Friday 24th - Monday 27th October 2025
The Crown London Hotel
142-152 Cricklewood Broadway, London NW2 3ED
All event, workshop, and weekend tickets can be bought here
Return to London Town Festival 2025 celebrates London’s long-standing connection with traditional Irish music, song, and dance. Now in its 27th year, the festival brings together outstanding artists from across Ireland and Britain for four days of concerts, sessions, workshops, and céilís. Rooted in the city’s rich Irish cultural heritage, the festival honours the generations of musicians who made London their home and shaped its thriving traditional music scene. From established performers returning to familiar stages to exciting new voices joining the lineup, this year’s programme promises a vibrant and welcoming celebration of Irish culture in the heart of London.
→ Friday 24th October
Evening Concert: Danú / Aoife and Deirdre Granville / The Trad Gathering
→ Saturday 25th October
Afternoon Concert: Tara Breen and Marty Barry / Brian Kelly and Tad Sargent / Mick Mulvey, Shane Meehan and Pete Quinn
Set Dancing Céilí: Parish Céilí Band with Tom Kelleher
Evening Concert: The Friel Sisters / Charlie Harris, Maeve Donnelly, Éamonn and Geraldine Cotter / Liam O’Connor
→ Sunday 26th October
Set Dancing Céilí: Parish Céilí Band with Tom Kelleher
Evening Album and Book Launch: Mick Mulvey and Shane Meehan / Maureen Minogue-Brown – Ceol sa Chistín / Tara Breen and Marty Barry / Mick O’Connor (Dublin flute) – In Safe Hands
→ Monday 27th October
Afternoon Concert: Maeve Donnelly, Charlie Harris, Éamonn and Geraldine Cotter – Mná Trio / London Irish Pensioners Choir
Evening Film Screening and Acoustic Music Night: ITMA’s Seán Keane – A Portrait of an Artist
Music in the bar: John Bowe, Mick O’Connor and Peter McAlinden
Across the weekend you’ll also find numerous free sessions, singing gatherings, workshops, the traditional music quiz, and plenty of opportunities to join in the fun.
Full programme and tickets: www.returntolondontown.org/