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2021 - Fiddling and its Frontiers

CANCELLED:
NAFCo 2020, Limerick, Ireland, 24-28 June 2020

RESCHEDULED DATE: 23-27 June 2021

The rescheduled North Atlantic Fiddle Convention will take place in Limerick, Ireland, 23-27 June 2021, hosted by our friends at the University of Limerick. The theme is Fiddling and its Frontiers: Transforming Practices and Rethinking Questions.

2018 - Dialects and Dialogues

NAFCo returns to Aberdeen 11-15 July 2018

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The North Atlantic Fiddle Convention 2018 will be held in Aberdeen, 11-15 July.

Concerts, workshops, live gigs, interviews, sessions, busking, an academic conference and more!

Featuring traditions of fiddle music and dance from countries and communities around the North Atlantic.

Reserve these dates in your diary!

The convention is timed to celebrate the re-opening of two special Aberdeen venues that are currently being redeveloped and transformed, the Music Hall and the Art Gallery.

Find the latest blog posts from musicians, dancers and academics here.

2015 - Trans-Atlantic Transactions

NAFCO 2015NAFCo 2015 took place from 13-17 October 2015, at the Celtic Colours Festival on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

View the Abstracts and Program from the 2015 conference.

Click here to follow the conference on facebook and twitter.

2012 - Ón gCos go Cluas'/ 'From Dancing to Listening

North Atlantic fiddle convention - derry Donegal June 27 - July 1 2012NAFCo 2012 took place between 26 June and 1 July 2012, in Derry and County Donegal, Ireland.

A programme for the festival mcan be downloaded here; the event's website contains extensive information on the performers and academics who attended, and the range of events that took place.

The festival was also reviewed by the Irish Times.

2010 - Routes and Roots

Aberdeen hosted 2010's NAFCo events from 14-18 July 2010.

Click here to download an archived copy of the event's 2010 website and programme.

2008 - Crossing Over

North Atlantic Fiddle ConventionNAFCo met at Memorial University, Newfoundland from 3-8 August 2008.

Click here to download an archived copy of the event's 2010 website, or here to download the programme.

2006 - Connecting Cultures

The second NAFCo took place at the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen, from 26-30 July 2006.

Click here to download an archived copy of the event's 2006 website.

Find out more about the Connecting Cultures.

2001 - Crossing Boundaries

The inaugural NAFCo was held in Aberdeen from 25-29 July 2001.