Feile na Greine 2023 took place over the weekend featuring live performances on Saturday from Hazey Haze x Mankyy, Search Results, Robbie Stickland, Katie Kim, Arborist, Sloucho, Jane Deasy and more. Photos by Ian Davies
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The line-up for this year’s Féile Na Gréine has been announced. Doubling up as the Limerick DIY festival’s biggest programme to date, this year’s outing takes over various venues across 18th-20th August 2023. As ever from one of the island’s most tuned-in – and infinitely sound – creative collective and promoters, it’s another wonderfully eclectic, thoroughly stacked line-up of gigs, site-specific performances no workshops across three days and nights. Among this year’s many highlights are a whole host of TTA favourite including Robocobra Quartet (pictured), FONDA, Eimear Reidy and Natalia Beylis, Jane Deasy, Katie Kim, Naive Ted, Search Results and…
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If you know anything about The Thin Air, you’ll likely know how much time we have for Limerick’s thriving music community. At the beating heart of it are various artists & creative conspirators who, together as Féile na Gréine, organise the city’s – and easily one of the island’s – best independent music & art festivals. But their good work doesn’t stop there. Next month, Out of Place, the debut feature-length documentary from the team behind the festival will feature as part of the official programme of the Irish Film Festival London. Directed by Graham Patterson, and starring Limerick artists Denise Chaila,…
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Where on earth would we be without Féile Na Gréine? Currently underway in venues throughout Limerick city, the not-for-profit festival is, without question, one of the purest embodiments of DIY, forward-pushing art & music to be found anywhere on this island. Kicking this year’s festival off in style, organisers nabbed the sublime Poor Creature – the new collaborative project from Ruth Clinton of Landless and Lankum’s Cormac MacDiarmada – for a set as part of their Bring Your Own Lunch (BYOL) series. On perfect par with an unforgettable BYOL set by Naive Ted last year, the pair deliver a wonderfully enthralling set of…
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Without a slither of shadow of a doubt, Féile Na Gréine is the purest representation of what Limerick has to offer in the realm of independent, forward-pushing Irish music (look no further than our review of its thrilling 2019 edition). The brainchild of incalculable volunteers and creative sounders from the city, this year’s line-up is its biggest and best yet. Taking over various venues such as Pharmacia across 19th-21st August, it brings together a whole heap of TTA favourites including Fixity, Girlfriend, Frog of Earth, Junior Brother, Messyng, Natalia Beylis, Son Zept, Post Punk Podge, Zeropunkt, Brigid Mae Power, Banríon, Emmy Shigeta…
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Today’s the day. After a whole lot of uncertainty, and profound governmental incompetence, Féile na Gréine returns to Limerick city this weekend. To mark the occasion, the heroes at Piquant Media have unveiled a blistering ‘Bring Your Own Lunch’ set from Limerick native Naive Ted. Shot yesterday, September 9th, the DJ, producer and Unscene main man weaves a heady 40-minute set, doubly confirming his status as one of the island’s most singular talents. Get stuck in below. Curated by local collectives DIY LK and Lower Your Expectations, this year’s sold out Féile na Gréine will feature sets from Jinx Lennon, Eimear Reidy, Bodycam,…
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Féile na Gréine have unveiled the line-up for their highly-anticipated return next month. Curated by local collectives DIY LK and Lower Your Expectations, the Limerick music trail will take place across September 11-12th at The Commercial, Mother Mac’s, Crew and Pharmacia. Set to play across the weekend are Acid Granny (pictured), Aoife Wolf, Bodycam, Eimear Reidy, Elaine Malone, Jinx Lennon, lastminuteman, Macca & JB, Naive Ted and Tom Prendergast. Tickets for this year’s festival, which were free, have already sold out. If you missed out, a waiting list for pods is here.
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2019 saw the inaugural Féile Na Gréine, a three-day, not-for-profit music trail taking place across Limerick. With no choice but to cancel last year’s outing, and a return this year still up in the air, organisers have announced details of a new film titled Out of Place. Posting on social media, organisers said, “We’re happy to announce that we’ve been working on a film. We spent 2020 documenting a number of artists from Limerick, and exploring the connection between music, space, and community. More to share in the coming months.” Among the artists to feature in the film are Narolane’s Denise…
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Féile na Gréine blasted through Limerick this weekend with an unprecedented force taking over venues and public spaces in an explosion of rhythm, creativity and unity. The tireless efforts of Limerick’s best and brightest designers, sound engineers, artists and all round creatives seamlessly came together to create a beautiful moment in time, forever frozen in the hearts and minds of the beholders. Now in its second year DIY LK and Lower your Expectations collaboration glistened day through day with the sheer determination of the community to bring music alive within the city. With this year’s festival expanding into nearly double…
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It’s no longer up for debate: right now, the network of promoters, venues and artists that make up Ireland’s extraordinary DIY music scene (singular) is the strongest and most homogeneous that it’s ever been. From Dundalk, Cork, and Belfast to Letterkenny, Dublin, Derry and beyond, incalculable good people are putting on world-beating shows and festivals, featuring acts of every ilk and every conceivable corner of the island. No area or sound is being overlooked. No band is stranded in the arse-end of nowhere after a show. Blind, sweeping reverence for Dublin as some sort of untouchable bastion of Irish music…