Updates for Athy festival and Woodbine

Tony O'Brien, organiser of the Athy Bluegrass Festival, announces that the Festival website is now updated with full details of this year's event (10-12 July). Athy is the oldest annual bluegrass festival in Ireland, and this year's festival will be the twenty-fifth since it began in 1991.

The website gives full details of all bands on the concert schedule - 4 Wheel Drive (NL/D/B), the Patuxent Partners (USA), The Plough (AUS), KingBlue, and the host band, Woodbine. The Patuxent Partners will be playing on all three days, and 4 Wheel Drive on Friday and Saturday. The Athy Bluegrass Festival Facebook adds that tickets for concerts must be pre-booked ('phone numbers are on the website) and paid for on arrival.

Wearing his other hat as leader of Woodbine, Tony announces that the Woodbine website has also been updated, and the band have two new gig dates:

Fri. 3rd July: private party, Heritage Hotel, Killenard, Co. Laois
Sat. 5th Sept.: Bob's Bar, Durrow, Co. Laois.