The 15th William Kennedy Piping Festival will be held 13 – 16 November 2008 in Armagh, in Northern Ireland. The festival features some of the top bagpipe instrumentalists and bands in Europe and North America.
Festival Highlights
Thurs 13th Nov – 19.30
Market Place Theatre
“Duets concert”
– Robbie Hannan & Dermot McLaughlin
– Brian McNamara & Tim Collins
– Seán McKeon & Liam O’Connor
– Jarlath Henderson & Ross Ainslie
– Members of the Armagh Pipers Club
Tickets £9/£7 (available from the Market Place Theatre)
Friday 14th Nov – 17.00
Market Place Theatre
“A World of Piping 1 – Islands of the Mediterranean”
– Luigi Lai (Sardinia)
– Giancarlo Parisi (Sicily)
– Pere Joan & Manel Martorell (Mallorca)
– Caramusa (Corsica)
Tickets £6 (available from the Market Place Theatre)
Friday 14th Nov – 20.00
Market Place Theatre
“Festival Concert 1”
– Lúnasa featuring Kevin Crawford, Sean Smyth, Cillian Vallely, Paul Meehan & Trevor Hutchinson
– Beòlach featuring Wendy MacIsaac, Mairi Rankin, Ryan MacNeil, Mac Morin & Patrick Gillis (Cape Breton)
– Bagad Cap Caval (Brittany)
– Allan MacDonald (Scotland)
Tickets £15/£12/£10 (available from the Market Place Theatre)
Saturday 15th Nov – 14.00
St. Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral
– Liam O’Flynn & Catherine Ennis
– Dråm featuting Erik Ask-Upmark, Anna Rynefors & Bert Deivert (Sweden)
– Luigi Lai (Sardinia)
Tickets £10/£8 (available from this address or by ringing +44 (0)28 37511248)
Saturday 15th November – 16.30
St. Patrick’s Trian
“A World of Piping 2”
– Anxo Lorenzo & Xosé Liz de Cea (Galicia)
– Patrick Molard (Brittany)
–Ivan Georgiev (Bulgaria)
– Andy May (Northumberland)
Tickets £6 (available from this address or by ringing +44 (0)28 37511248)
Saturday 15th Nov – 20.00
Market Place Theatre
"Festival Concert 2”
– “Ireland/Asturias Project” featuring Tejedor (Jose Manuel, Javier and Eva Tejedor), Buille (Niall & Caoimhín Vallely, Paul Meehan & Brian Morrissey), Cormac Breatnach, Cillian Vallely and Trevor Hutchinson
– Patrick Molard, Jackie Molard and Jean Michel Veillon (Brittany)
– At First Light featuring John McSherry, Donal O’Connor, Alan Burke, Francis McIlduff & Rubén Bada
Tickets £15/£12/£10 (available from the Market Place Theatre)
Sunday 16th November – 14.00
Market Place Theatre
“A World of Piping 3”
– The Jarlath Henderson/Ross Ainslie Trio (Ireland/Scotland)
– Na Tri Seudan featuring Fin Moore, Angus MacKenzie, Angus Nicolson & Calum MacCrimmon (Scotland)
– Beòlach (Cape Breton)
– Anxo Lorenzo & Xosé Liz de Cea (Galicia)
– Ivan Georgiev (Bulgaria)
Tickets £6 (available from the Market Place Theatre)
Sunday 16th Nov – 19.30
Market Place Theatre
“Uilleann Pipes Concert”
– Ronan Browne
– Mick & John O’Brien
– John McSherry & Francis McIlduff
– Brian McNamara
– Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn
– Jimmy O’Brien Moran
Tickets £10/£8 (available from the Market Place Theatre). Tickets are now on sale for all concerts. For events in the Market Place theatre you can contact the Box Office at +44 (0)28 3752 1821 or online at www.marketplacearmagh.com. Tickets for all other events and more information from +44 (0)28 37511248 or info@wkpf.org. N.B. Tickets for "Festival Concert 1" (Friday 14th) and ‘Festival Concert 2’ (Saturday 15th) are selling fast so early booking is advisable to avoid disappointment.
Author: World Music Central News Room
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