Sligo Events

Cohen stage times

From Pod.ie

Gates 4pm
Leonard Cohen on stage: 7.30pm
Interval: 8.45pm
Leonard Cohen on stage: 9.10pm
Concert finishes: 10.55pm

31/07/10 Limited tickets still avail at www.ticketmaster.ie /ph 0818 719300

01/08/10 Tickets ranging from EU80, EU105, EU115 available from usual outlets.  Tickets on Sale now

Travel Information
To reduce traffic congestion and delays & arrive a few hundred yards from your concert seat book your place today on the priority coach service.
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Directions: Check AA’s Route Planner for routes from anywhere in Ireland to Sligo. www.aaireland.ie/routes

Trains: Check scheduled timetable at www.irishrail.ie. Bus Eireann will have a bus departing Sligo station adjacent to train station at 3pm, 3.30pm & 4pm Fri, Sat & Sun going to concerts.

Driving: Check www.aaireland.ie/routes for directions to Sligo. Once in Sligo drivers are advised to take the N15 there will be signposts directing to concert parking

Car Parking: There is ample free car parking at the venue. Car park is 7min walk to seating.

Taxis Drop Off/Pick up: Oxfield GAA grounds. There will be a shuttle service into concert site. There is a charge of EU3 one way/EU5 return for this shuttle and it will take aprox 7mins.

Disabilities: Any vehicles with HSE Disability badge in window will be waved into Disability Car Park. Distance to seating is aprox 200 yards.

Special Coach Service from Dublin
Sat 31st July Depart Busáras 2.30pm
Returning directly after the concert. EU32. Book at www.buseireann.ie

Coaches from Belfast; www.coachestoconcerts.co.uk

Large/small coach hire
Fureys of Sligo
07191 63092
www.fureysofsligo.com

POD and AEG Live very proudly present

LEONARD COHEN

at Lissadell House, County Sligo

Ending weeks of speculation, it was officially confirmed that revered poet Leonard Cohen will perform in Ireland this summer and tickets will go on sale on Monday 26th at 9.00am. Lissadell House , County Sligo, will host the concert and provide a dramatically beautiful setting for this intimate seated outdoor concert. A first for Lissadell.

A Cohen show in Ireland is something of legend, having played 3 sold out shows in Kilmainham, 4 in the O2 and 1 in Belfast’s Odyssey in the past 3 years, garnering 5 star reviews across the board and achieving ‘Best International Live Performance ‘ for a second time at this year’s Meteor Awards.

A celebrated and much lauded singer/songwriter Cohen first emerged as a major and influential talent in the early 60s. Albums like Songs Of Leonard Cohen (1967), Songs Of Love And Hate (1970) and I’m Your Man (1990), right up to 1992′s The Future, 2001′s Ten New Songs and 2004′s Dear Heather are rightly considered classics. Uniquely for a revered musician, Cohen’s literary plaudits rival those for his music.

His songs have been famously covered by the great and the good, each version a fascinating attempt to move closer to Cohen’s enigmatic muse. From Judy Collins’ “Suzanne” to Jeff Buckley’s seminal rendition of “Hallelujah,” Cohen’s songs have travelled as far and wide as their author. U2, REM, Sting, Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright and the late Johnny Cash are among other famous devotees. It is estimated that his songbook has been covered over 1,330 times by other recording artists.

“When Leonard Cohen takes to the stage, it’s no less than a cultural event of Biblical dimensions”
Sunday Independent

“What I witnessed was soul inspiring on every level, I have never been so moved by a performance, Everything about the night was magical”
Irish Independent

“When he pushes his voice that extra yard for Hallelujah, his 10,000 guests rise as one in a standing ovation. Well, when you’re in the presence of someone with such class and vintage, it’s only good manners”
Irish Times

Why Lissadell? Leonard Cohen is both a fan and a student of W.B Yeats. W.B.Yeats visited and stayed at Lissadell in his youth, and this location was great inspiration to Yeats in his many works. Marrying Cohen’s love of Yeats, the performance of one of the greatest singer songwriters of modern times, and the magic of Lissadell, an event of breathtaking magnificence will unfold.

”That old Georgian Mansion”  Lissadell House, as referred to by W.B. Yeats (In Memory Of Eva Gore-Booth And Countess Markiewicz) was a holiday home to the poet .

Sweeping down to the wild shores of the Atlantic Ocean, The Lissadell House gardens have been lovingly restored in recent years by Edward Walsh and Constance Cassidy who bought the property in 2003.