Lughnasa: New Arts Festival for Macroom

12th Aug 2009

Lughnasa Festival Macroom 2009

Lughnasa Festival Macroom 2009 from the 17th to 23rd August sees the birth of Macroom’s new Arts Festival. The festival will feature music, comedy, theatre, art, crafts, food, children’s activities and exhibitions. We aim to showcase up and coming Cork talent and the centrepiece of the festival will be a music concert in the marquee in the Castle Grounds on Saturday 22nd featuring FRED, Director, Interference, Remma, Elly O’Keeffe & Band, My Evil Ex, KingSear and Haymaker which is brilliant value at €35.00 per ticket for nearly 8 hours of top class music.

We are delighted to host well known comedian PJ Gallagher on Wednesday 19th at the Briery Gap theatre for €18.00 and the same venue plays host to American Blues group The Rude Mood on Friday 21st (tickets €10.00), the band are on their European tour and play a thrilling mix of Blues and Rock n’ Roll.

RSAG brings his original and innovative music and visual style to the Briery Gap and after wowing festival goers at Electric Picnic 2008 this is one not to be missed.( €10.00).

The Town Square will be the centre of attention on both Saturday and Sunday with Food and Crafts markets running both days and on Sunday the Square will reverberate with a Traditional Ceili Mor and then The Macroom Town Rats will take to the stage for a no doubt rocking free concert.

Fred play Macroom on Saturday 22nd

Declan Sinnott and his band Small Town Talk takes to the stage of the Briery Gap with support form the Ceili All Stars to bring the festival to a rousing end. (€17.00)

We are delighted to offer a limited availability All Access Festival pass which allows entry to all gigs for €75.00.

Music isn’t the only focus and kids of all ages will have a wide and varied choice of workshops and events on Saturday where they can learn circus tricks to even a Baby Rave.

In recognition of Macroom being the hometown to the legendary Mountain Dew Festival which brought live rock music to these shores in the late 70s and early 80s we are mounting a commemorative exhibition in the Festival Office which is bound to jog the memory of many a rocker.

The Macroom Ensemble present their production of the hilarious play Two set in a real live public house at Ui Chroinin from Tuesday18th to Tursday 20th in a free ticketed event.

There will be free live music in many of the festival bars and we would like to thank our sponsors, Bavaria Beer and An Realt Dearg Cork as well the supporting Festival Bars and the many Friends of the festival who have contributed and helped in getting the festival off the ground.