The Baltimore Irish Music School presents the 12th annual
BALTIMORE
April 3-6, 2025
Irish Trad Fest
Baltimore Irish Trad Fest
will return
April 3-6, 2025
At multiple venues in Baltimore, MD
Registration will begin soon!
A weekend of workshops in Irish Traditional music, dance and song, along with a ceili, sessions, and concerts!
Some of the world's finest traditional Irish musicians will gather in Baltimore to teach workshops, perform and lead sessions. The Trad Fest is back and bigger than ever in 2025!
Highlights will include an all-star concerts on Friday and Saturday evenings at the Creative Alliance featuring the Trad Fest Instructors, Trian, and Open the Door for Three, workshops on Saturday and Sunday, and sessions all weekend long, including:
Billy and Sean McComiskey (Button Accordion)
Liz Carroll, Liz Knowles, Eimear Arkins, Sarah Collins, Rose Flanagan, and Joanna Clare (Fiddle)
Steph Geremia, Kathleen Conneely, Eliot Grasso (Flute and Whistle)
Brendan Dolan and Donna Long (Piano)
Pat Broaders (Ballad Singing and Bouzouki)
Pauline Conneely and John Walsh (Tenor Banjo)
Kieran O'Hare (Pipes)
Daithi Sproule, Eamon Sefton, and Sean Earnest (Guitar)
Catriona Fee and Meghan Mette (Concertina)
Myron Bretholz and Josh Dukes (Bodhran)
Catherine Marafino Brice and Megan Downes (Dance)
Eileen Gannon (Harp)
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NEW THIS YEAR:
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TWO Concerts featuring the Trad Fest Instructors and headlined by Trian (Friday Night) and Open the Door for Three (Saturday Night),
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Ensemble class open to all instruments
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More of your Saturday workshops - in a new Hampden school location - more space!
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9 Sunday classes and seminars to choose from, including Tin Whistle for absolute beginners, physical therapy for musicians, and more!
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All of Sunday's events will take place in Hampden (all within walking distance)
STAY UPDATED
Chieftains:
The Grasso Family, in memory of Mark Grasso
Diana Havlin
Performers:
Harry and Meg Ferguson
Ceili:
Lee Marsh
Sessioners:
Anne O'Kelly, in honor of Patrick and Mary Mullen
Danny Cooper
Fans:
Barb Schmid
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Artists: This is a "teaching" festival on a small budget. As such we are unable to take solicitations for acts.
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