Now in its sixth year, Tradition Now reflects the diversity of contemporary traditional music from Ireland and further afield. This year’s festival, presented in partnership with the Arts Council, and supported by Davy and The Department of Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht, sees an array of artists perform a relay of forty-minute sets in two marathon concerts in a unique event for livestream audiences.
National Concert Hall & the Arts Council Showcase the Best of Contemporary Irish and International Traditional Music in Two Marathon Livestream Concerts - Tradition Now 2020
Arts Council of Ireland - An Chomhairle Ealaíon,
07 October 2020, Ireland
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