Cormac Begley will perform a solo concert near Portmagee on Friday the 15th of April. Limited seating is available. This concert will be held in a radius of 10km of Portmagee and on the day of the concert, ticket holders will be notified of the concert's secret location (This concert may be indoor or outdoor). Cormac is embarking on a national concert tour during April and May to release his second solo album entitled "B". This album is the first solo Bass concertina album of any musical genre and will be available at concerts and available for preorder over the coming weeks.

Cormac Begley is concertina player from west Kerry and he plays 13 concertinas that range from bass to piccolo register. His debut solo album received critical acclaim accumulating nine 5-star reviews. The music on his debut album and his latest solo album, entitled "B" are central to the award winning show Mám (directed by Micheal Keegan Dolan) and to Pat Collin's film, 'The Dance'. He plays in a number of projects with musicians Liam O Connor, Caoimhín O Raghallaigh, Martin Hayes and Liam Ó Maonlaí, Rushad Eggleston (cello), Lisa O Neill and Ye Vagabonds. He has recorded with artists including Lankum, Stephen James Smith, Ré, Jack Talty, Ye Vagabonds and Lisa O'Neill. He is the founder of Airt, a residential school in West-Kerry, and the award winning Tunes in the Church live concert series in Galway, and more recently, a new outdoor concert series from his campervan, the ‘Beauty’.

Album Release Tour April and May 2022

April 3rd @ 3pm East Clare (Solo)

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/cormac-begley-concert-in-east-clare-3pm-limited-tickets-tickets-295784909627

April 3rd @ 8pm Galway city (Solo)

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/cormac-begley-concert-in-galway-city-8pm-limited-tickets-tickets-295232256627

April 4th @ 8pm Loughrea, Galway (Solo)

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/cormac-begley-concert-in-east-galway-8pm-limited-tickets-tickets-295785852447

April 5th @ 8pm Mullingar (Solo)

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/cormac-begley-concert-near-mullingar-westmeath-8pm-limited-tickets-tickets-295787387037

April 6th @ 8pm Naas, Co. Kildare (Solo)

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/cormac-begley-concert-near-naas-co-kildare-8pm-limited-tickets-tickets-295791198437

April 7th @ 8pm Blessington, Co. Wicklow (Solo)

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/cormac-begley-concert-near-blessington-co-wicklow-8pm-limited-tickets-tickets-296617269237

April 8th @ 8pm Carrick On Bannow, Wexford (Solo)

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/cormac-begley-colfers-in-carrick-on-bannow-wexford-8pm-limited-tickets-tickets-295794277647

April 9th @ 8pm Ballincollig, Cork (Solo & with / le Steve Cooney)

https://www.wintermusicfestival.ie/

April 10th @ 7pm Levis's Ballydehob, Cork (Solo)

https://leviscornerhouse.com/events/cormac-begley/

April 14th @ 7.30pm Fenit, Kerry (Solo)

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/cormac-begley-concert-near-fenit-co-kerry-730pm-limited-tickets-tickets-297257022757

April 15th @ 8pm Portmagee, Kerry (Solo)

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/cormac-begley-concert-near-portmagee-co-kerry-730pm-limited-tickets-tickets-295836503947

April 16th @ 8pm Killarney, Kerry (Solo)

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/cormac-begley-concert-near-killarney-co-kerry-8pm-limited-tickets-tickets-295842271197

April 17th @ 8pm Cloghane, Kerry (Solo & le Liam Ó Maonlaí)

https://www.cflt.ie/concert-liam-o-maonlaoi-cormac-begly/

May 1st Dingle, Co. Kerry (Solo - Official Album Launch)

http://feilenabealtaine.ie/home/

May 13th @7.30 Dailymount Park, Dublin (Solo - Album Launch)

https://www.phizzfest.ie/

May 20th Biohof Schupfenried, Switzerland (Solo & le Clíodhna Ní Aodáin)

https://www.schuepfenried.ch/hof/front_content.php?idcat=102⟨=1

May 21st Obermettien, Switzerland (Solo & le Clíodhna Ní Aodáin)

https://www.obermettlen.com/events-hoff%C3%BChrungen-alpst%C3%BCbli/obermettler-events/irish-music/

May 22nd Kulturhof Schloss Koniz, Switzerland (Solo & le Clíodhna Ní Aodáin)

https://www.starticket.ch/de/tickets/cormac-begley-cliodhna-ni-aodain-20220522-1700-kulturhof-schloss-koniz-rossstall-koniz

May23rd Brienz, Switzerland (Solo)

Email: rene.r@bluemail.ch

May 24th Irish Embassy, Berlin, Germany (Solo)

https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/germany/news-and-events/

May 26th London (Solo)

https://londonirishcentre.org/

June 10th & 11th Festival of Writing and Ideas, Carlow (Solo & le Liam O Connor)

https://festivalofwritingandideas.com/

June 12th Doolin Folk Festival (Solo & le Liam O Connor)

https://www.hoteldoolin.ie/the-doolin-folk-festival.html

Socials

Music streaming: https://cormacbegley.bandcamp.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cormacbegley/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cormac_begley_/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cormacbegley

If you would like to sign up to be the first to hear about concerts held in your locality please fill out the short contact form on www.cormacbegley.com/beauty

I hope to see you along the way!