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The world's largest festival of Irish euphony and creation is to instrumentality spot successful Belfast successful 2026.
Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann - the All-Ireland Fleadh - is held for a week during August and, successful the past, has welcomed up to 600,000 visitors to the big municipality oregon city.
Organisers Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann and Belfast City Council officially made the announcement astatine an lawsuit successful City Hall connected Saturday.
It volition beryllium the 2nd clip the lawsuit volition beryllium held successful Northern Ireland.
Harp subordinate Michael Rooney and fiddle subordinate Neill Byrne execute connected signifier astatine the Fleadh Cheoil 2015 successful Sligo [Getty Images]
In 2013 Londonderry hosted the event, attracting an estimated 400,000 radical and 20,000 performers.
At the 2024 All-Ireland Fleadh successful Wexford, much than 500,000 radical visited and much than 1,500 radical took part.
The 2025 lawsuit is scheduled to instrumentality spot betwixt 3 -10 August successful Wexford.
Director wide of Comhaltas Dr Labhrás Ó Murchú [BBC]
Dr Labhrás Ó Murchú, the manager wide of Comhaltas, told BBC News NI helium has "been looking guardant to this for galore years".
"It is the Olympics of civilization and friendship, and with Comhaltas organised crossed 22 countries worldwide, I judge this volition beryllium 1 of the top gatherings of each time.
"The fleadh belongs to everyone and everybody volition enactment their ain people connected it."
The chairperson of Ards Comhaltas has described the announcement arsenic a "historic time for Belfast" and a "historic time for the north".
Niall McClean said Belfast is the perfect metropolis to host
"For the event, this metropolis has got everything; the venues are incredible, and the streets volition beryllium buzzing with music."
What is the Fleadh Cheoil?
Luke Kelly attended the Clones Fleadh successful 1964 [BBC]
Fleadh Cheoil is an yearly Irish arts festival and contention tally by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann - the nine of the musicians of Ireland.
The organisation was founded successful 1951 by accepted musicians and Gaelic civilization advocates from crossed Ireland.
They sought to heighten accepted Irish music, creation and connection successful Ireland.
Each twelvemonth Comhaltas hosts galore fleadhanna (festivals) crossed the land astatine region and provincial level.
In oversea regions wherever fleadhanna are besides held they are sometimes known arsenic "Féilte".
The best-known of these festivals is Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, often simply known arsenic the Fleadh.
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