CAIRDE FESTIVAL LINE UP 2011
Date: July 3, 2011
Time:
7 pm
Event: THE SHELLEY RIVER BOAT RACE
Category: Family Events
Venue: Race starts JFK Parade
Admin:
FREE
The Shelley River Boat Race is a massive outdoor celebration of the Shelley River (Garavogue) featuring a model boat race on the river with street entertainment and music along the river banks. This event is the result of an on-going community arts project where various community groups throughout Sligo town and county have been busy making model boats as well as décor to adorn the Shelley River.
Make your own boat and join in the fun. Take part in our free drop in workshop this Saturday June 25th at Joyn Studios, 3 Charles Street from 12 to 3 or make the boat yourself at home. Guidelines are available below.
Come join in the fun... lots of street and circus entertainment and a free outdoor concert by The Odd Socks Revival. From 7pm.
Build your boat: Guidlines and examples (PDF)
Date: July 3, 2011
Time:
2pm
Event: BURNT WOOD Visual Art Exhibition by Heidi Wickham
Category: Visual Arts
Venue: The Yeat’s Memorial Building
Admin:
FREE
SLIGO artist, HEIDI WICKHAM, has put together a collection of animal and landscape charcoal drawings for The Yeats memorial Building, Hyde Bridge. The work includes Wickham favourites: hares and cows, but a few other animals make an appearance too. All the drawings are made using compressed charcoal or "burnt wood", probably mankind's earliest mark-making tool.
Date: July 4, 2011
Time:
12pm and 7pm
Event: Bunk Puppets and Scamp Theatre present: STICKS, STONES, BROKEN BONES
Category: Family Events
Venue: THE MODEL, THE MALL, SLIGO
Admin:
€10.00
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From Montreal, Jeff Achtem transforms bits of junk into surreal shadow puppets. Flying chickens, brain transplants and sneaky Ninjas! Come play in the dark. In each shadow puppet scene, the audience simultaneously watches the visual transformation of household junk, into shadow puppet cartoons. A feast for the imagination.
Adm is €10 / €7
ALL AGES WELCOME!
Edinburgh Spotlight: "Nothing short of magical"
The Skinny: "He reminds you what your imagination is for."
Edinburgh Evening News: "The intricacy of his creations is amazing"
Date: July 4, 2011
Time:
1pm
Event: CHEKHOV’S THE BEAR
Category: Theatre
Venue: SLIGO TRADES CLUB, CASTLE ST
Admin:
€12.00
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In her drawing room, Elena Popova, feisty and vulnerable in equal measures, and smouldering with maudlin passion, is mourning the death of her husband while attended by her faithful manservant Luka. Enter Smirnov, an arrogant, self-centred retired soldier, farmer, vendor and self-proclaimed misogynist, seeking payment of an old debt...
In this hilarious comedy of errors Chekhov gives new insight into the absurdly thin line between love and hate!
Ticket Price of €12 includes lunch by the fabulous Kate's Kitchen.
Featuring Jaimie Carswell, Fiona McGeown, Pablo Ibarluzea and directed by Caroline Lynch.
Date: July 4, 2011
Time:
10pm
Event: CIRQUE DE LEGUME
Category: Cabaret
Venue: MCGARRIGLES UPSTAIRS
Admin:
€10.00
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Hailed by the Scotsman as "utterly bonkers"and described by the Edinburgh Fringe Review as "Jacques Tati meets Tommy Cooper at the greengrocers" this is your chance to catch the Greatest Vegetable Circus on Earth before it tours to the prestigious Montréal Completément Cirque Festival where they perform alongside Victoria Chaplin and Cirque du Soleil, among many other circus greats. Enjoy 50 minutes of pure mayhem as two idiots put on an amazingly stupid circus spectacular using only a chair and a box of cast-off vegetables! Driven by an explosive theatrical imagination and unbridled absurdity, Cirque de Légume shows us how beautiful life can be if we only stop to play with it. Catch the insanity of Sligo's homegrown circus success with two exclusive Irish dates at Cairde. "Has to be seen to be believed!" RTE Radio One."
Cirque de legume 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBvGtpHafC8
Date: July 5, 2011
Time:
12pm and 7pm
Event: Bunk Puppets and Scamp Theatre present: STICKS, STONES, BROKEN BONES
Category: N/A
Venue: THE MODEL, THE MALL, SLIGO
Admin:
€12.00
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From Montreal, Jeff Achtem transforms bits of junk into surreal shadow puppets. Flying chickens, brain transplants and sneaky Ninjas! Come play in the dark. In each shadow puppet scene, the audience simultaneously watches the visual transformation of household junk, into shadow puppet cartoons. A feast for the imagination.
Adm is €12 / €8 Family Ticket of 4 €35.00
ALL AGES WELCOME.
Edinburgh Spotlight: "Nothing short of magical"
The Skinny: "He reminds you what your imagination is for."
Edinburgh Evening News: "The intricacy of his creations is amazing"
Date: July 5, 2011
Time:
1pm
Event: CHEKHOV’S THE BEAR
Category: N/A
Venue: SLIGO TRADES CLUB, CASTLE ST
Admin:
€12.00
In her drawing room, Elena Popova, feisty and vulnerable in equal measures, and smouldering with maudlin passion, is mourning the death of her husband while attended by her faithful manservant Luka. Enter Smirnov, an arrogant, self-centred retired soldier, farmer, vendor and self-proclaimed misogynist, seeking payment of an old debt...
In this hilarious comedy of errors Chekhov gives new insight into the absurdly thin line between love and hate!
Featuring Jaimie Carswell, Fiona McGeown and directed by Caroline Lynch.
Date: July 5, 2011
Time:
10pm
Event: CIRQUE DE LEGUME
Category: Cabaret
Venue: MCGARRIGLES UPSTAIRS
Admin:
€10.00
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Hailed by the Scotsman as "utterly bonkers"and described by the Edinburgh Fringe Review as "Jacques Tati meets Tommy Cooper at the greengrocers" this is your chance to catch the Greatest Vegetable Circus on Earth before it tours to the prestigious Montréal Completément Cirque Festival where they perform alongside Victoria Chaplin and Cirque du Soleil, among many other circus greats. Enjoy 50 minutes of pure mayhem as two idiots put on an amazingly stupid circus spectacular using only a chair and a box of cast-off vegetables! Driven by an explosive theatrical imagination and unbridled absurdity, Cirque de Légume shows us how beautiful life can be if we only stop to play with it. Catch the insanity of Sligo's homegrown circus success with two exclusive Irish dates at Cairde. "Has to be seen to be believed!" RTE Radio One."
Date: July 6, 2011
Time:
1pm
Event: CHEKHOV’S THE BEAR
Category: Theatre
Venue: SLIGO TRADES CLUB, CASTLE ST
Admin:
€12.00
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In her drawing room, Elena Popova, feisty and vulnerable in equal measures, and smouldering with maudlin passion, is mourning the death of her husband while attended by her faithful manservant Luka. Enter Smirnov, an arrogant, self-centred retired soldier, farmer, vendor and self-proclaimed misogynist, seeking payment of an old debt...
In this hilarious comedy of errors Chekhov gives new insight into the absurdly thin line between love and hate!
Featuring Jaimie Carswell, Fiona McGeown and directed by Caroline Lynch.
Date: July 6, 2011
Time:
9pm
Event: LISA HANNIGAN With support by John Smith
Category: Music
Venue: THE MODEL
Admin:
€20.00
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"I’ve spent the last year travelling about and writing songs for my second record. During that time I met Joe Henry and from that moment I knew he was the man to help me make the record that was in my head.
I found a wonderful converted farmhouse studio in the middle of Snowdonia national park in Wales and we all headed over for a week. Gavin Glass played piano and banjo, Ross Turner was on drums, Shane Fitzsimons, double and electric bass, Donagh Molloy, harmonium and trumpet and an eight and a half months pregnant Lucy Wilkins played violin and arranged a couple of songs for cello and violin. John Smith joined for some guitar and general tomfoolery. The album will be out in the autumn and I can’t wait to get out and play the songs from it. " - Lisa Hannigan
Date: July 6, 2011
Time:
11am
Event: The Model Cinema - Eleanor's Secret
Category: Theatre
Venue: The Model
Admin:
FREE
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Featuring the best of children's fairytales characters such as Alice in Wonderland, Red Riding Hood, Peter Pan and many more Eleanor's Secret is a beautifully animated tale about the importance of being able to read. This screening is generously funded by The International Fund for Ireland.
FREE but booking is essential.
Date: July 6, 2011
Time:
2pm
Event: STORYTELLING
Category: Family Events
Venue: Sligo Library
Admin:
FREE
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Inter-active and fun storytelling session by Co Sligo Youth Theatre members Rebecca Williams and Jordan Gallagher. Suitable for ages 3 to 8, Rebecaa and Jordan will tell some classic tales with unusual twists!
Date: July 7, 2011
Time:
1pm
Event: CHEKHOV’S THE BEAR
Category: Theatre
Venue: SLIGO TRADES CLUB, CASTLE ST
Admin:
€12.00
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In her drawing room, Elena Popova, feisty and vulnerable in equal measures, and smouldering with maudlin passion, is mourning the death of her husband while attended by her faithful manservant Luka. Enter Smirnov, an arrogant, self-centred retired soldier, farmer, vendor and self-proclaimed misogynist, seeking payment of an old debt...
In this hilarious comedy of errors Chekhov gives new insight into the absurdly thin line between love and hate!
Featuring Jaimie Carswell, Fiona McGeown and directed by Caroline Lynch.
Date: July 7, 2011
Time:
10pm
Event: TUPELO WITH SUPPORT
Category: Music
Venue: MCGARRIGLES
Admin:
€12.00
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The band have been honing their sound up and down Ireland for the past few years, playing at festivals such as the Electric Picnic and Cork Jazz and picking up fans of the stature of Dave Fanning and Imelda May.
Following the release of their debut album Dirty Money, Tupelo have been playing live to packed houses all over Ireland. Cairde welcomes Tupelo for their first ever Sligo gig!
Date: July 7, 2011
Time:
2PM
Event: STORYTELLING
Category: Family Events
Venue: Greenlands Caravan Park, Rosses Point
Admin:
FREE
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Inter-active and fun storytelling session by Co Sligo Youth Theatre members Rebecca Williams and Jordan Gallagher. Suitable for ages 3 to 8, Rebecaa and Jordan will tell some classic tales with unusual twists!
Date: July 8, 2011
Time:
9pm
Event: YUNGCHEN LHAMO & DONAL LUNNY - CANCELLED
Category: Music
Venue:
Admin:
FREE
THIS EVENT HAS UNFORTUNATELY BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS.
We hope to re-schedule this event again later in the year and wish Yungchen Lhamo a speedy recovery.
Date: July 8, 2011
Time:
10pm
Event: BAREFOOT, CO-EX + DJ JAM
Category: Music
Venue: MCGARRIGLES UPSTAIRS
Admin:
€10.00
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An exciting musical double bill featuring Barefoot and Co-Ex
BAREFOOT are a dynamic trio who bring together a unique blend of original and traditional music.
Influences such as Irish, Balkan and Austrian folk, Indian classical music, and African rhythm, meet the original songs and compositions of this vibrant, atmospheric project.
Featuring Claudia Schwab, Fergal O’Connor and Eamonn Cagney.
CoEx: Electro-dub and Live Art (Germany/Austria/Ireland)
Cork-based German Klaus Vormehr, has been composing and recording electronic music for 20 years here in Ireland. One of the founders of Sligo’s infamous Dub Club in the early 90’s he will performing his first gig in the town since then.
The CoEx sound is steeped in deepest dub, but with lively latin dance beats played by Dublin percussionist, Peter Crann. Claudia Schwab draws from her classical and oriental music influences to create virtuostic trance-tastic soundscapes with her violin. Multi-instrumentalist Sarah Barry adds high-octane and colourful performance to the group with a variety of instruments.
Peter will also be improvising live animation by creating live sand drawings projected onto screen.
Go to both The Bahh Band in Source at 7pm and Barefoot and Co-Ex for a joint ticket price of €20.00
Date: July 8, 2011
Time:
7pm
Event: THE BAHH BAND
Category: Music
Venue: Source
Admin:
€15.00
What happens when a thousand year old musical tradition gets washed up on the shores of a vibrant multi-cultural city in the West of Ireland. The result is the Bahh Band. Based in Galway, the Bahh Band mix Indian classical forms with an array of world folk traditions and stir it all up with a healthy dose of rock and blues. Founded in 2007, the group have been recruiting musicians to realise a vision of ecstatic and passionate semi-improvised music. From performing in a thunderous storm packed tent on the final night of Electric Picnic, to playing for thousands of devotees in the RDS in Dublin for Indian guru, Amma, the Bahh Band have become known for their hypnotic and engaging live shows. An equal parts blending of Dead Can Dance, Sigur Ros and Kila, the Bahh Band have developed a cult following based on their unique sound.
“exceedingly talented and diverse the Bahh Band mix bluegrass, folk and eastern sounds seamlessly …East meets West in the best possible way”
Ticket Price of €15 includes a glass of wine and tapas
Special Ticket Deal: Go to this event and Barefoot & Co-Ex in McGarrigles for the joint ticket price of €20.00.
Date: July 8, 2011
Time:
2PM
Event: STORYTELLING
Category: Family Events
Venue: Strandhill Caravan Park
Admin:
FREE
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Inter-active and fun storytelling session by Co Sligo Youth Theatre members Rebecca Williams and Jordan Gallagher. Suitable for ages 3 to 8, Rebecaa and Jordan will tell some classic tales with unusual twists!
Date: July 9, 2011
Time:
12pm
Event: THE FRIVOLOUS FARE
Category: Family Events
Venue: STEPHEN ST CAR PARK
Admin:
FREE
Sligo’s monthly flea market of eclectic and frivolous fare joins in with the Cairde festivites. Come browse our wares of vintage and new bazar to the background music of the 1920’s-50’s. Guest Djs, retroware, jewellery, vintage records, furniture, clothes, crafts and snacky, goody, yum yums. www.thefrivolousfare.blogspot.com
Date: July 9, 2011
Time:
10PM
Event: RHYTHMS OF THE CITY + GLOBAL JAM
Category: Music
Venue: GARAVOGUE BAR / OUTDOOR
Admin:
FREE
Rhythms of The City are the UK's premier samba percussion squad and London's multi-award winning jazz community the F-IRE Collective. They perform not only authentic carnival samba, but many other funky styles (salsa, soca, reggae, funk, hiphop...) with the same passion and energy. Drummers, singers, dancers, horns and guitars combine in a unique spectacle of up to 75 performers.
Date: July 9, 2011
Time:
9pm
Event: Rumbatism
Category: Music
Venue: Source
Admin:
FREE
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Rumbatism is a band led by Sligo based Mallorcan singer/guitarist Felip Carbonell of No Crows fame and his long time collaborator, Sligo's greatest jazz export, Michael Nielsen.
For Rumbatism, Felip and Michael are joined by guitarist Eddie McFarlane, drummer / percussionist Ken McDonald and bassist Eddie Lee. Sligo people will be no strangers to the line up here - five virtuosic players who collaborate with each other at regular intervals and always to spectacular results.
An enticing musical mix - both rootsy and virtuosic, the band specialises in Felip's own fiery brand of catalan rumba - a Catalonian take on the more traditional rumba music of South America, made famous throughout the latin world by Gato Perez.
This is a free event but donations are welcome.
Date: July 10, 2011
Time:
12pm
Event: PARK FEST
Category: Family Events
Venue: THE PEACE PARK
Admin:
FREE
Those who know Park Fest know that this is one of the highlights of the Cairde Festival. A day long outdoor event in Sligo's beautiful Peace Park with music, circus, arts and crafts free art workshops for children and a range of food.
This year’s Park Fest features music by Oliver Alcorn, Own a Chord Barbershop Quartet, Raw Chocolate, and the wonderful No Crows featuring Russian violin virtuoso Oleg Ponomarev. We are also very happy to present the amazing Barren Carrousel.:
The last remaining members of this 27th generation circus family will dazzle you
with backcracking contortions and death defying aerial feats. Prepare to be amazed!
Join us in The Peace Park for a day of wonderful entertainment and all free of charge!
Date: July 10, 2011
Time:
8PM
Event: MASSIVE SUNDAY MASS JAM
Category: Music
Venue: MCGARRIGLES
Admin:
FREE
