Ruth Negga, Quantic, Lisa Hannigan, Denise Chaila and more for Limerick All We Have Are Days Festival
All we Have are Days is a new festival weekender in Limerick city from January 31st to February 3rd.
Presentd by thefive&eight and Guinness, the weekend takes places over Brigid’s Bank Holiday. It is a music-centred festival embedded in the city, hosting shows in Limerick’s churches, theatres, pub corners, public spaces and more intimate traditional venues.
Headline names include Oscar nominee Ruth Negga, DJ and producer Quantic, U.S. filmmaker dream hampton and singer/songwriter Lisa Hannigan
Also lined up are a coterie of writers, musicians, artists, speakers, poets, DJs and songwriters including:
Sinéad Gleeson, Gemma Hayes, Niamh Regan, Denise Chaila, Anna B. Savage, Paul Noonan, Molly O’Mahony, windings, Paddy Cummins + John Francis Flynn, Emma Langford, Arveene, Bren Berry, Donal Dineen, Brian B+ Cross, Mike Finn, Jacob Stack, JarJarJr, Prima Volta, Trad Folkin’ Rocks, Strictly Rhythm.
All we Have are Days is in partnership with Guinness, Limerick City & County Council, and Limerick Chamber of Commerce.
Launching the festival on Friday January 31st, Academy Award and Tony Award nominee Ruth Negga, Mercury Prize nominee Lisa Hannigan, and Irish Book of the Year winner Sinéad Gleeson come together for a unique and singular evening in the city’s 800-year old St. Mary’s Cathedral.
Ruth, Lisa and Sinéad will be in conversation exploring the importance of music in their respective professional and creative lives, where they have found it influence them in their work, and their relationship with music now as a source, a tool, or simply an enjoyment. The night will open and close with solo performances from Lisa, and it be Ruth Negga’s first live event in her home city.
All details, event tickets and contact points are available from www.allwehavearedays.com.
More on the programme:
Further headline shows across the weekend include the acclaimed TRIO on Saturday February 1st, with Lisa Hannigan, Gemma Hayes and Bell X1’s Paul Noonan, in conversation and performance at the beautiful John’s Church, home of Dance Limerick in the city’s historic John’s Square. Niamh Regan and guests play the same venue on Bank Holiday Sunday, February 2nd. Also on Sunday February 2nd, the festival welcomes DJs Quantic, B+ and Donal Dineen for an all day block party, while renowned American filmmaker dream hampton joins the festival programme for an Irish debut screening of her recently released film ‘It Was All A Dream’, followed by a digital ‘in conversation’ with Denise Chaila and Dr. Jennifer McMahon.
Other highlights over the weekend include: Anna B Savage at The Commercial on Friday 31st, the London singer songwriter playing her debut Limerick show following the release of her third album, You and i are Earth; windings playing a first hometown show in 3 years, Upstairs at Dolan’s on Saturday February 1st; and two renowned Limerick artists talking music, when playwright Mike Finn and illustrator Jacob Stack gather in a pub corner to swop stories of music in their lives and work…
Popup shows
All we Have are Days will announce brief popup shows with festival artists in some of the city’s favourite pubs, including The White House, Tom Collins, J.J. Bowles, Dolan’s, Mother Mac’s, Jerry Flannery’s, Pharmacia, The Commercial, Bobby Byrnes, Curragower and Nancy Blake’s.
The festival will also host shows in County Limerick and also has the input of Limerick promoters including Prima Volta, Strictly Rhythm and Trad Folkin’ Rocks each programming late night shows.
