Aoife Scott, Wallis Bird, Mike Hanrahan, Seán Keane, Mundy, Molly Donnery, Sinéad McKenna, Ines Khai, Louise Mulcahy, Alan Connor, Tara Breen, Daoirí Farrell, Robbie Harris, Ruth Charles, Jordo and the Legs, Gerry O'Connor, Josephine Marsh & More
Here is your host, Patrick Kielty!
Friday night's The Late Late Show will kick off the return of the season showcasing the best of our established and emerging musical talents celebrating this year's TradFest with folk singer songwriter Aoife Scott, musician Wallis Bird, singer songwriter Mike Hanrahan and sean-nós singer Seán Keane.
In what has become a Late Late Show favourite, joining the Friday night TradFest party will be Mundy, Laois folk artist Molly Donnery, Cavan Gaeilgeoir Sinéad McKenna and Guadeloupean singer songwriter Ines Khai. Uilleann piper Louise Mulcahy, who made Fleadh history winning four senior all Ireland titles will also be among the guests on Friday night's show.
Making it a proper session multi-instrumentalist Alan Connor, guest fiddler with The Chieftains Tara Breen, folk singer-storyteller Daoirí Farrell and percussionist Robbie Harris will be in studio; with dancers Ruth Charles of Riverdance and Jordo and the Legs adding to the hooley!
Banjo player and former Dubliner Gerry O'Connor will be paying tribute to Dubliner Barney McKenna, while multi-instrumentalist Josephine Marsh and Nigerian Segun Arkano, frontman of The Yankari Afrobeat Collective will give performances to beat the band!
Also on Friday night, musicians will honour the late Johnny Duhan who passed away in November last year by performing The Voyage.
Combine all that with Dublin-born comedian David Nihill and you've got a great night of music and entertainment. David had a crippling fear of public speaking and tried standup comedy in an attempt to fight his phobia. Having overcome his fear, he has gone on to become the biggest selling Irish comedian in America and joins Patrick to share his extraordinary story.
In a week that saw Elon Musk stake a claim on British politics and Donald Trump on Greenland; political podcasters Ivan Yates and Matt Cooper will join Patrick to reveal their predictions for the year ahead in global and Irish politics and how a Trump presidency will affect Ireland.
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