Patrick Kielty hosts a star-studded TradFest on the Late Late Show, featuring top Irish musicians and special guests. Political commentators Ivan Yates and Matt Cooper join the discussion on global and Irish politics.
TradFests returns to the Late Late Show on Friday night as Patrick Kielty is joined by a wealth of Irish musical talent. There will also be politics and comedy in the first Late Late of 2025, with Ivan Yates, Matt Cooper and David Nihill completing the line-up. TradFest will showcase the best of Ireland's established and emerging musical talents such as folk singer songwriter Aoife Scott, musician Wallis Bird, singer songwriter Mike Hanrahan and sean-nós singer Seán Keane.
Also joining the party will be Mundy, Laois folk artist Molly Donnery, Cavan Gaeilgeoir Sinéad McKenna and Guadeloupean singer songwriter Ines Khai. Uilleann piper Louise Mulcahy, who made Fleadh history winning four senior all Ireland titles will also feature. Making it a proper session multi-instrumentalist Alan Connor, guest fiddler with The Chieftains Tara Breen, folk singer-storyteller Daoirí Farrell and percussionist Robbie Harris will be in studio, alongside dancers Ruth Charles of Riverdance and Jordo and the Legs. Banjo player and former Dubliner Gerry O’Connor will be paying tribute to Dubliner Barney McKenna, while multi-instrumentalist Josephine Marsh and Nigerian Segun Arkano, frontman of The Yankari Afrobeat Collective will be performing too. Rounding up TradFest, musicians will honour the late Johnny Duhan who passed away in November last year by performing The Voyage. Dublin-born comedian David Nihill will also join Patrick on Friday night. David had a crippling fear of public speaking and tried standup comedy in an attempt to fight his phobia. Having overcome his fear, he has gone on to become the biggest selling Irish comedian in America shares his extraordinary story on Friday night. And finally, in a week that saw Elon Musk stake a claim on British politics and Donald Trump on Greenland; political podcasters Ivan Yates and Matt Cooper will join Patrick to reveal their predictions for the year ahead in global and Irish politics and how a Trump presidency will affect Ireland. The Late Late Show airs Friday night at 9.35pm on RTE One and RTE Player
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