The recent lifting of many Covid restrictions has prompted the team behind Belfast TradFest to stage a special winter weekend of traditional music, song and dance – having lost its usual summer slot to the pandemic for the last two years.
The weekend on February 18-20 will see an excellent series of concerts as well as sessions, festival club, céili and workshops with some of the festival stars.
Among the guests appearing in a packed programme are Iarla Ó Lionáird and Steve Cooney, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and Gerry O’Beirne, Zoë Conway and John McIntyre, Cathal and Stevie Hayden with Séamie O’Dowd, Brìghde Chaimbeul, TRIP, Niall Hanna, Diane Cannon, Jack Warnock and Méabh Smyth.
As well as a whistle and sing workshop aimed primarily at children – a number of workshops will be presented by master musicians: