29th Guinness IRISH CHRISTMAS Festival

Wiener Metropol, Wien

This year's very varied program is entitled Diaspora and is dominated by female power.

One of the very first female artists to tour Irish Christmas with her former band "The Bumblebees" was the great harpist Laoise Kelly. It was Laoise who revolutionized the Irish harp as a solo instrument!
She worked closely with Kate Bush, the Chieftains and many more and was honored as TG4 Musician Of The Year in 2020!

Flute superstar Mike McGoldrick, one of the absolute cult figures of contemporary traditional Irish folk, who grew up in the Irish diaspora of Manchester, will be traveling with his nieces and will set a very traditional accent with The McGoldrick Family and bring us closer to the backbone of Irish music, namely the music within families.
Mike founded bands such as Lunasa and Flook and played in Mark Knopfler's band for 14 years.

There can hardly be a more powerful, spectacular duo than the sensational sisters Cassie & Maggie MacDonald from Canada. Deeply rooted in the fiddle-dominated folk tradition of Nova Scotia, they draw on the rich treasure of their Scottish ancestors and combine fiddle sounds with guitar/piano, two-part singing and tap dancing.