Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival 2010 lineup

Mountain Heart at IBMA: Barry Abernathy (banjo) and Jim Van Cleve (fiddle) in foreground

Thanks to Chris Keenan for news of the lineup for this year's Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival at Longford town (23-26 September 2010). As always, it's an impressive one, with Mountain Heart from the A list of modern US bluegrass bands:

Rodney Crowell
Iris Dement
Mountain Heart
Brian Kennedy
Gerry O'Connor
Chris Meehan & his Redneck Friends
Niall Toner Band
We Banjo 3 (featuring Enda Scahill & Leon Hunt)
Shaskeen
Rig the Jig
Tupelo
Bending the Strings
George Harper Band

Other acts are TBC. Tickets and weekend passes go on sale at Ticketmaster next week. Information on tickets and weekend passes is also available at the Festival website or by ringing 087-281-7825.

Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival
23-26 September 2010, Longford, Ireland
Celebrating Irish Traditional, American Bluegrass, and Folk Music
ph: 087-281-7825
international: +353-87-281-7825

Update 29 Apr. Videos of Mountain Heart playing live on stage can be seen on today's Bluegrass Blog.