Mountshannon Arts Festival 2020
Féile Ealaíon Bhaile Uí Bheoláin 2020
Identity
Féiniúlacht
“We can spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Saints or sex addicts. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves. And maybe it's our job to invent something better.” Chuck Palahniuk
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Artists are the core essence of an Arts Festival. We need them. We need their inspiration and their creation. We need their critical view of society, their connectivity, their ability to give and feed us.
Artists need support in these crazy times. We hope, by sharing their amazing work, it will help. Enjoy, watch, read and listen..
Today, we are happy to present 2 artists of the Mountshannon Arts Festival 2020
Jessica Traynor, poetJessica Traynor’s debut poetry collection, Liffey Swim (Dedalus Press, 2014), was shortlisted for the 2015 Strong/Shine Award. Her second collection, The Quick, was published to critical acclaim in 2018. Other awards include the Ireland Chair of Poetry Bursary, Hennessy New Writer of the Year Award and the Listowel Poetry Prize.
In 2019, she edited ‘Correspondences: an anthology to call for an end to direct provision’ with actor Stephen Rea, bringing together artists and writers in direct provision with Irish writers.
Here are links to her remarkable work
Dedalus Press here:
https://www.dedaluspress.com/authors/traynor-jessica/
Jessica Traynor is launching an initiative to sell Correspondences directly for €15 plus postage with full sales price going to MASI at this challenging time - those interested in buying can email Correspondencesanthology@gmail.com to order
Cherym, Music trio
Serving up their own unique recipe of pop-rock, Cherym are a three-piece from Derry. The trio’s identity was born of a joint love of Garage Rock, Pop Punk and a desire to be the biggest band in the world. Their self-released debut EP 'Mouthbreatherz' racked up over 20,000 organic streams and garnered them fans all over Ireland, earning them slots at a number of prominent festivals and support roles for notable bands such as local legends ‘And So I Watch You From Afar’ and 'Fangclub.’ Cherym were nominated for ’Best Single’ with their debut track 'Take It Back' at the 2018 NI Music Awards.
The band released their latest single ‘Abigail’ in November 2019, which has been their most successful release yet, with support from both DSP editorial play-listing and National radio.
In February 2020, the band embarked on a series of dates with ‘Yonaka’, including a sold-out show in The Grand Social in Dublin. Cherym are currently working toward the release of their next single, ‘Weird Ones’, which will be released in late April in support of their debut UK/IRE Tour.
Links to their unique music
https://youtu.be/Zx4DcyA4gc0
http://cherym.bandcamp.com/releases
https://m.facebook.com/cherymofficial/
https://www.instagram.com/cherymofficial
Artists need support in these crazy times. We hope, by sharing their amazing work, it will help. Enjoy, watch, read and listen..
Today, we are happy to present 2 artists of the Mountshannon Arts Festival 2020
Jessica Traynor, poetJessica Traynor’s debut poetry collection, Liffey Swim (Dedalus Press, 2014), was shortlisted for the 2015 Strong/Shine Award. Her second collection, The Quick, was published to critical acclaim in 2018. Other awards include the Ireland Chair of Poetry Bursary, Hennessy New Writer of the Year Award and the Listowel Poetry Prize.
In 2019, she edited ‘Correspondences: an anthology to call for an end to direct provision’ with actor Stephen Rea, bringing together artists and writers in direct provision with Irish writers.
Here are links to her remarkable work
Dedalus Press here:
https://www.dedaluspress.com/authors/traynor-jessica/
Jessica Traynor is launching an initiative to sell Correspondences directly for €15 plus postage with full sales price going to MASI at this challenging time - those interested in buying can email Correspondencesanthology@gmail.com to order
Cherym, Music trio
Serving up their own unique recipe of pop-rock, Cherym are a three-piece from Derry. The trio’s identity was born of a joint love of Garage Rock, Pop Punk and a desire to be the biggest band in the world. Their self-released debut EP 'Mouthbreatherz' racked up over 20,000 organic streams and garnered them fans all over Ireland, earning them slots at a number of prominent festivals and support roles for notable bands such as local legends ‘And So I Watch You From Afar’ and 'Fangclub.’ Cherym were nominated for ’Best Single’ with their debut track 'Take It Back' at the 2018 NI Music Awards.
The band released their latest single ‘Abigail’ in November 2019, which has been their most successful release yet, with support from both DSP editorial play-listing and National radio.
In February 2020, the band embarked on a series of dates with ‘Yonaka’, including a sold-out show in The Grand Social in Dublin. Cherym are currently working toward the release of their next single, ‘Weird Ones’, which will be released in late April in support of their debut UK/IRE Tour.
Links to their unique music
https://youtu.be/Zx4DcyA4gc0
http://cherym.bandcamp.com/releases
https://m.facebook.com/cherymofficial/
https://www.instagram.com/cherymofficial
Dear all
We just want to get in touch, to give you some idea of what we are thinking in regards to our festival, and the impact upon it of the Coronavirus.
In the current very uncertain environment, it is unclear, if our festival will be in a position to go ahead as planned.
We are currently exploring our options. It could be that we postpone the whole event, or possibly hold a reduced event over one weekend, later in the year.
As you can appreciate, we know no more than anyone else, and everything is uncertain.
We will continue to update you, as and when things become clearer.
We also hope to support the Arts and the Artists through our social media and website so stay tuned.
If you have any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
In the meantime, we are sending you all our best wishes, in this unprecedented time
The Mountshannon Arts Festival Committee
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