2021 Festival

We are back, a little smaller this year, with music, song, and dance at the Irish Inn at Glen Echo. It will be outdoors, weather permitting.

No admission charge.
Free parking at the Glen Echo parking lot.

The afternoon will be followed by a session in the evening.

Festival Line-up
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Irish Inn Stage - Culkin Stage
12 - 12:45 Alice Bradley, fiddle & Zan McLeod, guitar (with guests, dancers)
1 - 1:45 The Bog Band & dance exhibition
2 - 2:45 The Chieftones: Martin McCann, flute; Brian Coakley, concertina; Jesse Winch, piano. Old-tyme ceili band music.
3 - 3:45 Dan Kaufman & Meara O’Malley. Traditional Irish songs.
4 - 4:45 All-Ireland singing champion Kevin Elam and friends. CD Launch for Kevin’s new album of songs.
5 - 6:00 National Heritage Fellow and button accordion virtuoso Billy McComiskey;
Irish Inn Mates: Mitch Fanning, fiddle; Zan McLeod, guitar; Tina Eck, flute & whistle; Jesse Winch, bodhran, bouzouki & all; plus dancers.

Fountain at Glen Echo Park
12- 6 Session – under the small tent; bring portable chairs

Listen

Here are some recordings from past festivals.
Kevin Crawford, Cillian Vallely, and Steve Doocey, live at the 2016 Irish Folk Festival
Open the Door for Three, live at the 2017 Irish Folk Festival
2019 Festival
photos by Pradipta Banerjee