Tradfest 2025
Shed those January blues and book yourself a gig at the largest trad event of it’s kind hosted in Dublin every year. Over 150 artists play across the last weekend in January in spectacular venues all across Dublin.
Fitzsimons plays host to some exciting and established talent and we can’t wait to have them bring their toe thumping energy to our main stage. Come visit us for Tradfest Fun (no cover charge). For all the details of whats on at this years Tradfest please click here
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TRADFEST @ FITZSIMONS TEMPLE BAR MAIN STAGE 2025
Thursday January 23rd to Sunday January 26th 2025
CAOIMHÍN
Location: Fitzsimons Bar Main Stage
Date: Thursday 23rd January 2025
Time: 6pm
Kinda folky kinda dancey, multi-instrumentalist CAOIMHÍN (pronounced “kwee-veen”) is forging a soulful new Gaelic sound. Born into a musical family, he began playing traditional Irish music at the tender age of 5 and spent his childhood summers touring various different fleadhs and music weeks. Now Caoimhin, focuses on bringing joy to his audiences with his unmistakable and uplifting sound. Blending progressive rock and nu-disco with the traditional Irish music on which he was proudly reared.
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Drops of Green
Location: Fitzsimons Bar Main Stage
Date: Friday 24th January 2025
Time: 6pm
Drops of green are a band of five Irish men hailing from Laois, Kilkenny and Waterford. Formed in early 2015, they are quickly building a fan base both home and abroad. Combining a vast amount of instrumentation with blissful four part harmonies, they cover all of your favorite Irish melodies within the show’s set list. Bringing their own unique and modern style to all of these classic Irish ballads , along with a wealth of tradition , storytelling and passion , their show is a must see for Irish music fans young and old alike.
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Madra Salach
Location: Fitzsimons Bar Main Stage
Date: Saturday 25th January 2025
Time: 6pm
Madra Salach are a five piece traditional folk band from Dublin. Originally meeting whilst playing in various outfits on the city’s indie scene, their shared love of the Irish traditional canon led to Paul Banks, Adam Cullen, and Dara Duffy quickly forming a bond playing impromptu sessions in pubs around the Northside.
A chance meeting between Paul Banks and Jack Martin of Dublin City Soul stalwarts Fizzy Orange was the beginning of a new chapter for the group, with the two partnering up to write original songs for the band and Martin bringing along fellow Fizzonian Maxime Arnold to join the ranks.
These songs, while strikingly modern thematically, are written with a voice that could have emerged at any point throughout the last century, and sit proudly alongside a thoughtfully curated collection of folk standards.
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The Labourers
Location: Fitzsimons Bar Main Stage
Date: Sunday 25th January 2025
Time: 5pm
The Labourers are an Irish folk band. Inspired by Irish Folk and Punk, the band infuses melodic harmonies and traditional accompaniment with punk back beats. The group formed in London as a duo playing in traditional Irish music sessions, playing covers and sharing songs they had written around the table. Gaining popularity with their original music the duo decided to record their first EP ‘The Curse Of Saint Munchin’. Building off of that success the two Labourers decided to move back to Ireland, recruit a full band and take their music to a new level to create energetic and immersive live shows.
In 2024 the group released ‘Maggie’, ‘Son’ and ‘The Hunt’. This shift in song writing and energetic performance uplifted the bands direction, giving them the opportunity to play support slots for Aslan, Brógeal, becoming second in Sea Sessions Unsigned Sessions and headlining The Ruby Sessions in July 2024.
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