Event: Flamenco Dance Night
Venue: Grange Hall
Date: Friday 21 June
Time: 8pm
A wonderful night of entertainment with Flamenco dancer Mercedes, accompanied by guitarist John Walsh. Also excerpts from the Lola Montez show performed by Music in the Glen. The show tells the story of the extraordinary life of Lola Montez – an artiste of the 19th century, who invented burlesque, briefly ruled Bavaria, was thrown out of 3 European capitals, captivated Broadway, entranced the Wild West and died penniless in Hell’s Kitchen at the age of 42.What is not widely known is Lola started life as Eliza Gilbert in Grange Castle, County Sligo.
The Cabaret traces Lola’s life taking bites from cabaret, jazz and soul.Since launching in 2009, Lola Montez has enjoyed triumphant shows at Dolan’s Warehouse, the Sugar Club, the Pop-up Playhouse and the Daghda space
Event:Festival Club
Venue: Moran’s Pub & Marquee
Date: Friday 21 June
Time: 10pm
Entertainment and music ’til late into the night at Moran’s Pub in Grange with Backwater Jack, a high-energy, funky six-piece band, delivering a lively, stylish & entertaining mix of soul, rock’n’roll & classic pop covers. Influences range from The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Tina Turner and Ella Fitzgerald to Fleetwood Mac, Imelda May, Bonnie Raitt, Carole King and many more.
This Sligo/Leitrim based band features the powerful vocal lead and harmony singing of Anne Brennan and the Gallagher sisters, Jane and Maev, slickly backed by Nick Dimes on keyboards, John Ryan on percussion and Paul Wilson on bass.
Event:Armada Journals – Scottish & Irish Connections
Venue: Grange Hall
Date: Saturday 22 June
Time: 10am
A series of talks & presentations by some of the foremost Spanish Armada experts including Dr. Colin Martin, Dr. Paula Martin & Mr. Joe McGowan. Topics covered will include De Cuellar’s Journey Home: The Scottish Connection (Dr. Colin Martin);
The Search for Armada Gold (Dr. Paula Martin); De Cuellar: Gáirdin a’ Bhádh and The Riddle of Carraig na Spáinne (Joe McGowan).
Morning Session 10am-12:45pm
Afternoon Session 1:30pm-2:15pm
Event:Workshop on inspecting, monitoring & managing a wreck site
Venue:The Courthouse
Date: Saturday 22 June
Time: 2:30pm
A two-hour workshop between 2:30pm and 4:30pm at the Courthouse in Grange on how to manage a wreck site.
Event:Book Launch
Venue:Barry’s Pub
Date: Saturday 22 June
Time: 5pm
Details: TBC
Event: Les Muls Troubadors
Venue:Grange Hall
Date: Saturday 22 June
Time: 8pm
Spanish group Les Muls Troubadors (The Troubador Mules) from Majorca perform at Grange Hall. Born and bred in a Mediterranean farm, fed with ROOTS music and spectacle of their homeland, they aremodern inheritors of the RHYTHM and FOOLERY of their ancestors, wellmixed with hot and exotic spices from new lands.
The Mules, Felip Carbonell and Miquel Barceló, are a hybrid off-sping duo long time emigrated from their sunny Mallorca. Destination: rainy Ireland. Where they have teamed-up with two native mules, (Eddie McFarlane & Ken ‘Tonto’ McDonagh), improving the groove features of the animal.From port to port, like wandering minstrels, they sing, dance, improvise and fabulate with the rough poetry of the common people searching to spread the universal spirit of celebration.
Event: Festival Club
Venue:Moran’s Pub & Marquee
Date: Saturday 22 June
Time: 10pm
Entertainment and music ’til late into the night at Moran’s Pub in Grange with Rackhouse Pilfer, a six-piece bluegrass, folk, alt-country and Americana Band based in Sligo.Along with original songs, the band performs bluegrass & folk songs, old-time country songs & reinterpretations of their favourite artists/music.
Event:Walk/Tour event
Venue:TBC
Date:Sunday 23 June
Time:TBC
Details:TBC
Event:Fiesta Sunday
Venue:Main St. & Park
Date: Sunday 23 June
Time:1pm-6pm
Music stage, youth theatre, Seafood Sunday & Grange Street Fiesta, puppet shows, face painting, school pageants, Straw Boys, De Cuellar sketches, and much, much more all in centre of Grange from 1pm-6pm.
Event: Open Mic & Music Session
Venue:Moran’s Pub & Marquee
Date: Sunday 23 June
Time: 8pm
FESTIVAL CLUB: It’s Anchors Aweigh as we encourage local musicians and singers to take to the stage as this year’s festival draws to a close.
