The ethos of The Spirit of Folk festival which took place last weekend on the grounds of Dunderry Park near Navan was about Folk in all it's spiritual formats. It was billed as a festival which would bring together folk music with folklore, storytelling with archaeology and arts with spirituality. The Spirit of Folk festival brought all these aspects of Folk to life and enabled the igniting of a wonderful rustic community not normally found at festivals. For this review I can only write about the bands I seen. I wasn't able to attend [...]
Last night David Hope became the last music act confirmed for the very last music festival in Ireland; The Spirit of Folk festival running from 23-25 September in the stunning grounds of Dunderry Park, Co Meath. David was the successful winner of the What The Folk? competition that was run on Monday evenings in The Workmans Club, Dublin. Here's one of the song's David performed last night: 'See The Ghost' See The Ghost by David Hope [...]

The Spirit of Folk festival is a totally unique concept for Ireland. It's aim is to celebrate folk arts, folk crafts, folk games, folk spirituality, folk lore and folk philosophy. The Spirit of Folk festival is a two-day, family friendly festival running from 23-25 September in the stunning grounds of Dunderry Park, Co Meath. Today is Competition Day! All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning a pair of [...]

The Spirit of Folk festival is a totally unique concept for Ireland. It's aim is to celebrate folk arts, folk crafts, folk games, folk spirituality, folk lore, folk philosophy as well as being a fundraising initiative for the Oaktree Charitable Trust. The Spirit of Folk festival is a two-day, family friendly festival running from 23-25 September in the stunning grounds of Dunderry Park, Co Meath. From Saturday 13th to [...]