Dublin town

I spent August 4-6 at the annual Dublin Irish Festival in Dublin, Ohio.

The lineup was extraordinary, rivaling the Sebastopol Celtic Festival which I attended in 2004. I saw and heard musicians performing whom I had only heard on CDs or knew by reputation, including Solas, Old Blind Dogs, Bohola, Mick Moloney, Cathie Ryan, and Brian Conway.

I also played in the session tent between performances of the artists I really wanted to hear. On Saturday night, a wonderful session took place in the bar of the Clarion Hotel in Dublin. Members of various bands took part and when I left at 2am, it was still going with no end in sight.

Definitely a place to visit again.