The 30th edition of the Festival took place on 14-17 November 2024.

Thursday 14th
6.00pm – Festival Launch

Market Place Theatre

• Duo Lagrange Rutkowski (France)
• Jarlath Henderson
• Gaiteiros Os Carriços (Portugal)

Admission Free

8.00pm – Opening Concert

Market Place Studio Theatre

• Calum Alex MacMillan & Ross Martin (Scotland)
• Conor Mallon – “Unearthed” featuring Jack Warnock, Paul Starrett and Fintan Mulholland
• Duo Lagrange Rutkowski (France)
• Pádraig McGovern

Admission £14 

10.30pm – Open Session

Red Ned’s

Admission Free

Friday 15th 

11.00am – Schools Concert in association with INTO

Armagh First Presbyterian Church

A selection of Festival artists

Admission only through school invitations

1.00pm – Lunchtime Session

Aonach Mhacha

Gaiteiros Os Carriços (Portugal)

Admission Free

3.00pm – Session

The Hole in the Wall

• Aoife Smyth
• Calum Alex MacMillan
• Conor Mallon
• Ross Martin

Admission Free

5.00pm – Session

Red Ned’s

• Grace Lemon
• James Patrick Gavin
• Jarlath Henderson
• Paddi Benson

Admission Free

6.00pm – “Pipers and their Pipes” – An introduction to the music and culture of Iran
Armagh Robinson Library
Liana Sharifian (Iran) in performance and conversation with Brian Vallely

Admission Free

8.00pm – APC “Bringing it all back home” Concert 

Armagh First Presbyterian Church

• Aoife Smyth
• Cadhla Tohill
• Cillian Vallely
• Conor Mallon
• Éamonn Curran
• Jarlath Henderson
• Peter Coyle
• Peter McKenna
• Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn
• ZampogneriA (Italy)

Admission £14

Saturday 16th

9.30am – Instrument Workshops

Aonach Mhacha

• Concertina – Caroline Keane
• Fiddle – Maeve Donnelly
• Flute – Caoimhín Ó Fearghail
• Accompaniment – Conal O’Kane
• Uilleann Pipes (beginners) – Éamonn Curran
• Uilleann Pipes (improvers) – Cillian Vallely

Cost £12

12.00 noon – Junior Session

Aonach Mhacha

Admission Free

1.00pm – Lunchtime Session

The 4th Wall @ the Market Place Theatre

• Eric Montbel (France)
• Peter Coyle
• Peter McKenna
• ZampogneriA (Italy)
• Admission Free

1.00pm – Lunchtime Session

The Hole in the Wall

• Caoimhin Ó Fearghail
• David Doocey
• Pádraig McGovern
• Patrick Doocey

Admission Free

3.00pm – The Celtic Arts Foundation Concert

Armagh City Hotel

• Angus & Kenneth MacKenzie with Ross Martin (Cape Breton/Scotland)
• Colm Broderick
• Máire Ní Ghráda & Maeve Donnelly
• Mark Redmond
• Tom Delany & Caroline Keane with Conal O’Kane

Admission £14

3.30pm – Reed-making demonstration

Armagh City Hotel

5.00pm – Singing Session

Aonach Mhacha

Admission Free

5.30pm – Session

The Hole in the Wall

• Caroline Keane
• Conal O’Kane
• Maeve Donnelly
• Tom Delaney

Admission Free

6.00pm – Session

Red Ned’s

• Angus MacKenzie (Cape Breton)
• Gaël Rutkowski (France)
• Kenneth MacKenzie (Cape Breton)
• Sébastien Lagrange (France)
• Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn

Admission Free

6.30pm – The William Kennedy Lecture

Armagh Robinson Library

Toner Quinn (editor, The Journal of Music): “How Ireland thinks about music”

Admission Free

8.30pm – Festival Concert

Armagh City Hotel

• Cillian Vallely, David Doocey & Patrick Doocey
• Grace Lemon & Paddi Benson with James Patrick Gavin
• Liana Sharifian (Iran)
• Michael McGoldrick, John Carty & Matt Griffin

Admission £15

Sunday 17th

1.00pm – Session

Red Ned’s

• Cillian Vallely
• Colm Broderick
• Mark Redmond

Admission Free

4.00pm – Final Concert

Armagh City Hotel

• Caoimhín Ó Fearghail
• Gaiteiros Os Carriços (Portugal)
• Jarlath Henderson
• Robert Watt
• ZampogneriA with Eric Montbel (Italy/France)

Admission £13

7.00pm – Final Session

Red Ned’s

Admission Free

FESTIVAL PASS – admission to four concerts: Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and evening, and Sunday afternoon for £45 – saving £11

A full refund will be provided to anyone unable to attend because they have Covid symptoms or are isolating.