The Municipal Theatre for Dún Laoghaire/ Rathdown recently announced the second Festival of Traditional Music for the August Bank Holiday weekend.

Revealing the exciting line-up, Pavilion’s Director Martin Murphy said: “We’re delighted that Festival Curator, Toner Quinn has again come up with an inspirational selection of performers, from the simple virtuoso solo fiddle of Paddy Glackin, to The Frost Is All Over: a unique collaboration of Tony McMahon’s accordion and Dermot Bolger’s words, alongside international traditional artists of the calibre of Spiers and Boden, and Julie Fowlis.”

As last year, the audience can head across the road from the theatre for a chance to hear and play with some of the top musicians around in the five free ‘Gastropub Sessions’. Martin Murphy said: “Put it in your diary. Dún Laoghaire is the place for all traditional music lovers to be this August 1st to 3rd. August Bank Holiday is Traditional Music weekend here in Pavilion Theatre.”

Pavilion Theatre & the GastroPub Company, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire. Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd August 2008

Tickets: €20 and €18, Festival ticket €50 and €44, sessions free.
Booking: 01 2312929, www.paviliontheatre.ie

Left to right: David Power, poet Dermot Bolger and Tony MacMahon in ‘The Frost Is All Over’ , a Traditional Music Multimedia Performance conceived by Tony MacMahon.