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Moville tunes up for biggest
DylanFest
25.06.10
by Caoimhinn Barr, Inishowen Independent
ITALIAN star Al Diesan and his guitarist Pino Tocco
will headline this year's DylanFest on the Lough,
which is set to attract hundreds of visitors to
Moville.
Last year the European duo made a pilgrimage to
Greenwich Village NY, where Dylan himself used to
hang out, and this year their pilgrimage leads them
to one of the world’s only Dylan festivals - in
Moville.
Local musician and Bob Dylan expert Paddy McLaughlin
said “Al Diesan is as good a Dylan act as I've seen.
You can tell the people of Inishowen that they are
in for a real treat." |
This year’s DylanFest
is no longer 'Stuck Inside of Moville' with the news
that a pre-opening night event at Mason’s Bar in
Derry will officially launch the musical
extravaganza on Wednesday night, June 30.
DylanFest, which has attracted thousands of visitors
to Moville for the past four years, will feature
scores of talented local musicians as well as Laois
stars, James and Audrey, and the best young Dylan
band from Derry, The Cannibals.
Organiser Gerry McLaughlin said he was delighted to
officially launch the 2010 DylanFest in Derry.
“This is great news as far as publicity for the
DylanFest in Moville is concerned. I’m not sure how
many people knew about it in Derry |
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before, but they’ll
know this year, especially as Mason’s is one of the
premiere music locations and they will be
publicising not just the gig on the Wednesday night
but the whole festival. This year’s event is set to
be the biggest ever,” he said.
The Moville festival also boasts the European
premiere of ‘Long Time Gone: Words & Music by Bob
Dylan’ - which will take place at St. Eugene’s Hall
on Friday night, July 2, and Saturday night, July 3. |
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