Case study
Patrick O'Keeffe Music Festival
An atmospheric festival website for one of Kerry's great traditional music weekends, with a live countdown, a full programme and easy ticket links.
The brief
Five days of music, one festival website
The Patrick O'Keeffe Traditional Music Festival takes over Castleisland every October, honouring the legendary Sliabh Luachra fiddle master Patrick O'Keeffe. Across five days the town fills with concerts, workshops and pub sessions, with more than 40 tutors teaching and music in over 15 venues.
The festival committee needed a website that could do two jobs at once. It had to sell the festival to visitors planning their October trip, with tickets, the programme and accommodation all easy to find. And it had to preserve the festival’s history, with programmes, session trails and photographs going back years.
What we built
Festival website design with the atmosphere built in
An atmospheric dark design
Deep blacks and warm golds set the tone before a single note is played, echoing the feel of a late night session.
A live countdown and clear ticket links
The homepage counts down to opening night, with Buy Tickets and View Programme buttons right beside it.
The full festival programme
Each day is laid out in order, from the Thursday gala concert through the weekend sessions to the Monday close, so visitors can plan around the concerts, the workshops and the Sunday session trail.
Tutors, accommodation and practical pages
Pages for the fiddle, accordion and concertina tutors, plus accommodation options for visitors travelling to Castleisland.
A living archive
Past festivals, session trails and photo galleries from previous years are all preserved, so the site grows richer every October.
Sponsors given their due
The Arts Council, Kerry County Council, Fáilte Ireland and local sponsors are all credited properly.
On the small screen
Built for the crowd on Main Street
Most festival goers check the programme on their phone, standing outside a pub between sessions. The site is built mobile first, so the countdown, programme and ticket links work beautifully on every screen size.
- A fast, mobile friendly site that holds up on festival weekend.
- The committee can update the programme, tutors and galleries for each new year.
- The festival’s history lives in one place, from past programmes to photographs.
- Clear paths to tickets from every page.
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