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The Reel to Reel band performing at the launch
The festival season has officially started with the launch of Kilkenny Tradfest.
Cathaoirleach of Kilkenny County Council, Cllr Fidellis Doherty officially launched the festival at an event in Paris Texas yesterday evening.
Chairman of Tradfest, Brendan Treacy welcomed people to the launch and congratulated all involved in putting together a fantastic festival.
Reel to Reel performed giving those in attendance a taste of the calibre of live music that will be on offer during the festival, which takes place next month.
This year the festival has an extended programme, including a brand new music series of concerts at the stunning Medieval Mile Museum, made possible by the Local Live Public Performance Scheme.
Special concerts and headline acts of the TradFest programme represent the very best of Irish traditional music and the 2022 line-up includes Paul Brady, The Kilfenora Ceili Band, Iarla Ó Lionáird & Steve Cooney, Máirtín O’Connor Cathal Hayden & Séamie O’Dowd, Inni-K, Seo Linn, The Bonny men, Kevin Burke and The Goodman Trio, Zoe Conway & John McIntyre, Pip and John Murphy, The Peter Browne Trio, Aoife Scott & Band, George Murphy & The Rising Sons and more.
For more see www.kilkennytradfest.ie
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