Friends…..
its happening again…
with a new album due in January 2018 Clon guitar fest are honoured to host Tom Waits arch collaborator and guitar wizard Marc Ribot’s only Irish date of the new year on Sunday 21st of January 2018….
2 years ago Ribot stunned a sold out audience at DeBarra s with his virtuosity…
next year will be no different!
Tickets on sale Thursday 2nd of November
Friends…
TALOS’s Clonakilty Guitar Festival Show will now take place on Friday the 1st of December .
Refunds will be available until the 25th of October for those unable to make the re-scheduled date –
Tickets can be purchased for this event here.
https://secure.tickets.ie/Listing/EventInformation/36439/
TALOS shows are selling out very quickly on both sides of the Irish Sea
Thanks.
This September Clonakilty International Guitar Festival are proud to partner with Folk Alliance International to present the first ever FAI European conference right here in Guitartown! This pilot event will see the cream of folk artists and rising stars perform showcase events in the prestigious & historic music venues for which west Cork is famed, before dovetailing seamlessly into the 13th edition of the Clonakilty International Guitar Festival. West Cork is rightfully proud of its food and scenery but the other natural resource we have is a vibrant musical culture and it is this alchemy which will draw Folk Alliance delegates from all over the globe to our corner of paradise. As well as the panel discussions and showcase concerts, the event will also include the presentation of the FAI Lifetime Achievement Award to Donal Lunny for his contribution to traditional music over his stellar career. Lunny will join Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger and Mavis Staples in receiving this award.
The following shows have also now been added to an all ready jam packed festival lineup with tickets available to festival goers! Tickets on sale now!
The Clonakilty International Guitar Festival 2017 returns front the 20th-24th of September this year for the 13th edition of the festival- & guess what? …
THIRTEEN IS OUR LUCKY NUMBER!
WELCOME TO GUITARTOWN!
Guitartown is back in 2016!
The Guitar Mardi Gras that is The Clonakilty International Guitar Festival is returning for its twelfth year this September. There’ll be twelve strings, twelve bar blues and at least twelve angry men (with even angrier guitars) in this twelfth year of guitar heaven.
Hey “Spinal Tap” fans – this one goes up to twelve. Worship!
Clonakilty International Guitar Festival has announced its first case-load of acts appearing in 2016. It’s a list that puts the thrum in plectrum, the zing in string, and the surprise in “C’Mon Feel The Noize”.
There’s the nomadic son of Milwaukee who, along with being a Violent Femmes collaborator, has written jingles for tampon ads on Vietnamese national television: Brett Newski.
There’s Hozier’s touring band and standalone, stand out pop/rock/rnb priestesses Wyvern Lingo
There’s Ray Davies’ favourite guitar-man, the Clonakilty native who links The Kinks and Hendrix: Bill Shanley.
There’s the Afro dub monks from London consecrating 24 carat dub, afro-beat, and deep-funk: Soothsayers
There’s the poet laureate of Irish Guitar: Steve Cooney
There’s the whole country of Sweden’s brightest country-blues hope: Shoutin’ Red.
There’s the U.S/Swede/U.K all-girl garage group of your wildest dreams: The Franklys.
There’s three of Ireland’s most talented composers/interpreters of traditional and original music on a sonic rendezvous with the ether: Úlaid.
There’s that very fine purveyor of “world music for a new world”: John Spillane.
There’s a while yet to go to the actual twelfth Clonakilty International Guitar Festival; can you imagine what more delights they’ll have lined up for us by the time September swings around?
Say it once/Say it loud/Guitartown is back/Guitartown is proud. Ralph Mexico
We’re delighted to announce that plans for this years 11th Clonakilty International Guitar Festival are well underway!!! The dates for this years epic guitar-ocalypse are the 17th-20th of September….put them in your book!
As you can see, we’re updating the website with artists and events for the tenth edition of the festival, to help from the 18th – 21st of September. Keep checking here and on our social media sites for the revelations as they happen!
Clonakilty International Guitar Festival 2013 has come to a close and we’d like to thank everyone who visited, volunteered, played, sang, or had any part at all to play in what was undoubtedly the best festival yet! See ye all on the 18th-21st os September 2014 for our 10th birthday!
The dates for this year’s Clonakilty International Guitar Festival will be Thurs 19th – Sun 22nd September 2013