Anyone visiting Ireland at the beginning of September might be interested in the Cork Folk Festival. 31st August to 3rd September. Unlike many of the brewery-sponsored commercial Mickey Mouse festivals which pollute the calendar and confuse the visitor, this is an independent established event. Takes place in various theatres, hotels and pubs around Cork City. This year will feature Altan, Waterson Carthy, Seamus Creagh, Jimmy Crowley, John Spillane, the Boat Band and many others. Lectures, workshops, fiddle, song, box and pipes concerts, sessions and céilís; you have to find something that interests you. I'm not connected with this festival but I have enjoyed it in the past. I hope my information about guests is accurate.