Trad Picnic with The Len Collective

Doors: 1pm

Concert: 1.30-2.30pm

Join the Len Collective for a set of traditional Irish music, singing and dancing for all the family on the mill island. This daytime concert is open to all ages, so bring a blanket, a picnic or grab a treat at the Kings Mill café to enjoy on the picturesque mill island behind Mullins' mill.

The Len Collective are a group of traditional Irish musicians from Dublin. Though only officially forming the Collective in 2022, these group of friends have been playing and attending festivals together since they were children. Go into the Cobblestone at any hour of the day or night and there's a good chance you'll find at least one of them hanging about.

Since forming in 2022, the Len Collective have performed at multiple festivals including the Otherside, All Together Now, Féile na Gealaí, Féile Nasc, Lá Mór na Gaeilge, Smithfield Fleadh, Me Auld Flower, Electric Picnic, St Patrick’s day festival Dublin, Music in the Courtyard @ IMMA, the Tradition Now series at the National Concert Hall. The Len collective have represented Ireland abroad at the Tonn Nua festival in Berlin, Embassy of Ireland Warsaw visit for St Brigid’s Day, Yn Chuinnaght Celtic Gathering at the Isle of Man and the residency at the Irish Pavilion Expo in Osaka, Japan.

This event is part of our Lúnasa Gathering, a day long celebration and gathering to mark the start of harvest season ~ Fáilte roimh chách!

11am - 1pm: Kings River Walk with Maura Brennan

1.30 - 2.30pm: Trad Picnic with The Len Collective (Doors 1pm)

3.30 - 5pm: Set dancing and Dabke dancing workshop with Louise O Connor & Belfast Dabke

5.30-6.30pm: Community Céilí with Louise O Connor & The Len Collective

7 - 9pm - Traditional Music Session @ The Motte and Bailey

Bígí Linn!

SUPPORTED BY THE HERITAGE COUNCIL AND KILKENNY COUNTY COUNCIL