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08-Aug-2014
All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil, Sligo – Irish Republicby Rob Howard |
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 The 2014 All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil, organized by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCE), takes place in the town of Sligo in west of the Irish Republic, from August 10th to 17th. The Fleadh Cheoil is a huge competitive festival of Irish music, song and dance, with approximately 10,000 competitors and performers, including sections involving large numbers of accordionists, melodeon, concertina and harmonica players, as well as many ceili bands, accordion and marching bands. Accordion-based performers involved include The Mairtin O’Connor Band, Mick Foster (of Foster & Allen fame), Matt Cunningham, Dermot Byrne, Innisfree Ceili Band, Darty Ceili Band, Heather Breeze Ceili Band, to name but a few. The first half of the festival is taken up by Scoil Éigse: tuition classes (for all ages and abilities in traditional Irish music) for piano accordion, diatonic button accordion, Anglo concertina, and many other instruments used in Irish traditional music. This is a festival with accordion in so many bands, playing in so many places at the festival. Accordionists love the festival which is the largest single festival of Irish Music and up to 400,000 visitors attend during the nine day event. For further information email: info@fleadhcheoil.ie |