The Bandon Music Festival, the festival for lovers of traditional and contemporary music, takes place from Friday 29th May to Sunday 31st May 2009.  In its thirteenth year it promises to be a fantastic weekend. 

Below is an outline of what you can expect over the Festival weekend

 

Fri 29th May 2009

10pm till 1am - Free music trail in participating venues - see below.

 

Sat 30st May 2009

11am till 1pm: Farmers Market - Free Live music

3pm till 5pm: Riverview Shopping Centre - Free live music and RedFMs Red Patrollers

8pm till 11pm: The Shambles - Free live music on the Gig Rig with Mundy supported by Hogan.

10pm till 2am - Free music trail in participating venues - see below.

 

Sun 31st May2009

3pm till 5pm: Oliver Plunkett Street – Free live music with Natural Gas joined by set dancers

8pm till 11pm: The Shambles - Free live music on the Gig Rig with Mick Flanneryand The Flaws.

10pm till 2am - Free music trail in participating venues - see below.

As well as free outdoor concerts, the Music Trail will take place each night of the festival in the participating venues and will combine a mixture of trad and rock music sessions.

 

Venue	Friday 29th	Saturday 30th	Sunday 31st
Chaplin’s		Kevin McSweeney	Mad Max
Curtin’s	Virgil Kane		John Leonard and Friends
O’ Mahony’s	Recall	See in house poster	See in house poster
O’Hara’s		Emma	Emma
De Barras		Karma Parking	Klutz
Nyhans Bar	Legends	Ricky Lynch Band	The Hobys 5 till 7 Natural Gas
Brady’s	Same Size Shoes	See in house poster	Pot Belly Folk
Plunkett Inn	John Joe Farrell	Andrew Foley	Brian McGovern
The Bridge Bar		See in house poster	See in house poster
Munster Arms		The Sons of Steve McQueen	Simply Minds
Italistro
The Bridewell		See in house poster	Eoin Higgins
O’Donovan’s	Some Scene	See in house poster	Vinyl Requiem 5p.m.
Sabrina’s Café and Wine Bar
Poachers Inn	Rising Waters	Manu and his Latino House	See in house poster