The Baltimore Fiddle Fair is a unique festival that consistently features a world class line-up of national and international artists in an intimate settings in the beautiful seaside village of Baltimore, West Cork.

This year, the 2021 Fiddle Fair will take place online from 13 to 16 May, featuring:

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh with Gerry O’Beirne and Niamh Varian-Barry (13 May, 9pm)
Michelle, Louise and Mick Mulcahy (14 May, 9pm) 
Fergal Scahill and Ryan Molloy (15 May, 1pm) 
Fiddle Fair Australia (15 May, 4pm) 
Ye Vagabonds (15 May, 9pm) 
Marja Gaynor and David Power with John Walsh (16 May, 1pm) 
Matt Molloy and John Carty with Mike McCague (16 May, 9pm) 

There will also be artist Q&As and interviews, a Fiddle Fair quiz; festival survival videos, and Fiddle Fair Australia, filmed before a live audience in Sydney!

Tickets are €40 + fees and include the whole festival. Buy tickets here.

For all Fiddle Fair inquiries, email declan [at] fiddlefair.com.

Musical families are often the backbone of multi-generational continuity within that global community, and no musical family today is more impressive in upholding the best principles of the tradition than the Mulcahy’s of Abbeyfeale, West Limerick. 

Mick, Louise and Michelle Mulcahy play a vast array of instruments between them but it’s the sweetness and tunefulness of their ensemble playing that is most striking. Mick plays accordion, melodeon and concertina, whilst Louise plays flute, uilleann pipes and whistle. Michelle’s vast array of instruments include harp, concertina, accordion, fiddle, melodeon and piano.

They have an unmistakable, infectious sound and their skill and enthusiasm comes from a lifetime of playing together. 

“If you like the ‘pure drop’, here it is - traditional Irish music at its natural, unadulterated and most seductive best” _ The Irish Times 

 “Theirs is a virtuosity that doesn’t need to be proved or worn on the sleeve but just pours out with all the naturalness of speaking” _ Folk & Roots Magazine. 

Further details and tickets at the link below.