Festival.
26 October – Kinsale Jazz Festival.
27 October – Cloughtoberfest Gypsy Jazz Festival.
28 October – The Mansion Festival.
28 October – Afro Ireland Festival.

November

7 November – Dubln Beatles Festival.^[9]
7–11 November – Ennis Trad Festival.
9 November – The All Ireland Elvis Festival.
9 November – Spirit of Voice Festival.
9 November – Cashel Arts Fest.
10 November – Sligo International Choral Festival.
12 November – Bottlenote.
16 November – Ardee Baroque Festival.
17 November – Irish Burning Man Decompressed.
17 November – Seesound – as part of Cork Film Festival.
17 November – Dublin Burlesque Festival.
21 November – Jazz Is....
23 November – What If, Why Not?.
30 November – Feile na Soilse.
30 November – Drogheda Traditional Music Weekend.
30 November – Home Grown Music Festival.

December

15 December – Other Voices.
21 December – Winter Solstice Festival.

External links

Notes and References

http://www.musicfestivalsireland.ie/jan-mar January – March
http://www.musicfestivalsireland.ie/april April
http://www.musicfestivalsireland.ie/may May
http://www.musicfestivalsireland.ie/jun June
http://www.musicfestivalsireland.ie/july July
http://www.musicfestivalsireland.ie/august August
http://www.musicfestivalsireland.ie/sep September
http://www.musicfestivalsireland.ie/oct October
http://www.musicfestivalsireland.ie/nov-dec November & December