Cork Folk Festival 2009

23rd Sep 2009

The 30th Beamish Cork Folk Festival
Oct 1st - 4th 2009


The 30th Beamish Cork Folk Festival will take place between Thursday 1st October and Sunday 4th October 2009 at venues all over Cork City and everybody is invited. This is our 30th Festival and we plan to run an event that celebrates 30 years of great music, concerts, sessions and memories.

Highlights of the festival so far include;

- Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin& Mel Mercier, Máirtín O'Connor, Cathal Hayden and Garry O'Briain in concert with the backing of the Galway based ConTempo String Quartet.

- The première of a new composition by Niall Valley. This piece has been commissioned by RTE lyric fm. Its performance have been grant aided by the Arts Council. The line up included Niall, Caoimhín and Cillian Vallely, Niall Keegan, Ed Boyd & Karan Casey and a String Orchestra.

- Frankie Gavin & De Dannan will arrive back in Cork for a concert with a new line up ; Michelle Lally, Damien Mullane, Mike Galvin and Eric Cunningham and their special guests will be & Dolores Keane.

- John Spillane in a late night concert

- Julie Felix legendary Californian singer.

- Talvin Singh Mercury Music winning Tabla player, & fifth generation Sitarist Niladri Kumar

- A concert at the Douglas GAA Hall, where we ran the first concert of the 1st festival in 1979, featuring Al O Donnell, John & Pip Murphy and Conol o Grada & Colm Murphy.

- Other artists confirmed are Andy Irvine, The Lee Valley String Band, Áine Whelan & Sarah Corkery, Jackie Daly, Anxo Lorenzo ( Galician Piper) & Diarmaid Moynihan, Steam Packet Co.( Eoin O Riabhaigh, Christy Twomey & Noel Shine), The Four Star Trio, Small Town Talk featuring Hank Wedel & Declan Sinnott, Sliabh Notes, Four Star Trio and the Kilfenora Céilí Band.

Throughout the festival weekend, audiences can sample everything from the very best fiddle, accordion, pipes and flute players in Ireland to a giant open-air Céilí Mór. As usual the festival will feature concerts from the Cork Blues, Pipes' and singers' clubs, plus lectures, children's events and a music trail featuring 40 free sessions.

For more info and YouTube clips see CorkFolkFestival.com

Email William Hammond at cfolkf@gmail.com