Upcoming Traditional Irish Music Festivals
| January 2012 | ||
| Shannonside Winter Music Weekend | Clare | Jan 12-15 2012 |
| Celtic Connections | Glasgow (SC) | Jan 19-Feb 5 2012 |
| Jimmy McHugh Trad Weekend | Glasgow (SC) | Jan 14-15 2012 |
| Temple Bar TradFest | Dublin | Jan 25-29 2012 |
| Ballincollig Winter Festival | Cork | Jan 26-29 2012 |
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| February 2012 | ||
| TradFest | Cork | Feb 9-11 2012 |
| Cheltenham Folk Festival | Gloucestershire (UK) | Feb 10-12 2012 |
| Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh | Kerry | Feb 15-19 2012 |
| Savannah Irish Fest | Georgia (USA) | Feb 17-19 2012 |
| Frome Folk Festival | Somerset (UK) | Feb 18-19 2012 |
| The Gathering | Kerry | Feb 22-26 2012 |
| Éigse an Spidéil | Galway | Feb 23-26 2012 |
| Micho Russell Memorial Festival | Clare | Feb 24-26 2012 |
| Corofin Trad Festival | Clare | Feb 27-Mar 4 2012 |
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| March 2012 | ||
| John Joe Maguire Trad Music Weekend | Cavan | Mar 2-4 2012 |
| Celtic Festival of Wales | Porthcawl (WAL) | Mar 2-4 2012 |
| North Texas Irish Festival | Dallas (USA) | Mar 2-4 2012 |
| Cape Coral Irish Festival | Cape Coral (USA) | Mar 3-4 2012 |
| Crossroads Irish-American Festival | San Francisco (USA) | Mar 4-25 2012 |
| Arklow Music Festival | Wicklow | Mar 6-14 2012 |
| Seachtain na Gaeilge | Nationwide | Mar 5-17 2012 |
| Irish Spring Festival | Florida (USA) | Mar 10-11 2012 |
| Navan Shamrock Festival | Meath | Mar 10-17 2012 |
| Roosky Trad Festival | Roscommon | Mar 11-13 2012 |
| Cork St. Patrick's Day Festival | Cork | Mar 16-18 2012 |
| Féile an Earraigh Belfast | Antrim | Mar 16-18 2012 |
| St. Patrick's Day Festival | Dublin | Mar 16-19 2012 |
| Inishowen Traditional Singers' Circle Weekend | Donegal | Mar 23-26 2012 |
| Feis Shligigh | Sligo | Mar 26-Apr 20 2012 |
| Ballymena Arts Festival | Antrim | Mar 28-Apr 28 2012 |
| Ballydehob Festival | Cork | Mar 30-Apr 1 2012 |
| Ceardlann an Earraigh, Celbridge | Kildare | Mar 31 2012 |
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| April 2012 | ||
| Pan Celtic Festival | Carlow | Apr 10-15 2012 |
| Clifden Traditional Music Festival | Galway | Apr 13-15 2012 |
| The Shindig Festival | Kerry | Apr 20-22 2012 |
| Siansa Gael Linn | Dublin | Apr 29 2012 |
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| May 2012 | ||
| Féile na Bealtaine | Kerry | May 3-7 2012 |
| Féile na nDéise | Waterford | May 3-7 2012 |
| Fleadh by the Feale | Limerick | May 3-7 2012 |
| Inishbofin Community Arts Festival | Galway | May 4-6 2012 |
| Drogheda Arts Festival | Louth | May 4-7 2012 |
| Féile Chois Cuain | Mayo | May 4-7 2012 |
| Baltimore Fiddle Fair | Cork | May 9-13 2012 |
| Cos Cos Sean Nós Festival | Sligo | May 11-13 2012 |
| Skerries Traditional Music Weekend | Dublin | May 18-20 2012 |
| Fleadh Nua | Clare | May 20-28 2012 |
| The Johnstons Folk Music Festival | Meath | May 25-27 2012 |
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| June 2012 | ||
| Galway-Stirling Sessions | Galway | June 1-17 2012 |
| Seisiún Thír Chonaill | Donegal | June 4-6 2012 |
| Wimborne Folk Festival | Dorset (UK) | June 8-10 2012 |
| Annual Minnesota Irish Music Weekend | Minnesota (USA) | June 14-17 2012 |
| Fastnet Maritime & Trad Fest | Cork | June 15-17 2012 |
| Celtic Fringe Festival | Sligo | June 21-24 2012 |
| Blas Summer School | Limerick | June 25-July 6 2012 |
| North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (NAFCo) | Derry | June 27-July 1 2012 |
| Coleman Country Bodhrán School | Sligo | June 27-July 1 2012 |
| Celtic Fusion International Music Arts Festival | Down | June 29-July 1 2012 |
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| July 2012 | ||
| Seosamh Mac Gabhann Summer School | Mayo | July 1-6 2012 |
| Trad Picnic | Galway | July 5-7 2012 |
| Oland Celtic Irish Music Festival | Oland (SWE) | July 5-7 2012 |
| Willie Clancy Summer School | Clare | July 7-15 2012 |
| Catskill's Irish Arts Week | New York (USA) | July 15-21 2012 |
| Meitheal Summer School | Limerick | July 16-20 2012 |
| South Sligo Summer School | Sligo | July 16-21 2012 |
| Joe Mooney Summer School | Leitrim | July 21-28 2012 |
| Augusta Irish Heritage Week | West Virginia (USA) | July 22-27 2012 |
| Fiddler's Green International Festival | Down | July 22-29 2012 |
| Brideswell Pattern Festival | Roscommon | July 26-30 2012 |
| Boyle Arts Festival | Roscommon | July 26-Aug 4 2012 |
| Anne & Pat Molloy Summer School | Birmingham (UK) | July 28-29 2012 |
| O'Carolan Harp Festival | Roscommon | July 29-Aug 3 2012 |
| Scoil Acla | Mayo | July 30-Aug 5 2012 |
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| August 2012 | ||
| Patsy Farrell Festival | Longford | Aug 1-8 2012 |
| Ballyshannon Folk & Traditional Music Festival | Donegal | Aug 2-5 2012 |
| Cahersiveen Festival of Music & the Arts | Kerry | Aug 3-5 2012 |
| Féile Lios Póil | Kerry | Aug 3-8 2012 |
| Kilcar Fleadh | Donegal | Aug 4-11 2012 |
| Feakle International Traditional Music Festival | Clare | Aug 8-13 2012 |
| Féile Ceoil & Cultúrtha Ghaoth Dobhair | Donegal | Aug 10-12 2012 |
| Puck Fair Killorglin | Kerry | Aug 10-12 2012 |
| Kilkenny Arts Festival | Kilkenny | Aug 10-19 2012 |
| Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann | Cavan | Aug 10-20 2012 |
| Bath Folk Festival | Bath (UK) | Aug 13-19 2012 |
| Masters of Tradition | Cork | Aug 15-19 2012 |
| Milwaukee Irish Fest | Milwaukee (USA) | Aug 16-19 2012 |
| ESB Beo | Dublin | Aug 18-25 2012 |
| East Kerry Roots Festival | Kerry | Aug 21-26 2012 |
| Gig'n the Bann Cross Community Festival | Antrim | Aug 30-Sep 2 2012 |
More to follow...