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.
October 2022
2022 Festival Archive
17 events took place across five days in Castleisland, October 2022 — marking the festival's 30th anniversary. This page is kept as a record of the programme.
Festival completed · October 2022Thursday · 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