Ballydehob Jazz Festival 2019

Ballydehob “The Little Village with the Festive Heart” has officially been launched this week at a jam packed Crane Lane Theatre. The Ballydehob Jazz Festival rolls out another outstanding programme featuring International Concert Headliners, Irish Supremos, a Live Music Trail all Weekend, Dance and Art Workshops, & the return of the Giant Puppets in the New Orleans Jazz Funeral Parade!! This years Festival, now in its 13th year, and entirely community driven is bigger and even bolder - over 50 Performances, 4 Days, 11 Venues… all in one gorgeous West Cork Village.

Ballydehob Jazz festival 2019 will feature artist and performers from all over the World!  Announcing this year’s headline acts; Cork’sown ‘The Paul Dunlea Little Big Band, Paris’finest Jacks’&’Jill’s Swing Band’ and straight outta New Orleans ‘Stephanie Nilles’. As well as the best village Music Trail we have ever put on including the return of Guatemalan-based honky tonk pianist Nelson Lunding, Irish Songstress Clare Sands and her band, Festival favourites East Coast Jazz Band, the Parisian based Rooftop Barbershop, andlast but not least a 1920’s ragtime revival group The Goodnight Circus from Berlin! Entry to all Trail gigs is Free. 

This ambitious festival is run entirely by local volunteers - led by Creative Director Joe O’Leary (FRED, LEVIS’ CORNERHOUSE) and an eclectic gang of music lovers and festival buffs who share a vision to promote the arts and entertain the masses.

For more information on how to Book ART & DANCE workshop places OR Buy FESTIVAL HALL SHOW Tickets, OR on how to be a Jazz sponsor, go to the Festival Website - www.ballydehobjazzfestival.org 

Ballydehob Jazz Festival is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland, Cork County Council, and Fáilte Ireland and by local sponsorship.

Full listing of events for the 2018 Ballydehob Jazz Festival will be published on www.ballydehobjazzfestival.org  and https://www.facebook.com/Ballydehob-Jazz-Festival

Video from Previous Ballydehob Festivals.

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