Free Events

The 25th Ennis Trad festival Sunday 11th Nov. Free admission. Albums on sale at each venue. The Old ground hotel, Ennis 3pm Cárthach MacCraith “An Tobar séimh” Cárthach Mac Craith…

The Queens hotel, Ennis (Sanctuary) 6pm Yvonne Casey “Croí” Music is Yvonne Casey’s life. Yvonne is one of Co. Clare’s distinctive fiddle players. She grew up surrounded by the richness…

Ennis trad fest 2019 official launch night! Thursday 7th Nov, The Queens Hotel, Ennis(The Sanctuary) @ 7:30pm, Free admission This years festival will be launched by the legendary Eileen O’Brien!…

Thurs 7th November, The Queens Hotel Ennis, (The Sanctuary) @ 8:30pm Free admission Carl Hession is one of Ireland’s most revered piano players, prolific composers and sought after musical arrangers.…

Thurs 7th November, The Queens Hotel Ennis, (The Sanctuary) @ 9:15pm Free admission “Katie Theasby” Katie was born in London in 1976 into a very musician family as her father,…

Thurs 7th November, The Queens Hotel Ennis, (The Sanctuary) @ 10pm Free event. “AVALLA” (Padraig Rynne, Tara Breen, Elaine Hogan & Conor Crimmins) Avalla is an album by four Clare…

Friday 8th November 2019, The Old Ground Hotel, Ennis, @ 7:30pm Free admission Elaine Hogan~ “In thr3 minds” Harpist Elaine Hogan hails from Ennis in Co. Clare. She has grown…

Friday 8th November 2019, The Old Ground Hotel, Ennis, @ 8:15pm Free admission Deirdre Millane -  “Idir Dubh agus Bán” Born and raised in County Clare, Deirdre Millane has been…

Friday 8th November 2019, The Old Ground Hotel, Ennis, @ 9pm. Free admission Tommaso Tornielli - '1st' Tommaso Tornielli started his musical career as a classical flute player when he…

Saturday 9th Nov. 2019, Lucas’ bar (back room) @ 2pm. Free admission Shane Meehan~ “Twill do” I grew up in Carrick-on-Shannon in Co. Leitrim and was started off on my…

Sat 9th November 2019, Lucas’ bar, a Ennis (back room) @ 2:45pm Free admission. Mossie Martin - “The humours of Derrynacoosan” Mossie Martin hails from north Roscommon, about a mile…

Sat 9th Nov. 2019, Lucas’ bar (back room) @ 3:30pm Free admission. “BEO” ~ Yoann An Nedeleg, Erwan Mengui & Martin Chapron Originally from Brittany, BEO are a trio of…

Sat 9th Nov 2019, The Queens Hotel (The Sanctuary) Ennis @ 7pm. Free admission. Paula & Melanie Houton - “A snapshot in time” Donegal sisters, Paula and Melanie Houton from…

Sat 9th November 2019, The Queens Hotel (The Sanctuary) Ennis @ 7:45pm Free admission Charlie Le Brun, “Madness is convention” Charlie Le Brun is a flute player based in Dublin,…

Saturday 9th November 2019, The Queens Hotel (The Sanctuary) Ennis, @ 8:30pm. The Blackwater Ceili band ~ “Music in the Valley” The Blackwater Céilí Band was formed in 2015 and…

Sunday 10th November 2019, The Old Ground Hotel, Ennis @ 2pm. Free admission. “Carlos, Sweeny & McCartin” Carlos Sweeney McCartin is a no nonsense recording of Fiddle and Flute accompanied…

Sunday 10th November 2019, The Old Ground Hotel, Ennis, @3pm Free admission. The Liverpool Ceili band - “The Spirit of the Reels by Ray Rooney” The book tells the story…

Sunday 10th November 2019, The Queens Hotel (The Sanctuary) @5pm Free admission Nuadán ~ “Dén Díobháil” Nuadán are a vibrant band from the Déise who play a wide range of…

Sunday 10th November 2019, The Queens Hotel (The Sanctuary) Ennis, @ 6pm. Free admission. UAINE - Bríd Harper, Tony O’Connell, Lisa Butler & Paul Meehan. This ensemble of four well…

Eoghan Neff’s second solo album, ‘unrecalled’, presents a series of alternative duets with fellow radical sonic explorers from Iceland, Spain and Ireland.

His new album titled ‘Whistle Walks’ came about due to the Covid 19 pandemic lockdown during 2020/21. He produced over 150 videos of music played outdoors amongst the hills, valleys, fields, lakes and rivers surrounding his home village of Minera in the hills of North Wales.

‘Stirred And Waked Anew’ follows Good Morning to Your Nightcap’s eponymous recording released in 2015. This album is a collection of music reflecting the musicians’ personal influences featuring tunes and airs from Ireland, with forays into the music of Shetland, Denmark and Austurias.

Aaron O’Hagan is a multi-instrumentalist and renowned instrument maker from Co Antrim. Playing uilleann pipes and wooden flutes, he is joined by Belfast based bouzouki player Luke Ward on their first offering together entitled~ “From the Devil’s Punchbowl”.

Hugh Healy is a concertina player from Corofin Co. Clare. He has played in Clare with many musicians, among those his brothers Colm (accordion) and Eric (fiddle). Hugh recorded his first CD "Macalla na hOige" in 2004 with his brother Colm.

Aisling Lyons is a multi-award-winning harpist & concertina player from County Clare. Aisling comes from a family who are steeped in the tradition of Irish music & song.

The long-awaited solo album by Anthony Quigney is finally here and will be released at the Ennis Trad Fest on Nov 14th. Anthony has been a member of the world-renowned Kilfenora Ceili Band for almost 3 decades and has recorded 7 studio albums with the band in that time.