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The organisers of this festival set themselves a brief of bringing to Clonakilty some of the greatest guitarists in Ireland and, indeed, the world. It's a tall order, but they certainly hit the spot in their first three years and return in 2008 with a bigger and better event than ever.
Among the top acts in 2007 were be the critically acclaimed Dublin Guitar Quartet, who play eight-string and eleven string guitars in arrangements that would be impossible for standard guitars.
Eric Bell, a founding member of Thin Lizzy, Dave Geraghty formerly of The Rotators and local boy Bill Shanley, who grew up in a famous local music pub, was there too
The line up for 2008 has yet to be announced, but given that is it the 30th anniversary of the death of Jimmie Hendrix, whose original bass player Noel Redding lived in Clonakilty for many years, I think we can expect some sort of homage to the great man.
As well as the headline concerts there are workshops, gigs, guitar and photo exhibitions and a series of seminars on guitar making in and around the town. This is a musicians festival, and in previous years has been notable for the many guitarists who although not officially playing turn up just to see their peers in action - so you really never know who you might see there.
Although the link below is to the official website, it seems that the place to get the latest news about this festival is at MySpace .
Clonmel Song Festival
Date: Oct 31st - Nov 2nd | Location: Tipperary
2008 is Clonmel's sixth annual Song Festival and the main event is an International Song Contest, which attracts entries from all over Europe to compete for a €4000 prize...
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Sligo International Choral Festival
Date: Oct 15th - 19th | Location: Sligo
This annual festival is one of Ireland's top choral festival, and sees choirs from all over Ireland and abroad converge on Sligo to compete in competitions in a dizzying array...
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Irish Steel Guitar Festival
Date: 11th - 13th Oct | Location: Louth
A real treat for afficionados of the steel guitar, who are not that well served in Ireland generally, this festival is based in 2008 around the Bettystown Court Hotel in Bettystown,...
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Clonakilty International Guitar Festival
Date: Sept 18th - 21st | Location: Cork
The organisers of this festival set themselves a brief of bringing to Clonakilty some of the greatest guitarists in Ireland and, indeed, the world. It's a tall order, but they...
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Life Festival
Date: June 2008 | Location: Galway
Electronic and Dance music forms the core of the Life Festival, with PsyTrance, Progressive, Breaks, D&B, Electro, Minimal Techno, Dub, Ambient among others -...
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