Fest'Irlande
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Edition 2025 — Fest'Irlande
3rd edition of Fest'Irlande in Pleaux. Four days of traditional Irish music, song, and dance featuring the harp, concerts, master classes, street sessions, a luthiers' fair, and a tribute to Cyril O'Donoghue.
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3rd Edition: The Harp in the Spotlight
For its third edition, Fest'Irlande put the harp in the spotlight from July 4th to 7th, 2025. The festival offered a rich program with concerts, traditional dances, advanced workshops, and numerous free events in the streets of Pleaux.
Among the highlights, the Irish trio Floriane Blancke (harp), Quentin Cooper (mandolin, banjo, guitar), and Brian Fleming (bodhrán, spoons, bones) performed on Saturday, July 5th at 6:30 PM. Irish-Scottish harpist Rachel Hair offered a harp recital in the Pleaux church on Sunday, July 6th at 5:30 PM. A grand Ceili dance closed the festival on Monday, July 7th.
The master classes covered a wide range of disciplines: harp, folk guitar, bodhrán, banjo/mandolin, fiddle, Irish flutes, Ceili and Set Dancing, harmonica, diatonic accordion, singing, and Slow Session. A tribute to musician Cyril O'Donoghue marked this edition.
Programme
2025 Program
- Friday, July 4th: Inauguration and opening of the festival. Start of advanced workshops. Musical sessions in the streets of Pleaux.
- Saturday, July 5th: Workshops (10 AM-1 PM and 2 PM-5 PM). Illuminated manuscript workshops (2 PM-7 PM). Slow sessions (10 AM-12 PM). Free ongoing street sessions (2 PM-5 PM). Luthiers' fair (2 PM-7 PM). Concert by the trio Blancke/Cooper/Fleming at 6:30 PM (CCAS hall). Terrace sessions from 9 PM.
- Sunday, July 6th: Workshops and classes. Luthiers' fair and exhibitions. Harp recital by Rachel Hair in the Pleaux church at 5:30 PM. Terrace sessions from 9 PM.
- Monday, July 7th: Workshops and classes. Street sessions. Grand Ceili dance in the evening at 9 PM.
Highlights
- The harp in the spotlight for this 3rd edition
- Concert by the Irish trio Floriane Blancke, Quentin Cooper, and Brian Fleming
- Harp recital by Rachel Hair in the Pleaux church
- Tribute to Cyril O'Donoghue
- Master classes in over 10 disciplines
- Free and ongoing street sessions
- Grand closing Ceili dance
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From 0.00€ — 120.00€
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Where does it take place — Fest'Irlande
Place Georges Pompidou et centre-ville de Pleaux
Place Georges Pompidou, 15700 Pleaux