The 2020 Masters of Tradition runs from Wednesday 19th to Sunday 23rd August in Bantry, Co. Cork. Artistic Director Martin Hayes, the renowned fiddler from County Clare, opens and closes the festival. Performances take place in Bantry House and St Brendan’s Church. There will also be concerts in unique settings including Whiddy Island. Masters of Tradition provides a platform where Read more...
The West Cork Literary Festival runs from 10 – 17 July and welcomes a star-studded cast of writers to Bantry, Co Cork. Amongst the writers at the 2020 Festival are Jung Chang, Paul Muldoon, Hannah Sullivan, Eimear McBride, Leslie Jamison, Cynan Jones, Sara Baume, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Frank Ormsby and Jane Casey. The full line-up will be announced in Spring Read more...
The West Cork Chamber Music Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2020 and welcomes a stellar line-up including four great Quartets, Pacifica, Signum, Doric and Dudok, violinists Vadim Gluzman, Alina Ibragimova, Nurit Stark, Rosanne Philippens and Mairéad Hickey, violists Brett Dean and Dana Zemtsov, and cellists Johannes Moser, Leonard Elschenbroich and Anastasia Kobekina. The 25th Festival itself is full of Read more...
