10 to see at Skibbereen Arts Festival: Villagers, Theo Dorgan, Blue Velvet and more... 

Skibbereen Arts Festival has a packed programme running until August 3 
10 to see at Skibbereen Arts Festival: Villagers, Theo Dorgan, Blue Velvet and more... 

Villagers' Conor O'Brien and Theo Dorgan are among the highlights of Skibbereen Arts Festival

The Art of Loss + conversation with Siobhán McSweeney

Saturday July 26, 1pm; Skibbereen Town Hall

Film maker and playwright Carmel Winters joins their dog pack in re-imagining the death of their mother and their dog not as the end, but as the beginning of new ways of seeing and being with each other, through death and beyond.

HousePlants

Saturday July 26, 8pm; Skibbereen Town Hall

Dancing-room only for a live appearance from the collaborative project of producer Daithí and Paul Noonan of Bell X1.

Richard Thompson

Monday July 28, 8pm; Skibbereen Town Hall

Fairport Convention co-founder and British folk trailblazer stops at Skibb in a headlining performance.

Anna Mieke: performing alongside Crash Ensemble. Picture: James Corcoran Hodgins
Anna Mieke: performing alongside Crash Ensemble. Picture: James Corcoran Hodgins

Anna Mieke x Crash Ensemble

Tuesday July 29, 8pm; Skibbereen Town Hall

Contemporary folk singer's collaboration with Crash Ensemble involves flowing, atmospheric arrangements by Barry O Halpin, and features interpretations of existing and developing work.

RÓIS

Wednesday July 30, 9.30; The Tanyard

Composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and electronic artist Rose Connolly, aka RÓIS, breathes new life into a forgotten Ireland and its grieving traditions via folk, sean-nós, electronics, and jazz harmony.

In Conversation with Theo Dorgan

Thursday July 31, 6pm; Inanna Rare Books, Masonic Hall

Caragh Bell hosts a conversation with the poet, translator and author, off the back of second novel Camarade releasing through Mercier Press.

Cormac Begley: co-headlining the Canon Goodman concert. Picture: Oda Dineen
Cormac Begley: co-headlining the Canon Goodman concert. Picture: Oda Dineen

Cormac Begley and Liam O'Connor

Thursday July 31, 8pm; Abbeystrewry Church

A tribute to the remarkable 19th century music collector Canon James Goodman in the church that he built, featuring two of Ireland’s most innovative traditional musicians, Cormac Begley and Liam O’Connor, celebrating the release of their highly anticipated album Into the Loam.

Kyla Cobbler

Friday August 1, 8pm; Skibbereen Town Hall

Kyla Cobbler is one of the fastest-rising names in Irish comedy, first gaining attention through her viral Instagram reels, before stepping on stage for her first open-mic in May 2021.

Blue Velvet

Friday August 1, 10.30pm; Skibbereen Town Hall

To mark the recent passing of acclaimed filmmaker David Lynch, a free late night screening of his surrealist masterpiece Blue Velvet. Booking essential.

Villagers (Acoustic)

Saturday August 2, 8pm; Skibbereen Town Hall

Conor O'Brien of Villagers takes his extensive back-catalogue of indie gems to Skibbereen in stripped-down fashion. Special guest David Murphy opens the show with slide-guitar impressions of Irish slow airs.

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