{"id":3603,"date":"2026-01-21T15:55:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cultureireland.ie\/?p=3603"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:55:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:55:57","slug":"ireland-at-folk-alliance-international-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cultureireland.ie\/ga\/ireland-at-folk-alliance-international-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland\u00a0at\u00a0Folk Alliance International 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Culture Ireland will be supporting emerging Irish folk and trad artists at Folk Alliance International, which takes place in New Orleans from 21 \u2013 25 January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The artists will perform for an audience of music industry professionals from across North America and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Folk Alliance International Conference is the world\u2019s largest gathering of the folk music industry and community,\u00a0crossing a diverse array of genres including Appalachian, Americana, Blues, Bluegrass, Celtic, Cajun, Global Roots, Hip-Hop, Old-Time, Singer-Songwriter, Spoken Word, Traditional, Zydeco, and various fusions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Culture Ireland has been leading a delegation of Irish artists to Folk Alliance since 2015. The event attracts hundreds of programmers, agents, Festival Directors and radio stations, and has a long track record of creating opportunities for Irish artists.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Official Showcase artists on this year&#8217;s Culture Ireland stage are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DUG<\/li>\n<li>CAOIMH\u00cdN<\/li>\n<li>I Draw Slow<\/li>\n<li>Seanie Vaughan<\/li>\n<li>Sina Theil<\/li>\n<li>Zo\u00e9 Basha<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Culture Ireland is supporting Gr\u00e1inne Hunt who is also appearing on the Official Showcase programme for this year&#8217;s event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For a sample of the music on offer check out our <u><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL-sfYaKqpzR2CMSLBU_afRH5InCZRvMyc&amp;si=nb_MeKJUdXqeVceA\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Youtube playlist<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each\u00a0artist\u00a0will perform at the Official Showcase, as well as a series of private showcases across the conference schedule.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information on the showcase schedule for the Irish artists including official and private showcases is available<u><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/cultureireland\/docs\/folkalliance_2026?fr=sMTk3NDg2ODQyNzI\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">\u00a0here<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For further details on Folk Alliance International, please visit <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.folk.org\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">here<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Culture Ireland will be supporting emerging Irish folk and trad artists at Folk Alliance International, which takes place in New Orleans from 21 \u2013 25 January 2026. &nbsp; The artists will perform for an audience of music industry professionals from across North America and beyond. &nbsp; The Folk Alliance International Conference is the world\u2019s largest&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":3610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-ga","category-news-ga"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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