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  • 08.07.12
    Vital Acts of Kindness – The countdown is on to Tennent’s Vital 2012 Uncategorized | Comments Off
    In a couple of weeks one of Northern Ireland's top music events, Tennent's Vital 2012, will be live with a great line-up which includes a Foo Fighters headline on Day 1 (August 21), alongside The Black Keys, The Cribs, The Minutes and Trucker Diablo. The next day (August 22), the Stone Roses play Boucher Road Playing Fields as part of their come back tour. Also on the bill are Florence + The Machine, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Maverick Sabre and Gerard i2. Organisers have just announced a new activity for festival fans, called Tennent's: Vital Acts of Kindness, which gives ticket holders the ...
  • 07.03.12
    Derry Culture Tech Festival Announces Keynote Speakers Uncategorized | Comments Off
    The speakers announced today include Edinburgh Fringe Festival CEO, Kath Mainland; editor-at-Large at technology magazine Wired, Ben Hammersley; editor of the TechCrunch Europe website, Mike Butcher and the director of Europe’s largest performance venue Sir Nicholas Kenyon. The keynote speakers round out a packed four-day programme for the festival which runs from August 29 to September 1. Along with the keynote speakers, the event will feature over 50 industry speakers, film screenings, digital arts installations, a games tournament and an extensive music lineup. Tickets for the festival are on sale now via the website, www.culturetech.co and cost £49. Student tickets are also ...
  • 09.12.11
    Navan Live kicks off today! Uncategorized | Comments Off
    UB40, Paul Brady, Declan O’Rourke and The Lost Brothers have been confirmed as the headline turns at this year’s Navan Live event, which takes place from September 12 to 18. Among the supports are Henrietta Game, Red Queen Contest, The Whatmans and Hunter’s Edge. navanlive.ie has all the details.
  • 09.04.11
    Cobh gets the blues Uncategorized | Comments Off
    There’s a ton of music – much of it free – to be had as the Guinness Cobh Blues Festival returns to the Cork coast from September 22 to 25. Taking care of first night launch duties is Aaron Curtis, the acclaimed English blues ‘n’ ragtime guitarist who’s in the Sirius Arts Centre. Tickets are a tenner. Also doing their respective things over the course of the four days are The Hot Guitars, The Dizzy Blues Band, The Catriona Fallon Band, The Viper’s Blues Band and Dr. Dec & The Side Effects. cobhbluesfestival.com has the full lowdown.
  • 09.02.11
    Superstar DJ’s set to make Wicklow spin Uncategorized | Comments Off
    Dance fans will be heading en masse to Poulaphouca House and Gardens in Hollywood, Co. Wicklow on September 17 and 18 for MystikFest. Among the headline attractions are superstar Irish DJ Fergie, British counterpart Dave Seaman (not the ex-England goalkeeper of the same name), KaiserDisco, Filterheadz, Joseph Capriati, Psycatron, Sunil Sharpe and 2fm’s Mr. Spring. The undercard features dozens of the country’s up-and-coming 1’s and 2’s merchants, which should make for one hell of a party. Two-day camping tickets priced €90 are available from Ticketmaster.
  • 09.01.11
    And So I Watch You From Afar headline Concern bash Uncategorized | Comments Off
    Whelan’s is the venue on September 25 as Concern throw an all-day rock ‘n’ roll party in aid of their Horn of Africa Crisis Appeal. Kicking off at 2pm, the line-up features And So I Watch You From Afar, Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands, Retarded Cop, Tieranniesaur. Funeral Suits, Toby Kaar, Spies, We Are Losers, The Last Days Of 1984, Moths, Great Lakes Mystery, Sert One, Alarmist, White Boy Collar, Daithi, The Former Soviet Republic and Reid. Running in both Whelan’s venues, tickets are a mere €15.
  • 09.01.11
    Americana Fest Returns! Uncategorized | Comments Off
    “Go wild in the west!” is the exhortation as the Americana Festival returns to the pubs and clubs of Galway from September 15 to 19. Acts include Jim Rooney, Henry McCullough, Joe Pug, Freddie White, The Deans, Buddy Mondlock & Mike Lindaur, Phil Donnelly, Screaming Blue Cats and Colm Quearney. Add in a selection of seminars, workshops and lectures and it promises to a week to remember. galwayamericanafestival.com has all the information you need.
  • 07.28.11
    Festival Tips with Celina Murphy Uncategorized | Comments Off
    Whether successfully masquerading as Midlake’s tour manager or spending the whole weekend in the porch of your WeatherMaster 3000, a great festival is always determined by the company you keep. Choosing the wrong festival buddy is a very serious matter, as anyone whose ever had to put their mate to bed at 6am or accompany their girlfriend to a Kate Nash acoustic set will happily tell you. As a general rule, a good festival buddy is slightly mad, somewhat reliable and has impeccable taste in music. He/she also spent much of his/her youth camping with his/her parents, and therefore has ...
  • 07.28.11
    Kilkenny Arts Festival is back Uncategorized | Comments Off
    The Kilkenny Arts Festival returns between August 5 and 14 with its usual selection of musical treats. Among those making their way to the Marble City are TrioVD (5); OKO (6); Guo Yue (7); Susan McKeown & Christine Tobin (7); Barry Guy & Evan Parker (8); T With The Baggies & Donal Lunny (9); Hanggai (10); Mari Kvien Brunvoll (11); Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (12); Luka Bloom (13); and The Amazing Few (14). For ticket and venue details visit www.kilkennyarts.ie.
  • 07.28.11
    City Festival for Crawdaddy Uncategorized | Comments Off
    The Crackity Jones posse have announced a new two-day city festival taking place in Crawdaddy, Dublin on August 5 and 6. Named Lost Weekend in honour of the euphemism John Lennon came up with for the 18-month bender he went on in the early ‘70s, Friday features the combined might of Kid Karate, A Plastic Rose and Identity Parade with Readers Wives, Fallen Rule and The Dead Flags taking care of the Saturday honours. Day passes are a tenner and weekend ones €15. www.crackityjonespromotions.com has all the information.