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Friday 24th: A Night for Crumlin at McGarrigles

fundraiser crumlinOn Friday 24th May, McGarrigles (O’Connell St, Sligo) plays host to a very special night dedicated to raising money for The Children’s Medical & Research Foundation, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin in Dublin. The contributions received on the night will go towards the foundation that provides the outstanding paediatric care and also the research needed to help our nation’s sick children. The Foundation has continued to grow and evolve by raising funds for capital projects, state of the art medical equipment, research programmes and further education investing largely through your generous support.

On the bill for the night there is some great talent lined up, local legends ‘This Side Up’ will be taking the stage. This Side Up are an all original Hip Hop group hailing from the Badlands of Sligo. The group consists of two mc’s Myster-E and Shaool with DJ Noone on the turntables. All about “Keeping it Rural” This Side Up meld intelligent lyricism with booming melodic beats in a unique homegrown fashion. The lads have been on the scene and gigging heavily since 2009 and have created a storm in venues all around the country and have played festival such as Electric Picnic, Sea Sessions, Temple House and Sligo Live.

Also performing on the night are the Amazing Led Zeppelin tribute act ‘The Rubber Plants’. The lads formed in the late 90’s have been gigging intensively recreating that unique Zeppelin sound. Based in Northern Ireland they constantly tour all around Ireland and the UK. They are a tight, professional tribute band, whose dynamic set has been distilled into an exciting mixture of power and innovation.
The night will also have recently formed act Nigel Robinson and Mark Conway as well as a raffle with some great prizes from Lough Key Forest Park’s ‘Zip It’, Cairde Arts Festival gig tickets, Bernie’s Beauty Salon, Wayne Connor and Ian Carty Ceramics.

Adm is just €5 on the night and further donations will be more than welcome. Doors: 9pm
www.olchc.ie
www.facebook.com/thissideuphiphop
www.facebook.com/The-Rubber-Plants


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Cairde + The Crowd – Let’s make it the best one yet!

IMG_2773This year, the Cairde Arts Festival is being brought to you by the crowd. Organisers of the Festival are using the power of the festival community, those that attend year on year, and enjoy the vibrant and dynamic atmosphere it brings to summer, to support its endeavours through a unique ‘Fund It’ campaign. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the inception of the festival, the Cairde team would love to do something truly unique and exciting at this year’s Park Fest: to re-create the magic & atmosphere of an Olde World Circus Carnivale in Sligo’s Peace Park and they, through Fund It, are looking for your help.

Fund it is an Ireland-wide initiative that provides a platform for people with great ideas to attract funding from friends, fans and followers across the world. Every year, Cairde’s Parkfest event draws the friendliest of crowds who come for family entertainment, street theatre, live music, food stalls and plenty of fun in the People’s Park in the heart of Sligo town; but this doesn’t happen without a cost.

This year, Cairde Arts Festival takes place from July 10th – 14th, and more than ever, Cairde is leaning on its community to support it and make Parkfest more spectacular than ever before. Every single contribution no matter how big or small will receive a reward to say thank you from the Cairde Festival team.

Find out more about how you can help us make this year’s Cairde the best one yet: www.fundit.ie/project/cairde-arts-festival–park-fest

We’d love it if you could help to spread the word! Thank You from everyone at Cairde!

To find our more log on to www.cairdefestival.com and follow Cairde Arts Festival on facebook.com/CairdeArtsFestival and @CairdeFestival


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Wed 15th May: Pat Coldrick in Concert

Pat Coldrick

Venue: Barry’s Public House ,Grange ,Sligo
Date: 15th May
Time: 9pm
Cost: €10

Pat Coldrick hails from Howth, Co. Dublin and has been playing and studying Classical guitar since he was 12 years of age and has worked with many of the top professional acts in the Country. His session work and classical appearances have earned him a reputation of being one of the finest and most versatile guitarists in Ireland.

In the past he has achieved top marks in Feis Ceoil Awards, and as well as his touring performances, he has appeared on National Radio and T.V.
Pat continued his musical studies at the college of music in Dublin with John Feely and has also studied with world renowned guitarists “David Russell” and “Gabriel Esterellas”. Pat has achieved acclaim for his unique sensitive and expressive style in his playing and with a solid technique has a full command of the instrument. Pat has played at many festivals throughout the country and continues to play at corporate and private functions where his music provides excellent ambience for the occasion.

His latest album ‘Cayendo’ is out now and available from iTunes. It includes some original compositions and arrangements as well as some of the great guitar master pieces such as “Asturias” by Albeniz and “Danza Paraquaya No. 1” by Barrios. Pats extensive repertoire covers music from Spain, Latin America, Ireland, as well as Baroque and Medieval styles, and some clever arrangements of modern day popular songs from The Beatles, Mason Williams and Scot Joplin.


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The Model Sligo – Upcoming Exhibitions Listings

Norah McGuinness: Illustrations to the Stories of Red Hanrahan
This exhibition features a number of original illustrations created by McGuinness in 1927 for WB Yeats’ book, Stories of Red Harahan and The Secret Rose.
28 Mar – 19 May
http://themodel.ie/exhibitions.

Female Artists of the Twentieth Century
This exhibition surveys the changing themes and practices of female artist’s throughout the twentieth century.
02 Apr – 19 May
http://themodel.ie/exhibitions

An Anatomical Chart Of Love Pains
Lili Reynaud Dewar (FR) Köken Ergun (TR), Ian Nolan (IE), Nikola Röthemeyer (DE), Zin Taylor (BE/CA) Five artists respond to Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk’s novel, The Museum of Innocence. An intense microcosm of existence from one chapter is the backdrop to each artist’s production for the exhibition.
14 Apr – 16 Jun
http://themodel.ie/exhibitions

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