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2024 Boyne Music Festival

The 11th Boyne Music Festival will take place 25th - 28th of July 2024.

A highlight of the summer arts calendar in the Boyne Valley, we invite you to save the dates and join us. This summer’s festival programme will include concerts, talks, tours and more in three distinct locations: Townley Hall, Slane Castle and Boann Distillery. We will feature Irish composer Ian Wilson throughout the weekend and present events fusing music of many cultures and genres. Featured performers include the Palestinian folk duo Gazelleband, Deirdre Brenner, William Butt, Ana Maria Labin, Aisling Manning, Julie-Anne Manning, Robin Panter, and Vourneen Ryan.

Full programme details are now available and tickets will go on sale to Friends of the BMF on April 15th and to the general public on April 22nd. Whether you are new to the festival, or are a returning guest, we look forward to welcoming you to Drogheda in just a few months!

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The Boyne Music Festival would like to express its sincere condolences to friends, family, and colleagues of British drummer Martin France who passed away on 5 September after a long illness. A much admired musician with too many collaborators to name, Martin recorded over 100 albums and was Professor of Jazz at the Royal Academy of Music in London for nearly 20 years. We were fortunate to have him perform at the BMF in 2018 and would like to share with you all an excerpt from that very special evening. RIP Martin. 💔 "Scrim" by John Parricelli 🎶 Performed by the Chris Laurence Quartet: Chris Laurence (double bass) Frank Ricotti (vibraphone) Martin France (drums) John Parricelli (guitar)

This summer's BMF featured composer Ian Wilson in programmes throughout the weekend. It was wonderful to have him introduce each of his works, and also talk to our audience about this summer's BMF commission "The Music of Stones" for flute and piano quartet. 📸 @andrej_grilc_photography #boynemusicfestival #bmf #roots #townleyhall #featuredcomposer #ianwilson #chambermusic #chambermusicfestival #countylouth #boynevalley #createlouth @artscouncilireland @cmcireland @ianwilson.composer

One of the best aspects of the Boyne Music Festival each summer is the opportunity to gather together great musicians who also happen to be great people. 💛 📸 @andrej_grilc_photography #boynemusicfestival #bmf #roots #townleyhall #farencfarkas #bihar #chambermusic #chambermusicfestival #countylouth #boynevalley #createlouth @artscouncilireland

Soprano @anamarialabin sang a set of stunning Romanian songs at the BMF this summer. What a treat! 😍 📸 @andrej_grilc_photography #boynemusicfestival #bmf #roots #townleyhall #romaniansongs #artsong #lieder #chambermusic #chambermusicfestival #countylouth #boynevalley #createlouth @artscouncilireland

Shall we introduce the BMF band?! 👏 One of the many super fun large chamber works performed at the festival this summer was an arrangement of Romanian Folk Dances from Birhar by Farenc Farkas. This performance brought together @vourneen.ryan @lyndaoconnorviolin @deirdre.brenner @ryan.cliodhna @panter_robin #billbutt and #julieannemanning. 📸 @andrej_grilc_photography #boynemusicfestival #bmf #roots #townleyhall #band #chambermusic #chambermusicfestival #countylouth #boynevalley #createlouth @artscouncilireland

Cellist Bill Butt thrilled BMF audiences with not only his cello playing of The Little Galway Bay Suite by Garth Knox, but also his singing!! 📸 @andrej_grilc_photography #boynemusicfestival #bmf #roots #townleyhall #stringtrio #chambermusic #chambermusicfestival #countylouth #boynevalley #createlouth @artscouncilireland

What a night! 🌟 The Boyne Music Festival returned to Townley Hall this summer for two full days of programming. What a pleasure it was to have a full house for our evening concert "Roots" which explored the cultural roots of this year's performers. The concert opened with a sweet string trio by Enescu performed brilliantly by @ryan.cliodhna @panter_robin and Julie-Anne Manning. 🎻 📸 @andrej_grilc_photography #boynemusicfestival #bmf #roots #townleyhall #stringtrio #chambermusic #chambermusicfestival #countylouth #boynevalley #createlouth @artscouncilireland

Look out world, here they come! 🪘

More great photos from this summer's BMF Children's Workshop. 🙋🏻&zwj;♂️

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Look out world, here they come! 🪘 More great photos from this summer's BMF Children's Workshop. 🙋🏻‍♂️ 📷 @andrej_grilc_photography #boynemusicfestival #bmf #childrensworkshop #beatyourowndrum #playdjembe #jimmyhagan #countylouth #createlouth #boynevalley @grow_music_ireland @artscouncilireland

The future of drumming! 🪘 📷 @andrej_grilc_photography #boynemusicfestival #bmf #childrensworkshop #beatyourowndrum #playdjembe #jimmyhagan #countylouth #createlouth #boynevalley @grow_music_ireland @artscouncilireland

At the Boyne Music Festival we encourage children to find joy in music making as early as possible. 🎶 This year's workshop "Beat Your Own Drum" led by master drummer Jimmy Hagan gave children the opportunity to play the djembe together in an engaging morning session. 🪘 A pretty amazing setting to make a lot of sound, don't you think?! 😍 📷 @andrej_grilc_photography #boynemusicfestival #bmf #childrensworkshop #beatyourowndrum #playdjembe #jimmyhagan #countylouth #createlouth #boynevalley @grow_music_ireland @artscouncilireland

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