About the Festival

The Fingal International Festival of Voices was founded by Michael T. Dawson in 2019 and was set to be one of the largest festivals of its kind in Ireland with over sixty-four performing groups registered and over two-thousand singers set to participate. Unfortunately due to the Covid-19 global pandemic the festival had to be cancelled on the day of its inaugural friendship concerts. 

Since then, the Fingal Festival of Voices has been gathering momentum, with concerts and celebration performances all across the community in 2023 and 2024 and with plans for the most exciting festival yet in 2025. The festival will welcome international and national children, youth and adult choirs to the seaside town of Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, for a colourful weekend of singing, story-telling and competitions. The festival will culminate with one ensemble winning the Fingal Grand-Prix trophy and our grand prize.

The festival is focused on celebrating diversity and will provide a platform for individuals and communities to showcase their culture in locations across Balbriggan and the surrounding areas. Workshops and classes on singing, folk-music and story-telling will be available to anyone attending the festival and will be led by our national and international guests. 

Across the weekend of the festival, there will also be events, activities and shows for all the family, including fun, food and drinks at the festival club.  

Check out our pages for updates on workshops, competition timetable, adjudicators and community outreach events!