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Sunday 7th August Sets céilí with THE KNOCKMORE CÉILÍ BAND CALLER: RONAN EASTWOOD Admission: £8 Friday 5th August 9.00pm Seán Keane Support: Cathal O'Neill Saturday 6th August 8.30pm Four Men & a Dog with DOG'S DINNER @ 6.30pm Festival Admissions at a glance Support: Cóiriú compère All Concerts £12 th Gino Lupari, founding Dinner with the Dogs £10 Sunday 7 August 5.30pm member and the Dinner and Concert £20 renowned frontman of Sets Céilí £8 the supergroup Four Cathal Hayden & Friends Men and a Dog. Tickets available on our website or from Gene Stuarts Music Shop, Dungannon with Máirtín O’Connor, Séamie O'Dowd, Email: [email protected] John Joe Kelly, Brian McGrath & Nicky Scott Telephone: +44 (0)28 8772 5286 ‘Hooked on Banjo’ CD Launch For more information www.brantryfleadh.com T: +44 (0)7771 607 840 All Concerts £12 admission Email: info@brantryfleadh.com Tickets available on our website or from www.brantryfleadh.com Gene Stuarts Music Shop, Dungannon T: +44 (0)28 8772 5286 the 2016 Brantry Fleadh the 2016 Brantry Fleadh th 8.30pm Four Men & a Dog Friday 5 August supported by Cóiríu 9pm Seán Keane supported by Cathal O’Neill Followed by Music Session Followed by Music Session The world renowned and very energetic Traditional Band Four Men and a Dog are celebrating 25 years in the Sean Keane from Galway is described as the ‘greatest musical find of business and have recently launched their new album the 90’s by the London Independent. Traditional Irish, Folk, Country and ‘…And the band played on’. The band fondly known as Blues all lend themselves to his unique style and unforgettable voice. ‘the Dogs’ are Cathal Hayden, Gino Lupari, Donal Growing up in a family of singers and musicians, Sean learnt the sean-nos style Murphy, Stephen Hayden & Kevin Doherty. They will of singing from his mother and two aunts. He tours regularly with his band in also be joined in the Brantry by Keyboard wizard Ireland, Austria, Germany, USA and Canada as well as appearing at major James Delaney. festivals world-wide. Acknowledged by many as one the best trad bands of our Sean will be supported in song by local man Cathal O’Neill generation, Four Men and a Dog cannot be described but only felt from the deepest part of the soul. th The 'Dogs' will be supported by rising trad stars Cóiriú, Saturday 6 August from County Derry... and don't forget 'Dinner with the Dogs' from 6.30pm 11am - 4pm Traditional Music and Song Master Classes, under the guidance of some of Ireland's leading Traditional Musicians: th Banjo: Brian McGrath Guitar: Séamie O’Dowd Sunday 7 August Fiddles: Cathal Hayden & Bodhrán: Eamon Murray 2pm Mass in Irish followed by: “The Oul Sunday Dinner... A Long Time Ago” Stephen Hayden Tin Whistle: Brendan Mulholland Accordion: Donal Murphy Trad Singing: Seán Keane 4pm Afternoon Session 5pm Cathal Hayden & Friends: CD Launch - ‘Hooked on Banjo’ (Registration from 10.30am) Cathal Hayden's long awaited debut Banjo CD launch, ‘Hooked on Banjo’ will MUSIC MASTERCLASSES - £20 featuring some of the biggest names in Irish Music – Mairtin O’Connor, Seamie (Workshop fee includes lunch and entry to Four Man and a Dog concert on Saturday) O’Dowd, John Joe Kelly, Brain McGrath, Naill Murphy, Kevin Doherty and Nicky Scott, all of which will be performing at the Brantry Fleadh! Early booking is essential. Masterclass numbers will be limited. Cathal’s recordings, whether solo or in collaboration with For information / registration book on our website or contacts us on: the acclaimed Four Men and a Dog or Maritin O’Connor T: +44 (0) 7771 607 840 or email: [email protected] Trio, and more recently with Christy Moore, have become standard bearers for emerging musicians over the last 4pm - 5pm Workshop Concert twenty years. Cathal has been described as one of the featuring students and tutors foremost fiddle and banjo players of his generation. 8.30pm Sets céilí with the Knockmore Céilí Band 6.30pm Dinner with the Dogs (£10) - 11.30pm Caller - Ronan Eastwood Dinner and Four Men and a Dog Concert (£20) Followed by Farewell Music Session All Concerts £12 admission Tickets available from our website or Gene Stuarts Music Shop, Dungannon T: +44 (0)28 8772 5286 www.brantryfleadh.com.