Macalla & Special Guests

Musical women's group Macalla

Sunday, 26 January 2025

Event times:

18:00

Event location:

The Pepper Canister Church

Event price:

€24.99

About this event

Musicians and singers, more than twenty of them from every province in the country who were based in the capital at the time came together for the first time at the Dublin Folk Festival on International Women’s Day, 1984 as Macalla.

It was a celebration of the wealth of music and song these creative women possessed but who had been gaining little recognition or opportunities to perform on stages across the country in general.

These musical women only intended to organise a one-off event to mark the prestigious day and to demonstrate the wealth of talent they possessed and the lack of attention they were receiving as performers. Great numbers came to the concert so much so that many had to be turned away because of limited space back then. On this year’s international Women’s Day 2024, it was standing room only.

Part of TradFest 2025

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