TradFest Temple Bar is a joyful celebration of Irish identity through music. Each January, it showcases the best of established and emerging musical talent at a landmark festival which is rooted in the historic and atmospheric setting of Temple Bar, Dublin’s cultural quarter. Over 50 live music concerts take place in some of the best pubs in Temple Bar, as well as key historical landmarks in Dublin. TradFest is reimagining and redefining Irish music and reaching growing Irish and international audiences at live events and through digital channels. It adopts a fluid approach to programming

Dublin Lunar New Year returns for Year of the Rabbit in 2023. Established in 2008, Dublin Lunar New Year (DLNY) celebrates, promotes and deepens the understanding of the East Asian/Irish relationship year-on-year. Dublin Lunar New Year is a Dublin City Council initiative and works closely with the East Asian Community in Ireland to present a diverse and exciting festival. With its renaming in 2021, Dublin Lunar New Year strives to broaden and grow its engagement with all communities that celebrate the Lunar New Year which include China, Vietnam, South Korea, North Korea, Singapore, Thai

This year at TradFest Temple Bar we are celebrating our LGBTQ+ trad and folk artists! Dublin Pride are collaborating with the Trad Is Amach queer trad collective to present a concert of LGBTQ+ artists and allies, with performances by Seolta, Amach is Amach, English folk singer Kit Knight, and the Pride Céilí Band. Seolta are an exciting newly-formed girl group from Dublin and Meath, with Ciara-Lee Jenkinson on bodhrán and dance, Claire Sherry on fiddle, banjo and guitar, with traditional and folk singer Caoimhe Hogarty on vocals. Amach is Amach is an innovative trad group with an e