Final plans being made for Omagh Bluegrass Festival

NEXT weekend sees the much-loved Omagh Bluegrass Festival return to the Ulster American Folk Park with an amazing line-up of international and Irish performers.

This year’s event will run on the Bank Holiday weekend of May 24 – 25, with an extra Bluegrass Family Day on the Bank Holiday Monday (May 26).

The Omagh Bluegrass Festival 2025’s aim is to celebrate the rich musical heritage of our ancestors. While bluegrass remains at the heart of this year’s festival, the organisers are introducing elements of folk and traditional music to honour the full journey of our ancestors – from their roots in Ulster to their new lives in America.

This year’s line-up is huge with some of the biggest names in bluegrass, country and American roots music performing.

Musicians taking to the stage include Australian artist Kirsty Cox and Grasstime, Red Wine, Bow Brothers, Rawhide, Zoe McIntyre & John McIntyre to name a few.

On the Saturday, lovers of country blues music will also be in for a treat when Donegal teenage sensation Muireann Bradley will take to the stage.

2025 was a huge year for the singer and guitarist who started 2025 with a bang performing on the Jools Holland Hootenany.

Also headlining is Kirsty Cox and her band Grasstime. The Australian bluegrass woman has been shortlisted in the International Bluegrass Music Awards the past five years for ‘Emerging Artist of the Year’ and ‘Female Vocalist of the Year’ and was a finalist in the 2019 IBMA Momentum Awards for ‘Vocalist of the Year’. Kristy has been awarded six ‘Bluegrass Recording of the Years’ in the Australia’s CMA Awards (Golden Guitar Awards), with her latest accoldade in 2023 for her track ‘Good Morning Moon’.

For the full line-up , please visit the Ulster American Folk Park website.