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Details of the Mark Donnelly Piping Academy are given on its own page.

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.