Irish Festival Season

ballinasloe river festivalDespite the lousy weather, it’s festival season in Ireland.

Aside from this weekend’s TriAthlone here in town and the Phoenix Festival in Tullamore, Ballinasloe is getting in on the action with their Arts & River festival this weekend. Oxygen just finished, The World Feadh has just been announced and the Midlands Music Festival is around the corner. With all the goings-on, I thought I’d make ye a list of some of the stuff that’s on:

The Clonmel Junction Festival, 7-15th July
The Phoenix Festival, 7-14 July
River and Arts Festival, 9-15th July
TriAthlone, 13-15 July
Galway Arts Festival, 16-29 July
Boyle Arts Festival27 July – 3 Aug
The World Fleadh, 6-12 Aug
Puck Fair, 10-12 Aug
Kilkenny Arts Festival, 10-19 Aug
Fleadh Ceoil, 19-26 Aug
The Rose of Tralee, 18-22 Aug
Electric Picnic, 31 Aug – 2 Sept
Wexford Opera Festival, 16 Oct – 2 Nov