RTÉ announces nominees for 2026 Radio 1 Folk Awards
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RTÉ has announced the nominees for the 2026 RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards. The ceremony is set for Tuesday, 10 November at Vicar Street in Dublin.
RTÉ has announced the nominees for the 2026 RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards. According to RTÉ, the ceremony is set to take place at Vicar Street in Dublin on Tuesday, 10 November.
RTÉ's culture pages carry shortlists for two of the awards, Best Folk Album and Best Folk Track, and invite readers to listen to the music on each list. The source does not name the nominees in its listings or describe any other award categories.
The same culture pages also carry a range of other arts stories. One reports that the shortlist has been announced for the An Post Irish Book Awards 2026. Others include a piece on Dublin Gallery Weekend, a feature marking 75 years of Wexford Festival Opera, and a report that Disco Pigs is returning to Cork 30 years after its debut. A further item marks 100 years of RTÉ radio, with the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) taking part, and another reports that an 81-year-old British author has become the oldest winner of the Booker Prize.
Readers can find the folk shortlists and the rest of the arts coverage on RTÉ's culture section.
