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Australia Festival - Programme music | spoken word | film | venues | programme | sponsors | diversions | tickets -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music tickets go on sale Friday 27th July from Claddagh Records - be quick there are limited numbers to all events - click here for more info -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp