Consairtín, the national concertina convention
Consairtin is an annual gathering of concertina players and enthusiasts, featuring concerts, classes, workshops, instrument maintenance tutorials, makers and menders EXPO, lecture and sessions. Performers and tutors confirmed for this year include the Mulcahy Family, Cormac Begley, Jack Talty, Ernestine Healy, Aogán Lynch, Dave Townsend, Mary MacNamara, Edel Fox and Neill Byrne, Cailtín Nic Gabhann, the O’Brien Family (Miltown Malbay), Tim Collins, Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh, Pádraig Rynne, Mairead Corridan, Katie O’Sullivan, Lorraine O’Brien, Francis Cunningham, Aoibheann Queally and more. Full programme and online registration at www.consairtin.ie.