The festival and TV programme returns to the city for the first time in over a decade on Friday 25th and Saturday September 26th, with Music Trail wristbands on sale now.
Other Voices is returning to Derry more than a decade after it was last staged in the city, officially kicking off the festival’s 25th anniversary celebrations.
Across the two days, Derry will host dozens of live performances on the Music Trail, alongside a new conversation programme and globally streamed sets from the historic St Columb’s Hall.
Other Voices originally came to Derry in 2013 and 2014 which I attended.
“To take Other Voices from Dingle to the singing City of Derry in 2013 and 2014 was just wonderful. The music played in churches, halls, schools in the heart of communities, and in barrooms, box rooms and bedrooms was magical. We just loved the welcome, and in this great city we have forged some of the most important personal and professional Other Voices relationships. Everywhere we go, Derry comes with us, so in this, our 25th year, to return to Derry this September is an honour and a pure delight. A big thank you to Derry & Strabane District Council, Tourism NI, and the Government of Ireland’s Shared Island Fund for helping to make this happen.”
– Other Voices Founder Philip King
St Columb’s Hall, one of Derry’s oldest venues, will host intimate sets filmed for broadcast and streamed live via the Other Voices YouTube channel. As always, tickets for those filmed performances won’t be sold directly, instead going to Golden Ticket winners drawn from Music Trail ticket holders, with more chances to win added over the coming weeks.
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Saturday also sees the debut of Soundings, a new discussion strand bringing together artists, writers, makers, thinkers and civil society leaders to explore some of the defining questions of the moment through culture, community and civic imagination.
Weekend Music Trail wristbands are on sale now via Eventbrite, priced at £60 plus booking fees, giving access to every Music Trail show, Soundings, and automatic entry into the St Columb’s Hall draw.
The Music Trail lineup will be announced next week, with individually ticketed shows also available for the first time, priced at £15 and £20 plus booking fees. Entry to Soundings is included with any ticket, or free via registration on Eventbrite.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
