'Traditional Music Night' with Ciarán Tourish, best known as the nimble fingered fiddler from Altan, one of East Donegal's most celebrated musical exports, recognised by fellow musicians worldwide as an unusually gifted player. To be singled out amid the hotbed of traditional music in Donegal, is no small accomplishment. Tourish grew up surrounded by Irish traditional music's best.

A night of live music from various artists.

Roesy hails from Birr, Co Offaly. From singing along to his father’s records, he moved on to writing lyrics, which soon turned into songs when he taught himself the guitar. Like many teenagers, music became a passion for Roesy, but for him, it’s a passion that supported by has grown and developed over the years.

An evening with the Gardiner Street Gospel Choir, supported by the Cullenswood Singers.

‘Inaugural Festival Night Out’

Bree Harris has worked on the Dublin circuit for some time. She's in great demand at many of the blues and arts festivals around the country. Known as one of the finest blues and soul singers, she has delighted audiences with her renditions of the music of Tony Joe White, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, and Bonnie Raitt. With her powerful voice, exuding raw energy and emotion, accompanied by some of Ireland’s finest, this is a performance not to be missed.

Born in Dublin in 1942, MacDara Woods has been publishing his work since the early 1960s. He has published ten books of poems, translated from a number of languages, and edited The Kilkenny Anthology.

An integral part of the Irish music scene since the early `70s, Sonny Condell is probably best known for his innovative collaborations with Leo O'Kelly in Tír na nÓg, and with Philip King in Scullion.

Benjamin Dwyer is a highly distinguished composer and guitarist. Since his European debut, playing Rodrigo's Concierto d'Aranquez with the Neubrandenburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Dwyer has been regarded as one of Ireland's leading musicians.