25/09/2014. FREE TO USE IMAGE. Waterford Imagine Festival. Waterford is ‘awash’ with talent this Imagine Festival! A programme featuring 62 different events for the Arts festival was announced today in Waterford, looking forward to the Festival which gets underway in the City from October 16th is Niamh McCann, Rose Keating, Sean Smith, Odile De Leastar and Rachel Maley. see Imagineartsfestival.com. Picture: Patrick Browne

13th Annual Imagine Arts Festival Programme Announced in Waterford

Waterford is ‘awash’ with talent this Imagine Festival

The Programme for 13th annual Imagine Arts Festival will be announced in Waterford City today, Thursday, September 25th at St. Patrick’s Gateway Centre. Waterford native and Editor of The Irish Times Kevin O’Sullivan officially launches the 2014 programme.

Ireland’s oldest City will be awash with Irish and International talent for ten days from October 16th to October 26th as 62 different events both free and ticketed will be on offer at a variety of venues across Waterford City centre.

According to the Festival Director, Ollie Breslin, the programme for this year’s Imagine festival will celebrate a wide variety of art forms including the spoken word, music, dance, comedy, visual art and drama.

“We are delighted to host such a variety of artists at this year's festival, it is a very enticing programme and we expect that tickets will be hot property. Waterford has always been a great supporter of the Arts. Imagine Arts Festival is proud to play a role in continuing that tradition.”

Some of the 2014 festival highlights include music from U.S. Folk singer Tim Eriksen; The Lost Brothers; American musician Lee Ranaldo best known as a co-founder of Sonic Youth, the world’s most famous brass band ‘The Black Dyke Band’, Dylan Tighe, Mick Flannery and a whole weekend of Trad with the John Dywer Trad Weekend.

Author and playwright Michael Harding will also feature along with Author John MacKenna, Michael Smith, Colm Keegan and festival-man Mark Graham.

History and Heritage is on offer with ‘Booze, Blaas n’Banter’ event which celebrates the City’s Quayside and maritime heritage, featuring a host of journalist, authors and musicians at a traditional ‘early house’ this event is one not to be missed.

A variety of visual art will also be on offer with a Patrick Morrison Retrospective Exhibition featuring 20 of his most famous prints. In addition cartoonist and illustrator Gerald Scarfe will also host an exhibition along with artists Paul Bolger and Kate Gaudig.

The premiere of a brand new documentary will also form part of the festival programme when the 'Ballybricken Documentary Film' by Mark Power will be screened on October 19th.

This year’s Festival also features an events programme especially for children including a 'Parade of Light' and a variety of theatre and dance events for all tastes and ages.

For full programme details see Imagineartsfestival.com

ENDS – September 25, 2014.

For further information, to organise an interview or to secure a Festival Press Pass contact: Ann Power 086 3065588 ann@powerhousepr.ie or Breffni Burke 086 856 3739

Ann Power
Powerhouse PR