2013 in Irish music

This is a summary of the year 2013 in Irish music.

Monthly summary

January

• 17 January – Shannon Winter Music Weekend.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 – Dublin Beatles Festival.
• 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.

References

External links

• IMRO website
• IRMA website
• Hot Press website
• Music at The Irish Times
• Music at the Irish Independent
• Music news and album reviews at RTÉ