11th WILLIAM KENNEDY PIPING FESTIVAL
16th - 21st NOVEMBER
ARMAGH
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Armagh Pipers Club are delighted to announce details of the 11th William Kennedy Piping Festival. Started in 1994 to commemorate the extraordinary life of the blind 18th century pipe maker from Tandragee, Co. Armagh, the festival has grown to become one of the biggest of its kind in the world.
This year’s festival will feature pipers from Galicia, Brittany, Sardinia, Hungary, Cape Breton, England, Scotland and Ireland. Festival highlights will include rare Irish performances from Davy Spillane, Carlos Nunez, The Kathryn Tickell Band and Patrick Molard.
The festival will also highlight local talent with performances by current World Pipe Band Champions - The Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band - and BBC Radio 2 Young Musician of the Year Jarlath Henderson.
The festival will mainly be based in the Market Place Theatre, Armagh, where there will be evening concerts as well as free lunchtime recitals. There will also be sessions, workshops, a ceili, a festival club, CD and book launches, a range of activities for school children and much more at various venues around Armagh.
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Festival Ticket - Stg 35.00
There is a limited number of festival tickets available that cover all concerts (except *). Tel: +44 (0)28 37521821.
Family Deals on request.
For more information you can contact us on:
tel: +44 (0)28 3751 1248/1249
fax: +44 (0)28 3751 1248
e-mail: info@wkpf.org
Check our website for more details on all concerts and for information on accommodation and more:
or contact us by post:
14 Victoria Street
Armagh
BT61 9DT
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TUESDAY 16th NOVEMBER
Young Pipers Concert featuring Uilleann Pipers and Highland Pipers from Ireland and Scotland.
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WEDNESDAY 17th NOVEMBER
Highland Piping Concert with the Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band and the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland with soloists Patrick Molard and Angus MacKenzie.
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THURSDAY 18th NOVEMBER
Concert with the Kathryn Tickell Band and the Finlay MacDonald Band.
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FRIDAY 19TH NOVEMBER
Concert with Davy Spillane & Kevin Glackin and Carlos Nunez with guest spots from Anne Martin & Luigi Lai.
Late night ceili with music by Richard Lucey and Jim Murray.
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SATURDAY 20th NOVEMBER
Workshops & Classes:
Uilleann Pipes, Reed Making, Highland Pipes, Border Pipes, Northumbrian Pipes, Fiddle, Guitar Accompaniment, Accordion, Melodeon, Song (English, Irish & Scots Gaelic).
*Ceolchoirm le Mick O’Brien & Caoimhin O Raghallaigh, Padraigin Ni Uallachain & Steve Cooney, agus Gearoid MacLochlainn. Fear an Ti: Brian Mullen.
Lecture by Dr. Greer Ramsey (Armagh County Museum): “Musical Instruments on Irish High Crosses: the archaeology of the pipes”.
World Piping Concert with Carlos Nunez, Kathryn Tickell, Patrick Molard, Mick O’Brien, Maire Ni Grada, Finlay MacDonald, Angus MacKenzie, Luigi Lai, Balazs Istvanfi. MC: Tommy Sands
Festival Club. Performances from some of the festival guests as well as informal sessions.
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SUNDAY 21st NOVEMBER
*Concert with Noel & Peter Carberry, Maire Ni Grada, Anne Martin & more.
Lecture by Terry Moylan (Na Piobairi Uilleann): “An overview of the Na Piobairi Uilleann Archive”
Uilleann Pipes Concert with Mick O’Brien & Caoimhin O Raghallaigh, Peter & Noel Carberry, Maire Ni Grada, Tiarnan O Duinnchinn, Jarlath Henderson & Claire Byrne.
Final Session in O’Toole’s Bar, Ballymacnab
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