For some reason a number of bands have changed from the original programme on Thursday. All for the most unavoidable personal circumstances which could not have been anticipated. So briefly:
Rainy Boy Sleep is at Cafe Nervosa, and not Furlo; Paula McAleese is still performing, at Claudes and not as Louis’s in the programme; Michael E Thomas replaces Teg Magee at the Boston Tea Party in the Craft Village;
and poorly Paul Corrigan is unable to be at Java and, stepping in at short notice, Joan McEldowney is there instead.
All Culture Bite venues are 12.30-2.30pm. Up to date details on our website’s Thursday page.
No changes for Friday at this point and only one or two earlier. No idea what Thursday has done to deserve this amount of disruption – though you’ll hardly notice with the excellent range of talent that has been brought in.
On an entirely plus point, and nothing to do with cafe performances, we have added an extra exhibition to tie in with the Somme 95th Anniversary Tribute concert (SOLD OUT). Ulster at War: an exhibition of Ulster engagement in the Great War with a range of period memorabilia in the Memorial Hall’s Black Room – 10am-5pm.
We have a few last minute changes to the published schedule. Check www.maidencityfestival.com for daily schedules which we are keeping up to date.
The Bluegrass on the Walls line-up has changed a little, with the addition of David Hope & The Henchmen. And the Bluestack Mountain Boys are in fact the Blackstack Mountain Boys.
Monday lunchtime at the Cafe Nervosa on Magazine Street, our Culture Bite will not be Eoin O’Callaghan and will instead be local band Intermission – again full details on the Maiden City Festival website.
On Wednesday Janet Dowd will be at the Boston Tea Party in the Craft Village. Originally it was to have been Mons Wheeler.
And on Wednesday evening the inside spread of our printed programme says the Crimson Players will be at the Verbal Arts Centre on Wednesday when they will of course be at the Memorial Hall at 8pm-10pm with their annual Variety Show.
Other than those very small changes in a very large programme everything is up to date. Double check the website listing for each day to be sure.
Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) is working on Magazine Street today and the Nerve Centre is closed. So no Culture Bite with Conor Mason at the Cafe Nervosa. Cafe Nervosa provides an alternative culture bite for the rest of the week, as in the programme.
Only other change is that Fiona Scott Trotter provides smooth Jazz at Louis’s Cafe between noon and 2pm, replacing Wookalily.
