Sunday 26th June 2005 @ 3pm in Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin.

Gala Gig

Join us for the opening gala gig of the Waltons Guitar Festival of Ireland. It's FREE and is jammed packed with some of the best entertainers around. This promises to be an afternoon of fun and entertainment for all the family. This gig is in the fabulous outdoor performance space in Temple Bar's Meeting House Square. Come along and see Nigel Mooney & Quartet, Freddie White, Louis Stewart & John Moriarty, the Irish Guitar Trio and many more special guests!

Cinema Nights

Sit back, relax and enjoy our free cinema nights. Several guitar-related films are to be screened during the festival on the outdoor cinema screen Meeting House Square. They start at 9:30pm so don't be late!

Cinema Night 1 'Woody Allen - Sweet and Low Down'

Woody Allen makes beautiful music but only fitful comedy with his story of "the second greatest guitar player in the world." Sean Penn plays Emmett Ray, an irresponsible, womanizing swing guitar player in Depression-era America who is guided by an ego almost as large as his talent. "I'm an artist, a truly great artist," he proclaims time and time again, and when he plays, soaring into a blissed-out world of pure melodic beauty, he proves it. Samantha Morton almost steals the film as his mute girlfriend Hattie, a sweet Chaplinesque waif who loves him unconditionally, and Uma Thurman brings haughty moxie to her role as a slumming socialite and aspiring writer who's forever analyzing Emmett's peculiarities (like taking his dates to shoot rats at the city dump). Shot by Zhao Fei ( The Emperor and the Assassin , Raise the Red Lantern ), it's one of Allen's most gorgeous and colorful films in years, buoyed by toe-tapping music and Penn's gruffly charming performance.

Monday 27th June 2005 in Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin.

Miguelangel 'Angel' Lejarza @ 1:10 pm

Born in Tepeji del Rio, Mexico, Miguelangel ‘Angel' Lejarza obtained his degree with first-class honours from the Concervatorio Nacional de Musica in Mexico City before leaving for France to study guitar and early music at the Schola Cantorum de Paris . As a soloist he has performed throughout Europe, as well as in Algeria, Morocco and the US, and he has recorded four solo albums for the AULOS label.

 

Cinema Night 2 'Carlos Saura - Flamenco'

Carlos Saura, most famous for his film, the flamenco CARMEN - involved the restaging of a dance ballet, by setting it within a film ABOUT its being staged - knows his flamenco, and has found an integral style in which to present a series of artists in performances that 'speak' for themselves. Lighting, staging, and choice of musical/dance genre in each case is carefully crafted. In fact, his influence has been such that it has revolutionised the staging of theatrical flamenco. This is not only the best film on flamenco and a must for anyone who loves flamenco, but one of the best dance films ever, and a must for anyone who loves to watch flamenco.

Tuesday 28th June 2005 in Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin.

Clive Barnes @ 1:10 pm

"Clive Barnes plays lapslide and regular acoustic guitar, his songs are achingly beautiful, played with a passion rarely seen and an intensity impossible to fake" said the Boston Globe (USA).

Imagine a slightly less gritty version of Tom Waits, backed by guitar playing so powerful and melodic, it will leave you speechless!

Clive has released four albums to date, 1999's "Shine", 2001's "Welcome To Farewell" and 2002's "Live at The Spirit Store" and the latest "Goldtooth Cinnamon". All four albums were met with amazing critical response. Welcome to Farewell went on to win "Homegrown Album of the year 2002" in the US and the world's most infulentual acoustic guitar magazine "Acoustic Guitar", paving the way for fully sold out tours of the USA in 2002 and 2003.

Goldtooth Cinnamon lifts everything Clive has done to a new level, with songwriting, lyrics and guitar playing pushed to new hights. 

Clive has shared stages with acts the caliber of The Blind Boys of Alabama, Solomon Burke, Peter Green, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock, Joe Ely, and David Crosby who called Clive "the closest thing to an acoustic rollercoaster ride i've ever seen!"

Clive recently recieved two costom built guitars from Stanford, an acknowledgement of how Clive has pushed finger style acoustic guitar into a new place!

"Clive is a player of mood, passion and unbound ability" Acoustic Guitar Magazine

 "Clive is an supremly deft slide guitarist with a burned Tom Waits like vocal" The Irish Times 

"Clive is the finest acoustic guitar exponent to emerge in recent years"

Paul Dromey, The Irish Examiner.

"Clive is a great, great guitarist" Gary Lucas.

 

TICKET INFORMATION

All evening events on Meeting House Square are FREE and TICKETED. Tickets are available for collection in person from 9am Monday morning in the week of an event from the Temple Bar Information Centre, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

Alternatively, send an SAE to Temple Bar Outdoors c/o Temple Bar Properties, 12 East Essex Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 clearly stating the specific event for which you would like tickets, for receipt no later than two weeks before that event. Tickets will be posted in the week of that event. Tickets will not be sent unless the number of the party requesting tickets over 18 is indicated.

PLEASE NOTE ...

Tickets are allocated on a first come, first served basis and are subject to availability.

Latecomers are admitted onto Meeting House Square at the discretion of the management.

Natural light factor may mean films cannot always start on time.

Events are sometimes subject to change. Please check press for confirmation of event and start time.

Events are not cancelled unless persistent, heavy rain occurs - so come prepared!