Ger O Donnell is one of Ireland’s finest folk singers and multi-instrumentalists. He has exploded on to the folk scene in recent years with several number one hits at home, social media virality and many international tours. He is a renowned guitarist, double bassist and player of many other weird and wonderful instruments. Don’t miss his show when he comes to your part of the world!!

With influences spanning Bob Dylan, Bob Marley and Pete Seeger, the work of Trevor Sexton is created with intent, crafting songs through storytelling to give voice to his life experiences. His talent is such that he has enthralled audiences at the Cork Opera House, Vicar Street, the UL Concert Hall and beyond…

Jayne Pomplas aka Sweet Jayne grew up in Upstate New York, immersed in Irish music there, especially in the New York Sligo tradition of playing. She became obsessed with The Cheiftains at the age of three and insisted on learning violin.She studied traditional Irish fiddle playing from Brian Conway and Tony DeMarco, two of the USA’s greatest fiddle masters. After completing the Suzuki program at a young age, she went onto study music in a program for talented young adults at Ithaca College, all the while delving deeper into her love of traditional Irish music, folk, blues and jazz. She spent every summer in Ireland as a child, and moved over full time as a late teenager. She has lived all over the country, but ended up growing roots in Dublin. Jayne has spent years touring and gigging all manners and styles of gigs and music, with some of Ireland’s finest exports in all types of music, The Chieftains, Frankie Gavin, The Young Irelanders, Fin Furey and Mik Pyro of the Republic of Loose, Gaolbyrd, Bricknasty, and Patrick Stefan to name a few. She has released five studio albums of traditional Irish music, as well as an EP of original music, and worked as a session musician to numerous recordings of original music

Dont miss your chance to see the fantastic talents of Ger and Trevor at The Purty Kitchen as part of this years TradFest 2026 for one special night only + special guest Sweet Jayne.

TradFest is Proudly supported by Dùn Laoghaire Rathdown County Council