{"id":16455,"date":"2021-10-02T04:03:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T03:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/fleadhfest-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-10-02T04:03:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T03:03:23","slug":"fleadhfest-2021","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/fleadhfest-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Fleadhfest 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Fleadhfest 2021 \u2013 the first online Fleadh Cheoil na h\u00c9ireann \u2013 took place between 1st \u2013 9th August and included 9 days of live concerts, sessions, lectures and competitions, which were streamed to audiences worldwide. The festival \u2013 the only traditional music festival taking place in Ireland this year \u2013 was watched by thousands of people every day and the response to the live music was both positive and widespread.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><em><span><span>Fleadhfest came about in response to the Covid-19 pandemic<\/span><\/span><\/em><em><span><span> and having submitted a competitive bid, Sligo were lucky enough to be chosen to host the event<\/span><\/span><\/em><em><span><span>. Last year the Fleadh Cheoil, a public event which usually draws tens of thousands of people for a musical street carnival, had to be cancelled due to fears about public safety as the pandemic took hold. 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