15th Open House Festival, 19-23 June 2013; and Bluegrass Picnic in Bangor, Aug.

The latest e-newsletter from the Open House Festival team in Belfast includes a link to the full printed programme for the Festival (19-23 June 2013). The multi-venue event includes shows by the Morgan O'Kane Band (USA), Hillfolk Noir (USA), and the Belfast American Folk & Roots Club, as well as American sessions hosted by Ian Carmichael.

To celebrate fifteen years of Open House, the team is also holding its 'summer holiday' in the form of the 400 Festival, extending throughout August, in Bangor, Co. Down. The schedule includes a Bluegrass Picnic. More details are available here.