Clonakilty Guitar Festival review: Altered Hours and Junk Drawer among early highlights 

The Belfast band and the Cork-based five-piece played the first weekend of the event 
Clonakilty Guitar Festival review: Altered Hours and Junk Drawer among early highlights 

The Altered Hours at Clonakilty International Guitar Festival in De Barra's Folk Club. Picture: Bríd O'Donovan 

The 19th edition of Clonakilty International Guitar Festival got under way over the weekend, with events continuing until Sunday, September 24.

Belfast’s Junk Drawer kicked things off on Friday night having made the six-and-a-half-hour trip to West Cork. The journey was worth it, they tell the buoyant crowd at De Barra’s, because they’re heard from more than a couple of people that Clonakilty has one of the best supermarkets in the country.

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