About Folk, RTHK Radio 3

12/03/2025

Time for some shenanigans 😂

Get set for O'Hara's Irish Festival 2025. We're building on the huge success of last year to bring you the biggest and best St. Patrick's Day event in Hong Kong. This event for the whole family will be held on 22-23 March in Central, Hong Kong

11/02/2025

Get your tickets before they all gone 👍 it’s going to be a great event

It's not just about the amazing instrumental and singing talent at O'Hara's Irish Festival. Come and watch the supremely talented dancers from award winning dance schools on stage and be close enough to feel the vibrations from their footwork.

This really is such a unique event and one not to be missed.

Tickets are on sale now. Visit https://www.tickets.pyjamahk.com/irishfest2025.

Single day or weekend tickets available. Full lineup coming very soon.

02/02/2025

This afternoon at 3pm catch some of the finest HK musicians performing their music live on RTHK3

Special thanks to James Ross Rob Anderson Weisan Sam Barbour BenziNe Peter Benzie

24/01/2025

Mark the diaries 22nd and 23rd March Irish Festival HK is back at a new venue but with the same great weekend of music, dance, food, culture and a few drinks!

See you there

23/01/2025

Great to see these sort of events - why not pop along and try it out Museum CAFE8

22/12/2024

Got into Xmas spirit in today’s show with some great tunes - loved the new one from Dear Persephone in particular 😂

If you didn’t catch the show it’s on archive with easiest way to listen in on the phone app…. Just type ‘about folk’ and up pops all the shows …. 👍

10/12/2024

Saturday 14 November head to Lamma for the Shue Wan Folk Festival- amazing line up at this annual event and free to enter … come join us

30/10/2024

Great to see folk/accoustic music sessions in town - come join us

https://www.facebook.com/share/jEkwb8NfSbHA5tZn/?mibextid=CTbP7E

Thursday 7th November come join us at Museum CAFE8 for another great session- all abilities/instruments welcome even ‘listeners’ 😂 see you there.

St Patrick's Society Hong Kong

11/08/2024

Great show planned today with tunes from Churchfitters, Alan Hull, Sam Kelly, Jack the lad and many more including the amazing Coreyah… very excited for this one 😂

06/08/2024

Local Celtic folk band Naggin Eejits with the wonderful Trinitones this Saturday The Wanch

17/05/2024

Show 2 this Sunday at 3pm featuring another eclectic mix of old and new folk/world music featuring Steeleye Span, Dougie MaClean, Cullen Vance, Bellowhead and many more with trips to Liberia and Senegal with Mon Rovia and Cheik Lo.

Plus our local artist of the week is the superb Barbour

Tune in at 3 to About folk on RTHK Radio 3 - Hong Kong

And don’t forget you can catch the show on the archive If you miss it

14/05/2024

Well first show went pretty well - thank you for the messages and support - looking forward to this Sunday 👍👍

One question I got a fair bit was ‘who were the Mali band? They were the amazing Tinariwen 👍👍👍