20 years after it was composed, a quartet of brilliant young classical musicians, led by Irish violinist Mairead Hickey, will tour Dave Flynn’s String Quartet No.2 ‘The Cranning’ around five venues in Ireland.

Tour organised by the National String Quartet Foundation, with support from the Arts Council of Ireland.

*Note, Dave Flynn will not be in attendance at these events due to other commitments.

Irina Muresanu’s ‘Four Strings Around the World’ concert includes Dave Flynn’s solo violin work ‘Tar Éis an Caoineadh‘.

Estonian premiere of ‘Chimurenga’.

Also features works by Andrew York and others.

Dave returns to his favourite East Clare festival for the first time in quite a few years to join in the vibrant sessions that happen all around Peppers bar and in the village pubs.

He’s available for private lessons from 10th-12th August. Contact him here to book a lesson.

Dave returns to Peter Gabriel’s amazing Real World Studios, ten years after he was last there to mix the D.F.F. Pouric Songs album.

This time he’s working on something special related to the Irish Memory Orchestra.

Needless to say, this is not a public event!

Dave will be attending Donegal’s most important fiddle festival, joining in sessions in Glencolmcille for a few days. This is a festival where Dave focuses on playing fiddle for fun, rather than serious guitar playing, but the guitar may make an appearance from time to time!

He is available for private guitar and composition lessons in Glencolmcille from 29th July-2nd August. He’ll leave the fiddle lessons to the experts!

Contact him here to book a lesson.

Dave will give a special lecture recital at this great Leitrim festival of traditional music.

‘Transposing Tradition – Adapting Fiddle, Piping and Harp music to Guitar’, 3pm, 22nd July, St. John’s Church.

He is also available for private lessons in Drumshanbo from 20th-26th July. Contact him here to book a lesson.

You’ll also find Dave playing in sessions around Drumshanbo for most of the festival.

Dave will be attending this traditional Irish music festival focused on Sligo music. He’ll be joining in sessions daily.

He is available for private lessons in Tubercurry from 14th-17th July. Contact him here to book a lesson.

Dave will be attending Ireland’s most important traditional Irish music festival, joining in sessions in Milltown Malbay and surrounding areas around the festival area for a few days.

He is available for private lessons in Milltown Malbay from 8th-12th July. Contact him here to book a lesson.

Free gig for passengers on the Interisland Ferry from Picton to Wellington

Free gig for passengers on the Interisland Ferry from Wellington to Picton

Tickets $25pp (Children U12yrs free with a paying adult) contact waitomorocks@gmail.com for more info

Tickets $20 by cash on the door. contact yatrabe@gmail.com for more info

‘Celtic Guitar Journey’ presents beautiful guitar arrangements of Irish and Scottish traditional music, exploring the musical connections between these ‘Celtic’ countries.

Dave Flynn is not performing at this event.

This is a benefit concert with ticketed admission by koha (donation)

‘Irish Airs & Graces’ is a special St Patrick’s Day concert, blurring the boundaries between traditional Irish music and contemporary classical music and featuring Irish composer Dave Flynn & the New Zealand String Quartet, and guest traditional Irish musicians.

This is not a full concert. Two short sets at this charity luncheon.

Featuring works by Dave Flynn

Followed by workshop at Maynooth University

Outreach event supported by the Arts Council of Ireland

Tickets from Kaiwaka Cheese Shop and on the Door

28 November – 01 December

• Dave Flynn Works performed –
• IMO String Quartet – String Quartet No.2 ‘The Cranning’, Stories from the Old World (with Mick O’Brien (pipes) and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (voice), Calmly Awaiting the End (with Mick O’Brien)
• Cliona Doris and Clare McCague (harps) – Harp-Lute (World Premiere)
• Farmleigh Voices (choir), conductor David Brophy – The Farmleigh Tree Alphabet (World Premiere), Liadan agus Cuirithir (World Premiere)
• Michael O’Toole (guitar) Two Minimalist Pieces for guitar, Etudes 1&3 for Guitar
• Beckett Guitar Quartet (Laura Snowden, Michael O’Toole, David Creevy, Dave Flynn) – Philip Glass (arr. Dave Flynn) String Quartets 2 (Company) and 3 (Mishima)
• Paddy Glackin (fiddle) & Dave Flynn (guitar) – The Mad Magician’s Daughter

• Symphony No.3 (The Vision Symphony) World premiere
• Symphony No.2 (The Clare Symphony World premiere
• Sadb’s Lament from Mna Brian Boru (Roisin Donohoe, Lead Vocal)

Includes UK Premieres of Music for the Departed, Sadb’s Lament and The Clare Concerto

Curated by Dave Flynn, included performances by the Irish Memory Orchestra with Mairtin O’Connor 

plus Stories from the Old World performed by IMO Quartet with Mick O’Brien and Breanndan Begley

Quirk No.2 Shadowplay performed by Aisling Agnew and Dave Flynn

Calmly Awaiting the End (World premiere), performed by Mick O’Brien and ConTempo Quartet

String Quartet No.2 ‘The Cranning’, performed by ConTempo Quartet

Features world premieres of Le Cheile is in Aonar, Forest of Ornaments, The Longest Reel, The Valley of the Lunatics and Five Etudes for Uilleann Pipes. With Mick O’Brien, Harry Bradley, Aoife Ni Bhriain and Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh