The Festival

 
 


The streets will be moving to the sounds of local, national and international acts throughout the four festival days.  Rock & Pop; Traditional & Roots –  The Tall Ships Races Waterford will have it all.

The line-up is currently being confirmed with all of the musical acts on the streets presented free of charge – so check back for regular updates.

BANDS  CONFIRMED  TO DATE RE  TALL  SHIPS 2011
TRAD  BANDS:
Cassidy
Butterfly Band
The Blackwater Band
Cuisle
Ceili All Stars
Dervish
The Rapparees
Daoiri
Comhltas, with original  composition
KINTRA
Glor
WORLD  MUSIC  STAGE
Jazz World (jazz)
Soznak (Cuban/South African)
Waterford Junior Gospel Choir
Two Time Polka (blues/country)
Soul Driven (Soul/funk)
Valdman Four Jazz (jazz)
Split Whiskers (blues/rock)
State of Undress (Folk)
Los Soneros (salsa, Cuban)
The Bugle Babes (40’s tribute, all female trio)
Open Kitchen (folk/rock)
New Rope String Band
WATERFORD  BANDS
O Emperor
The Jam Tarts Orchestra
The Whole Shebang
Opus Pocus
Brass &  Co
Lebowski
The Fizzbombs
Zoo 2
The Springsteens
Soul Reazon
BRASS AND FIFE BANDS
City of Waterford Brass
Barrack St Concert Band
Thomas Francis Meagher Fife and Drum Band
Waterford Mass Bands (100 musicians in total)
De La Salle Band
The Waterboys Announced for Tall Ships Race Festival

The Waterboys Announced for Tall Ships Race Festival

Free festival line-up takes shape with year to go The Waterboys hav...

 
 
 
 
 
After two years of preparations involving an estimated 13,760 hours of voluntary effort, Waterford successfully hosted The Tall Ships Races 2011 from June 30-July 3.
It’s estimated that 500,000 people enjoyed the spectacle in the city and along the Suir Estuary. To all those individuals and organisations that made this huge international event possible and to the people of Waterford who embraced the occasion brilliantly – thank you. To those who visited Waterford, we look forward to welcoming you back soon and invite you to visit www.discoverwaterfordcity.ie to keep up-to-date on what’s happening in Ireland’s oldest city. To the sail training family at the heart of The Tall Ships Races, we look forward to your return!

Here we showcase a small selection of Dylan Vaughan’s photography from four magical days.