Festival at a glance

Download a PDF of the 2011 Programme HERE (13MB Requires Adobe Reader.)

Pre-festival Events:

Fri 23 Sep / 7:30 PM  /  Drive-In Movie  / Little Matador /  Wesport House / free / €20 car parking

Fri 23 Sep / until 10 PM / BLINK Visual Art / Exhibition Openings / About Town / free

Sat 24 Sep /  7:30 PM /   Drive-In Movie  / Once Upon a Time in the West /  Westport House / free / €20 car
Sun 25 Sep  / 7:30 PM  /  Drive-In Movie  / The Vanishing / Westport House / free / €20 car parking
Mon 26 Sep /  7:30 PM /  Drive-In Movie / Jaws /  Westport House / free / €20 car parking
Tue 27 Sep /  7:30 PM  /  Drive-In Movie / Dirty Dancing /  Westport House / free / €20 car parking

Tue 27 Sep / 7 PM / Book Club / John McGing’s / free
Tue 27 Sep /  8:00 PM  /  Workshop / Aerial workshop

Wed 28 Sep /  7:30 PM /   Drive-In Movie / Casablanca /  Westport House / free / €20 car parking

Wed 28 Sep / 7 PM / BLINK Visual Art / Architecture & Tourism Opening / Westport Public Library / free

Thu 29 Sep / 8 PM / BLINK Visual Art / Things That Matter / John McGings / free
Thu 29 Sep / 7:30 PM  /  Drive-In Movie / 2001:A Space Odyssey / Westport House / free / €20 car parking
Thu 29 Sep /  8:00 PM  /  Film/Talk  / Tatiko /  Wyatt Hotel / €8
Thu 29 Sep /  9:00 PM  /  Traditional  / Tremolo /  Matt Molloy’s / €15 / €12

Friday 30th September
7:30 PM  /  Festival  Opening / Jackie Nickerson /  Customs House / free
7:30 PM  /  Drive-In Movie  / This is Spinal Tap /  Westport House / free / €20 car parking
10:00 PM /  Headline  / Timbertramps & Paul K band /  Wyatt Hotel / €15 / €12
evening /  Street Performance /  Watch out for Fidget Feet on Friday evening/ free

Saturday 1st October
10:30AM /  Workshops /  Painting Workshop / Old CBS School / €10
11:30AM /  Talk /  Jackie Nickerson /  Customs House / €5
1:00 PM / Circus Theatre /  Fidget Feet / Westport House / €12/€10/€8
afternoon /  Street Performance /  Latin Dance / Snakes / Around Town  / Free
2 & 4pm  / Children’s /  Dog and String / Scoil Phádraig  / €5 **
5.30 pm /  Circus Theatre /  Fidget Feet / Westport House /  €12/€10/€8
6:00 PM /  Headline /  To Hell or to Connaught / Jester /  €10
7:30 PM  /  Drive-In Movie /   The Jungle Book /  Westport House
8:00 PM /  Classical /  Tonos / Holy Trinity Church /  €15/€12 *
10:00 PM /  Headline /  Fred / Wyatt Hotel /  €15

Sunday 2nd October
1:00 PM / Circus Theatre /  Fidget Feet / Westport House / €12/€10/€8
3:00 PM / Poetry /  Poetry Trail / Starts Octagon /  Free
4:30 PM /  Theatre (family) /  The Derry Boat / Wyatt Hotel /  €12/€10/€8
5:30 PM  /  Circus Theatre /  Fidget Feet / Westport House /  €12/€10/€8
9:00 PM  / Film Silent Movie /  Nosferatu/  Mill Times Hotel /  €5
9:00 PM /  Jazz /  Rhombus / Wyatt Hotel  / €15/€12

Monday 3rd October
7:00 PM  / Literature /  Anne McCabe / McGings /  free
8:00 PM  / Theatre /  Macbeth / Mill Times  / Hotel /  €15/€12
9:30 PM  / Traditional /  Moynihan brothers / Matt Molloy’s  / €15/€12

Tuesday 4th October
7:00 PM  / Architecture /  Orla Murphy / The Wyatt Hotel  / €5*
8:00 PM  /  Theatre /  Macbeth / Mill Times Hotel  / €15/€12
9:30 PM  / Traditional /  Begley and Ó Raghallaigh / Matt Molloy’s /  €15/€12

Wednesday 5th October
11:00AM  /  Workshop  / Quilting / The Clew Bay Hotel  / €5
1:00 PM /  Architecture /  Tour and Talk / Holy Trinity Church /  Free
7:30 PM  / Family (music) / Snakes Drumming  / Mill Times Hotel  / €5 **
8:00 PM  / Literature  / Westport Writers Group / The Wyatt Free
8:30 PM  / Theatre  / Doubt / Scoil Phádraig  / €10
9:00 PM  / Film  / Beginners  /  Westport Cineplex  / €10
9:30 PM  / Contemporary /  Vyvienne Long / Matt Molloy’s  / €15/€12

Thursday 6th October
7:00 PM  / Poetry  / Paula Meehan & Tony Curtis /  The Creel  / €7*
7:30 PM  / Traditional  / Aoife Mc Namara & Martin O’Connor / Matt Molloy’s /  €15/€12*
8:30 PM  / Theatre  / Doubt / Scoil Phádraig /  €10
9:00 PM  / Comedy  / Foil, Arms & Hog / Blousers  / €10/€8
9:30 PM  / Traditional  / Laoise Kelly & Michelle OBrien / Shebeen  / €15/€12

Friday 7th October
6:00 PM /  Literature  / Eugene Owens / Matt Molloy’s  / Free
8:00 PM /  Literature  / Philomena Lynott / The Plaza  / €7*
9:00 PM  /  Headline  / Cathy Davey / Tom Bourke’s /  €15
11:30 PM  /  Headline /  Ham Sandwich / Mill Times Hotel /  €15/€12

Saturday 8th October
10:30&1:30PM  / Workshop /  Feltmaking  / Old CBS School €15
11,12,&1pm / Children’s /  Small Maggie / Westport Library  / €2 donation
2 & 4 PM  / Family /  Cups and Crowns /  Scoil Phádraig  /  €5

12 – 4 PM / Street Architecture / Icecream Architecture / The Octagon / free
3:00 PM / Street Performance / Shaolin Dragon / Around Town /  Free
6:00 PM  /  Literature  / Paul Soye / The Plaza  / €7*
6:30 PM  / Street Performance /  Lantern Parade / Starts Octagon /  Free
10:00 PM  / Headline  / The Boudoir Sessions / Westport Woods Hotel  / €15/€12

Sunday 9th October
1:00 PM  / Street Performance /  Tai Chi / Fairgreen Free
3:00 PM  / Film  / Silent Movie Childrens / Wyatt Hotel  / €5
3:00 PM  / Circus Theatre  / Fidget Feet / Westport House  / €12/€10/€8
6:00 PM /  Dance /  Ponydance / Castlecourt  / €12*
9:00 PM / Festival Close  / Jackson Rox / The Clock Tavern /  Free

* school childrens price €2 / ** family of 5 €20