THE NEW dates for Letterkenny’s annual celebration of Irish traditional, folk and world music have been set for June Bank Holiday Weekend. Rescheduled from its usual January dates, Letterkenny Trad Week 2022 will be held from Wednesday 1st June to Sunday 5th June. Presented by the Regional Cultural Centre (RCC)…...
Donegal arts programming reaches new heights
MUSICAL programming streamed from and produced by the RCC in Donegal was enjoyed by close to an estimated 100,000 people around Ireland and across the world last month. Over 40,000 viewers tuned into the programme Ré an tSolais starring Mairéad Ni Mhaonaigh & Friends last St Patrick’s Day on TG4…...
Navá – Exciting Irish Persian ensemble for Trad Week
Navá, an exciting Irish Persian ensemble, is coming to Letterkenny The group will be performing in the RCC on Friday, 24th January as part of the sixth annual Letterkenny Trad Week, presented in association with An Grianán Theatre. Navá is a group of young musicians exploring the relationship between the…...
Letterkenny Trad Week features international acts
THE annual Letterkenny Trad Week, which takes place again in January 2020, will host quartet of Galician and Irish artists who have made a massive contribution to music, in both local and international arenas. Over the past ten years Anxo Lorenzo (gaita/whistles), Jim Murray (guitar), Dónal O’Connor (fiddle) and Jack…...
Trad Week 2020 presents quintessential Irish sounds
TRAD Week, which takes place from 19th to 26th January, welcomes a very exciting Irish harp and uilleann pipes duo to Letterkenny for 2020. Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn and Laoise Kelly will take to the stage at the Regional Cultural Centre on Wednesday, 22nd January with support from The Straddy Session.…...
Letterkenny Trad Week 2020 is a family affair
THE sixth annual Letterkenny Trad Week (19th to 26th January) will feature two well-known musical families as part of its 2020 line-up. On Tuesday night, 21st January the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny welcomes Donegal family group Clann Mhic Ruairí. Made up of siblings Tony (singer), Aodh (singer/guitar), Sean (singer), Dónall…...
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