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It's become a bit of an institution in Newry. The City Library's highly successful Poetry And Pancakes session will kick off this year's Iúr Cinn Fleadh on 22 August. There's…

You should've seen a Iúr Cinn Fleadh poster and/or Event Guide by now. They've just recently been printed and distributed. To add to the deluge of publicity, our friends at…

Two Fleadh favourites – folk-rocker Matt McGinn and the legendary Paul Brady – have joined forces in the writing room and composed a song together for the first time. Okay,…

Calling all kids - join us for an exciting change of pace at the Children's African Drum Workshop. Learn the Djembe drums over the course of an hour. An experienced…

Causeway Coast singer-songwriter Andy Rogers composes music, records it and performs it in bars, nightclubs, churches, people’s houses – and even caves. Andy will perform at St Mary's Church Of…

Storytelling sensation Tenx9 returns to Newry for Iúr Cinn Fleadh 2024. Tenx9 is a modern day monologue phenomenon – and it's coming to St John Bosco Social Alub on 22…

Belfast-based singer-songwriter Anthony Toner makes his first appearance at Iúr Cinn Fleadh on Friday 23 August with an intimate solo acoustic show. And we're really chuffed about that! Anthony is…

The 16-page Iúr Cinn Fleadh Event Guide is being launched this week - in full colour and boasting more than 80 activities celebrating music, culture and the arts. Created by…

It was an obsession, and Altan was a key element of it. I was living in England and working in Ireland. I took every opportunity to go shopping in Dublin,…

Trad Irish folk legends Altan will perform in Newry for the first time ever when they headline this year's Iúr Cinn Fleadh on 25 August. And tickets have just gone…

An impressive line-up of leading local musicians and singers will help steer festivalgoers into the heart of Newry - on the power of sail and song. Briege Murphy, Finbar Magee…