The Baltimore Fiddle Fair

Hello everyone and welcome to the brand new Fiddle Fair website.

I'm writing this from Celtic Connections in Glasgow where I'm working incredibly hard and where sleep is a very rare thing and also trying to finalise the line-up for Fiddle Fair 2008.

Firstly I have to tell you that Fiddle Fair is on the move again. We were blown away by how the Fiddle Fair not only survived, but thrived when we moved from the bar a couple of years ago to the Balitimore Harbour Hotel, our "home" for our main evening shows. Well, this time we're going even further as a result of the shut down of the hotel.

We're moving the nightly shows to The West Cork Hotel in Skibbereen, only 15 minutes up the road where there'll also be rooms available. This is a very friendly hotel and the room where we'll stage the gigs is going to be rocking with our amazing line-up so we are confident that Fiddle Fair '08 will be better than ever and maybe even better than that.

This is still the Baltimore Fiddle Fair and the bulk of the festival will still take place in lovely Baltimore including the lunchtime and afternoon shows and all of the workshops, master classes, and sessions.

We'll provide transport every day to take people to and from Baltimore, so if you're coming for the weekend you can still stay in the village where most of the action will be, and get a lift to and from the main concerts every night. We may provide kayaks if you fancy travelling up the river.

If you're signed up to our website mailing list, or if you're just about to, we'd really appreciate your comments and will always consider any suggestions you may have regarding our festival and what you think of the changes and so forth.

Another change you've probably noted if you're reading this is that we've a brand new very chic website. Michael's been working away for the past few months (or so he claims) and I think he's done a great job. We hope you like it and again all comments are appreciated.

Finally and most importantly we have almost finalised the programme for this year. By the end of this marathon event in Glasgow we should have everything sorted so we'll post it here in about two weeks time (If you don't see it then it's probably Michael's fault).

So there you go folks, you're up to date on Fiddle Fair '08 and hopefully the proverb will mean a wonderful early May for you in our beautiful little corner of Ireland.

Hope to see you then,

Declan