Irish Music Festival 2026

Fields of Éire is Liverpool leaning into its Irish heart, turning a weekend into a full-bodied celebration of music, dance, food, drink and community. For 2026, it's set to take over Newsham Park, giving you that classic open-air festival sprawl with the city still close enough for a post-show pint.

The organisers describe it as a festival built around the cultural bond between Ireland and Liverpool, with two stages and a line-up that blends major Irish favourites with local flavour.On the music side, the early announcements are stacked with crowd-pleasers: Nathan Carter, The Whistlin' Donkeys, Aslan, The Kilkennys, Highstool Prophets, Gary Óg, Jake Carter and more, with additional names still to come.

If your ideal setlist includes big choruses, pint-raising energy and the occasional lump-in-the-throat ballad, you're in the right field.But this isn't just a gigs-and-go-home job. Expect Irish dancing, proper "wander and graze” festival eating, and that unmistakable craic-in-the-air feeling where strangers become your choir by the second chorus.

It's tailor-made for groups of mates, multi-generational families, and anyone who wants a festival that feels like a party and a cultural love letter at the same time.Tickets are already on sale (with early birds flagged), so if you're planning a summer weekend that comes with extra warmth, get it pencilled in early.

Bring a flag, bring a grin, bring comfortable shoes. Come for the tunes, stay for the dancing, and leave with a head full of melodies. Full details and updates: fieldsofeire.co.uk/fields-of.