Timelapse video of the Absolut Big Top going up in Fisheries Field, NUI Galway this week ahead of Galway International Arts Festival (GIAF) 17. See: [ Ссылка ]

Live at the Absolut Big Top (co-produced with the Róisín Dubh) features an amazing line-up of Irish and international musicians including Brian Wilson and a 15–piece band performing his legendary album Pet Sounds and many of Wilson and The Beach Boys’ greatest hits; the joyous and uplifting Ladysmith Black Mambazo; the endearing, singer-songwriter sensation that is Passenger; the sweet and soulful Gavin James; A Night at the Proms featuring the RTÉ Concert Orchestra celebrating some of the finest and most colourful orchestral music from the American continent; and Festival favourites The Coronas, and Jenny Greene and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra’s Dance Anthems playing at GIAF’s 40th Anniversary Weekend Party.

Other music highlights include Songhee Pansori Lab, and Lankum in St. Nicholas’ Church; James Lavelle, The Soul Rebels, Lisa Hannigan, Loah, Saint Sister, Wallis Bird, Jófríður Ákadóttir aka JFDR, and Beoga, amongst others, at the Róisín Dubh; Badly Drawn Boy, Áine Cahill, Altan, Stockton’s Wing, and Traditional Music Showcases featuring many of Ireland’s leading musicians at Monroe’s Live; with DJ sets at Electric.

Galway International Arts Festival (GIAF) 2017 is GIAF’s largest, and most ambitious programme to date.

The 40th programme also includes new opera and theatre, including four world premieres, First Thought Talks discussions on the theme of ‘power’, extraordinary visual art and street spectacle, and a special 40th Festival commission.

For more details see: [ Ссылка ]

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