Brand New Galway TradFest by Music Generation Galway County announced!

The inaugural Galway TradFest, a new initiative by Music Generation Galway County, will take place across Galway from Monday 11th – Sunday 17th, November 2024.

The inaugural event will feature concerts, masterclasses in music, song and dance, a festival session trail, instrument taster sessions, theatre, showcase opportunities and a range of Irish traditional music activities which will give Galway’s children and young people unparalleled access to high-level Irish traditional music opportunities at home in Galway.

While Galway is known the world over for its creative community and its noted exponents of Irish traditional music, song and dance, unlike many other counties it doesn’t host an internationally recognised annual traditional music festival that embraces the County nor an extensive traditional music masterclass series in the manner that is now planned with Galway TradFest 2024. It is hoped that Galway TradFest and its educational programme (GEATA) will become an annual event which will be celebrated county-wide, and overtime attract visitors from across Ireland and the world.

Galway TradFest will comprise an eclectic concert programme featuring some of Ireland’s leading exponents of traditional music, song and dance. Sharon Shannon, Beoga, Pauline Scanlon & Niall McCabe (amongst others) will all perform as part of ‘Le Chéile’ (Together) a ‘We are Music Generation Youth Orchestra Concert’ which will take place at University of Galway on November 16th. Concerts at a variety of other venues will include performances from Iarla Ó Lionáird & Tim Edey, Máirtín O’ Connor, Cathal Hayden & Seamie O Dowd, The Kane Sisters & John Blake, The Breath, Furry Village, The Half Room, Blath na hÓige, Tola Custy & Laoise Kelly, Niamh Ní Charra & Kevin Corbett, Ruth Smith & Fergal Scahill & guests, and a ‘Livefeed’ showcase concert which provides an opportunity for young bands & soloists to perform.

Galway Tradfest will take place at multiple locations across Galway from November 11th to November 17th, 2024.

Full details for all of the above to include, venues, ticket bookings, dates and times are available on www.galwaytradfest.ie and follow @galwaytradfest on social media channels, Facebook, X, Instagram and Youtube.