I'm privileged to have been asked to headline the above Festival with The Dubliners, Ralph McTell, Moya Brennan, Frankie Gavin, and Michael McGoldrick who has just completed a world tour with Mark Knofler.
The Festival runs from Wednesday 25 to 29 January and we're each appearing over five nights in Christ Church Cathedral and The City Hall. It's Dublin's biggest Trad Festival, attracting over 60,000 fans, many from overseas. Growing every year, it's well worth a visit. I'm really looking forward to performing my own show on Wednesday 25 January.
I will interpret, in song and story, the lives, works, songs, loves and times of some of Ireland's great literary luminaries such as Patrick Kavanagh, Brendan Kennelly, W. B. Yeats, John B. Keane, Seán O' Casey, James Joyce, Thomas Moore, and Luke Kelly. The show will commence at 8. pm and conclude around 9.45 pm. There will be a 15 minute interlude.
It is Robbie Burns' Night and will be delightful to celebrate Scotland's National Bard in tandem with our own cultural luminaries. Robbie was born on the 25 January, 1759. We welcome all our Scottish friends to this Evening.