The world’s first arts festival dedicated to the ancient arts and rites of the Irish Wake will take place in Mayo later this month.
The groundbreaking Keening Festival will be the world’s first arts festival dedicated to the ancient arts of the Irish Wake and will take place on Saturday, May 18 in Mulranny in the Old Convent.
The Keening Festival offers an extraordinary programme of free walks, keening workshops, talks about the origin of the wake and its rites and an evening concert with world acclaimed Sean Nós singer Caitriona Ní Cheannabháin, BAFTA winner and bardic poet Kevin Toolis and violinist Lisa Fuk’u’da.
The internationally famous composer Peter Reynolds has also written original songs for a unique outdoor musical performance programmed for…
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