21st Annual Crawley Irish Festival - a chat with organiser John Nolan + lead man of The Craicheads

Ahead of the August Bank Holiday weekend and the 21st Annual Crawley Irish Festival, we speak to John Nolan - organiser of this year's festival. We find out what's planned, what to expect and how it all started.

We also chat to Mick O'Beirne of Craicheads who will be taking the main stage at the festival. He tells us what they have in store for their setlist and we give him an idea on how he can recruit a new drummer!

What's the Craic is a weekly Irish radio show that broadcasts on Brighton's Radio Reverb on 97.2FM, DAB and online at radioreverb.com. You can hear it live Mondays at 8pm or catch the repeat on Tuesdays at 3pm or Saturdays at 1am GMT. You can follow us on Twitter at @whatsthecraicrr or on facebook.com/whatsthecraicrr for up to date news on whats coming up on the show and to get in touch with us.

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