The Hairy Hoors, Punch The Donkey and The Dribbling Mickeys to headline this year’s TradFest

The lineup for this year’s TradFest has been announced and topping the bill will be The Hairy Hoors, Punch The Donkey and The Dribbling Mickeys.

The festival will once again take place in Galway over the August bank holiday weekend and as always will feature the best and most hilariously named bands on the traditional Irish music scene.

Crowd favourites The Leaky Gowls will be returning after their hugely successful performance at last year’s festival and Donegal lads Kick The Dog Up The Hole have confirmed on their Facebook page that they will also be back this year.

A new addition to TradFest in 2026 will be the LGBT stage and booked to perform so far are The Rug Munchers, The Stool Pushers and all the way from Scotland, The Jobby Jabbers.

Also confirmed for this year’s TradFest are The Wobbling Diddies, Smelly Finger, Knob, Shift Your Sister, Itchy Minge and the brilliant Four Farmers & Their Flutes.

Tickets are on sale now.