St Patricks Festival Guide 2009

FESTIVAL PROGRAMME FRIDAY 13TH MARCH 7.00PM FOR 7.30PM PARADE LAUNCH AT THE PARAGON HOTEL Official launch night at The Paragon Hotel with: Birmingham Pipe And Drums, Carey Dancing School & De Kelten. Anyone wishing to attend must register. There may be restrictions on numbers due to venue capacity.

SATURDAY 14TH MARCH MIDDAY-4PM, LIVE PERFORMANCES IN THE BULLRING AND SELFRIDGES (TIMES MAY VARY)

BULLRING

SELFRIDGES

MIDDAY

Birmingham Irish Pipe & Drums

12.10pm

Set dancers

12.30pm

Comhaltas

1.00pm

Cairdre

1.30pm

Set Dancers

1.30pm

Comhaltas

1.45pm

Fola

1.45pm

Set Dancers

2.15pm

Drummer voice

2.15pm

Fola

2.45pm

Father Teds

2.45pm

Set Dancers

3.10pm

Set Dancers

SUNDAY MARCH 15TH 2009 : PARADE DAY 3 GREAT EVENTS IN ONE

PARADE MIDDAY – 2PMISH, CAMP HILL TO SELFRIDGES Here’s the Summary; MORE

THAN 10 MARCHING BANDS, 7 FLAG BEARERS, COUNTY ASSOCIATIONS, 1 DHOL BAND,1 SAMBA BAND, ACCORDIAN BANDS,DANCING SCHOOLS, GAA CLUBS, HORSE DRAWN FLOATS, VIP BUS, DECORATED BUSES, SNAKES ON THE RUN, THEMED FLOATS, MOD SCOOTERS, VW CAMPERS, GOLDWINGS, CARNIVAL FLOAT, CIVIL WAR RENACTORS,WILLIE ‘FERGUS’FINNEGAN AND THE MASSED TRACTORS... and that is just a summary! (Continued)

St.PATROCKS 2PM- 7PM OUTDOOR STAGE BRADFORD STREET (TIMES MAY VARY) Blistering performances from a volcanic line up live bands. FREE. NO AGE RESTRICTION.

2.00pm

THE HEATHERS: fast rising Brum based indie pop favourites.

2.45 pm

THE FATHER TEDS: a parade institution of immense popularity

3.30 pm

THE DESTROYERS: 15 piece blazing gypsy troubadours

4.30 pm

THE SCARLET HARLOTS: orange unsigned finalists and indie maestros

6.00pm

NECK: physco- ceidlih rockers. Celtic punk at its best.

EMERALD VILLAGE @ THE CUSTARD FACTORY Midday to 7pm CUSTARD FACTORY(TIMES MAY VARY) This is a family friendly area and will be a free flowing site. The Custard Factory is situated on Gibb St (unmissable as it will be carpeted Green).

GIBB ST (All day) Graffiti battles from the kings of Secret Wars . GIBB ST, 2.30pm Oya Batucada samba band Custard Kids 2- 3.30pm FACTORY CLUB kids disco and kids Karoke Custard Kids 4.00pm FACTORY CLUB Punch & Judy. RECEPTION (All day) Mapping event to trace your Irish ancestry. LAKE1 (All day) market stalls and outside stage featuring live acts. Strolling performances from Magicians and Clowns. Set performances in the Factory Club@

3.30pm and 5.00pm

UNDER THE ARCHES FREESTYLE FOOTBALLER/FREESTYLE BASKETBALLER possibly the worlds best freestyle football and basketball practitioners Nam the Man (from Dublin) and Tommy Baker. Strolling performances throughout the day. Set performances 2pm, 3pm,4pm, 5pm & 6pm.

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MONDAY MARCH 16TH 8PM, IRISH CLUB ‘THE CRAIC WAS GOOD IN CRICKLEWOOD’ A must see show BY Ultan Cowley; - a ‘stirring blend of dramatic pictures, songs of the navvies’ heyday and anecdotes of life on site and in the pubs, bedsits and dancefloors of Kilburn,Camden town and elsewhere’. This is a highly acclaimed show and we expect a full house. We are proud to present it to the community free of charge.

TUESDAY 17TH MARCH: ST PATRICKS DAY 7.30PM, THE PARAGON HOTEL STORYTELLER After exceptional reviews last year the St Patricks Festival are delighted to announce the return of Claire Murphy. Clare Muireann Murphy is a storyteller, wordsmith and performer living in the West of Ireland. Clare has told tales the world over including doing a UK tour with Storytelling Café 2008, performing at the Globe Theatre as part of the Tales for Winter Series, 2008 and playing several festivals around the world including Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ondas de Contos Festival in Lisbon, Vienna Lit Festival and Singapore’s Out of the Box Puppet Festival.

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