{"id":588686,"date":"2026-08-10T07:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T07:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/588686\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T07:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T07:34:14","slug":"fleadh-2027-will-be-even-bigger-says-bryant-on-final-day-of-event-in-belfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/588686\/","title":{"rendered":"Fleadh 2027 \u2018will be even bigger\u2019, says Bryant on final day of event in Belfast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Next year\u2019s Fleadh will be an \u201ceven bigger success\u201d when it returns to Belfast, according to Chris Bryant.<\/p>\n<p>More than a million people are estimated to have attended this year\u2019s event, the first Fleadh Cheoil na h\u00c9ireann hosted by Belfast<\/p>\n<p>Sunday will see the conclusion of All-Ireland competitions with 5,000 musicians and dancers from 22 countries taking part in 180 categories.<\/p>\n<p>They will end with the Senior C\u00e9il\u00ed Bands competition at the ICC\/Belfast Waterfront Hall at 5.30pm. The winning senior C\u00e9il\u00ed band will take to the Gig Rig for a finale performance.<\/p>\n<p>Street performances across the city centre and Fleadh Fringe events on the outskirts will continue through the final day.<\/p>\n<p>The week-long event has also featured bands from the Loyalist and Unionist traditions in Northern Ireland as well as minority ethnic communities.<\/p>\n<p>President Catherine Connolly, Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin, Secretary of State Bryant, First Minister Michelle O\u2019Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly have been among the hundreds of thousands of attendees.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"427\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fleadh-2027-will-be-even-bigger-says-bryant-on-final-day-of-event-in-belfast.jpg\" alt=\"Irish President Catherine Connolly speaking at the Fleadh \" data-title=\"Fleadh Cheoil na h\ufffdireann 2026 \u2013 Belfast\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Oliver McVeigh\" data-usage-terms=\"\"\/>Irish President Catherine Connolly speaking at the Fleadh (Oliver McVeigh\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday morning Sir Chris congratulated the Fleadh organisers in a message on the social media network X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany congratulations to everyone involved in the Fleadh\u2019s first showing in Belfast which has defied expectations showcasing an amazingly talented and welcoming city,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI predict next year will be an even bigger success once those who missed out this year book!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Next year\u2019s Fleadh will be an \u201ceven bigger success\u201d when it returns to Belfast, according to Chris Bryant.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-588686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}