Dublin City Council is delighted to announce the much-anticipated return of the two-day Irish traditional music festival, ‘Dublin City Council Smithfield Fleadh’, this August.

This free, family-friendly outdoor summer event will take place on the 24th and 25th August from 12pm – 6pm at Smithfield Square, Dublin city centre’s largest dedicated event space.

Building on the success of the last two years’, the programme showcases the vibrancy of traditional Irish music in modern Ireland with internationally recognised artists and grassroots artists alike. This year will see more opportunities for attendees to engage with the artists through sessions, workshops and céilís for all the family to enjoy!

Saturday, August 24th

MAIN STAGE

• 1PM-2PM – THE O’BRIEN FAMILY
• 3PM-4PM – GAYLÍ, an Honest-to-Goodness Céilí Hosted by LGBTQ+ Collective ‘Trad is Amach’ – No Experience Necessary!
• 5PM-6PM – PADDY KEENAN with DAOIRÍ FARRELL, AOIFE NÍ BHRIAIN & EOGHAN Ó CEANNABHÁIN

AN PUBALL ÉIGSE

• 12PM-1PM – Ceol Connected presents SONGTALES, a Traditional Irish Music Show for Children and Families
• 1PM-2PM – SEAN-NÓS DANCING FOR BEGINNERS with Mary Beth Taylor & Friends
• 2PM-3PM – Harp Ireland presents AISLING ENNIS, CIARA MCGINN, AND SULT
• 3PM-3.30PM – Harp Island presents HANDS ON HARPS Workshop
• 4PM-5PM – AN GÓILÍN TRADITIONAL SINGERS

COBBLESTONE TENT

• 12PM-1PM – COBBLESTONE SESSION with Caoimhe, Néillidh, Fiachra, Oisín, Éabha Mulligan & Jennifer Leahy
• 2PM-2.30PM – FINGAL MUMMERS
• 4PM-5PM – COBBLESTONE SESSION with Éanna Harrington & Friends

AN STÁITSÍN FÁNACH

• 12PM-1PM – CCÉ SLÍ DHÁLA & FRIENDS
• 4PM-5PM – NA PÍOBAIRÍ UILLEANN

AN PUBALL CÚLSTÁITSE

• 12PM-1PM – OPEN SESSION with Wynton Moore & Friends
• 2PM-3PM – OPEN SESSION with Wynton Moore & Friends
• 4PM-5PM – OPEN SESSION with Wynton Moore & Friends

Saturday 24th August – 11:30AM (20mins) – FREE
ITMA Presents: Drawing From the Well – https://www.lighthousecinema.ie/film/drawing-from-the-well-juniors“
In Drawing from the Well Junior, school students Niamh Towey and Fionn O'Connor ask Ireland's leading traditional musicians, singers and dancers about our native instruments. Featuring Seán McKeon, Louise Mulcahy, Robbie Harris and Eithne Ní Chatháin”

Sunday, August 25th

MAIN STAGE

• 1PM-2PM – THE MULLIGAN FAMILY
• 3PM-4PM – STREET CÉILÍ featuring Paudie O’Connor, Aoife Ní Chaoimh, Gay McKeon and Mary Corcoran with Sibéal Davitt & Friends, and Céilí Callers Jerry O’Reilly & Rosie Davis – No Experience Necessary!
• 5PM-6PM – FRANKIE GAVIN & DÉ DANNAN

AN PUBALL ÉIGSE

• 12PM-1PM – Ceol Connected presents SONGTALES, a Traditional Irish Music Show for Children and Families
• 1PM-2PM – BÁC le Gaeilge present BODHRÁN BUZZ: Bodhrán for Beginners
• 2PM-3PM – ITMA IN CONVERSATION with Caitlín Nic Gabhann and Ciarán Ó Maonaigh
• 4PM-5PM – THE LONG GRAZING ACRE with Paddy Keenan & Friends in association with Poster Fish Promotions

COBBLESTONE TENT

• 12PM-1PM – COBBLESTONE SESSION with Sinéad Kennedy & Friends
• 2PM-2.30PM – FINGAL MUMMERS
• 4PM-5PM – COBBLESTONE SESSION with Sárán Mulligan, Muirine Nic Róibín & Friends

AN STÁITSÍN FÁNACH

• 12PM-1PM – CCÉ SLÍ DHÁLA & FRIENDS
• 2PM-3PM – ST. LAURENCE O’TOOLE PIPERS
• 4PM-5PM – NA PÍOBAIRÍ UILLEANN

AN PUBALL CÚLSTÁITSE

• 12PM-1PM – OPEN SESSION with Lucie Azconaga & Friends
• 2PM-3PM – OPEN SESSION with Lucie Azconaga & Friends
• 4PM-5PM – OPEN SESSION with Lucie Azconaga & Friends

Sunday 25th August – 6pm –  €14-16
Brendan Gleeson’s Farewell to Hughes: https://www.lighthousecinema.ie/film/brendan-gleesons-farewell-to-hughes

“To some it was an unassuming pub on a side street behind the Four Courts in Dublin City centre. To musicians, dancers, singers and listeners, it was a mecca of traditional music for over 35 years. In 2021, Hughes’s pub closed its doors for the last time, the echoes of musical memories left buried in its walls.

Brendan Gleeson played there often. It was a kind of hideout for him — its musicians and music providing a blanket of escape.

Filmed over five days in January 2022 in and around the pub, Brendan Gleeson’s Farewell to Hughes’s records and interviews various musicians, dancers and singers as they gather one last time to revisit the magic, with archival footage inserted throughout to tell the story of Hughes’ contribution to both the traditional music community in Dublin and the city as a whole.

This screening presented by ITMA (Irish Traditional Music Archive) will be followed live traditional music performance from the film's Director Ciarán Ó Maonaigh (fiddle) and Caitlín Nic Gabhann (concertina, dance).”