Clancy Brothers Festival of Music & Arts

Every June Bank holiday weekend music, art and tradition flows through the streets of Carrick-On-Suir as the Clancy Brothers Festival of Music and Art takes place. The festival honours the musical legacy of the influential Irish folk music group of the 1960s, ‘The Clancy Brothers’, whose home town was Carrick-On-Suir and who are credited with popularising Irish folk song across the world. There’s music and art in the theatres, in the pubs and on the streets…so come to Carrick-on-Suir for the Clancy Brothers Festival on the June Bank Holiday where there’s music and magic in the air! The Festival embraces the local community and showcases the exceptional local talent in performing, visual & multi-disciplinary arts. Carrick-on-Suir boasts so much talent for a small community and The Clancy Brothers Festival is the perfect way to showcase local talent as well as national and international artists.

I have been involved with the Festival, wearing many hats since 2009. The Tudor Artisan Hub morphed into the Festival Office annually from 2014 - 2023 and we managed many key aspects of the Festival on many levels for 9 years. We resigned from the Festival in 2023 in order to concentrate our energies on other creative initiatives.