Acts: Yurodny, Oddsocks Revival, No Crows, The Dead Flags, Wurlitzer, Voices from the Fridge, Asis & Sebastian, Wayne O’Connor.

Events: Children’s Street Mural Workshop, Street Theatre, Circus Club, Cirque des Legumes, Banner-making Workshop, Badge-making Workshop, T-Shirt Making Workshop, Youth Art Project, and much more to be confirmed.

A number of Guest Speakers will be in attendance on the day.

On Saturday August 15^th, Sligo’s first O’Connell Street Festival will take place, on the three year anniversary of it’s pedestrianisation. The street will be occupied from afternoon to night with music, performances, public art projects, children’s games, and other festivities. The entire day is set aside to bring together a common voice to keep O’Connell Street pedestrianised. Musical acts come from both across Ireland and locally, as do artists and community groups.

This festival underscores the relevance of the people’s voice in determining Sligo’s future democratically and progressively. Recent deliberations by Sligo Borough Counselors have raised the idea of bringing a traffic corridor back onto O’Connell Street. This suggestion is not only unpopular with the general public and local businesses, it is being met with resistance. The public has shown that O’Connell Street works – and must be further pedestrianised, not reverted to the grey traffic corridor of previous years. To keep the spirit of Sligo high and to further green the town for families and guests alike, O’Connell Street will continue to be a pedestrianised zone.

If you would like to speak on the day, or get involved please contact The O’Connell Street Festival Team on oconnellstreetfest@gmail.com

This festival could not have happened without the support and commitment of all the performers and artists who have kindly given their time and talent for this cause. The organisers also thank The O’Connell Street Vendors Association, Sligo Chamber of Commerce, Failte North West, Cairde Festival, The Model, Sligo Events, Denise Rushe, young model, Noel Ely, Aisling Ryan, …..

Hi all,

We’ve been busy last week getting many interviews and just now I got some time to write about it.

On Friday we went to the Tobergal Lane in Sligo and interviewed ‘No Crows’ . They even played a song for us. We love the sound of the live music and enjoyed it much. Shane Donnelly was the SligoTV host who was doing it for the first time so we thank him for the great job. We also added a surprise at the end of the clip. Here is the video http://sligotv.ie/?view=48.

Also on Friday we met Liam Ó Maonlaí in The Factory. I personally knew very little about him and got to know more of what he is doing just by being part of the interview crew. I recommend this interview where Tony Travers was our host. Here is the video http://sligotv.ie/?view=49.

More about the Republic of Loose interview in the next post.