Frankie Kennedy Winter School
- Frankie Kennedy Winter School
infobox music festival
music_festival_name = Scoil Gheimhridh Frankie Kennedy
caption =
location = Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, Ireland
years_active= 1994 - present
founders = Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh
dates = December 27 - January 2
genre = Traditional Irish
website = [http://www.frankiekennedy.com/ www.FrankieKennedy.com] The Frankie Kennedy Winter School ( _ga. Scoil Gheimhridh Frankie Kennedy) is a traditional music winter school held annually since 1994 in memory of the flute player Frankie Kennedy in Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal. [ [http://www.anoige.ie/ezine/0211/DecemberFestivala December Festivals in Ireland | Irish YHA E-Zine Article ] ]
Classes are provided in flute, fiddle, uilleann pipes, tin whistle, bodhrán, button accordion, bouzouki, sean nós singing, house dancing and guitar.
Performers
It has become tradition that Kennedy's old band Altan headline every year at the festival, but other well-known musicians who have played at the school include: [ [http://www.frankiekennedy.com/archive/FKProg-07.pdf untitled ] ]
*Liam O'Flynn
*Skara Brae
*Seán Keane
*Sean Potts
*Arty McGlynn
*Téada
*Marcas Ó Murchú
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