Boyle Arts Festival has just relaunched its website www.boylearts.com and plans are progressing for an exciting event this July.
With a brand new look, lots more features and accessibility, the website gives the option to purchase tickets directly. With the line-up for Boyle Arts Festival 2024 now complete, tickets for a number of events are now available through www.boylearts.com
Boyle Arts Festival 2024 will open on Thursday July 18th and continue until Saturday July 27th.
(By Brendan McGee)
The Festival programme includes an impressive mix of live music, visual arts, drama, comedy, film, interviews, parades, free events, workshops, storytelling, children’s events, readings, guided tours, park bench dramas and much more! If you are planning a visit to Boyle this summer, then make it late July, in order to enjoy as much of BAF 2024 as possible!
Some of the big names in the live music genre include Paul Brady, Stockton’s Wing, Rebecca Storm, The Bridín trio, Eddi Reader and the Alan Kelly Gang.
There will also be music from Europe’s finest Fleetwood Mac tribute band, Mack Fleetwood, along with the Sligo Concert band and The Men Who Knew Too Much.
In the classical music genre, we have music and songs from Regina Nathan, James Nelson, The Kerry Chamber Choir along with our very popular Lunchtime concerts in King House.
Former RTÉ news anchor Bryan Dobson will be in the interviewer’s chair to talk to author and broadcaster Dawn O’Porter.
There are spoken word and literary events with Julian Vignoles, Martin Doyle, Ronan McGreevy, Elaine Feeney, Jane Gilheaney, Darragh Kelly, Gerry Boland and The Moylurg Writers.
We have outrageous comedy from the Dublin Comedy Improv., along with madcap drama from the Beezneez Theatre with their production of ‘The Pension Plan’.
We have an atmospheric film night with a screening of the 1924 silent classic ‘Blind Husbands’, accompanied by live music on the King house piano by Elaine Loebenstein. Also watch out for the first local screening of ‘Dinner 2050 – The future of food in Ireland’, with a panel of experts in this field.
Local artists and contributors have always been a huge part of BAF and this year we will have music performances from The Regulars, The Sessions, David Byrne, Ensemble 32, the Boyle Ukulele Group and the Traditional Singers Circle.
On Wednesday July 17th, the eve of the Festival opening, there will be a massive concert performance entitled ‘Songs About Love’ in St. Joseph’s Hall, featuring young people from Music Generation Roscommon.
We have a Family Day, Children’s costuming and percussion workshops, dance events with Victoria Walker Dance and drama with Isabel Claffey and a special piece entitled ‘Odras & the River Boyle’ featuring a collaboration between Vivienne Moran, the Brothers of Charity and Sparkcatchers, taking place in the Pleasure Grounds.
The centrepiece of Boyle Arts Festival is as always, the main Visual Exhibition in King House. The theme is ‘Visual Presence’ and it will feature over 100 artists from across Ireland, all curated by Paul McKenna. Building on the great work of previous selectors, 2024 will see a strong emphasis on painting and the theme will be manifested through diverse artistic approaches and by linking newer generations of emerging artists with more established ones.
Several other exhibitions will take place during the Festival including the renowned Open Art Exhibition, which will be in An Ríoga. Details about these will be published in the coming weeks.
Local sponsors have been the lifeblood of Boyle Arts Festival since the beginning and it really takes a whole community to make a Festival like this a success. We are appealing to the business community and residents of Boyle and beyond to consider making a donation to the Festival or to sponsor an event. Details of this are on our letters or you can donate through www.boylearts.com
For more information on Boyle Arts Festival 2024 please visit www.boylearts.com
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Boyle Arts Festival is supported by The Arts Council, Local Sponsors, Roscommon Co. Council and Fáilte Ireland. BAF is also supported by the Roscommon Co. Council Creative Ireland Programme 2024.
