FÉILE BLOG

The GATHERING – An evening of music from some of the finest contemporary and traditional folk and trad musicians from Ireland

Sunday 11th August

Sandinos Bar/Club, Derry

Irish folk and traditional music is going through something of a revival with a new generation producing new and inventive interpretations of the genre.

Féile 2024 brings some of the leading lights of new Irish music together for a one day festival, The Gathering, at Sandinos on Sunday August 11th!

Headliners including John Francis Flynn, Rónán Ó Snodaigh & Myles O’Reilly, Mohammad Syfkhan and Lemoncello who will be joined by some of Derry’s finest talent including Tessio, Teknopeasant and RUÁ.

Tickets: https://bit.ly/3zIl8FC

Féile join forces with Ireland’s longest running electronic music festival, for a summer dance at FIFTY SEVEN Waterloo St. on Friday August 16th with two of the best DJs in the world, Erol Alkan & Ivan Smagghe.

Advance tickets including a limited amount of early bird tix at £10 are on sale now at: bit.ly/3LkqPfn

THE WHISTLIN’ DONKEYS

15TH AUGUST

THE GASYARD, DERRY

Derry’s biggest community arts festival, Féile 2024, are delights to announce that The Whistlin’ Donkeys will headline a massive concert at The Gasyard Park on Thursday August 15th!

Whether you’re a fan of Irish folk music or Celtic rock, the Whistlin’ Donkeys are a band that you won’t want to miss. The band perform a perfect mix of upbeat songs, catchy melodies,

and thought-provoking lyrics that create an unforgettable experience for all that come to see them!

Advance tickets: £10/£15 and will go on sale at 9.00am on Friday 5th July at eventbrite.com

We’re still so pleased with the turnout and response from our event on Saturday! Here’s a video summary of all the action that went down for anyone who missed it (or anyone who wants to relive it! )

Thanks once again to Thunder Action Sports, Sam Madden – Football Freestyle, Triax – Neighbourhood Management Team, Offing, Ogma Safety- Specialists in Event, Workplace and Traffic Safety & Derry City & Strabane District Council for helping bring this all together.

A Streets Alive project funded by Urban Villages.

At the beginning of this year, Féile partnered with St. Cecilia’s College and St. Joseph’s Boys’ School as part of our Communities in Transition project.

Four lower sixth pupils from each school started a 10 week course working towards an OCN Level 3 qualification in Creative Arts and Digital Technologies. Féile is happy and proud to announce that all 8 students have achieved this qualification.

It was a pleasure working with the students and the teachers at both schools!

A Communities in Transition project funded by The Executive Office.

NEXT UP: Local Filmmakers in Focus

“NEXT UP” is a showcase that aims to provide a new platform for talented filmmakers aged between 16-30 from Derry to screen their work and share their unique perspectives at Féile 2024.

This showcase will highlight the creativity and diversity of the next generation of filmmakers from across the region.

Féile are inviting submissions of short films (fiction/animation/documentary). Films should be be no longer than 20 minutes in length.

All enquiries and submissions can be sent to [email protected].

Deadline for submissions: 30th June 2024.

Don’t miss a great day out for all the family on Saturday June 22nd when Féile Derry bring Thunder Action Sports to Foyle Valley Railway Museum / Destined, Foyle Road for a jaw-dropping BMX Stunt show. The event will also feature a performance from Sam Madden – Football Freestyle. There will also be a chance to win a top of the range BMX Bike. All welcome!

A Streets Alive project funded by Urban Villages.

Volunteers Week: 3th – 9th June 2024

Today marks the beginning of Volunteers Week 2024, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year!

Volunteers Week is a chance to recognise, celebrate and thank the incredible volunteers for all they contribute to our local communities, the voluntary sector, and society as a whole.

All week we be sharing some videos and photographs of the amazing volunteers across Volunteer Investment Project and Gasyard Wall Féile, who give up their time and offer support to so many in the community.

We want to say a massive thank you to all our volunteers!

Féile were delighted to have a chat with Oakleaf Boxing Club and Mark Patterson on Radio Foyle this afternoon about our recent collaborative film, ‘From Little Acorns, Mighty Oak Trees Grow’!

Link to listen back: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001zms0

Some photos by by Jim McCafferty from the premiere of the Oakleaf Boxing Club film in the Nerve Centre on Tuesday evening. Again, thank you to everyone who attended.

You will be able to see the film online on our Facebook and YouTube channel following its online premiere tonight at 7pm!

A Communities in Transition project funded by The Executive Office.