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IRISHMANCHESTER FESTIVAL 2010 Friday 5th March - Sunday 21st March 2010 www.manchesteririshfestival.co.uk Message from Manchester Irish Festival Co Chairs: Dear Friends of the Manchester Irish Festival Its great to welcome you back to another year of culture, arts, music and dance from the Irish Community of Manchester. We ask you to join in and help us celebrate our festival which is an exciting part of our wonderful city life. We take this opportunity to thank our Sponsor's, Manchester City Council and our volunteers without whose support we wouldn't be able to put on this great festival. A special thanks to everyone that turns out to our St. Patrick's festival events, without your support the festival could not happen. Please come down and show your support on the Sunday the 14th March for the festival parade, sponsored this year by Quinn Insurance. Your County Needs You! Please support your County in Ireland by wearing their Jersey or county colour s, On the day come and walk with them in the parade. Signed, Co. Chairs, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Cllr. John Flanagan John and Kevin 3 PRE FESTIVAL EVENTS Wednesday 3rd March St Kentigerns Irish Social Club www.stkents.co.uk - 0161 224 2033 Irish Dancing with the Keegan / Kennedy Thursday 25th February School of Irish Dancing St Kentigerns Irish Social Club From 6.30pm Contact Louise on 07879290541- Clara on www.stkents.co.uk - 0161 224 2033 07983545980 Set Dancing All welcome - 7.30pm Contact Eamon on 0161 448 8675 Wednesday 3rd March ‘Ireland and the World’ Schools Exhibition Manchester Town Hall, Conference Hall Saturday 27th February A showcase exhibition of artwork produced by Schools in St Kentigerns Irish Social Club Manchester at workshops in the Irish World Heritage Centre. www.stkents.co.uk - 0161-224-2033 12pm to 2pm. £Free. Irish Language classes Tel: 0161 205 4007. Web: www.iwhc.com Pat Mc Guinness, Chair, M I LG. 0161 225 0645. Wednesday 3rd March Conradh Na Gaelige Irish Language Class Monday 1st March Irish World Heritage Centre St Kentigerns Irish Social Club A social session involving singing, poetry, short talks. For www.stkents.co.uk - 0161 224 2033 beginners to advanced level. 25 Card Drive - 8pm – 10pm Bacon / Ham Joint for the Winners Tel: 0161 205 4007. Web: www.iwhc.com Sponsored by Budweiser Thursday 4th March Tuesday 2nd March Irish Music Lessons St Kentigerns Irish Social Club Irish World Heritage Centre www.stkents.co.uk - 0161 224 2033 St. Wilfred’s Branch C.C.E. All ages welcome. Don Night - Contact Michelle O’Leary on 0161 205 1515 k Bacon / Ham for the winners from 9pm 7pm u Tel: 0161 205 4007. Web: www.iwhc.com . Irish Language Classes from 8pm o Set Dancing From 7.30pm c Darts - 9 Dart Challenge Thursday 4th March . l Sponsor by Whyte & Mackay The Irish Trio at Mulligans a Every Tues Till 23rd March 9pm – Close v Mulligans Irish Bar, City Centre, 12 Southgate, i Deansgate, M3 2RB Tel. 0161 288 0006 t s e f h s i r i r e t s e h c n a m . w w w 4 Fáilte A warm Irish welcome awaits all our visitors as Manchester celebrates its fifteenth Irish festival We have tried to include something for everyone to enjoy in our two week extravaganza of events, staged at venues throughout Greater Manchester. The Manchester Irish Festival Friday 5th March - Sunday 21st March 2010 Friday 5th March Friday 5th March ‘Isteach is Amach’ Manchester Irish Festival - Irish Blues Night Manchester Town Hall with Sean Taylor plus guests Education day featuring a Blue Badge Irish tour of Manchester M19 Bar & Venue in the morning conducted by Anne Beswick. 847 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 3PW Oxford Archaeology North presents a talk on recent Manchester M19 3PW Tel. 0161 224 8135 excavations at Angel Meadow, Manchester City Centre. Admission: £3 / £5 7pm 10am – 3pm. Free. For tickets visit www.m19.com Tel: 0161 205 4007. Web: www.iwhc.com Irish Blues Night is a preview night for Sean Taylor’s new Blues album just recorded in Dublin. Plus a host of support acts playing tribute to some of Ireland’s favourite Blues artists such as Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Rory Gallagher and Thin Lizzy. Tony Sullivan Features sets by Gerry Murphy (the winner of the John Lennon Irish World Heritage Centre award for songwriting), plus Zacc Rogers, Ged Wilson, Playing live in the lounge bar Johnny Ryder and Midnight Mafia. 9.00pm. Free. Tel: 0161 205 4007. Web: www.iwhc.com Manchester Irish Festival - Ireland’s got the X Factor Union Inn Steven Smyth Showband Adm : £10 845 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, St Kentigerns Irish Social Club Manchester, Northwest M19 3PW Tel. 0161 224 1271 www.stkents.co.uk - 0161 224 2033 Admission: Free I've played in many venues around Manchester over the past 23 years in different bands from Philomena Begley to "The 8pm Indians" and more recently Declan Nerney's Band, before Have you got the X-Factor for the Irish Festival? Fancy yourself forming my own band 5 years ago. I've always had a great as the next Saw Doctors or Daniel O’Donnell? Then head down affiliation with Manchester over the years as my wife comes to the Union Inn to try out your stuff in front of a very from there and my son was born in St. Marys Hospital, but supportive audience and some lovely cuddly judges have lured them across the Irish Sea to Portaferry in County Down where we now presently live. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for supporting the band over these Manchester Irish Festival - k past few years and look forward to your continued support in Irish Karaoke and Sing a Long u the future. Farmers Arms . 11pm on stage. Sponsored by Heineken. 254 Burnage Lane, Burnage, Manchester M19 1EN o Tel: 0161 432 6441 c . 8pm Free Adm l Karaoke with the Doc a Grada v Waterside Arts Centre, 8:00pm i Perhaps the finest of the young generation of Irish traditional Irish Festival Launch Night t bands who are on tour with the release of their 4th album O Sheas s "Natural Angle". 9:00pm – 1am e "Enough steam in its heels to leave most of its peers at the Green Hot Clover are one of the youngest and most f starting blocks" - The Irish Times enthusiastic bands on the circuit. Combine this with their h £12.50 £6 (15yrs & under) doubtless talent and you have a great band playing great Irish s i Music! r i r The Craickers at Mulligans e 9pm – Close t Mulligans Irish Bar, City Centre, 12 Southgate, s Deansgate, M3 2RB Tel. 0161 288 0006 e h c n a m . w w w 6 Saturday 6th March 2010 Manchester Town Hall Young, Gifted & Green Annual Irish Music, Song and Dance Concert students from St Bede’s College Plus theKeegan Kennedy and Special Guests School of Irish Dancing Doors 6.45pm Show starts 7.30pm Compères Joe Casserley & Alan Keegan Tickets: £15/£20 Telephone: 0161 226 3323 Buy online: www.ticketline.co.uk Saturday 6th March Saturday 13th March Sunday 14th March St Patrick’s Day Oasis night Mothers Day Special Clancy with Wednesday Brothers Johnny Ryder Celtic Vibes 17th March Tribute and DJ Phil C Farmers Arms with Farmers Arms from 4pm - 8pm Grace & Oasis Lounge Union Inn Whisky Free from 8.30pm Kelly Adm in the Jar Free Adm Irish Music Session Union Inn from 3pm - 8pm Union Inn 8pm Free Adm Free Adm Friday 5th March Sean Taylor Irish Blues night new Blues album preview night 7.30pm plus sets by Gerry Murphy, Zacc Rogers, Ged Wilson & Johnny Ryder £3 adv / £5 door playing tribute to some of Ireland’s favourite Blues artists Friday 19th March Friday 12th March m19 Levenshulme Seeanan TTayloraylor Tradfest with Bar & Venue Claire Mooney launching their the Henry girls new album ‘Dawn’ & the Moving House Band thhee HHenryenry GGirlsirls Shake the Barley, Zoe Mulford, the Scally Brothers £3 adv / £5 door 8pm £5 advance, £7 on the door 8pm Thursday 11th March Caimh McDonnell Martin Big Pig MC Andrew Ryan Sean O’Shaughnessy Doors 8pm Show 8.30pm Tickets £5 Adv £7 Door Maartinrtin BBigig PigPig Caaimhimh MMcDonnellcDonnell m19 Comedy VERY STRONG LANGUAGE Levenshulme THROUGHOUT! Bar & Venue All acts subject to change. Rights of admission reserved. Night Cllaireaire MMooneyooney 847 Stockport Road M19 3AD email: [email protected] web: www.m19bar.com L e v e n s h u l www.manchesteririshfestival.co.uk m e y ompan Pub C Saturday 6th March Saturday 6th March DJ Billy The Irish Connection The Victoria Inn Wythenshawe FM 8:00pm 10:00am plus "Open the Box" £75 Prizes and upwards! 12 pm Tune into 97.2fm with John Lowry The Irish Connection Live music from Tony Ford every Saturday 10am - 12noon Bolton Irish Centre, Lever Street, Bolton BL3 2AB Tel: 01204 522632 Ceili St Kentigerns Irish Social Club Live Entertainment from Mark Burns www.stkents.co.uk - 0161 224 2033 The Talbot Club, 12 Eldon Place, Eccles M30 8QE Commence 8.30pm -- Band is Ceili Time Tel: 0161 789 1021 £5.00 with ticket and £6.00 on the door Workshop with Kathleen & Michael McGlynn, Sets and Sean Live Entertainment from the lovely - no's dancing. Annie Mac 11.00am-1.00pm. and 2.00pm-4.00pm. £3.00 for each two The Whalley Hotel, hour session or all day for £5.00. 2 Withington Road, Manchester 16.