TD and festival organiser says Taylor Swift gigs and ‘Swiftmania’ give false impression that Irish music festival scene is ‘booming’
Pearse Doherty said that while many Irish musical acts 'may only dream of opening for the likes of a Taylor Swift or Pink, it is not on their horizon'.
He named the nine events that will not go ahead this year including Indiependence and the Bandon Music Festival, both in Co Cork; Body and Soul and the Life festivals in Co Westmeath; Wild Roots in Sligo; Forever Young and the Playing Fields festivals in Co Kildare, the Far West Fest in Co Mayo; and the Bann Festival in Co Antrim.
Mr Martin, in whose native county of Cork two festivals have been cancelled, pledged to speak to Minister for Culture and Arts Catherine Martin about convening such a round-table working group.
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