Carrigaholt Oyster & Trad Music Festival 2019

03may(may 3)9:00 am05(may 5)11:59 pmCarrigaholt Oyster & Trad Music Festival 2019TypeFestivals,Traditional MusicCountyClare

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Oysters & Traditional Music, what could be better! The village of Carrigaholt on the Wild Atlantic Way will be having its annual Oyster & Trad Music Festival over the May Bank Holiday weekend. The village will play host to free live Trad Music Sessions and Music Workshops during this fun packed weekend. When you are not busy participating or being a fan, there are plenty of other activities to entertain you including Oyster Opening and Eating competitions where you could become the Carrigaholt Oyster Shucking Champion, Street Food, Oyster Bar and much, much more.

As well as Music events there will be Seafood events taking place throughout the weekend. The highlight of the weekend for food lovers will be the Open Air Food Market on Sunday.

The Festival will commence on Friday evening with a Surf & Turf Night at the Long Dock Restaurant at 7pm. This will be followed by a trad session in the The Long Dock Bar from 8pm until 10pm followed by another trad session in Carmody’s Bar starting at 10pm.

There will be plenty of Traditional Music Sessions both Day and Night over the weekend, see the programme for details at Carrigaholt Oyster & Trad Festival.

A series of Workshops will be held in O’Curry’s Irish College on Saturday the 5th of May with the aim of promoting Irish traditional music. The workshops will run from 11am until 2pm with registration commencing at 10.30am. For these workshops the Tutors will be for Flute: Brid O’Donoghue Cotter, Banjo: Noel Birmingham and for Concertina: Sorcha Curtin.

On Sunday from 11am until 1pm there will be a special Junior Trad Session taking place in Morrissey’s Bar. This will be a great opportunity for all ages to play their tunes.

There will be a free BodhrĂ¡n Workshop on Sunday with everyone welcome. This will be a social gathering for players of all levels including absolute beginners. Join the fun on the streets of Carrigaholt.

For the detailed programme of events over the weekend, please visit Carrigaholt Oyster & Trad Festival. For workshop bookings and any other queries, please email [email protected].

Time

3 (Friday) 9:00 am - 5 (Sunday) 11:59 pm(GMT+00:00)

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