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Win a pair of tickets in online festival survey

We have a pair of tickets to give away for the 2010 festival to one lucky person who fills out this online survey.

Independently collated and assessed, the survey results will provide valuable information to the Glasgowbury Music Group in how it can move forward into a new decade with the best views of the public at heart.

The short questionnaire can be filled in by clicking the link below and details of anyone who takes part will be kept anonymous.

One lucky person, chosen at random, will also win a pair of tickets to this year’s Glasgowbury Music Festival.

To take part, follow this link:  Glasgowbury Music Festival Questionnaire

 

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Furlo add Signature to February G Session

Limavady lads Furlo, in conjunction with Glasgowbury, will exclusively launch their follow-up EP at a post Christmas G Session on February 6th.

Signature, the sophomore release from the now five piece, is already shaping up to build upon the success of Concussed Girls which won them legions of fans.

The February G Session will be a four band spectacular with support on the night coming from The Q, Colenso Parade and Pretty Child Backfire.

Doors are at 9pm and admission is £5.

 

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Merry Christmas from all at Glasgowbury

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Well, we’re coming to the end of an incredible year for music in Northern Ireland, the bands and artists who made it so special and for Glasgowbury.

The annual Small But Massive festival enjoyed one of its most special years yet – with a fantastic day of music, vibrant colour and good vibes all experienced by a sell out capacity crowd.

And with the tenth anniversary of the festival approaching next year, we’re already putting plans in place which will continue the festival’s grassroots ethos while continually providing a platform for the best new and exciting music culture.

Earlier in the year, Glasgowbury also secured the rights to bring the IMRO showcase to a rural and local stage and the venue was packed out – testament to the strength of the music scene.

Meanwhile the Group’s Rural Key Music Project was recognised by the Carnegie UK Trust as Northern Ireland’s ‘Rural Spark’, picking up an award at the iconic Eden Project in Cornwall.

And last month the Group were delighted to hear that we picked up SIX nominations for this year’s Irish Festival Awards – after coming away with two awards last year.

So we’re ending the year on a high – but we’re not resting on our laurels.

Expect to hear some exciting announcements early in 2010 regarding plans for the tenth annual Glasgowbury Music Festival.

And we hope that you, the people who have stuck with Glasgowbury from the start, those who joined the ship at a later stage or those who have simply followed the Group’s many activities throughout the year; can continue to support us and keep us energised throughout 2010 as we prepare for yet another fun-filled weekend of entertainment.

In the meantime, we wish all a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

From all the Glasgowbury Team.

 

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Get your ASIWYFA tickets from Glasgowbury HQ

Ahead of their mammoth Ulster Hall date on December 18th, And So I Watch You From Afar have left a few tickets down at Glasgowbury HQ for their rural fans to avail of.

The band are best known for their relentless touring schedules and music loving ethos which saw them command the Small But Massive main stage at Glasgowbury this year.

Their Ulster Hall date on December 18th promises to be one of the most special the venue will ever see and the band will ever perform.

And being the forward thinking band that they are, the lads have left some tickets in the hands of Glasgowbury so their rural fans can get their hands on them.

To get yours, call in to the Glasgowbury Office (Unit B1, The Business Centre, Tobermore Road, Draperstown) or give us a call on 028 796 28428 to check their availability.

Tickets are priced at £8.

 

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Vote for us in the Irish Festival Awards 2009

For the second year running, Glasgowbury has been nominated in several categories at the Irish Festival Awards.

Last year Glasgowbury picked up the Best Service Award and Family Festival Award, but this year wants to go one better.

After the sell-out success of Glasgowbury 2009, the festival has been nominated in six categories including:

 

  • Best Small Festival
  • Best Line-Up
  • Best Service
  • Best Toilets
  • Best Family Festival
  • Social Responsibility

 

So now we need you, the people who make Glasgowbury so special, to vote for us and help us on the road to victory.

Festival Organiser Paddy Glasgow said Glasgowbury’s nominations were testament to the success of the acts and the people who make Glasgowbury so special every year.

“It’s the second year in a row that we’ve been nominated in the Irish Festival Awards and we’re all very proud that Glasgowbury is being recognised on a national scale,” he said.

“It’s because of the people who have stuck with Glasgowbury over the last ten years that the festival continues to go from strength to strength.

“Winning another award from the Irish Festival Awards would be the icing on the cake of a successful year for Glasgowbury so far.

“It’s a great achievement to still be here after 10 years and the group has diversified in many ways over that time.

“With the tenth anniversary of the festival approaching in 2010 plans are already in motion to make it another magical, colourful and fun packed musical extravaganza.

“For now, we’d really appreciate it if the supporters of Glasgowbury could take the time out to vote for us in the Irish Festival Awards and help us be recognised as one of Ireland’s leading music festivals.”

 

www.irishfestivalawards.ie

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G Decks launches with Deep Fried Funk

G Decks presents Deep Fried Funk

When: Saturday 5th December

Where: Cellar Bar, Draperstown

Cost: £5

DERRY’S most famous dance export and all round legends, Deep Fried Funk have been hand picked to launch the first night in a new series of Glasgowbury based events called G Decks.

The events have been organised in response to a large response and need in the area where a huge number of original dance music artists and lovers have expressed their interest in the genre.

And to launch the new G Decks initiative, the legendary Deep Fried Funk will take over the Cellar Bar in Draperstown on Saturday 5 December for a night of funk fuelled dance mastery.

Regular stage closers at the festival, DFF’s performances have become something of a ritual over the last number of years and their iconic and memorable showcases have the tent packed with lovers of all things music.

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Fiasco headline December G Session (SOLD OUT)

What: The G Sessions Present General Fiasco with support from The Q

When: Saturday 26th December

Where: Cellar Bar, Draperstown

Cost: Tickets £6 (see below)

 

AFTER packing out venues across the UK, including Belfast’s Ulster Hall, General Fiasco will return home to the place where it all began with a headline slot at the Glasgowbury G Sessions this December.

The local trio have graced the G Sessions stage on a number of occasions, after igniting their career at the Glasgowbury festival in 2007; and will return with an early Christmas present for their local fans.

Their first single proper, We Are The Foolish, was released last month to critical acclaim and forthcoming single Ever So Shy aims to build upon their growing reputation.

Support on the night comes from Derry’s indie wunderkids The Q, who after a number of years on the circuit, including a year’s experience on Glasgowbury’s Rural Key Music Project, will bring their exciting and eccentric style to life.

With a re-vamped line-up and brand new EP in the shape of Big Fubb, the post-punk stylings of the young five piece have been celebrated as far away as America.

 

A limited run of tickets* (priced at £6) for this one-off, special pre-Christmas show are on sale now from:

 

Glasgowbury Office, Draperstown (028 796 28428)

Danny Otterson Music Shop, Maghera (028 796 42651)

Top 40, Magherafelt (028 796 33808)

Cellar Bar, Draperstown

 

*Tickets for this event are very limited and once sold, no more will be made available.

 

www.myspace.com/generalfiasco

www.myspace.com/theq42

 

LaFaro headline as the G Sessions return

After a short hiatus to look after the biggest and best Glasgowbury Music Festival ever, the G SESSIONS return for your viewing pleasure on Saturday 7th November.

Widely regarded as the most exciting new music showcase outside of the city, the G Sessions have now entered their 6th year, consistently bringing the best acts to their rural fans.

The unholy might of LaFaro will kick off a new campaign of monthly gigs which will see the cream of the crop in Irish musical talent make a bee-line for the Cellar Bar in Draperstown.

Support on the night comes from rock and roll kids Thrones Of Roll while a new initiative with local spinster, DJ Deano, will see Glasgowbury enter the dance arena to top and tail the evening.

In the lead up to the Glasgowbury Festival in 2010, expect this run of G Sessions to become a stomping ground for the best original music throughout the regions.

Doors open at 9pm on the night and admission is £5.

 

 

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Premiere of festival films to relive Glasgowbury ’09

The official launch of the Glasgowbury 2009 documentary will take place at the Cellar Bar in Draperstown this Saturday, 3rd October.

The annual event sees the premiere of a festival film undertaken by a specialist team of camera operators headed up by visionary director Bobby Gordon.

This year a number of short festival documentaries will be shown ahead of the launch of Bobby’s official film.

Here Comes The Landed Gentry will also play an exclusive acoustic session and the night will be capped off with a rock disco.

Doors open at 9pm and the cost is £3.

Places are limited so get down early and relive the greatest Glasgowbury experience ever!

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For Folk’s sake

Our good friends at Foyle Folk Festival have just announced plans for this year’s proceedings uniting a truck load of the country’s finest folking and non-folking performers for the annual Derry blow-out.

Re-locating to Cafe Del Mondo at Guildhall Square, the festival will spread itself across two days and display 20 acts from right across the Emerald Isle on August 22 and 23.

Keith Harkin, Little Hooks, Paddy Nash, Ten Gallon Hat, The Mighty Stef and Balkan Alien Sound are just some of the varied acts which highlight the diversity of the annual festival.

The festival is being organised by stalwart musical maestro Philip Wallace (Ard Ri, Here Comes The Landed Gentry), who is excited about bringing the cream of the folk crop together for the weekend long event.

Tickets for the event are priced at a very reasonable £10 per day or £16 for a weekend ticket and are available from Cafe Del Mondo in Derry or you can pay at the door on the day (capacity permitting).

Find out everything you need to know …here…

Saturday 22 August

The Balkan Alien Sound

Here Comes the Landed Gentry

Keith Harkin

Paddy Nash and The Happy Enchiladas

Ten Gallon Hat

Our Krypton Son

Silhouette

Teknopeasant

Johnny Black

Conor Mason

Sunday 23 August

The Little Hooks

Ard Ri

Junior Johnson

The Mighty Stef

Roy Arbuckle

Declan McLaughlan

Barefoot

Eileen Webster

Kevin Nash

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