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Friday 3rd August
Pre Opening Performance - The Stiff Gins
Venue Civic Offices Atrium
Time 1 - 2
Opening Gig -Independent Australian Music Showcase
Venue Eamonn Dorans
Time 8.30- 11.00
Double Bill with
The Blue Black Waves - Dublin Based Australian Band
Stiff Gins - Leading Aboriginal female accapella group
And featuring special guest
Matt Lunsen - Tasmanian born and Dublin resident singer songwriter and
performer.
Opening Ceremony & Reception
Venue IFC
Time 7.30 - 9pm
Opening speech by the Australian Ambassador Hon Bob Halverson to invited
guests and media.
Selected artists from festival play short pieces - a smorgasbord to whet the
appetite.
Opening Concert - ARC Dreaming
Venue Meeting House Square
Time 9.00pm - 11pm
ARC Dreaming perform their musical with an interlude.
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Saturday 4th August
Spoken Word - Bewleys
Workshop - Andrew Lindsay
4 -5.45 Under The Influence
Writing and Performance, writing AS performance, 'in
possession of the facts' and 'states of possession'.
Timing and rhythm, Cuban jokes and three act structure,
fictional processes and 'spontaneous combustion'.
Book Launch Dr Robyn Rowland
6.00 - 7.30 Fiery Water
The Festival is proud to launch the latest work of Australian poet Dr Robyn
Rowland. "Fiery Water" is published by Five Islands Press.
Robyn will be reading from the book and the evening will feature some very
special guests.
Acoustic Afternoons at the Porterhouse
Comedy - Mal Webb
Venue The Porterhouse
Time 4pm - 5pm
Music - Kavisha Mazzella
Venue The Porterhouse
Time 5.15 - 6.45
Wonderfully talented singer songwriter
Evening Concert
Mick Thomas and The Sure Thing plus special guests The Blue Black Waves and
Hugh Tolhurst
Venue Temple Bar Music Centre
Time 7.30 - 10.30
Some of Australia's finest talents - the unique sound of the band fronted by
ex Weddings Parties Anything singer Mick Thomas who is also one of
Australia's leading songwriters
Poet Hugh Tolhurst will perform 'Horse Lyrics'
Outdoor Film - 'Strictly Ballroom'
Venue Meeting House Square
Time 10PM - 12PM
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Sunday 5th August Children's Day
Children's Performance
ARC Dreaming
Venue Meeting House Square
Time 2 - 4pm (2 x 35 minute intervals)
BEWLEYS
Workshops (12 - 4pm)
Venue Bewley's Theatre - Grafton Street
12.00 - 1.30 Bandmouth: Tongue and Groove: Your Voice is an Orchestra.
Mal Webb's workshops are all about alternative vocal techniques and being a
band: All your grunts, clicks and hisses can become music.
1.30 - 2.45 Poetry - Hugh Tolhurst and Robyn Rowland
3.00 - 4.00 Anecdotal Evidence - David Astle
The Art of Writing Stories by the 2001 Suspended Sentence Winner
Performance and Readings
Venue Bewley's Theatre - Grafton Street
4.30 - 6.30 Neil Murray, David Astle, Robyn Rowland, Hugh Tolhurst
Acoustic Afternoons at the Porterhouse
Comedy - Mal Webb
Venue The Porterhouse
Time 4pm - 5pm
Music - The Rose Ponies
Venue The Porterhouse
Time 7.30 - 8.45
Featuring Melbourne Born Chiara Browne , Phillip Scott, Kieran McEvoy,
Connor Drumm. Country with an edge!
Evening Performance - 'Yella Mundi'- Story telling through music
Venue Temple Bar Music Centre
Time 7.30 pm - 10.30 pm
Neil Murray, Kavisha Mazzella, Mick Thomas and Steve Cooney + special guests
The Stiff Gins
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Monday 6th August
Acoustic Afternoons at the Porterhouse
Comedy - Mal Webb
Venue The Porterhouse
Time 4pm - 5pm
Music - The Millers Tale
Venue The Porterhouse
Time 5.15pm - 6.45pm
Evening Gig
Venue The Porterhouse
Time 7.00 - 9.00 pm - A selection of Australian Artists
The Breadmaker's Carnival
Venue Bewleys
Time 7.00 - 9.00
Andrew Lindsay's sexy and hilarious first novel The Breadmaker's Carnival
has been called a Rabelaisian romp. Expect an evening of bawdy excess with
Andrew's typically OTT readings. Adults Only!
Closing party - gig
Venue Down Under Bar - Major Tom's
Time 9.30 - late
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