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The UK's internationally-renowned traditional Irish music, song and dance festival returns for its eleventh year on Friday 23rd October to 1st November, featuring more top musicians, artists and teachers of Irish traditional music and dance. For ten action-packed days, some of the top traditional players, singers and dancers from the UK and Ireland will entertain and teach in a full programme of concerts, céilís, workshops, sessions, and lectures for adults and children at all levels.

Artists confirmed so far include:

Moonlighting
The Kilfenora Céilí Band
Brian Finnegan and Friends
Kevin Crawford, Cillian Vallely and Paul Meehan
Le Chéile
The Good Mixer Band (Tommy Keane, Marcus Hernon, Henry Benagh, Noel O'Grady)
Cathal McConnell
Charlie Lennon and Johnny Connolly
The London Lasses and Pete Quinn
Len Graham
Líadan
Lumiere (Pauline Scanlon & Eilis Kennedy)
The Long Notes
Taylor's Cross Céilí Band
Timmy 'the Brit' McCarthy
Mick Mulvey
Terence O'Flaherty
The Trad Gathering
And more…!

Some of the main Festival events are now up on our Programme page -- please keep checking in to see more events as they are confirmed.

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Also new, take a look at the new Festival MySpace page!

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The free festival magazine (08) may still be downloaded as a PDF file from this website for a limited time. (Warning: 2MB file)

We hope to see you in Camden in October in 2009!

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The RtCTF is presenting an evening of amazing music as a Return to Camden Town Festival Preview event at the London Irish Centre -- hope to see you there!

Friday 11 September
Tommy Peoples and Adrian Burns

London Irish Centre
50 Camden Square, London NW1 9XB

Doors 7.30pm £10/ £8 conc/ £6 under 16s

Tommy Peoples is quite simply a living legend, considered by most to be the greatest exponent of the driving Donegal style which is his hallmark.

Tommy Peoples was an early member of the Bothy Band, and has recorded numerous CDs. His remarkable self-produced CD The Quiet Glen (1998) earned him Ireland's highest accolade as "Traditional Musician of the Year", the first person to be so honored by the Irish Government. In spite of this, he is an intensely modest man.

There are just 100 tickets available and they are sure to sell out quickly.
Tickets are only available online.