Solas, Cathie Ryan , Old Blind Dogs , Ragus The Richens/Timm Irish Dancers amoung many others will appear at the Great American Irish Festival on July 29, 2006 and the Dublin Irish Festival on August 4, 2006.
Maire Brennan of Clannad will be appearing at the Brosella Folk & Jazz Festival in Belgium on July 8, 2006. It is the 30th Annual Festival and is free to all! Brosella Folk & Jazz
One of the best fiddle camps in the US wil be taking place August 6-13 and August 13-20, 2006. Artists include Byron Berline, Sandy MacIntyre, Loretta Thompson, Randal Bays, Frank Ferrel, Tony McManus, Peter Barnes and Ed Miller and many many more. For more details see Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp.
September 22, 2006 mark your calendars for a once in a lifetime concert by the famed concertina player Father Charlie Coen in Ireland House, NYU. Blarney Star Concerts
The Annual Grey Fox Festival will be held in Ancramdale, NY from July 13-16, 2006. Appearing will be Tim O’Brien, the Del McCoury Band, Steve Earle & The Bluegrass Dukes, The Jerry Douglas Band and many more. LINK
The Bluegrass Blog reports that:
Noted clawhammer banjoist and fingerstyle guitarist, Ken Perlman, has been awarded a grant through the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa to do a follow-up study on the fiddle music of Prince Edward Island. Link
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