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For the full programme of the Children’s Festival starting on Monday 20, click here.

Friday 24 - Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 - Monday 27 - Tuesday 28 - Wednesday 29 - Thursday 30 - Friday 31 - Saturday 1

Children’s Festival Sound & Vision Cork X Southwest Canon Goodman Special Events
Friday 24 July
10.30am – 12.30am Making Musical Instruments Workshop with Sonia The Scout Hall
1.00pm – 3.00pm C103 Street Fleet – OPEN AIR DISCO The Bridge
3.00pm – 5.00pm Street Disco with Tony Burke The Bridge
4.00pm – 6.00pm Basketball Blitz (Age 10+) Skibbereen Sports Centre
8.00pm – 10.00pm Kayaking Trips with Atlantic Sea Kayaking Ilen River by the West Cork Hotel
7.00pm West Cork Artists 2009 West Cork Arts Centre
8.00pm Street Parade & Official Opening
of SKIBBEREEN ARTS FESTIVAL		 Starts on bypass road and proceeds to Field’s carpark
9.00pm Live Music with Gustav Marshall Field’s Carpark
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Saturday 25 July
10.00am - 12.00am Nico Brown Musical Workshop (Age 7-12) Skibbereen Library
10.30am – 1.00pm GAA Boys and Girls Underage Blitz O’Donovan Rossa Park
12.00pm – 2.00pm Karaoke Competition with Billy O’Flaherty The Bridge
2.00pm – 5.00pm Circus Skills with Boggle Main Street
2.00pm – 4.00pm Music with Comhaltas Óg The Bridge
8.00pm Shirley Valentine Skibbereen Town Hall
9.00pm Irish Traditional Music Session The Corner Bar
9.00pm Street Music – Fire Drill North Street
9.30pm – 12.00am Teen Disco GAA Pavillion
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Sunday 26 July
10.30am Festival Youth Mass St. Patrick’s Cathedral
12.30pm Live Music with St. Fachtna’s Silver Band The Square
2.00pm – 3.00pm Recital - Canon Goodman Tribute Creagh Graveyard, Baltimore
2.00pm – 5.00pm Family Day O’Donovan Rossa Park
3.30pm – 5.30pm Workshop / Presentation with Dave Hegarty Abbeystrewery Hall
3.30pm – 5.30pm Comhaltas Óg & Guests Canon Goodman Statue
Bridge Street
5.00pm – 7.00pm Monster Ceilí Main Street
8.00pm Canon Goodman Gala Concert Abbeystrewery Church
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Monday 27 July
11.00am – 2.00pm V is for Video 68 North Street
11.00am – 2.00pm Mixtape by Kevin Brew 23 North Street
11.00am – 5.00pm Immergence and Residuum by Ailbhe Ní Bhriain 43 North Street
2.00pm – 5.00pm Civic Life 68 North Street
2.00pm – 5.00pm The Great Silent Majority by Si Schroeder 23 North Street
8.30pm Documentary Launch ‘Famine in Skibbereen’ Skibbereen Town Hall
9.00pm Cork X Southwest Murphy’s Session Night Several of the bars in town
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Tuesday 28 July
10.00am - 6.00pm West Cork Working Artist’s Studio 71 North Street
11.00am - 5.00pm When Men Were Machines Wolfe’s Bakery
off Townshend Street
11.00am - 5.00pm Film Installation - Ailbhe Ní Bhriain 43 North Street
11.00am - 5.00pm Short Films -
Cork Film Centre & Desperate Optimists		 68 North Street
11.00am - 5.00pm Sound Installations -Si Schroeder and Kevin Brew 23 North Street
1.00pm Live Music with Baltimore Beginners The Square
9.00pm Showband Night with Dickie Rock West Cork Hotel
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Wednesday 29 July
10.00am - 5.00pm West Cork Working Artist’s Studio 71 North Street
10.00am – 6.00pm West Cork Artists 2009 West Cork Arts Centre
11.00am - 5.00pm Film Installation - Ailbhe Ní Bhriain 43 North Street
11.00am - 5.00pm Short Films -
Cork Film Centre & Desperate Optimists		 68 North Street
11.00am - 5.00pm Sound Installations -Si Schroeder and Kevin Brew 23 North Street
11.00am - 5.00pm Video Projection - Paul Cialis Wolfe’s Bakery
off Townshend Street
8.00pm Platform Dancing - Céilí, Oldtime & Set Dancing The Fairfield
9.00pm Street Music – Open The Taps Ilen Street
10.30pm Movie Night Outdoor Screening Abbeystrewery Church Grounds
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Thursday 30 July
10.00am - 5.00pm West Cork Working Artist’s Studio 71 North Street
10.00am – 6.00pm West Cork Artists 2009 West Cork Arts Centre
11.00am - 5.00pm Film Installation - Ailbhe Ní Bhriain 43 North Street
11.00am - 5.00pm Short Films -
Cork Film Centre & Desperate Optimists		 68 North Street
11.00am - 5.00pm Sound Installations -Si Schroeder and Kevin Brew 23 North Street
11.00am - 5.00pm Video Projection - Paul Cialis Wolfe’s Bakery
off Townshend Street
7.00pm Premiere – The Yellow Mountain Wolfe’s Bakery
off Townshend Street
9.00pm ‘Sound Stories’ Live
followed by ‘Midnight at the Oasis’		 Abbeystrewery Church
9.00pm Ken Webster – Hypnotist Club Dakota
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Friday 31 July
10.00am - 5.00pm West Cork Working Artist’s Studio 71 North Street
10.00am – 6.00pm West Cork Artists 2009 West Cork Arts Centre
11.00am - 5.00pm Film Installation - Ailbhe Ní Bhriain 43 North Street
11.00am - 5.00pm Short Films -
Cork Film Centre & Desperate Optimists		 68 North Street
11.00am - 5.00pm Sound Installations -Si Schroeder and Kevin Brew 23 North Street
11.00am - 5.00pm Video Projection - Amanda Coogan & WCAC’s
Friday Night Youth Arts Group		 Wolfe’s Bakery
off Townshend Street
11.00am – 5.00pm The Sound of Sanctuary by Chris Watson Abbeystrewery Church
1.00pm An Rón Dall – The Blind Seal Baby (in English) Hannah’s Bar
8.30pm From Silent Cinema to a Cinema of Silence West Cork Arts Centre
9.00pm Cork X Southwest Fringe Festival The Showgrounds
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Saturday 1 August
10.00am - 5.00pm West Cork Working Artist’s Studio 71 North Street
10.00am – 6.00pm West Cork Artists 2009 West Cork Arts Centre
10.30am – 1.30pm Documentary Workshop with Adrian McCarthy West Cork Arts Centre
10.30am – 1.30pm Actors Workshop with Karl Shiels West Cork Arts Centre
10.30am – 2.30pm Sound Series Masterclass
with Chris Watson, Kevin Brew and Luke Clancy		 West Cork Arts Centre
11.00am - 5.00pm Film Installation - Ailbhe Ní Bhriain 43 North Street
11.00am - 5.00pm Short Films -
Cork Film Centre & Desperate Optimists		 68 North Street
11.00am - 5.00pm Sound Installations -Si Schroeder and Kevin Brew 23 North Street
11.00am - 5.00pm Video Projection - Amanda Coogan & WCAC’s
Friday Night Youth Arts Group		 Wolfe’s Bakery
off Townshend Street
11.00am – 5.00pm The Sound of Sanctuary by Chris Watson Abbeystrewery Church
1.00pm An Rón Dall – The Blind Seal (as Gaeilge) Hannah’s Bar
3.00pm Cork X Southwest Music Festival The Showgrounds
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