After two years of on line events, Westport Folk and Bluegrass Festival will return to live and in person event over many venues in the centre of Westport, Co. Mayo.

The festival will welcome 15 different acts from the US, UK, Germany, Czech Republic and from Ireland.

The program will feature pub gigs, concerts, sessions, workshops as well as the much loved Gospel Hour, Square Dance and the Mystery Gig....

Among the acts are the world renown Henhouse Prowlers (Chicago), award winning Stillhouse Junkies (Colorado) and California Old Time band SLO County Stumblers to name but a few. The festival, which was hailed as one of the curtain raisers of the town tourist season, is due to draw many musicians and music fans from all over the world.