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Friday, August 5th The Factory at Franklin, Franklin, TN 6pm - A Taste of Ireland featuring artists all the way

y from the west of Ireland, The Kristin Butke School (KBS) school of Irish dance, narratives on Tennessee/Ireland history from The Battle of Franklin Trust, The Foreign Language Acting Group presentation of The Conversation (Irish play), Middle Tennessee Hurling Club, a cil and lots more. 8.30pm Jamming seisin back at OMore College of Design. Enjoy a pint and some great music, song and dance. Saturday, August 6th OMore College of Design OMORE CLASSROOMS 10am to 12pm Workshops on fiddle, button accordion, uilleann pipes, flute, old Irish style dancing and singing and Irish bouzouki. 2pm to 4pm More workshops fiddle, button accordion, uilleann pipes, flute, old Irish style dancing and singing and Irish bouzouki. MAIN STAGE 12noon ils Crean, Sen Cunningham, Frances Cunningham, Meait J Shamuis Ftharta, Mirn U Chide, Johnny g Connolly, Mary Ann Hernon, Bill Wolfe, Franko Hashiguchi and Craig Pitman. ** American National Anthem sung by Craig Pitman ** ** Irish National Anthem sung by singers from Ireland ** 1pm The Scott-Ellis School of Irish dancing. 2pm - The Kristin Butke School (KBS) school of Irish Dance. 3pm - Nashville Cil Band and Skip Cleavinger. 4pm Official US launch of Johnny g Connollys solo album Aisling Yoshua (Joshua's Dream). 5pm Seisin featuring all musicians both local and from Ireland. 5.30pm - Meet and Greet for Good Piping premiere. 6pm Good Piping premiere. 7.15pm Premiere after-party a celebration. 8pm Acoustic concert featuring a variety of musicians, singers and dancers, narratives on Tennessee/Ireland history from The Carter House, The Foreign Language Acting Group presentation of The Conversation (Irish play) and lots more. OMORE GROUNDS Middle Tennessee Hurling Club Booth We are a new Gaelic Hurling team forming in the Middle Tennessee area. Currently members range from 19-29 years old. Some attend community college while others attend Middle Tennessee State University. We are merely weeks old but growing fast with very driven and dedicated athletes. In the coming months we hope to join an American Hurling league and in time competing with true Irish ferocity! Timothy R. Buckley Founder of Middle Tennessee Hurling club

Literary Booth Dr. Jan Hayes, Dr. Mark Hilliard (book reading) Ciara Dowling, Co. Roscommon, Ireland - A variety of lectures and presentations that connect the musical, dance and singing traditions of Ireland to the Tennessee musical heritage. The Battle of Franklin Trust (Jim Knight and Rob Cross) - Narratives on Patrick Cleburne and other local Irish heroes. The Foreign Language Acting Group Discussion on The Conversation (Irish play) by Jaz Dorsy Tours of OMore College of Design going all day starting at 12noon, and every hour thereafter. Last tour at 5pm Sunday, August 7th OMore College of Design 9.30am Irish Christian Celebration with music from local and visiting artists. 11am to 12noon Workshops on fiddle, button accordion, uilleann pipes, flute, old Irish style dancing and singing and Irish bouzouki 12noon - Nashville Cil Band (Main Stage) 2pm Sister City of Franklin and Williamson County Passport to the World Series event 3.30pm Meet and Greet before Second showing of Good Piping 4pm Good Piping 5.15pm Good Piping after-party a celebration 6pm Jamming seisin and close of festival Please take a few moments to connect with us on Facebook; ils Crean, Culture Ireland Tennessee and the Middle Tennessee Hurling Club.

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