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Achill International Harp Festival 26th – 29th October 2018
The third Achill International Harp Festival takes place on Achill Island from 26th – 29th October 2018 (a Bank Holiday weekend in Ireland). The event welcomes harpers from across the globe, provides workshops for harpists of all levels, a harp making workshop, and nightly concerts.
For latest information, and to book tickets online, please visit achillharpfestival.ie or facebook.com/AchillHarpFestival. Or scroll down for full listings:
Friday 26th October
Harp Making Workshop
Coláiste Pobal Acla, Achill Sound
12 noon – 5.00pm.
Concert
The Wavecrest, Dooagh
‘From Noia to Achill’
Doors 7.30pm
Live Festival Club
Gielty’s Clew Bay, Dooagh
11pm.
Saturday 27th October
Harp Workshop
Bunnacurry National School, Bunnacurry
9.30am – 1pm.
Beginner’s Harp Workshop
Naíonra, Bunnacurry
9.30am – 1pm.
Harp Making Workshop
Coláiste Pobal Acla, Achill Sound
10am noon – 5.00pm.
Guided Nature Walk
Lourdie’s, Dooagh
With Mick Kane.10.30am.
Sean Nós Dance Workshop
Ted’s Bar & Cafe, Cashel
With Liam Scanlon.
11.30am – 12.30pm.
Paddy Cafferkey Concert
Gielty’s Clew Bay, Dooagh
Tríona Marshall, Laoise Kelly, Kathleen Loughnane & more.
2.30pm – 4pm.
Singing Workshop
Bunnacurry National School, Bunnacurry
Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich
2.30pm – 4pm.
Mixed Instrument Workshop
Bunnacurry National School, Bunnacurry
Michael Rooney
3.00pm – 4.30pm.
Talk: ‘The Irish Harp Symbol, Its Past, Present & Future’
Achill Field School, Dooagh
With Mary Louise O’Donnell & Toner Quinn
2.30pm – 4pm.
Teen Session
Ted’s Bar & Cafe, Cashel
4.00pm.
Concert
Wavecrest, Dooagh
Connla (Éire), Annika Mändmaa Band (Estonia), Anxo Lorenzo & Friends (Galicia)
doors 7.30pm.
Live Festival Club
Gielty’s Clew Bay, Dooagh
11pm.
Sunday 28th October
Harp Workshop
Bunnacurry National School, Bunnacurry
10.00am – 1pm.
Beginner’s Harp Workshop
Naíonra, Bunnacurry
10.00am – 1pm.
Harp Making Workshop
Coláiste Pobal Acla, Achill Sound
10am – 5.00pm.
Gagalaí Gug!
Ted’s Bar & Cafe, Cashel
Children’s music & song workshop with Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin
10.00am – 10.45pm.
Mixed Instrument Workshop
Bunnacurry National School, Bunnacurry
With Anxo Lorenzo (Galicia)
10.00am – 11.30am.
Two Hand & Ceili Dance Workshop
Ted’s Bar & Cafe, Cashel
With Liam Scanlon & Edwina Guckian
11.30am – 12.30pm.
Irish Harp Makers Exhibition
Keel Hall, Keel
12pm – 4.00pm.
Film: ‘Iomramh an Chamino’
Gielty’s Clew Bay, Dooagh
Followed by chat & music with film maker, crew and Galician musicians.
2.00pm – 4.00pm.
Mixed Instrument Workshop
Bunnacurry National School, Bunnacurry
Annika Mändmaa (Estonia)
2.30pm – 4.00pm.
Teen Session
Achill Head Hotel, Pollagh
Annika Mändmaa (Estonia)
4.00pm.
Recital
Achill Field School, Dooagh
Brendan Ring & Michèle Vassal, Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin & Úna Ní Fhlannagáin.
4.30pm – 5.30pm.
Harp Makers Meeting
Óstán Oileán Acla, Achill Sound
5.00pm.
Concert
Wavecrest, Dooagh
Compasses (Venezuela), Michael Rooney (Éire).
Doors 7.30pm.
Céilí
Wavecrest, Dooagh
Tom Doherty & Friends.
10.30pm.
Monday 29th October
Harp Workshop
Bunnacurry National School, Bunnacurry
10.00am – 1pm.
Beginner’s Harp Workshop
Naíonra, Bunnacurry
10.00am – 1pm.
Harp Making Workshop
Coláiste Pobal Acla, Achill Sound
10am – 5.00pm.
Talk: ‘Ár nDúchas Gaelach’
Achill Field School, Dooagh
With Peadar Kirby
11.30am – 12.20pm.
Masterclass Workshop
Gielty’s Clew Bay, Dooagh
Compasses (Venezuela).
12.00 noon – 1.30pm.
Concert & CD Launch
Achill Head Hotel, Pollagh
Kathleen Loughnane, Cormac, Catríona & Moya Cannon, Harry Lawlor
3.00pm – 4.30pm.
