The Manchester Irish Festival: 4th - 19th March 2006
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M19 Bar
847 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, Manchester M19 3PW
Tel No: 0161 225 8359
website: www.m19bar.com
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Friday 10th March
WKD Party Night
8pm, Admission Free
With an Irish party soundtrack and stacks of WKD prizes and giveaways this night is not for the faint hearted.
Sponsored by WKD Iron Brew
Friday 17th March
St Patrick’s Day Party
12noon-8pm, Admission Free
Chill out with a Irish coffee or enjoy one of the bar’s famous ‘baby Murphy’s’ cocktails whilst enjoying a Gaelic soundtrack on the bar’s state of the art sound system. Musicians from the evening Acoustic-Fest upstairs will be warming up with a session from 5pm.
Sponsored by Murphy’s Irish stout
Friday 17th March
St Patrick’s Night Special Acoustic-Fest
Dublin born Singer songwriter Ray Heffernan, best known for writing the Award winning ‘Angels’ for Robbie Williams will be headlining the St Patrick’s night ‘Acoustic Fest’
In this exclusive gig Ray Heffernan will be supported by Belfast group 'Doctors in Sessions' plus sets from Dave Green, Adam Kelly, October, Little Whispers, The Logicals, Redwood Thinkers, Amida and Rifles.
Ray will be showcasing songs from his new album “Postcards from the periphery” which is being released in June. Louis Walsh credits Ray as “The man who saved Robbie Williams” and Noel Gallagher was adamant about crediting Ray at the Brit Awards when Angels was voted best song “Let the real writer of “Angels” be credited”
Ray said about his meeting with Robbie “We met in a Dublin pub during the Christmas holidays of 1996, and proceeded to go out and have a few beers etc. He ended up staying in my place, as we had said we would try to write some songs together. I had one that I had written in Paris called "An Angel Instead", which he liked, and we worked on it together. He called Louis Walsh, who organised a studio for us, and we recorded a version of it here in Dublin. He went back to England after that, and we lost touch. I was therefore very surprised to hear that "Angels" was on his new album. I got in touch, and essentially signed a waver of my rights to the song for just £7,500 and the rest is musical history, I'm still writing songs and selling albums independently and he is a corporation.”
The BBC is currently preparing a documentary called “Chasing Angels”, which will be an hour long insight into Ray’s life and work and Channel 5 are broadcasting “The secrets of my success’ featuring the story behind ‘Angels. Both documentaries are due to be screened in the summer to coincide with the release of Ray’s new album.
More information about Ray is available on his website www.rayheffernan.com
Free admission with advance ticket from bar or email your details to Ray Heffernan guest list at irishfest@hotmail.co.uk
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Saturday 18th March
A Traditional Irish Music Concert
This special traditional Irish concert will feature the reknown Irish pipes player Becky Taylor accompanied by guitarist Dave Krosky. Special guests include the award winning fiddle player Emma Sweeney and singer songwriter Adam Kelly. Guest musicians are welcome to join in the Irish session after the concert.
Admission is free but you are advised to get your free tickets in advance from the m19 bar or to turn up early.
7.30pm-late
Admission Free (free advance tickets available from M19 Bar)
Sponsored by WKD Iron Brew