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heritage · Saturday 29 August 2026 · 5:00pm 
Live from the Folk Park: Gareth, Niamh Noade and Meadhbh Walsh
At Ulster American Folk Park · 2 Mellon Road, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, BT78 5QU
At Ulster American Folk Park · 2 Mellon Road, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, BT78 5QU
A summer evening of folk and country music at one of Northern Ireland’s most distinctive outdoor settings, this concert closes out the Ulster American Folk Park’s landmark 50th anniversary season. The programme - “Stories of Us” - has run all summer exploring three centuries of Ulster emigration to America, and this open-air concert is its finale, timed to coincide with USA-NI250, the joint commemoration of 250 years of American independence. It suits music fans who want more than a standard venue show: the concert takes place within the museum grounds themselves, surrounded by reconstructed cottages, dockside buildings and period streetscapes that tell the story of the people who left these townlands for the New World.
Headlining is Gareth, a singer-songwriter from Castlederg in Co. Tyrone, now based in Nashville, who blends Irish roots with country music and storytelling. He has accumulated tens of millions of views on social media, charted internationally, and made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry - a significant milestone for any country artist. Joining him are Niamh Noade, an Armagh-born Celtic and electric harpist who reached the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent and is known for her striking fusion of traditional and contemporary styles, and Meadhbh Walsh, a fiddle player and singer-songwriter from Co. Cork with a following of over 250,000 across social media. Further acts are still to be confirmed. The event runs from 5pm to 11pm under a stretch tent, so the show continues regardless of weather. The setting inside the Folk Park itself is genuinely unlike most concert venues in Ireland.
Omagh is the county town of Tyrone and sits roughly equidistant between Enniskillen and Strabane on the A5. From Belfast it is around an hour and forty minutes by road via the M1 and A4. From Dublin, allow approximately two and a half hours via the M1 and N2. Translink Ulsterbus serves Omagh from Belfast, Derry and surrounding towns; from Omagh town centre the Folk Park is a short drive or taxi ride out on the Mellon Road. Car parking is available on site at the Ulster American Folk Park, though a car park ticket should be booked separately at the time of purchasing your concert ticket.
Omagh has a compact town centre with good cafes and pubs along the main street and along the river. The Strule Arts Centre is a short walk from the centre and regularly hosts exhibitions and performances worth checking in advance of your visit. There is more to see in Omagh and across Co. Tyrone.
Heading to Ulster American Folk Park in Omagh? Tyrone has plenty more to see. Read the Omagh area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.