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SLIGO JAZZ FESTIVAL
Sligo Jazz Project’s annual summer school and festival (July 24-29, 2018) is one of the country’s most unique niche tourism events. It is also regarded by many as Ireland’s only true remaining jazz festival, since almost all the events in its programme are based on jazz and improvised music, with virtually no “filler” gigs of rock and pop acts. Events take place in numerous venues in Sligo. Check out www.sligojazz.ie for more.
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HAMSANDWICH
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TRAD@ LUNCH: JP TRIO
One of the most enthralling live acts in recent times, HamsandwicH are well known for their incendiary live performances which has put them right at the top of the live acts to see today. They take part in the Boyle Arts Festival, playing at Daly’s Storehouse, Boyle, this Friday from 10pm. More on boylearts.com.
As part of the Hawk’s Well’s new Trad@lunch series, J P Trio perform together in the theatre foyer on Thursday. Trad@lunch is the Hawk’s Well Theatre’s new summer series of traditional music sessions taking place in the theatre foyer at lunchtime between 1.10 and 1.50pm. Traditional music from Sligo and beyond is celebrated in this special series of free lunchtime concerts.
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Heartfelt, a solo exhibition by Sligo based artist Lorna Watkins, is now open at the Hyde Bridge Gallery. Loose and experimental mark making have made their way from drawings into Lorna’s paintings. Using her local environment as her source for inspiration and reliving the hardship of our winter and how with perseverance, patience, no hesitation, the bulbs and plants push through and bloom.
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JOHNNY DUHAN 6
CAIRDE VISUAL
Johnny’s songs are sung worldwide in a variety of languages, thanks to the focus put on them by Christy Moore, The Dubliners, Mary Black and hosts of other Irish and international singers. His song The Voyage has become a modern classic. He comes to the Hawk’s Well on Friday, July 20th.
The Model presents Cairde Visual; Cairde Sligo Arts Festival’s fifth annual open submission exhibition. Building on the success of 2017’s successful partnership with The Model, this show will feature work from both Irish and international artists across a broad diversity of media.
OYSTER EXPERIENCE
Experience first-hand how Sligo’s oysters are farmed from three local farmers with the Sligo Oyster Experience, as part of Tread Softly, this Thursday. Bookings can be made through Sligo Tourist Office.