THE 9th OPEN HOUSE FESTIVAL

A cordial and hearty welcome to the 9th Open House Festival which takes place from 26th Sep - 30th September in Belfast's arts & cultural flavoured Cathedral Quarter. With 60+ events this year's Open House has a funky music programme bursting at the seams with the new wave of American Roots music, Old-Time, punky Bluegrass, Cajun & Creole, Lo-fi Punk Blues, Irish Traditional Music and Alt country and even our very own Elvis tribute.

All the concerts take place in friendly, intimate music venues and you can either book on-line or phone our ticket office at the Belfast Welcome Centre. Any problems just give us a shout. Booking info »

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Kieran Gilmore
Open House Festival Director

A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THIS YEARS FESTIVAL!

It was a hugely successful year for us, an awful lot of fun to organise and we appreciate you coming out in your thousands to support it. We look forward to seeing you all next year. Festival dates are 24 - 28 September 2008.

We would also like to thank all the festival staff, stewards, volunteers and crew who, as always, went well above and beyond the call of duty. Thanks so much festival critters, you did us proud.

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE

SEASICK STEVE • SOLAS • OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW
MOZAIK • THE PINE LEAF BOYS • CHILLIFEST
TIM O’BRIEN and ARTY MCGLYNN • THE EARL BROTHERS
STEVE RILEY and THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS
LIZ CARROLL and JOHN DOYLE • THE HACKENSAW BOYS CROOKED STILL • THE DUHKS • THE DESTROYERS
THE AGNOSTIC MOUNTAIN GOSPEL CHOIR
SIOBHAN PEOPLES and MICHELLE O’BRIEN
THE MOUNTAIN FIREWORK COMPANY • THE BONEVILLES
MUDLOW • THE RAGGED ‘N’ ROUGH STRING BAND
ELVIS – THE BLUEGRASS YEARS