' Scoil Cheoil na Botha' takes place on the 12th -14th October and will feature workshops on fiddle, flute, banjo, uilleann pipes, harp and piano accordion. Tutition will be provided by some of Ireland's finest traditional musicians, - John Carty (fiddle), Damien O Brien (fiddle), June Mc Cormack (flute), Enda Scahill (banjo), Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn (uilleann pipes) and Oliver Loughlin (piano accordion)

In addition to workshops there will be a celebrity concert featuring the tutors and special guests on Saturday 13th. Sessions will be held throughout the weekend featuring the finest young musicians in Ireland - including Laura Beagon, Ronan O' Flaherty, Damien O'Reilly, Shane Mulcrone, the Mc Cague family, Seán Mc Elwain, Paul Finn, Erin Mc Geown and many more.

The Malahide International Festival of Piping and Drumming.

The Baltimore Fiddle Fair is a festival that celebrates world class traditional music by presenting national and international acts in a very intimate setting in the beautiful seaside village of Baltimore, Co. Cork.
It features quality acts from all over the world and is one of the most eagerly awaited traditional music festivals of the year in Ireland.

Cathedral Quarter and beyond - Belfast's premier traditional music Festival “Open House” will take place from the end of September to the beginning of October.

Welcome to Dave Williams Weekend of workshops, concerts and sessions.

Piping Live! 2006 will feature some of the biggest names in piping, as the best in Scottish and International piping talent arrives to perform in outdoor spaces and venues throughout Glasgow City Centre for this uniquely Scottish event.

welcome to the pipe festival in the villages of pencader and llanfihangel ar arth. the villages are situated in the teifi valley, about 12 miles north of carmarthen, in west wales on the b4459. every year we bring the best international and local pipers together for a feast of bagpiping and releated events.

The Chris Langan Weekend gives you the opportunity to learn or polish your skills on uilleann pipes, tin whistle, fiddle, flute, button accordion as well as dance and song.

The workshops are open to people who play a traditional instrument catering for all instruments, levels and abilities, whether you are a beginner or an accomplished player. Melodic and accompanying instruments are both catered for.

Trigallia is a Celtic Festival that happens every two years in the town of Argenta (Italy) that is 50 km South-East from Bologna. Into this festival you can find a small old village composed by huts built with straw and wood, animals, fires, artisans and more. Furthermore at every festival you can see the shows of some of the most important artists of celtic music. The next festival will happen in June 2007. Visit our website or contact us for more information.

KadmusArts is an arts and technology company devoted to promoting and sustaining performing arts festivals around the world.

Irish Traditional Music is at the heart of the Irish culture and history, never as a static antiquity, the tradition is alive and vital, open to change yet conservative of its core values.The essence of Irish Music Magazine is to reflect what is happening in Irish music in contemporary society.

The online magazine of world roots and folk music - bagpipes of the world

Internet magazine for Irish speakers in Ireland and worldwide.

Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band is one of today's most successful and well known competitive pipe bands.

Founded in Dublin, Ireland in 1910 and currently based in the suburb of Tallaght.

Irish traditional music supergroup.

We are a group of individuals who play one of Ireland’s most traditional instruments and, as far as we know, the only place in London where you can learn to do so.

The Dutch Uilleann Pipers Club welcomes anyone with an interest in the Uilleann pipes, players of any level, prospective players, and non-players alike.

The Lowland and Border Pipers' Society was founded in 1981 by a group of enthusiasts who were interested in reviving the bagpipes of the Scottish Lowlands and Borders.

Manufacturers of bagpipes

Paul's instruments are notable for their tonal quality and raw power. Their styles are based largely on the work of Stradivari and Guarneri Del Gesu, the two masters of the golden era of violin-making

Scottish, Irish and World music CD shop, artists directory, gig guide and traditional music resource.

Traditional Irish music on the web. At MadForTrad.com (Irish Music .com) we have Irish Music CDs, Irish music tutorials, news from the Irish traditional Music scene , Irish tunes, folk festival and session listings and much, much more.

Quality MP3s and CDs of original music from Scotland covering all genres, all of which can be previewed using MP3 samples!

Our aim is to pull together a very wide catalog of discs from around the world making it easier to obtain the recordings you want and to explore the ones you did not know existed yet.

The website of Na Píobairí Uilleann ('The Uilleann Pipers') aims to be the primary online resource for players and lovers of this unique Irish instrument.

Promoting the study and history of piping in Scotland.

The triplepipe has been heard in Sardinia since the Bronze Age. In recent centuries it was used for village dances in the Campidano region every Sunday. This tradition died out in the 1930s, but it is still heard in concerts and festivals throughout the island

The Loch Lao Traditional Music Society (LLTMS) is a charitable organisation based in Andersonstown, in the city of Belfast, dedicated to the promotion of Irish traditional music and song.

A site devoted to traditional music in Co. Cavan.

News about the traditional music scene in and around Armagh city.

CultureNorthernIreland is an online cultural atlas of Northern Ireland, covering music, literature, sport, heritage, dance, theatre, fashion and the visual arts.  The website contains hundreds of articles, profiles and reviews on every cultural aspect imaginable, as well as exciting multimedia content, such as a special on the Armagh Pipers Club. With a geographical spread of more than 300 cities, towns and villages, CultureNorthernIreland gives a unique account of all Northern Ireland has to offer, highlighting and celebrating the diverse cultural heritages to be found here.

OaC is a new institute for higher education catering for students of all aspects of Irish tradition, history and literature. In addition to the weekend courses already in train we are organising summer schools and full semester courses for undergraduates and we will also provide facilities for post-graduate research.

OaC is based in Miltown Malbay, the birthplace of the renowned uilleann piper, Willie Clancy and home to the Willie Clancy Summer School.