An intimate performance from the acclaimed Canadian-American songwriter whose role as an artist has always been to embrace her wildness and sketch out her raw depth. Uncompromisingly herself, Wainwright continues to draw in an audience two decades on.
& Special Guests Landless
A very special solo set featuring material from Dawson’s celebrated last album 2020 stripped down to its raw guitar-and-voice essence, plus live favourites taken from his back catalogue of albums.
& Special Guest Mary Lattimore
This is the second Irish visit from rising Japanese singer and guitarist Ichiko Aoba. Her sound draws together chamber music, contemporary orchestral, jazz, folk and impressionistic classical music; it is a sonic voyage through the East China Sea.
& Special Guest Iona Zajac
Native New Yorker Cassandra Jenkins writes with a singular voice and an impressionistic intimacy, making astute observations that dovetail neatly with her blend of folk and lush ambient pop.
One of Ireland’s greatest ever singers and interpreters of song returns to Dún Laoghaire Folk Festival for a one-night-only solo show pulling songs from an extraordinary 50+ year spanning recording career.
& Special Guest Clara Mann
Lemoncello echo the profound integrity of folk with songwriting that is modern, never anachronistic, and charm audiences with charisma and personality that is irresistible and comparable to the luminaries of French chanson, Brel and Piaf.
& Special Guest Méabh McKenna
Member of The Gloaming and This Is How We Fly, Ó Raghallaigh’s music ranges from quite traditional to fairly out there, and he continues to explore the region where traditional music begins to disintegrate.
& Special Guest Gwenifer Raymond
While, in the past, Illinois native Ryley Walker’s desire to be as great as his influences may have dogged and hindered him from bringing his own personality to his music, now, Walker’s music is undeniably his.
Limerick Uilleann Piper Louise Mulcahy presents a special concert and presentation on the often-forgotten contribution of women to the tradition of the Uilleann Pipes, one of Ireland’s oldest and most complex musical instruments.
& Special Guest Arrivalists
Brian Brannigan and Joe Chester perform a very special duo performance from acclaimed Dublin cult band A Lazarus Soul.
Its lyrical arias and dramatic choruses, coupled with a unique mixture of tragedy and comedy make Semele one of the richest and most compelling of all Handel operas.
50 Years of the Liffey Banks
To celebrate 50 years since the release of The Liffey Banks, the iconic album by Dublin fiddler Tommie Potts, the Dún Laoghaire Folk Festival plays host to a special afternoon in memory of the enigmatic Dubliner.
& Special Guests Poor Creature & Alannah Thornburgh
Dublin-based singers and fiddle players Lucie Azconaga and Consuelo Nerea Breschi who perform Irish traditional songs and tunes with arrangement influences from the Folk, Baroque and Classical traditions.
Featuring Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny, Paddy Glackin & Mike McGoldrick
A trad-folk supergroup with legendary members of Plaxty, The Bothy Band, Moving Hearts, Lúnasa and Capercaillie.
& Special Guest Niamh Bury
Galway’s Niamh Regan is one of the rising stars in Irish songwriting. With her singular mastery, Regan’s songwriting draws us into the intricate details of everyday life and elevates them into something universal.
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Niger group Les Filles de Illighadad’s music is a groundbreaking blend of regional sound, ancient village choral chants and desert guitar; a sound that resonates far outside of their village.
& Special Guests Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin & Ultan O’Brien
Xylouris White is firmly rooted in the past and future. Xylouris is known and loved by Cretans and Greeks at home and abroad and has been playing professionally from age 12.
& Special Guests Natalia Beylis & Rosali
Portland’s Rose City Band is celebrated guitarist Ripley Johnson. A prolific songwriter, Johnson started Rose City Band as an outlet nimble enough to match the pace of his writing as well as to explore songwriting styles apart from his bands Wooden Shjips and Moon Duo.
& Special Guest Djackulate
Under the Fire Draw Near moniker, Ian Lynch, musician, singer, songwriter and founding member of the band Lankum, presents his monthly podcast and radio show live at Dún Laoghaire Folk Fest.
This will be one of the triple bills of the year on the Irish music calendar featuring Maija Sofia from the west of Ireland, plus debut Irish performances from LA’s Lael Neale and Texas songwriter Jana Horn.
