Seamie O’Dowd added to lineup for TradFest in January

Ireland’s largest festival of traditional music is celebrating its 15 th Birthday this January and you’re invited.

One of the artists taking part will be renowned musician Seamie O’Dowd (pictured) from Sligo who will be performing on Thurs 23rd January, 1pm in the stunning surrounds of Dublin’s City Hall. Tickets are €9.99. For more information or to book tickets see: TradFest.ie.

TradFest showcases the cream of both Irish and international trad and folk artists, as well as providing a stage to promote the next generation of Irish musicianship. The Festival is one of the truly unmissable events on the cultural calendar featuring world class artists, music and stunning venues, including some of Dublin’s most historic places, from the atmospheric Kilmainham Gaol to the grandeur of City Hall. This is more than just trad, this is trad without frontiers.

Seamie has been performing, broadcasting and recording for the last four decades.

Beginning with a radio appearance at the tender age of ten, he has gone on to travel worldwide playing music as well as recording as a solo performer, group member, session musician and producer. He was nominated for the Best Folk Musician award in 2018 at RTE’s inaugural Irish Folk Awards.

He recorded three acclaimed solo albums including his most recent CD “Live At The Hawk’s Well” which was recorded at one of his annual solo concerts in Sligo.

Quite simply, this is a hugely impressive musician and singer at the very height of his powers.

There is something to suit everyone at this year’s festival, from large to intimate concerts, a taste trail, exhibitions, film-screenings, workshops, masterclasses, children and family concerts and much more.

Other Artists include: Hothouse Flowers, Jon Boden and Screaming Orphans, Afro Celt Sound System, Skipinnish and Peatbog Faeries, Aoife Scott, Catherine McEvoy and Family/ Pádraig Rynne and Tara Breen, John Craigie and Cat Clyde, Sárán Mulligan, Daoirí Farrell’s Dublin Song Session, Emma Langford, Susan O’Neill, Clare Sands and Saoirse Casey, Séamus Begley with Oisín Mac Diarmada and Samantha Harvey, Brona McVittie, Seth Lakeman, Boxing Banjo, Connla and Réalta, Damien O’Kane and Ron Block, Doireann Glackin and Sarah Flynn, Lisa Lambe, Stockton’s Wing with Ralph McTell, The Henry Girls, Phelim Drew, Leslie Dowdall, Goitse, Barbara Dickson and Nick Holland, Cua, Kevin Burke, Maurice Lennon, Ciara Brennan and Chris Dawson, Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh, Shane Hennessy, Oonagh McArdle, The Young’uns, Cherish the Ladies, The Shandrum Céilí Band and Lau, Turin Brakes and Sound of the Sirens, The National Folk Orchestra of Ireland with Special Guests, Della Mae, Louise Mulcahy, Mary Bergin, Michelle Mulcahy, Tim Edey, Stephen James Smith with Lemoncello and Silken Same and many more!