It’s been almost one year since I heard Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh speak at last years launch. And 6 years years since it first began The Temple Bar Tradfest is back. Bigger and better than you could have ever thought. Starting this Januray 26th - 30th But did the trad scene didn’t really need The Trad Fest ? Well it didn’t and then it kind of really did at the same time. In my home town for example, in Dublin, there are two sessions, albeit differing mildly [one folk one trad], genetically speaking, that take place every Friday evening. Some musicians play both. That’s a minimum of five hours playing - and too many other sessions within a short drive radius. But how many are a little Irish, not just in Ballyboughal but all over Ireland, in the sense that you kind of need to meet the right man, in the … There’s more →