Events Guide 2022 — Archive
A record of the five days of concerts, sessions, recitals and workshops from the 2022 Patrick O'Keeffe Festival, celebrating its 30th anniversary. All events have now taken place.
Thursday · 27 October
An Turas Mór — Fire Show
Fire show with druids, fire dragon and giant goths · Approx. 60 minutes
Ireland's biggest and best session trail begins
Friday · 28 October
Teens Trad Session
Traditional music session for Kerry school students
Gathering Session — Welcome to POK Fest 2022
Pat Fleming · Conor Daly · Raymond O'Sullivan · Timmy Connors and friends
Téada and Séamus Begley — supported by Fuinneamh
Saturday · 29 October
Classes & Workshops on All Instruments
Fiddle, Accordion, Concertina, Flute, Uilleann Pipes, Banjo, Guitar · Includes complimentary entry to Kerry Fiddles Recital at 2:00 PM
Kerry Fiddles — Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Recital
Aidan Connolly · Oisín Mac Diarmada · Connie O'Connell · Frankie Gavin · Andrea Palandri · Aoife Ní Chaoimh · Caoimhe Flannery · Máire O'Keeffe · Gerry Harrington · Emma O'Leary · Nickie McAuliffe · Con Moynihan · Diarmuid O'Brien · Donal Cullinane
One-off event celebrating the iconic Kerry Fiddles album
Pop Up Gaeltacht
Éamonn Ó Braoin & Tómas MacUileagóid
Singing Concert
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh · Barry Kerr · Mickey MacConnell · Tim Dennehy
Lectures
Peter Browne — 30 Years of the Patrick O'Keeffe Traditional Music Festival · Patrick Cavanagh — Sliabh Luachra Music: A View from Across the Pond · Raymond O'Sullivan — Are We Tied to Before
30th Anniversary Sliabh Luachra All Star Concert
Jackie Daly · Matt Cranitch · Frankie Gavin · Aidan Coffey · Conor Connolly · Bryan O'Leary · Aidan Connolly · Brian Mooney · Connie O'Connell · Éibhlin de Paor · Máire O'Keeffe · Sarah O'Keeffe · Róisín O'Connor · Aoife Ní Chaoimh · Paudie O'Connor · Peter Browne · Pat Fleming · Timmy Connors · Raymond O'Sullivan · John Walsh · Eoin Stan O'Sullivan · Jimmy Doyle · Joe O'Sullivan · Con Moynihan · Gearoid Dineen · Nickie McAuliffe · Darragh Curtin · Anne McAuliffe · Emma O'Leary · Mick Culloty · Seán Abeyta · PJ Teehan · Reunion of The Smokey Chimney (Gerry Harrington, Eoghan O'Sullivan, Paul de Grae)
Young Musician Award to Seán Butler & Megan McGinley · Dedication Award to Máire O'Keeffe · Hosted by Doireann Ní Ghlacáin
Sunday · 30 October
Junior Trad Session
Hosted by Emma O'Leary & Maura O'Connor · Young musicians of all levels welcome
Céilí — Donie Nolan Céilí Band
The Jackie Daly Collection — Tunebook Launch
226 tunes composed by Jackie Daly, including The Humours of Castleisland
Album Launches
Pat Fleming — Live Music from Sliabh Luachra · Gerry Harrington, Charlie Piggott & Peter Browne — The Lark on the Strand
Four Men and a Dog
Sorcha Costello · Elaine Reilly · Catherine McHugh · Angelina Carberry · Dan Brouder · Mick O'Brien · Padraic Keane · Selected tunes from The Munster Pipers Goodman Collection