Bluegrass Omagh FAQs

The Bluegrass Festival has returned to its usual annual date of the last Bank Holiday weekend in May – Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th May 2025, plus Bluegrass Family Day on Monday 26th May. 

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Bluegrass Omagh 2025 will take place at Ulster American Folk Park, 2 Mellon Road, Omagh, BT78 5QU. Find out more here.

Bluegrass Omagh will take place on Saturday 24th May and Sunday 25th May 2025. 

There will also be an opening event on the evening of the Friday 26th May in Omagh Town. Details to be released soon!

On the Saturday and Sunday, the Ulster American Folk Park will be open from 11:00, with the majority of performances starting from 13:00. 

The usual visitor experience will be different due to the festival, so please do keep this in mind when visiting. Festival tickets will be the only tickets available to purchase throughout the duration of the festival and access to the whole museum site may be restricted in areas due to the festival taking place. 

On Monday 26th May, the Ulster American Folk Park will be open from 10:00 to 17:00 and will have a number of family friendly activities and some musical performances taking place as part of our Bluegrass Family Day. 

There are 4 stages located at various different locations across the site.  

Find Bluegrass Omagh Weekend ticket prices below... 

We have a number of different ticket options for Bluegrass Omagh 2025, including family tickets, day tickets, weekend tickets, and free tickets for children under 5. Carer tickets are available upon request. 

For those purchasing a weekend festival ticket, this also includes access to our Bluegrass Family Day on Monday 26th May!

Yes, however we recommend that you buy tickets in advance as we cannot guarantee tickets will be left to purchase on the day due to capacity restrictions. 

We ask that under 18s are accompanied by an adult when attending the Bluegrass festival. 

We allow children under 5 to be admitted free of charge. 

An email confirmation will be sent to you electronically when you make your purchase. You can either show this on the day digitally, or print out a physical copy and bring it with you. 

HMRC has deemed free admission at events to be an additional benefit to members and therefore we are unable to offer priority booking for members as a result.

Guests who have ONE of the following documentation are entitled to one free carer ticket along with their full-price ticket. Any additional members of the party will need to purchase a full price ticket. Please note that you will be required to show the relevant paperwork as well as suitable photo ID of the named recipient as part of the check-in and admissions area when you arrive. Failure to provide this information may result in your admission being refused.

Please email [email protected] to claim your ticket.

• Entitlement to Disability Living Allowance for children under 16 or DLA/Personal Independent Payments (PIP) for those aged 16-64, either in the form of a letter stating that the benefit has been awarded, or the actual Allowance book.
• Attendance Allowance or Carer's Allowance letter of award.
• Incapacity Benefit books, or a letter notifying the recipient that the benefit has been awarded Incapacity Benefit or Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
• A valid Blue Badge.
• In the case of visual impairment, a registration card known as the BD8 or a Certificate of Visual Impairment (CVI).
• A local authority registration document which is local to the attraction where it is being submitted.
• A recognised Assistance Dog ID Card.
• Credibility’s Access Card.

Picnics will be allowed on site throughout the festival weekend, and we have a number of benches for you to make use of. We also recommend bringing a chair/blanket so you can sit and enjoy the acts in comfort. An umbrella and/or waterproof is also encouraged as we never know what the weather may do!

Bag searches will take place upon entry to the festival, and any prohibited items will be held back. This includes fires, alcohol, glassware, sharp objects and portable BBQ's. 

Personal BBQs are not permitted at the festival, however picnics are allowed on site and picnic benches are located across the site. Alternatively, you can purchase food from the variety of vendor’s onsite. As per above FAQ, personal alcohol will not be allowed on-site.

Dogs are not allowed on site due to the historic nature of the museum. The only exception is assistance dogs.

Assistance dogs are specifically trained and required to provide a service to their owner/user. This includes:

• Guide dogs that assist visitors with visual impairments.
• Hearing dogs or signal dogs that help visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing.
• Service dogs that are not specifically trained for visual or hearing impairment, but are trained to do other work, such as provide mobility and assistance to certain visitors.
• You must have your dog's certificate or evidence that your dog is registered and show this at the point of entry.

In addition to our regular on-site facilities located at the Visitor Centre and Dockside Gallery, we will have additional accessible toilets, all with baby changing facilities. By the Main Stage there will also be urinals, and accessible toilets.

All Festival areas are fully accessible, however the only building that has limited access is the Pennsylvanian Farm House which has steps for access.  We will be partnering with an organisation to provide mobility scooters for access needs to navigate the site. Further details to be included soon.  

Yes, more details on how to reserve a PMV mobility scooter or wheelchair in advance will be provided soon. 

There will be no ATMs on site, however all of our retail, bar and food vendors will accept card as well as cash payments.

Yes, a number of our facilities included in the Visitor Centre and Dockside Gallery include changing/feeding areas for babies.

You can find out how to get to Bluegrass Omagh here. 

We'll have a shuttle bus running across the weekend and Bank Holiday Monday from Omagh Town Centre to Ulster American Folk Park, Omagh. Further details on timings and pick-up points will be noted here shortly. 

We have free car parking facilities at Ulster American Folk Park for over 400 cars and 12 coaches on site as well as an overflow carpark. Space will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.  We would recommend for those attending the festival later in the day that they use an alternative form of transport. Please note that we do not permit overnight parking at the site. 

We don’t have onsite accommodation however there are many high quality B&B’s and hotels throughout the Omagh and West Tyrone area that would love to facilitate your stay. Plan your short break at discovernorthernireland.com or exploreomaghsperrins.com. Please organise transport to and from your accommodation as this is not provided.

Omagh Rugby Football Club has a number of camping and caravanning options for Bluegrass Omagh 2025.

To book your place, please email [email protected] and provide full contact details, car registration, day of arrival, and number of nights required.

Pitch cost for Bluegrass Omagh 2025

• 3 Nights: £50.00
• 2 Nights: £40.00
• 1 Night: £30.00

This price includes:

• Camping on site at Rugby Football Club
• Use of kitchen, shower and toilet facilities
• Transfers to and from Ulster American Folk Park via shuttle bus
• Free admission to the picking session on Friday night in the Members Bar
• Free admission to the late night session on Saturday night in the Members Bar. Starting at approximately 23:00, this late night session is available to everyone.  A small cover charge will apply to those not using the camping and caravanning facilities.
• Payment for camping to be made on arrival.
• *Please note there are no electrical hook ups.

Yes there will a shuttle bus running between Omagh Rugby Football Club and the Ulster American Folk Park during the Festival. More info coming soon! 

Yes, you can leave and re-enter the festival via the admissions and security area. You may be asked to show your festival tickets or booking confirmation to re-enter. 

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While many of the historic buildings will be open and we encourage our visitors to avail of these, many of these spaces will be unmanned. The regular visitor experience will not be delivered during the Festival, however we will still have visitor guides in traditional costume throughout the site. 

General Admission tickets will not be available to purchase or redeem for the duration of the festival. The museum will reopen for General Admission on Tuesday 27th May 2025. 

Merchandise can be purchased from our Retail spaces at the Folk Park. Bluegrass Artists will also be selling merchandise after their set.

A courtesy coach will bring Festival goers to and from Omagh Rugby Club over the weekend. This will increase the use of public transport and reduce the use of private cars to and from the event.

Recycling will be made easy over the weekend with a large segregated recycling waste bank kindly provided by Fermanagh & Omagh District Council which will complement existing measures and reducing the incidence of waste contamination.

Our food & drink vendors will also be segregating and recycling all of their waste over the weekend. They will actively source much of their food and drink supplies from local producers which will reduce the transportation of produce and contribute to sustainability.

The Festival is subject to a local licensing application and we will ensure the programme finishes each night at the designated time. As the event is taking place in a rural setting, with mature trees around the stages, the controls above will reduce the potential for sound pollution to the small number of neighbouring houses.

You can read our Environmental Sustainability Policy here. 

Of course! Email us at [email protected] or phone us on +44 (0) 28 8224 3292 to get in touch so we can help you with your queries.