Irish Catalan Cultural Long Weekend
Start Date: October 23, 2014
End Date: October 26, 2014
Time: 10:00 am to 11:59 am
Description
Sitges Performers &
Overview of Calendar of Events
Download the full programme here and festival map here. Performers profiles can be accessed from links on left of this page. Travel & accommodation info/deals available here
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Sitges Festival Ticket Outlets:
L’Avinyet, C/Jesús 12, Sitges
Bonita Bonita, Carrer Major 17, 08870, Sitges
This event is produced by Artscope, Ireland
Thursday October 23rd
Time | Event | Venue | Cost |
10.00pm | Creative Connexions Meet & Greet
Join participants, visitors and festival supporters for an informal Creative Connexions welcome! |
Casablanca, c/Pau Barrabeig 5 | FREE |
Friday October 24th
Time | Event | Venue | Cost |
Daily/Various times | Sitges Sessions
Informal music sessions in bars throughout Sitges, come along and enjoy, or take part! |
Musicians welcome. Please check session map for times & venues | FREE |
7.30pm (open daily during festival) | Jon Berkeley Exhibition & Festival Launch |
Galeria Àgora 3 | FREE
|
9.30pm | Kaleidoscope Gig
Colm Keegan, Xavi Rota, Desi Wilkinson, Donal O’Connor, Mossie Martin, Bernard Flaherty, Fionnán Mac Gabhann, Francesc Sans & Corrandes són Corrandes (Christian Simelio, Gerard Diaz & Anaís Falcó). A kaleidoscopic night showcasing the best of Irish and Catalan music, poetry, song and dance performed by Creative Connexions festival participants. |
Bonita Bonita | €5 |
11.00pm till late | Late Night Festival Club @ Casablanca |
Casablanca, c/Pau Barrabeig 5 | FREE |
Saturday October 25th
Time | Event | Venue | Cost |
During gallery opening hours | Jon Berkeley Exhibition
Will run daily throughout the festival |
Galeria Àgora 3 | FREE |
Various times | Sitges Sessions
Informal music sessions in bars throughout Sitges, come along and enjoy, or take part! |
Musicians welcome. Please check session map for times & venues | FREE |
10.30am | Creative Writing Workshops
Adult session with Katie Donovan & Teenage session with Colm Keegan |
Hotel Romàntic | Adults €10 Teenagers €8 booking recommended: info@creative-connexions.eu |
11.00am | Family Events
– Irish and Catalan Dance Workshop, learn an Irish & Catalan dance in this in this fun-filled workshop with Jim Monaghan (Ireland) & La Agrupacio de Balls Populars de Sitges. – Informal Irish Bodhran and Catalan Gralla Workshop |
Mont Roig | FREE |
12.00 noon
1.00pm |
Creative Connexions @ Museu Romàntic
– Irish/Catalan Folk Music Discussion & Concert Ellen Cranitch, Fionnan Mac Gabhann, Angel Laguna, Cumann na nÓg, Minairons and special guest Denise Kelly (harp) – First Irish : First Catalan Nacho de Castro, C. A. Devine, Jacqueline Hurtley, Colm Keegan, Arnau Martorell, presented by JR Armadàs |
Museu Romàntic | €5.00 for 2 events |
5.00pm | Young Musicians Platform
Craobh Phiarais |
Palau de Maricel | FREE |
7.00pm | A Celebration of the Poetry of W.B.Yeats – through reading, music and song.
Jacqueline Hurtley, Katie Donovan, Geraldine Plunkett, Denise Kelly, Ellen Cranitch, Fionnán Mac Gabhann, Francesc Sans & Sitges Canta!
|
Palau de Maricel | €10.00 |
9.30pm | Liam Ó Maonlaí in Concert with special guest Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill
supported by TraDITum
|
Palau de Maricel | €12.00 |
11.00pm till late | Late Night Festival Club @ Casablanca |
Casablanca, C/ Pau Barrabeig, 5 |
FREE |
Sunday October 26th
Time | Event | Venue | Cost |
During gallery opening times | Jon Berkeley Exhibition
Will run daily throughout the festival |
Galeria Àgora 3 | FREE |
Various times | Sitges Sessions
Informal music sessions in bars throughout Sitges, come along and enjoy, or take part! |
Musicians welcome. Please check session map for times & venues | FREE |
12.00 noon | Catalan Ceilí – A Music and Dance Spectacle
|
Mont Roig | FREE |
12.30pm | Poetry Corner : Poems Old and New
Katie Donovan, August Bover & special guest readers Join a host of Irish and Catalan poets and supporters of poetry for a reading of their favourite old and new poems. Enjoy a glass of cava and entertainment by some of the festival musicians, and special guest Eulàlia Ara (soprano and cello). |
Bonita Bonita | €5 |
5.30pm | Publishing Poetry Today in Ireland & Catalonia – Found in Translation
With special guests Peter Fallon (The Gallery Press) & Francesc Parcerisas, presented by John McAuliffe |
Palau de Maricel | FREE |
7.00pm | Irish and Catalan Poetry Reading
Peter Fallon, Cèlia Sànchez-Mústich, Francesc Parcerisas, John McAuliffe & Sara Berkeley |
Palau de Maricel | FREE |
9.30pm | Creative Connexions Festival Bands: Bruel (Catalunya), Coisir Ceol (Ireland)
Bruel: Anaís Falcó (fiddle & voice),Xavi Rota (guitar), Angel Laguna (gaites), Coisir Ceol: Danny Diamond (fiddle), Desi Wilkinson (flute & voice), Martin Quinn (accordion) & Fionnán Mac Gabhann (Uilleann pipes) |
La Cava Club (El Retiro) | €10 |
11.00pm till late | Creative Connexions Festival Party
El Pony Pisador and more …….. |
Hotel Romàntic – all welcome! | €5 |
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