Féile Cheoil Larry Reynolds

The 5th Féile Cheoil Larry Reynolds will take place in Ballinasloe from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th September. A weekend which was established to commemorate the life of Larry Reynolds but also to promote the East Galway Style of Music and to encourage and develop Irish Music, Heritage and Culture in the region.

The weekend festivities will actually commence on Thursday night at 9pm with the Singers Circle in the Dunlo Tavern.

The opening Concert, ‘Up Close and Personal’ in Gibbons’ Pillar House featuring Singer Orlaith Keane accompanied by Colm Naughton on banjo-mandolin and Catherine McHugh on Piano. This promises to be a superb evening of Irish Songs and Music. Tickets are €15 and can be booked online here.

There will Music, Traditional Singing & Sean Nós Dance Workshops with some of the finest tutors in the business, a Photo Exhibition of “Larry Reynolds & and other Musicians from East Galway”, a Farmers Market and Craft Exhibitions on the street, a Pub Session Trail, an Historical Walking Tour of Ballinasloe, a Lecture on ‘The East Galway Style of Music’ in Ballinasloe Town Library, a Céilí Mór in Gullane’s Hotel with the Ui Bhriain Céilí Band all the way from Kerry, a Junior Session in The Dunlo Tavern, as well as many other trad seisiúns during the weekend.

If you would like to attend the Céilí Mór tickets can be purchased online by clicking Céilí Tickets.

For the third year running Féile Cheoil Larry Reynolds will host an Open All-Ireland Fiddle Competition which has a prize fund of €250 with the Larry Reynolds Perpetual Trophy for 1st Place and a Trophy for 2nd Place.

Full details of all the events for this years Féile Cheoil Larry Reynolds, are available on the official website www.larryreynoldsweekend.com.

In the meantime, for the latest up to date information on Féile Cheoil Larry Reynolds, please visit Féile Cheoil Larry Reynolds on Facebook.

If you have any queries, then please call +353 (0)87 904 6140 or send an email to info@larryreynoldsweekend.

The town of Ballinasloe looks forward to welcoming you and will be alive with Irish Music, Heritage & Culture, don’t miss it!