Shortt takes plunge for trad music festival

TOP comedian Pat Shortt jumped in the river next to his pub yesterday to promote his own traditional music festival.

Shortt takes plunge for trad music festival

John Spillane, Stockton’s Wing, and Frankie Gavin and the new De Dannan are among the headline acts who will perform at the first Kiltha River Trad Festival which will be held in Pat Shortt’s bar in Castlemartyr, east Cork, over the August bank holiday weekend.

A marquee will be erected outside the riverside pub to host the festival. The event, which runs from Thursday, July 29, to Sunday, August 1, is supported by Guinness and sponsored by Castlemartyr Resort, GHQ Design, Ticketmaster, John and Geraldine McGrath and Host PR.

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