Free
Five 20 minute performances take place over the afternoon where you can watch Jay’s highly trained, teeny tiny fleas strutting their stuff. The Flea Circus involves feats of astonishing bravery and breath taking beauty – acrobatics, trapeze, high wire and more!
Free
Boyle Arts Festival celebrates its opening night with children across the community combining for a colourful and musical parade led by Music Generation Roscommon, whose marching drummers have been beating their sticks for the last few weeks under the direction of the amazing Peter Crann. Dancers have been trained by Victoria Walker, Hullabaloo have held craft workshops for the costumes and Roscommon County Youth Theatre have created fantastic models. Not to be missed.
The parade will start from the Crescent at 7pm and wind its way through the town to King House.
Free
Inspired by our theme of the River, choreographer and dancer Mintesinot Wolde has created a new piece which he will be performing alongside dancer Fionnuala Doyle Wade and cellist Anna Houston with the poem Sound of Water Searching read by Michael O’Dea
Mintesinot Wolde is a professional contemporary dance artist who graduated with an MA from the University of Limerick. He is the artistic director of Mintesinot Wolde Dance, an active member of Dance Ireland, Artist Panellist for Roscommon County Council, and a board member of Galway Dance Project
Fionnuala Doyle Wade is a dance artist based in Galway City. Originally from Seattle she trained in ballet and modern with Cornish college of the Arts, Kaleidoscope Dance Company and the Creative Dance Centre. She moved to Galway in 2014 to pursue a degree in Human Righs having since worked regularly with the Galway Dance Project
Anna Houston
Free
Come along and enjoy free music in the grounds of King House and buy your lunch from around the world!
With music by the Sligo Concert Band
€7
Phoebe Pan is a final year Bachelor of Music in violin performance student at TU Dublin Conservatoire, studying with Orla Mulrey. A keen chamber musician, she collaborates regularly to perform repertoire spanning from the 16th century to new music compositions. In the Conservatoire she is an active player in string quartets, Early Music ensemble, Contemporary ensemble and the Conservatoire Chamber and Symphony Orchestra. Phoebe competes regularly in the national Feis Ceoil and internal compositions, winning the Conservatoire Senior Early Music Prize , Recital Competition and the Senior Chamber Music Competition with violin and piano duo. Phoebe will be commencing her studies in the Royal Conservatory of the Hague this year.
Danusia Oslizlok lectures in piano and works as collaborator with singers and instrumentalists for the undergraduate and postgraduate courses at TU Dublin Conservatory of Music and Drama. Danusia studied at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels [Premier Prix], Royal Northern College of Music[ PPRNCM with distinction],Kodaly Institute Kecskemet in Hungary and CIT Cork School of Music,[MA]
Free
Bringing the opening night to a close, join Dotts O’Connor at Mattimoe’s. Dotts is best known as the guitarist of Choice Nominated Irish Band, Come on Live Long, so expect some classic songwriting and tunes.
Free
Music Generation Roscommon Sunday July 17th will be at Daly’s Storehouse, come and support the upcoming talented local bands & groups from 4pm -6pm
Bands and Acts Performing are:
Toteum a 4 x piece Rock Band who write their own material
Nomadaz a 6 x piece Rock band who write their own material and perform covers.
Bad Neighbours a 5 x piece pop/rock band who perform covers.
West Be Well a 6 x piece pop band who write their own material and perform covers.
Epson a 6x piece band who perform covers.
SunTides a 8x piece girl group who perform mainly folk songs and ballads.
Senior Youth Voices a 10 x piece Senior Vocal Group.
supported locally be the GRETB and Roscommon County Council
€3
This workshop will be a fun, playful and creative introduction to mindfulness for children. The workshop will include mini mindfulness practices, stories, discussion, visualization and art activities. Louise will support children to calm and relax their monkey minds and to be kind to themselves and each other
Bring a cushion!
€15
In this special one-off session Brian Leyden will guide you through the writing process with
the insight, expertise, and clarity for which he is renowned. Whether you’re getting started,
or eager to advance your abilities, this is an encouraging and enjoyable opportunity to bring
a fresh eye to what you write, to gather essential knowhow, and get to know the tools of the
craft that will keep you writing.
Free
Pop up Busking: Music Generation Roscommon with Boyle Arts Festival present ‘Pop Up Buskers’ Saturday July 16th, follow the trail and hear an eclectic mix of genres throughout the town.
supported locally by the GRETB and Roscommon County Council
| 2PM – 3PM |
| THE GARDENS, PLUNKETT HOME |
| The Suntides
Senior Youth Voices
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| 2.30PM – 4PM |
| SUPERVALU BOYLE |
| Nomdaz
West Be Well Epsom Bad Neighbours The Suntides Senior Youth Voices |
| 4.30PM – 6PM |
| LOVAGE CAFE |
| Nomdaz
West Be Well Epsom Bad Neighbours The Suntides Senior Youth Voices |
€15
This two-hour workshop focuses on contemporary poetry from Ukrainian and Russian poets.
Poems – translated into English – by poets from both Ukraine and from Russia will be read,
analysed and discussed in an informal workshop setting. All participants will have a chance
to express their views on each poem’s poetic style, language and structure, as well as the
poet’s concerns and how he/she expresses these concerns. The poems have been selected by
Gerry and represent some of the best of contemporary Ukrainian and Russian poetry. There
will be some writing exercises included in the workshop, providing the participants with an
opportunity to make a start to some poems of their own.
Gerry Boland is a poet and author of both adult and children’s books. He has published nine
books, the latest being The Far Side of Happiness, a collection of short stories published by
Arlen House in 2018. His third poetry collection, The Many Sides of Love, is due for
publication later this year. Gerry has many years’ experience of leading workshops, both in
poetry and in prose. He lives in north Roscommon
€7
Kara Lord Bissett is a harpist from Dublin, who commenced her musical studies at Kylemore College, Ballyfermot, where she studied harp under Dr. Anne Marie O’Farrell and Claire O’Donnell, and piano under Eoin Tierney. She has recently completed a Bachelor of Music degree at TU Dublin Conservatoire, where she studied concert harp under Professor Clíona Doris, and specialised in performance and pedagogy. During her degree, Kara performed extensively with the TU Dublin Harp Ensemble and the TU Dublin Traditional Ensemble. She has been a prizewinner at Feis Ceoil and at the TU Dublin Conservatoire competitions and she has performed in masterclasses with Elinor Bennett at the Wales Harp Festival and with Jean Kelly as part of the National Concert Hall Masterclass Series. She also has a keen interest in pedagogy, and she works as a harp and piano teacher in Dublin.
€7
Tiantian Gao is 8 years old and studies the piano with Shirin Goudarzi- Tobin at the TuDublin Conservatoire. As a five year old, Tiantian won first prize at the Liszt International Youth Piano Competition in Shanghai/China, and since then she has continued to enjoy success at competitions internationally and in Ireland. Her most recent awards include the first prize in Euregio International Piano Competition 2022 (Category A) as well as the first prize in both Feis Ceoil Junior Piano Solo (E) and Junior Piano Duet (C). Tiantian is a student at Rathdown Junior School and in addition to playing the piano, she also enjoys playing the flute, drawing and swimming.
Ai Lin Sun (15 ) lives in Dublin and started to learn piano in 2017. She has been studying in TUDublin with Dr David Mooney since 2019. In 2021, she won 1st prize in both the Rhona Marshall Cup and John Field Cup at the Feis Ceoil. This year, in 2022, she won three further competitions in the Feis Ceoil; the Patricia Read Cup, the Claude Biggs Cup and Junior Concerto competitions.
Mickey Glen Tomas was born in Dublin in 2004. His began to learn piano at the age of 7 in the Newpark Academy of Music. At the age of 13, he moved to DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, now TU Dublin Conservatoire, to continue his musical studies, under the junior program. Now in 6th year, Mickey continues to study piano under Dr David Mooney.
Mickey has performance experience both in competitions and recitals and is a prizewinner in TUDublin, Feis Ceoil the EPTA competition. He has played in venues such as the National Concert Hall and the RDS.
€7
Bláthnaid Nicholson is a 22-year-old soprano from Leixlip, Co. Kildare. Since finishing both a BA Music & Drama and Bachelor of Music degrees in University College Dublin, she has dedicated herself to the art of performance under the tutelage of Colette McGahon-Tosh. Bláthnaid is a multi-prize winner, most recently winning The Marchant Cup and The Veronica Dunne Operatic Ensemble alongside her peers and has been commended on her performance of lieder at the 2022 Feis Ceoil. Bláthnaid also has a wealth of experience in choral performance, being the recipient of a choral scholarship with The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin and most notably featuring on their album Perpetual Twilight with Signum Records. Having previously performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, New York and The National Concert Hall, Dublin, she has since gone on to work with leading conductors with The National Symphony Orchestra in Wallace’s Lurline and in Blackwater Valley Opera Festival’s most recent production, Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice.
Stephen Walker is a young tenor from Ireland studying with Dr Robert Alderson. He recently completed his undergraduate degree in music at the TU Dublin Conservatoire. Stephen is fortunate to have had many opportunities to perform in productions and concerts in Ireland and the UK. He recently represented Ireland in the Romantic National Song Network concert series held in Glasgow, Scotland, and is a featured artist on the Network’s website.
Stephen is a multi-prize winner at various competitions. Recent success include the Dermot Troy Trophy for Oratorio singing in 2022, and the Tenor Solo and Count John McCormack Bursary in 2019, all at the Feis Ceoil.
Recent notable achievements include being accepted to work with the Glyndebourne Academy for young singers in Glyndebourne Opera in 2021 and performing in the Chorus of Gluck’s Orfeo at the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival.
€7
Discover where we came from as a people
Explore our earliest customs, beliefs and superstitions from our Celtic legends up to the culture of the last century
Learn how songs and story-telling have such importance for us
Discover how we coped with dispossession, famine and emigration
Explore with us a world of the imagination, the spiritual, the mysterious and the unseen
We look at key factors that helped to shape us as a people and helped us to survive and thrive down through the centuries
Join us as we engage you in wit and laughter
The show will have particular emphasis on our rich heritage of songs and music. This will involve a degree of spirited audience participation!
Ollie is a native of County Kilkenny, graduate of Maynooth University in History and Folklore and has been involved in music and folklore for most of his life. He has toured extensively, performing shows in Ireland, the UK, Europe, Scandinavia, Australia and the US
€7
Cattle have been in Rathcroghan since the days of Queen Maeb (Maeve). With an agricultural heritage spanning more than 6,000 years, the farming community are as much a part of the area’s history as the monuments themselves. So, how can farming and public access to important sites co-exist in a way that protects these ancient monuments?
Utilising land management design and architectural solutions, work is underway on a series of walking and driving routes to provide public access to the most important archaeological sites while efforts have been made to reward local farmers for their role as care-takers of the monuments.
To coincide with W.J. Sloan Hardware’s Arts Festival window display, Daniel Curley, manager of the Rathcroghan visitor centre, architect Steve Larkin, and artist Paula Barrett (turfprojects.ie) will speak about the history of Rathcroghan, the visitor access plan and the way-marking colour scheme.
€7
Fraser Newton was born in Scotland, Glasgow in 1999 and has studied classical guitar from the age of 12, with the help of Michael Mcgeary and Professor Allan Neave at the RCS juniors programme in Scotland. He moved to Dublin and began his undergraduate degree at TUDublin Conservatory, studying with Marco Ramelli. Since beginning a degree Fraser has gone on to have the opportunity to play across Europe, taking part in numerous competitions, performances and master classes with the likes of Pavel Steidl, Sean Shibe and Andre de Vitis, a vital part of his growing experience as a guitarist.
During the course of his studies, he has had the privilege of many performance opportunities throughout the Dublin area and has been able to focus on and gain a well rounded knowledge of 19th century guitar music and performance
**THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT***
€7 (includes coffee)
Boyle Arts Festival is delighted to present Lenny Chen in concert at King House
Lenny is a very talented young man with a bright future as a concert pianist and he will play compositions by some of his favourite composers, along with popular favourites.
Apart from his success in National piano competitions during this year, such as the RIAM PianoFest, Newpark Festival, Féis Ceóil, Henle Competition and the Irish Youth Piano Festival, Lenny has great interest in his St. Joseph’s BNS projects and he still finds time to play Gaelic Football and Hurling for Boyle GAA.
The programme will include,
Frédéric Chopin: Waltz Op.Posth, in E minor: Waltz no.10 in B Minor Op.69 no.2
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J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D minor (WTK, Book I, No. 6), BWV 851: Sinfonia No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 801.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in G K 283 1st movement, and many more.
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€5 pay on door
The Boyle Singers Group are together since 2006 and sing a range of songs from traditional, folk, Irish and English and mostly unaccompanied.
Tonight they will be joined by special guest Barney Murphy. Barney is from Newtownbutler in Fermanagh and is well known in Traditional Singing Circles and Singing Weekends throughout the country, including Inisowen, Sligo and Ulster Singers Weekend in Derrytresk. He was awarded the “Keeper of Tradition” at the Ulster Singers Weekend at An Creggan Centre. Barney has a rich quality voice in a great traditional style.
