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Tyneside ready for a feast of Irish culture
 The
Tyneside Irish Cultural Festival celebrates its 21st year and continues
to go from strength to strength.
Between October 11-21 the cream of Irish Traditional music will perform
on Tyneside.
The festival has come a long way since beginning as a weekend festival
in 1986 and now extends to 10 days of packed with music, culture and drama.
The headline performer this year is Finbar Furey who plays on Saturday,
October 20 in the Tyne Theatre.
The opening night features Four Men And A Dog in the Tyneside Irish Centre.
One of the most exciting Irish super-groups on the planet, they are made
up of Cathal Hayden, Gino Lupari, Dónal Murphy and Kevin Docherty.
Friday, October 12 features Declan O’Rourke who is amongst the elite
of Ireland’s singer-songwriters.
Seán Keane takes to the stage the following day while on Monday,
October 15 Mick Hanley plays the Bridge Folk club.
Preforming on October 18 is Zoe Conway, recently voted one of the Best
Traditional Female Musicians of the Year in Irish Music Magazine.
The concert everyone is looking forward to is on Friday, October 19 with
Liam O’Flynn and Paddy Glackin, both leading Irish traditional players
of world renown.
A feature of the festival for the past 16 years has been the seanachie
who go to local schools telling stories of mystery and Celtic tales.
This year it’s Pat Speight, one of Ireland’s greatest ever
storytellers, with Kate Corkery.
The history lecture will be on Wednesday, October 17 by Dr Tony Hepburn
of Sunderland University and is entitled ‘For Belfast And Ireland!
The Life And Times Of Wee Joe Devlin’.
There will be the usual Céilí dancing and sessions in the
Tyneside Irish Centre.
Some events will be free
with the aim of introducing new musicians to new audiences.
For tickets or to obtain a copy of the programme phone 0191 2220398 or
log-on to www.tynesideirish.com.
Alternatively contact Mike Doyle on 0191 4217135 or
E-mail: mikedoyle@saqnet.co.uk |
