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27 Jun 09 @ 1:01am
August Féile 2009 – sneak peak!

Cup of tea festival-goer?

August Féile 2009 is on its way and we here at the Féile office are very excited! A sneak peak at our upcoming programme is the least you deserve as an avid festival fan… drum roll please.

Cool, groundbreaking events include the P.J. McGrory Memorial Lecture with Uachtarán na hÉireann: The President of Ireland Mary McAleese, music from the world-renowned Stereo MC’s, the coveted London Community Gospel Choir, America’s upcoming folk giants Crooked Still and the one and only Chumbawamba: controversial, loud and revolutionary…

You cannot miss August Féile ‘09! Also in our August Féile programme are Scribes At The West with Alexei Sayle and Fr. Ted/Jam & Jerusalem’s very own part-time philanthropist Pauline McLynn (tea will possibly be served at the event) and Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy). More acts to be confirmed, keep an eye out here or join our mailing list. It’s coming, it’s coming!

Comments

dubbhoy

LOVE MUSIC HATE RACISM GIG with London-Calling the No1 Clash tribute band from Bristol playing fri 31st in McEnaneys bar,tickets at door,this follows a talk on HOW TO TACKLE RACISM IN SPORT,at 730

dubbhoy

London-calling,the No1 Clash tribute band from Bristol,playing a Love Music-Hate Racism gig in McENANEYS bar,pay at door £6,as part of the Love Football Hate Racism weekend

Ciarán

i hear the cutaways are doing a free gig :]
when is programme launched?

Máirtín

Any chance of updating this thing a bit more often? Alternatively you could try to get the programmes out a bit earlier. Other festivals release programmes 1 or 2 months or more in advance. Féile seem to do it a couple of weeks beforehand. Surely we deserve more from one of the biggest festivals in europe so we can plan our holidays/recovery days in advance. le meas nach beag

Robbi

The site is updated quite a lot! [=
This new site only went online a few days ago, and rest assured there will be many news updates this week! You may want to follow us on Twitter for even more updates!

On the programme: August Féile is a community festival, therefore hundreds of events run by the community and community groups must be confirmed, organised and thoroughly planned. It is impossible to get the programme out any earlier. Most other festivals are not community festivals, so they have programmes out that teeny bit earlier.

Hope that's cleared it up a teeny bit, get in touch if not! Will you be popping over to West Belfast in August?

Le barróg agus meas,
Robbi @ Féile HQ