The Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival is a Celebration of Irish Traditional and American Bluegrass Music.

Each year during the festival, the town of Longford , in the centre of Ireland , is transformed into a haven for musicians and music lovers.

There are jams, sessions, busking, and concerts. Music is available in abundance all weekend long....on the streets, on the 'Market Square' stage (in the centre of town), in the pubs and in our nightly concert venue.

There are also master class workshops available for musicians of all levels.

Highly regarded among his fellow musicians as a master banjo player, Johnny was a multi-instrumentalist who easily turned his hand to fiddle, low whistle, uilleann pipes, guitar, etc. But he did favour the banjo, as he often said that the banjo had posed the biggest challenge, so he persisted until he mastered it. Anyone watching Johnny play would have thought the banjo was the easiest instrument, as Johnny played with such ease and the music flowed so freely.

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