Sunshine and bluegrass draw record crowds to the 25th Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival

Under blue skies, the village of Dunmore East was the picture-perfect backdrop to the 25thDunmore East Bluegrass Festival, the four-day festival of free banjo pickin’, foot tappin’ mandolin’ pluckin’, barnstormin’, step dancin’ fiddle playin’, double bass clawin’ bluegrass, Americana, country and roots sessions. Now in its twenty fifth year, the festival attracts some of the biggest … Continued


19th Guinness International Bluegrass Festival makes welcome return to Dunmore East

Fans of bluegrass, honky-tonk, blues, country, rhythm ā€˜n’ roots are in for a musical treat as the Guinness International Bluegrass Festival returns to the South East this summer. Now in its 19thyear, the festival takes place in Dunmore East, the picturesque Co. Waterford seaside village from August 22nd to August 25th and the festival organisers … Continued