SPIEGELTENT IN RUNNING FOR TOP EVENTS AWARD
SMOKIE AND BLINDBOY ON THE BILL THIS YEAR
THE organisers behind Wexford Spiegeltent Festival have been shortlisted in a prestigous category at the Event Industry Awards, taking place in Citywest Hotel, Dublin on Friday, July 20.
Lantern Events, run by Brian Byrne, are in the running in the ‘Best Live Event’ category for their Spiegeltent Festival, the annual autumn music and comedy shindig in the ‘olde worlde’ surroundings of a 1920s Spiegeltent on Wexford Quayfront which has been going from strength to strength since launching in 2012.
Now in their tenth year, the Event Industry Awards acknowledge excellence and showcase the high standards in Ireland’s event industry while providing an opportunity for the industry to come together and network.
Lantern face tough competition in the hotly contested Best Live Event category. Wexford Spiegeltent Festival is one of nine nominees, the others being the Beyond Christmas Experience, Cannonball Ireland, Film
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The countdown to this year’s Spiegeltent Festival has already begun, with a number of acts announced and tickets on sale now.
The bill sees a festival opening night return for the ever popular Smokie who enjoyed a Spiegeltent sellout last year. Their Friday, October 12, gig in the Spiegeltent is a standing show, with tickets priced at €30.
Iconic Irish band The Stunning are also making a Wexford return, playing Saturday, October 20 (10 p.m.). This is also a standing show, and tickets are €28.
Delorentos, who played a sellout show at the festival in 2017, arrive at the Spiegeltent on Saturday, October 27, on their True Surrender Tour supporting the new album of the same name. Tickets for this standing show are €20. Among the other confirmed acts: Rubberbandits’ Blindboy, hosting an hour-long podcast of short fiction, interviews and comedy on Saturday, October 13; the legendary Johnny McEvoy on Wednesday, October 17; veteran funnyman Brendan Grace on Wednesday, October 24; and the award-winning Irish comedian Danny O’Brien on Sunday, October 28.
The 2018 Wexford Spiegeltent festival runs for 17 days and nights, from Friday, October 12 to Sunday, October 28. Tickets can be booked online through the festival website or at the box office on Wexford’s Main Street.