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Killarney to host new folk and fusion music festival

Rhiannon Giddens
Rhiannon Giddens

Grammy and Pulitzer Prize winning musician Rhiannon Giddens, Thomas Gabriel, grandson of Johnny Cash, and Liam Ó Maonlaí of Hothouse Flowers are among the acts performing at a new annual Folk in Fusion concert this January in Killarney.

Sandy Kelly

Presented by Ireland's Folk Conference, Your Roots Are Showing, Folk in Fusion 2025 takes place on 14 January in the Gleneagle Hotel, County Kerry and will also see folk and bluegrass performer Peter Rowan share the stage with Ron Block, banjo player from Alison Krauss & Union Station.

Sandy Kelly, rising Nashville star Kenny Sharp, uilleann piper Brendan McCreanor, Gerry O'Connor and Brown Liquor Music are also among the 100 acts set to play.

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