1.  LAUREN O’NEILL: AN CHRUIT AGUS AN FHILÍOCHT

     19.30p.m. Sunflower Public House 65 Union St, BT1 2JG

Exploring contemporary Irish harp accompaniments to Gaelic bardic poetry with Lauren O’Neill.

     With ITMA/Gradam Ceoil Pop-Up Archive

2.  NIGEL BOULLIER: HANDED DOWN

     14.00p.m. Linenhall Library/Leabharlann an Líneadaigh 17 Donegall Square N.

Nigel Boullier is the author of 'Handed Down: Country Fiddling and Dancing in East and Central Down'. He will take us on a journey through time looking at the traditional fiddle playing and dancing culture in County Down, This will be a unique insight within traditional music and dance in Ireland due to the demographic nature of the county – the musicians, their music and dance, having been drawn from both unionist and nationalist communities. Fiddle player Geordie McAdam accompanies the lecture.

     With ITMA/Gradam Ceoil Pop-Up Archive

3.  POP-UP ARCHIVE TOBCHARTLANN ITMA / GRADAM CEOIL TG4

     18.00p.m.Sunflower Public House 65 Union St, BT1 2JG

TG4 and the Irish Traditional Music Archive have developed a collaborative project: free online
access to the digitised and catalogued gala Gradam Ceoil programmes (1996−2018). The
archive is available at www.tg4.ie/ga/clair/gradam-ceo ITMA and TG4 staff will be on hand to guide you through this wonderful resource.

4.  IT GOES AS FOLLIES - IN ONÓIR CIARÁN CARSON     

     19.00p.m. Madden’s Bar, Berry Street, BT11FJ

An entertaining evening of flute music at Madden’s Bar inspired by the late Ciarán Carson’s
book ‘Last Night’s Fun’. 2014 Musician of the Year recipient Harry Bradley, 2018 recipient Catherine McEvoy, Davey Maguire & Brendan O’Hare will lead a Belfast Flute Gathering discussing and celebrating the emergence of the Belfast Flute Style in honour of Ciarán Carson.
     With ITMA/Gradam Ceoil Pop-Up Archive