Jazz & Blues

April 30, 2010 to May 3, 2010.
This is a small friendly jazz festival held in the lovely West Cork village of Ballydehob and is one that you should get along to even if you are not a huge jazz fan.

The headline act for 2009 was the Joe Davidian Trio, who headed up a very strong line up. Expect more of the same in 2010.

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October 22, 2010 to October 25, 2010.
Since 1978 Ireland’s biggest and longest established jazz event and has hundreds of musicians and many thousands of music fans to the city for an annual feast of jazz of all kinds.

As well as the core performance there are fringe events taking place throughout the city and it is a festival known for the friendly welcome given to visitors.

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May 1, 2009 to May 2, 2009.
This popular jazz event has steadily grown in stature since it started in 2000, with ever increasing crowds making the trip to Bray.

The emphasis is on contemporary jazz and it gives Irish audiences an all to rare opportunity to hear some of the best exponents from around Ireland and (well) beyond.

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February 11, 2009 to February 14, 2009.
Dublin city’s only jazz festival aims to highlight new and emerging jazz artists and ensembles from around Europe.

Unless you are a hard core jazz aficionado you’ll probably never heard of any of those playing, but you’ll certainly enjoy the very varied feast of music that is on offer.

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