Tradfest 2022

Our January concert series is the pinnacle of the TradFest year, featuring an array of artists at the peak of their powers in stunning, historic locations throughout the city. But there’s so much more to the festival. The Smithwicks Sessions offers an intimate alternative, with free ticketed gigs in some of Temple Bar’s most beloved pubs.

Our Showcase Nights do just that – giving the best new talent an opportunity to shine for industry insiders while TradFringe gives folks a chance to explore the interesting stuff that happens on the periphery. There’s something to surprise and delight around every cobbled corner and for the littlest visitors our friends at The Ark have arts and craft workshops to spark their imaginations.

January 26
The Futures of Irish Music
January 26, 20223:00 pm Collins Barracks Free Headline Concerts

Paddy Casey
January 26, 20226:00 pm The Porterhouse Temple Bar Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Tribute to Joe Burke w/ Frankie Gavin, Daithí Gormley & Catherine McHugh
January 26, 20226:30 pm The Pepper Canister Church €24.99 Headline Concerts

The Remedy Club
January 26, 20226:30 pm The Workman’s Club €14.99 Headline Concerts

Thomas McCarthy
January 26, 20226:30 pm Castle Hall €14.99 Headline Concerts

A woman smiling, a woman smiling and holding an instrument and a woman smiling
Women of Note – Aoife Scott presents a celebration of female folk voices
January 26, 20226:30 pm St Patrick’s Cathedral €29.99 Headline Concerts

Ronan Gallagher
Ronan Gallagher & Band
January 26, 20226:30 pm The Auld Dubliner Free Smithwick’s Sessions

January 27

Caoimhe & Séamus Ó Fhlatharta
January 27, 20221:00 pm The Pepper Canister Church €9.99 Headline Concerts, Lunchtime

A collage of images with a number of men and women singing
The Dublin Legends, Ralph McTell & Stockton’s Wing
January 27, 20226:00 pm The National Stadium €29.99 Featured, Headline Concerts

Phelim & The Drew House Band
January 27, 20226:00 pm The Norseman Free Smithwick’s Sessions

The Kilkennys
January 27, 20226:00 pm The Arlington Hotel Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Niamh Regan
January 27, 20226:00 pm The Morgan Hotel Free Smithwick’s Sessions

The Colonials
January 27, 20226:00 pm The Temple Bar Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Drops of Green
January 27, 20226:00 pm The Porterhouse Temple Bar Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Victoria Keating
January 27, 20226:00 pm The Fleet Hotel Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Séamus Begley & Oisín Mac Diarmada with Samantha Harvey
January 27, 20226:30 pm Castle Hall €24.99 Headline Concerts

ANÚNA & M’ANAM
January 27, 20226:30 pm St Patrick’s Cathedral €29.99 Headline Concerts

BogBodies
Bog Bodies
January 27, 20226:30 pm The Workman’s Club €14.99 Headline Concerts

George Murphy & The Rising Sons
January 27, 20226:30 pm Fitzsimon’s Temple Bar Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Paddy Casey
January 27, 20226:30 pm The Auld Dubliner Free Smithwick’s Sessions

The Future of Traditional
The Future of Traditional
January 27, 20226:30 pm The Button Factory €24.99 Headline Concerts

January 28

Brídín
January 28, 20221:00 pm Collins Barracks €9.99 Lunchtime

Kíla & Friends
January 28, 20226:00 pm The National Stadium €29.99 Featured, Headline Concerts

The Henry Girls
January 28, 20226:00 pm The Fleet Hotel Free Smithwick’s Sessions

The Colonials
January 28, 20226:00 pm The Old Storehouse Free Smithwick’s Sessions

The Finns
January 28, 20226:00 pm The Norseman Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Drops of Green
January 28, 20226:00 pm The Temple Bar Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Victoria Keating
January 28, 20226:00 pm The Morgan Hotel Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Laoise Kelly
January 28, 20226:30 pm Castle Hall €19.99 Headline Concerts

Boxing Banjo
January 28, 20226:30 pm The Grand Social €14.99 Headline Concerts

Two Musicians, Steve & Joe Wall from the band The Walls
Joe and Steve Wall (The Stunning)
January 28, 20226:30 pm The Button Factory €24.99 Headline Concerts

Saíocht
January 28, 20226:30 pm The Pepper Canister Church €24.99 Headline Concerts

Phelim & The Drew House Band
January 28, 20226:30 pm Fitzsimon’s Temple Bar Free Smithwick’s Sessions

The Kilkennys
January 28, 20226:30 pm The Auld Dubliner Free Smithwick’s Sessions

January 29

Winter Light Exhibition
January 29, 2022 – January 30, 202210:00 am The Ark FREE TradKids

Scrappy Little Monsters
January 29, 202211:00 am The Ark €9.50 – €11.50 TradKids

Tim Edey
January 29, 202212:00 pm The Pepper Canister Church €14.99 Lunchtime

The Clew Bay Pipe Band
January 29, 202212:30 pm TradFringe

Brenda Castles
January 29, 20221:00 pm Collins Barracks €9.99 Headline Concerts, Lunchtime

Birdie in the Window
January 29, 20222:00 pm The Ark €9.50 – €11.50 TradKids

Ukulele Tuesday
January 29, 20223:00 pm The Arlington Hotel Free Smithwick’s Sessions

The Ballad of The Crimson Warrior
‘The Ballad of the Crimson Warrior’
January 29, 20223:00 pm Collins Barracks €9.99 Headline Concerts

To people walking down a road with instruments
Faith and Branco
January 29, 20223:30 pm IFI €14.00 TradFringe

The Clew Bay Pipe Band
January 29, 20223:30 pm TradFringe

The Henry Girls
January 29, 20224:00 pm The Morgan Hotel Free Smithwick’s Sessions

George Murphy & The Rising Sons
January 29, 20224:00 pm The Old Storehouse Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Phelim & The Drew House Band
January 29, 20224:00 pm The Porterhouse Temple Bar Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Niamh Regan
January 29, 20224:00 pm The Fleet Hotel Free Smithwick’s Sessions

The Colonials
January 29, 20224:00 pm The Auld Dubliner Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Dervish – Four Men & A Dog – Altan
January 29, 20225:00 pm The National Stadium €29.99 Featured, Headline Concerts

St Brigid’s Day Celebrations: Pioneers and Trailblazers: Women in Irish Harping and Song
January 29, 20225:00 pm EPIC The Irish Immigration Museum €15 TradFringe

The Kilkennys
January 29, 20226:00 pm The Temple Bar Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Fairport Convention
January 29, 20226:30 pm St Patrick’s Cathedral €34.99 Featured, Headline Concerts

The Lost Brothers
January 29, 20226:30 pm The Pepper Canister Church €24.99 Headline Concerts

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
January 29, 20226:30 pm Castle Hall €19.99 Headline Concerts

Paddy Casey
January 29, 20226:30 pm The Norseman Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Superceili
January 29, 20226:30 pm Fitzsimon’s Temple Bar Free Smithwick’s Sessions

January 30

The Clew Bay Pipe Band
January 30, 202212:30 pm TradFringe

Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin & Ultan O’Brien
January 30, 20221:00 pm Collins Barracks €14.99 Headline Concerts, Lunchtime

Three people dancing infront of the sea
Steps of Freedom – The History of Irish Dance
January 30, 20221:00 pm IFI €11.50 TradFringe

The Colonials
January 30, 20222:00 pm The Porterhouse Temple Bar Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Drops of Green
January 30, 20222:00 pm The Auld Dubliner Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Cór Cúil Aodha & Seán O’Sé
January 30, 20222:30 pm The Pepper Canister Church €19.99 Afternoon, Headline Concerts

Two people looking at each other while one of them holds a photo album
Genealogy Workshop
January 30, 20222:30 pm Irish Family History Museum €10 TradFringe

Lorraine Nash
January 30, 20223:00 pm The Morgan Hotel Free Smithwick’s Sessions

All Folk’d Up
January 30, 20223:00 pm Fitzsimon’s Temple Bar Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Ukulele Tuesday
January 30, 20223:00 pm The Old Storehouse Free Smithwick’s Sessions

The Finns
January 30, 20223:00 pm The Fleet Hotel Free Smithwick’s Sessions

The Clew Bay Pipe Band
January 30, 20223:30 pm TradFringe

The Kilkennys
January 30, 20224:00 pm The Norseman Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Paddy Casey
January 30, 20226:00 pm The Temple Bar Free Smithwick’s Sessions

Karan Casey with Niall Vallely, Niamh Dunne & Sean Óg Graham
January 30, 20226:30 pm The Pepper Canister Church €24.99 Headline Concerts