Thursday, January 26, 2012
Music legend Paul Brady is set to perform one of his most intimate gigs as part of a Cork town’s music festival this weekend.
Brady is among several high-profile national and international artists who have agreed to headline The White Horse’s third annual Winter Music Festival in Ballincollig.
Meteor Ireland Music Award winner and two times Choice Music Prize nominee Cathy Davey will bring the festival to a close on Sunday.
The festival opens tonight, with celebrated Irish traditional music duo Paddy and Kevin Glackin, and Caoimhín O’Raghallaigh and Brendan Begley.
Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien takes to the stage tomorrow with guitarist and producer Arty McGlynn at his side for an evening of roots music.
Then Paul Brady takes to the stage on Saturday with Cathy Davey making her first stage performance in 18 months on Sunday.
White Horse owner, Joe Carey, and his band, Jodavino, will be her support act.
Mr Carey said he is delighted to have secured such a strong line-up so early in the festival’s history.
"January can be a dreary month and it’s great to give people something to look forward to with the first music festival of 2012," he said.
Christy Leahy, who is also involved in the festival, said audiences will get a chance to see international artists who regularly play to packed auditoriums, up close in an intimate setting.
"This makes for a unique and highly charged atmosphere, to the benefit of both performer and audience member," he said.
As well as the gigs upstairs in The White Horse, there will be music classes for kids, sean nós dancing, free traditional Irish and bluegrass sessions and children’s storytelling events in other venues across the town.
* Full details on The Ballincollig Winter Music Festival on Facebook, call (021) 4871388 or book tickets online at www.tickets.ie.
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