Kingspan Breffni, will this summer turn into a stage of an altogether different kind for The Breffni Bash: For three nights in June the hub of Cavan County GAA will host some of the biggest acts in Irish music, all to benefit the future development of the new Polo Grounds Centre of Excellence which in turn will benefit the youth of our County.

Mike Denver who is no stranger to the jiving audiences here in cavan and one of the biggest names on the circuit, Nathan Carter, will open the show on Friday evening, June 28. With 13 studio albums to his name, five of which peaked at number one, the Liverpool-born Irish Country star’s appearance will ensure excitement levels reach fever pitch.

On the Saturday night, June 29th, rip roaring five-piece Irish ballad/folk group, High Stool Prophets, will open the show and then followed by One for the Road and contemporary folk-rockers All Folk'd Up.

Sunday night will close the weekend with the fantastic Johnny Brady and The Tumbling Paddies finally, one of Ireland’s most sought after entertainers, will close out the summer festival, on Sunday, June 30.

Chairman of the Cavan GAA Board, Kieran Callaghan admits it will be a “challenge” to accommodate upwards of 5,000 music fans at the local stadium each night, but says: “Cavan is a great venue, Kingspan Breffni is a great venue, and we have the facilities here to do it so let’s do it.” On it being a benefit for not just the GAA but the whole of Cavan, Mr Callaghan added: “It doesn’t matter whether it’s a concert, a match or whatever, the economy gets a boost out of it and it’s so important for the local businesses to realise the importance of bringing events like this.”

The lads from One for the Road - who hail from Monaghan and Tyrone - were asked about pulling on a Cavan jersey for one night only. “It wasn’t mentioned in the contract, definitely not in the fine print,” they joked. ‘All Folked Up’, popular at venues locally, described their Cavan fans as “lethal craic, deadly energy, love it, they’re class”. Asked about what crowds can expect from their performance at the Breffni Bash festival, the band added: “We’ll lift the roof off the place!”

Carter meanwhile spoke of his excitement at playing the newly enlarged festival. It’s a full night of dancing and drinking and having a good time. That’s what it’s all about,” promised Carter. The Tumbling Paddies, who will close the series of shows, spoke how well received the Breffni Bash was last year. “It was magnificent so this year should be the same.” There will be drinks and food courts on site for the entire weekend and disabled access also.

Cavan GAA have partnered with local cancer Charity Cuan for this festival in a bid to help raise much needed funds. Cuan is honoured and delighted to be chosen as the charitable partner for this year' "Breffni Bash".

Cuan's vision for the next five years is to expand the range and type of services which it can offer to people with a cancer diagnosis (and family members) and to develop a facility which can accommodate this expansion e.g.wellbeing activity area, designated therapy space for children and a sensory garden. Being chosen as this year's beneficiary from the Breffni Bash will further enable Cuan to achieve it's goal of offering the best cancer support services to the people of Co. Cavan.

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