Some of the leading names in Irish music are set to gather in St Brigid's Cathedral in Kildare on Sunday, February 4 – for She Moves Through The Fair, a celebration of traditional and contemporary songs about Irish women.

The event – supported by Kildare Village – will feature folk singer and harpist Moya Brennan of Clannad, art-soul pioneer Loah, singer and folklorist Lisa Lambe, roots music group The Henry Girls – and will introduce the special emerging talent Brinda Irani from nearby County Laois.

She Moves Through The Fair comes under the umbrella of the Nothing Compares series, presented by Hot Press and Kildare County Council. All events in the series are unique and joyful celebrations of Irish women creatives.

She Moves Through The Fair is part of the Brigid 1500 programme, which promises to be a very special celebration of the legend of Brigid – a Pagan goddess and a Christian saint who is symbolic of the power, strength and independence of women in Ireland.

Loah by Abe Neihum

LUXE Landscape Theatre will also lead a grand fiery processional event on the evening to celebrate Brigid, tying in with the concert in St. Brigid’s Cathedral.

She Moves Through The Fair is one of several Nothing Compares lined up over the coming days and weeks.

You can also look forward to:

Mother Earth: A Food Happening (Saturday, January 27. 11am):
A culinary delight with a host of talks, workshops and demonstrations featuring leading Irish women in food at The Wonderful Barn, Leixlip.
Line-up: Dee Laffan, Catherine Cleary, Ali Dunworth, Aisling Larkin, Chantelle Nicholson (Apricity), Jess Murphy (Kai Restaurant), Julia Hemingway (Julia's Lobster Truck), Jane Russell (Jane Russell's Handmade Sausages), Edizemi Onilenla (Mama Shee), Darcie Mayland (The Lost Valley Dairy), Rose Greene (4 Hands Food Studio), Majken Bech-Bailey, Sinead Moran (Gleann Buí Farm), Holly Loftus (Loftus Knives), and Dr Karen Ward
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

SOLD OUT - Mother Earth: The Wonderful Barn Show (Saturday, January 27. 7pm):
A star-studded show featuring songs on the theme of 'Mother Earth' at The Wonderful Barn, Leixlip
Line-up: Denise Chaila, Gemma Hayes, Una Healy, Róisín O and Tolü Makay

SOLD OUT - We Shall Overcome (Tuesday, January 30. 7pm):
A concert centred around songs of social justice and freedom at Athy Library
Line-up: Eleanor McEvoy, Mary Coughlan, Pauline Scanlon, Jess Kav, Toshín and introducing IF (from Athy)

SOLD OUT - Nothing Compares – In Concert (Thursday, February 1. 7pm):
A night of extraordinary, genre-spanning music by Irish women at The Moat Theatre, Naas – with Laura Whitmore featuring as MC
Line-up: Imelda May, HamsandwicH, Camille O'Sullivan, Niamh Regan and Nell Mescal

She Moves Through The Fair (Sunday, February 4. 8pm):
A special event in St Brigid's Cathedral, Kildare, featuring traditional and contemporary songs about Irish women
Line-up: Moya Brennan, Loah, Lisa Lambe, The Henry Girls and Brinda Irani.
Check for tickets here

Launch of Brigid 1500 celebrations at Barberstown Castle. Copyright Miguel Ruiz.