Kayne Coy & Rik Epping kick off the tunes in Levis Cornerhouse as part of the Ballydehob Traditional Music Festival.
Opening gig of the Ballydehob Trad Festival @ Levis
Kayne Coy, winner of last year’s Drimoleague Pub Singing Competition, brings concertina, song, and a spellbinding hand-drawn crankie of moving images and shadow puppetry. Joining him is Rick Epping — harmonica, concertina, banjo & jaw harp — a master musician whose lifetime of playing spans Irish trad, old-time, blues, and beyond, with roots on both sides of the Atlantic.
Kayne Coy + Rick Epping
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over the shop counter | 8pm FRIDAY 27th MARCH | tickets €16 + BF
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ARTIST BIOs
KAYNE COY :
Winner of last year’s Drimoleague Pub Singing Competition, Kayne Coy is a concertina player and singer of songs from the Irish and French Canadian traditions. Part of the concert will feature his recently developed crankie - a moving panorama of hand-drawn illustrations and shadow puppetry.
Photo credit: Alain Mac Phaidin
More info: https://kaynecoy.com/about/
RICK EPPING (harmonica, concertina, banjo, jaw harp), a native of California and living in the West of Ireland, has been moving back and forth between the United States and Ireland for over fifty years and has been playing the music of both lands since childhood. Rick has played with past musical greats as varied as Bluegrass founder Bill Monroe, guitarist Doc Watson, Texas bluesman Mance Lipscomb and legendary Irish accordionist Joe Cooley. Rick’s performances, which include old-time stringband songs and tunes, blues and traditional dance music from Ireland and beyond, reflect the heritage passed on to him by these and many others, throughout a lifetime dedicated to making their music his own.
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Ballydehob Traditional Music Festival 2026 will be held across the village of Ballydehob, West Cork from Friday, March 27th - Sunday, March 29th 2026. ballydehobtradfest.com/