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I am happy to report that the festival is now being given a new lease of life and will run from July 29 to July 30 this year. A lot of the old faces like Tom Halliday, Tim Leatherbarrow , Guy Carter, Greame Keyes will be in attendance plus many more. For all you 2000AD fans Michael Carroll will be holding a number of workshops on script writing. The exhibition of their work will be open all weekend.
A definite must see of the festival will the ‘Remembering Terry Willers’ exhibition which will run throughout the weekend situated above Centra on the main street. It promises to be very entertaining and might even rekindle old memories of political dramas and cultural events covered by Terry in his unique way over his 60 year plus career.
It will be a fun packed weekend for everyone with numerous workshops including a phone-documentary workshop with Eleanor Manion of RTE which will be a two day workshop, and Brown Bag films will be holding a number of animation workshops.
A Gala concert will take place in St. Saviours church on Thursday, July 27, at 7.30 p.m. with music from Liam and James Kinsella plus guests. Those seeking more music will be delighted that we have live music in the square throughout the weekend including Big Digger, Paddy Byrne, Ricky Young and many more. There will be a busking competition on Sunday for all you aspiring musicians so dust of those musical instruments start practising those vocal exercises.
The official opening takes place at 12 noon on the Saturday followed by a cooking demonstration by TV3’s Burlesque baker in the square. We will also have East coast radio broadcasting live from the festival plus live cartooning and caricatures plus a myriad of other activities throughout the day.
Sunday will also be jam packed with activities the highlights include the Caricature face off in the square and for those sporty people there will be the very first Tri-Rath-lon which will challenge the competitors both mentally and physically( anyone interested in entering a team for this please contact the facebook page listed below ). The finale of the festival will be the fireworks display kindly moved forward from its normal date by the R.D.A with music by The Bandits.
Also keep a look out for our limited edition 25th anniversary T-shirts which will be available to buy prior to the festival from the Wise Owl and Centra on the main street.
We look forward to creating new memories of the International Cartoon Festival and perhaps reigniting those of past festivals. For more information and latest news visit our facebook page. www. facebook.com/the-rathdrum-international-cartoon-festival.