More than a thousand Irish traditional music performers took to St Anne’s Square in the centre of Belfast on Wednesday as part of the city’s Tradfest. The 1,000 students participating at St Anne’s Square were from the Tradfest Summer School which is taking place at Ulster University. Over 1000 TradFest summer school students performing in St Anne's Square. PICTURE: MAL MCCANNDonal O’Connor, founder and artistic director of Tradfest, said three was a “great sense of excitement” from all those in attendance at the event. “It brings great joy, there was a great sense of excitement and a real sense of celebration.”