About Trad Folkin' Rocks

A collective of musicians, artists, producers and collaborators with like-minded goals and ambitions for the enhancement of Traditional Irish Music, Arts, and Culture, and a vision for its continued development, integration and reach.
We are a not-for-profit organisation that champions the positive promotion of Traditional Irish Arts by devising creative ways to access and interact with audiences.  We support Traditional Irish Artists and professional performance opportunities for them to exhibit their material and fine-tune their performances.

The Hawthorn Door:

The Hawthorn Door isa group of close friends from Meath, Dublin and County Cork. They have played gigs in some of Dublins folk festivals such as the Bleeding Pig Festival,Flavours of Fingal and Dublin Tradfest. They have released on EP on Spotify entitled Radio na Life Sessions. The band play a mixture of folk and traditional tunes. They have a collection of original songs as well as some original takes on popular folk songs.

The Labourers:

The Labourers are anIrish folk band. Inspired by Irish Folk and Punk, the band infuses melodic harmonies and traditional accompaniment with punk back beats. The group formed in London as a duo playing in traditional Irish music sessions, playing covers and sharing songs they had written around the table. Gaining popularity with their original music the duo decided to record their first EP 'The Curse Of Saint Munchin'. Building off of that success the two Labourers decided to move back to Ireland, recruit a full band and take their music to a new level to create energetic and immersive live shows. In 2023 the group released three new singles 'Maggie', 'Son' and 'The Hunt'. This new shift in songwriting and energetic performance uplifted the band's direction, giving them the opportunity to play support slots for Aslan and Brogéal, becoming second in SeaSessions Unsigned Sessions and headlining The Ruby Sessions in July 2024.

The night will finish with a Trad DJ set! The Trad DJ will be revealed on the night.