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Liss Ard Festival

  • 08.03.12
    Liss Ard stage times Liss Ard Festival | Comments Off
    If you're planning on heading to one of the festivals that are running around the country this weekend and you want to make sure you don't miss your favourite act then fear not, we have all the stage times for you here. LISS ARD 2012: Saturday August 4 Main Stage 2.00 - 2.30 - Tieranniesaur 3.00 - 3.45 - Heathers 4.15 - 5.15 - Interference 5.45 - 6.55 - Bob Mould Band plays Sugar's Copper Blue 7.25 - 8.25 - Lisa Hannigan 8.30 - 9.10 - Stevie G 9.15 - 10.15 - Chromatics 10.20 - 11 - Stevie G 11.05 - 12.15 - Chic 12.15 - 1.15 - DJ Kormac 1.20 - 2.20 - ...
  • 07.31.12
    Liss Ard’s Literary Stage… Liss Ard Festival | Comments Off
    Fresh from flaunting his iconic feelgood disco funk on the main stage, the truly legendary Nile Rodgers from Chic will be getting fuzzy heads thinking with a reading from his exhilarating autobiography Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny. Expect candour and warmth from the man who has experienced an extraordinary musical journey, as he talks us through his life as one of the world’s best-loved producers. Also on the literary stage: part punk folk poet troubadour, part gospel music energy preacher, Jinx Lennon; award-winning journalist, author, biographer and the man behind the hugely popular Ross O’Carroll-Kelly ...
  • 07.27.12
    Liss Ard: Ten acts you have to see Liss Ard Festival | Comments Off
    Chic plus Nile Rogers on the Literary Stage (Saturday) For lovers of afros, flairs, slap bass and ‘the groove’ the prospect of seeing CHIC play ‘Le Freak’ is surely a mind-blowing one. CHIC’s Nile Rogers has had a hand in creating some of the most famous pop tracks ever written so lucky punters can expect, amongst others, some well known Bowie and Duran Duran thrown into the mix. Lisa Hannigan (Saturday) It is easy to imagine that this soft-spoken songstress will be at home in the relaxed wooded-surrounds of this boutique festival. This is Irish fans last chance to see Lisa this summer before she ...
  • 07.26.12
    Countdown to Liss Ard 2012 is on.. Liss Ard Festival | Comments Off
    With Liss Ard taking place during this bank holiday weekend’s ever growing list of festivals, Hot Press highlights the ones to watch and talks to local Cork boy Mick Flannery... Not sure who to see at Liss Ard? Hot Press give the ten must see acts of the festival. With a diverse list of acts ranging from Lisa Hannigan to Toots & The Maytals, Nicolas Jaar to author Paul Howard: Reading from ‘Triggs’. The full list and reviews can be read in the lastest issue of Hot Press. Mick Flannery, the singing stonemason, talks to Monica Heck. His personallity comes through with ...
  • 07.05.12
    NINE NEW ACTS FOR LISS ARD Liss Ard Festival | Comments Off
    More acts have been added to the bill for Liss Ard, the music and arts festival taking place on August 4 and 5 in Skibbereen, County Cork. They include Heathers, Moscow Metro, Chris Stout & Catriona McKay. LOWmountain, Julie Feeney, The Ceili All Stars, Caoimhin O Raghallaigh and Black – yup, the gentleman who brought you ‘Wonderful Life’ and ‘Sweetest Smile’ in the ‘90s – on the Acoustic Stage and Joe Dunthorne and Paul Murray on the Literary Stage. They join such already confirmed headliners as Chic, Lisa Hannigan, Paul Buchanan, Roy Harper, Toots & The Maytals and Bob Mould.
  • 05.18.12
    Liss Ard is back with a bang Liss Ard Festival | Comments Off
    Meath singer Lisa Hannigan is among the headline turns at the Liss Ard Festival, which takes place on the weekend of August 4 and 5 at Liss Ard House in Skibereen. The new name for Cork X Southwest, the original boutique festival is brought to you by the same people as Body & Soul and will have a wider artistic, cultural and holistic flavour. In addition to the divine Ms. H, the first batch of confirmed artists include Chic, Blue Nile-man Paul Buchanan, Toots & The Maytals who played a brilliant – if Toots-less! – gig at last year’s Electric Picnic, Interference, ...