Canalaphonic: A New Festival for Rathmines and Portobello

Daoirí Farrell


Friday and Saturday May 8th and 9th.  Rathmines and Portobello will be hopping. The first Canalaphonic Festival ever. The canal will come alive with boats, barges and events galore. Music in the  pubs, on the water, on the streets. Jazz, pop, folk, rock, traditional. Trips along the water, magic by the quayside, a street céilí free to all.

Saturday afternoon: Open-air trad session will feature Eleanor Shanley, Mike Hanrahan, Paul Kelly, Daoirí Farrell and a host of fine musicians giving it socks. 4pm Céilí on the Street. And the night's not even begun.





Eleanor Shanley