Celtic Fusion - An International Musical Arts Festival

North
Wednesday 16 July, 9.00pm

North has performed in top venues across Ireland and worked with Irish musical luminaries such as Brian Kennedy, Finbar Furey, Kieran Goss and Juliet Turner....

St Malachy’s Gaelic Athletic Club, Castlewellan

Session A9
Thursday 17 July, 9.00pm

Session A9 have been thrilling audiences throughout the UK as a top tunes band. Their music has a modern edge that still captures the live atmosphere of a traditional session...

The Banque, Castlewellan

Singer Songwriter Evening with Marian Bradfield and Thom Moore
Friday 18 July, 9.30pm

Marian Bradfield is often described as ‘one of Ireland’s hidden musical treasures’. Her list of appearances on live shows reads like the who's who of the Irish TV and Radio scene...

Thom Moore is probably best known as an Irish songwriter, with hit songs for Mary Black such as Carolina Rua and Prayer for Love, and for Maura O'Connell the likes of The Scholar and Saw You Running, as well as such generally-recorded classics as Cavan Girl...

Mulholland's Bar , Castlewellan

Hothouse Flowers
Friday 18 July, 10.30pm

Recent years have seen Hothouse Flowers play festivals in Europe and take on concert tours across North America where Rolling Stone Magazine once dubbed them as ‘the best unsigned...

Maginn’s Bar, Castlewellan

Michael McGoldrick Quartet and Friends
Opening Act: Tommy & Colum Sands
Saturday 19 July, 8.00pm

A rare opportunity to see some of the worlds finest musicians perform together. Born in Manchester to Irish parents, Mike McGoldrick had already won numerous All -Ireland Championships by the age of 15. A master of the flute, whistle and Uillean pipes, Mike is a founding member of Toss the Feathers and Flook, Mike currently plays with Capercaillie, Sharon Shannon as well as his own band...

Tommy Sands has developed into one of the most powerful songwriters and enchanting solo performers in Ireland today. His brother, Colum Sands has performed in over thirty countries around the world...

The Lodge Cultural Centre, Castlewellan

Free Open Air Concert featuring
Koshka, Park Bench Social Club, The Rapparees
Sunday 20 July, 3.00pm -
6.00pm

Three great bands make up an afternoon of diverse musical entertainment…Koshka are a world class act, distinguished by the individual members’ virtuosity, and also that they play almost entirely original material, composed by Oleg Ponomarev, one of the leading composers of contemporary world music…

Park Bench Social Club mix musical genres with abandon. Their energetic and exhilarating performance style is a joy to watch and, as the audience can clearly tell, a joy to perform…

The Rapparees are on a mission to keep Irish folk music ‘live and alive’ and their musicianship coupled with their boundless energy makes their performances unforgettable experiences...

Upper Square, Main Street, Castlewellan

Beoga
Sunday 20 July, 9.00pm

Celtic Fusion ’08 comes to a close with Beoga, one of Ireland’s hottest musical experiences. The bedrock of Beoga’s music lies firmly within Irish tradition but they are not afraid to incorporate other genres...

Kings Inn, Castlewellan