Teams from around the world will again take part in this year's Anti Racism World Cup. A full weekend's programme of tours, talks and entertainment will also be taking place.
Contact: Seán Mac Brádaigh, 07902 544399
Neville Staple and Bréag
Saturday 2nd August 2008
Price: £10
Time: 8pm
Venue: Féile Marquee, Bank Square
Former lead singer from The Specials and a founder member of Fun Boy 3, Neville Staple will kick of Féile '08 with a mix of old favourites and brand new material.
Contact: Féile an Phobail, 9031 3440
The 4 of Us
Sunday 3rd August 2008
Price: £10
Time: 8pm
Venue: Féile Marquee, Bank Square
The 4 Of Us appeared out of nowhere in 1989 with the huge No.1 Irish radio hit 'Mary'. Nominated for the Best Band in the 2007 Meteor Ireland Music Awards, The 4 of Us are back with the finest album of their career,‘Fingerprints’.
Contact: Féile an Phobail, 9031 3440
Photographic Exhibition of the Belfast Hills
Moday 4th August 2008
Price: Free
Time: All Day
Venue: St. Mary's University College, 191 Falls Road
See the Belfast Hills in all their photographic glory at this exhibition which is part of Féile an Phobail.
Contact: Jim Bradley, 9060 3466
Exhibition on Ballymurphy Internment Massacre
Monday 4th to Saturday 9th August 2008
Price: Free
Time: All Day
Venue: Whiterock Library and Drop-In Centre
The families of those killed during the Ballymurphy Internment Massacre have put together an exhibition. It will be on show in Whiterock Library from Monday until Wednesday then move to the Drop-In Centre next to Spar from Thursday until Saturday. The official launch will be at 6pm on Monday.
Contact: Andree Murphy, 9022 0100
Irish Language Crash Course
Monday 4th - Friday 8th August 2008
Price: £15
Time: 10am - 12.30pm
Venue: Ionad Uíbh Eachach, 34a Iveagh Street
Use Féile week as agreat excuse to brush up on your Irish! Whether you are a complete beginner, already learning or almost fluent - Ionad Uíbh Eachach have a level just for you.
Contact: Diarmuid Breslin, 9032 9180
Celebration of Irish traditional music, stories, poetry and food
Moday 4th August 2008
Price: Free
Time: 7 - 8pm
Venue: Whiterock Library, Whiterock Road
Local writers, Davy Carlin, Gerry Armstrong and Kevin McMullan will read a selection of Irish poetry and stories. Traditional Irish food such as boxty and soda bread will also be served.
Contact: Whiterock Library, 9050 9236
Colin Fun Run
Tuesday 5th August 2008
Price: Free
Time: 7pm
Venue: Leaves Dairy Farm Centre
Test your fitness or just have fun by joining in the 2nd annual Colin Fun Run. Trophies will be awarded for 1st male, 1st female, 1st under 15 male and 1st under 15 female. Medals will be given to all participants of the event. All money raised will be donated to Cancer Research and Macmillan Cancer Support.
Contact: Scap, 9062 3813
Blanketman
Tuesday 5th August 2008
Price: £5
Time: 8pm
Venue: Andersonstown Social Club
Tense, raw and brave is how this production has been described. Tonight's rehearsed reading features Paul Kennedy, Kevin Keenan and Kieron Magee with narration by Bik McFarlane.
Contact: Kieron Magee, 07828 146926
Brian Kennedy and Special Guests
Wednesday 6th August 2008
Price: £12
Time: 8pm
Venue: Clonard Monastery, Clonard Gardens
West Belfast man Brian Kennedy was
a member of Clonard Monastery’s choir as a youngster before making a solo
breakthrough in 1990 with his debut release, ‘The Great War of
Words’. Support on the night will be from renowned harpist and songwriter Emer Kenny and the fantastic Féile Women’s Singing Group.
Contact: Féile an Phobail, 9031 3440
Palestine Day
Thursday 7th August 2008
Price: Free
Time: 12 - 5pm
Venue: St. Mary's University College, 191 Falls Road
This year's Palestine Day during Féile an Phobail remembers the 60th anniversary of the Nakba. There will be a bookstall, exhibitions and five films; (12.15 - La Terre Parle Arabe, 1.30 - Memory of the Cactus, 2.25 - Jerusalem, The East Side Story, 3.35 - The Iron Wall and 4.40 - Bil'in Against the Wall.)
Contact: Caitlin, 07804 098155
Colin Festival Parade
Thursday 7th August 2008
Price: Free
Time: Assemble at 12pm
Venue: Leaves entrance to Twinbrook
This years theme is language and culture although all ideas are welcome. The parade will finish at the Dairy Farm
Contact: John Paul Russell, 9062 3813
Anniversry Mass
Thursday 7th August 2008
Price: Free
Time: 7pm
Venue: Corpus Christi Church, Springhill
This Mass is being said for everyone who lost a loved one or who suffered themselves.
Contact: Andree Murphy, 9022 0100
Palestine - 60 Years of Dispossesion
Thursday 7th August 2008
Price: Free
Time: 7pm
Venue: St. Mary's University College, 191 Falls Road
This year's Palestine Day during Féile an Phobail remembers the 60th anniversary of the Nakba. Tonight's main speaker, Ghadi Karmi, is a Palestinian exile, renowned historian, political analyst and author of key books on the Nakba such as In Search of Fatima and Married to Another Man. Also speaking will be Dr. Daoud Abdullah, Palestine Return Centre, Mary-Lou McDonald MEP and Patricia McKeown, ICTU President. Ghad Khami will sign copies of Married to Another Man after the talk.
Contact: Caitlin, 07804 098155
Féile an Phobail Comedy Night
Thursday 7th August 2008
Price: £10
Time: 8pm
Venue: Andersonstown Leisure Centre
Best known for his roles in ‘Father Ted’ and ‘My Hero’, Ardal O'Hanlon will deliver a spellbinding combination of confidently delivered material and off beat improvisation. Joe Rooney (Fr. Damo in Father Ted), John Lynn and Damian Clarke ar the supporting acts.
Contact: Féile an Phobail, 9031 3440
Valfest - A festival of Music, Peace and Love
Friday 8th August 2008
Price: £7
Time: 6pm
Venue: Cardinal O'Donnell's GAC, Whiterock Road
Local band The Vals aim is to bring all sections of the community together for an evening of Music, Peace and Love, and to let local musicans showcase their talent. Headlining the event will be ex-Wings member Henry McCullough who was the only Irish person to play the original Peace and Love Festival in Woodstock in 1969.
Contact: Paul Doherty
The Importance of Being Micheál
Friday 8th August 2008
Price: £5
Time: 8pm
Venue: Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, 216 Falls Road
A remarkable one-man show which brings to life the complex and dynamic real-life character of Micheál Mac Líammóir, played by the writer John Keyes. This play premiered at An Chultúrlann and its return has been much anticipated.
Contact: Proinsias Mac Cionnaith, 9096 4180
Féile an Phobail International Night
Friday 8th August 2008
Price: £10
Time: 8pm
Venue: Andersonstown Leisure Centre
Havana Son are Conor Guilfoyle and musicians from Cuba, Argentina,
Spain and Italy. They present a rigorously authentic take on son,
the guitar driven acoustic modern salsa sound that is the soundtrack to Cuban daily life. Support will be from the Max Pashm Band, known for their organic world sounds, with warm funky and
hypnotic grooves, incorporating sets from uplifting ethnic club dance, to chill out and completely traditional world.
Contact: Féile an Phobail, 9031 3440
Mural Launch
Saturday 9th August 2008
Price: Free
Time: 12pm
Venue: Junction of Springfield and Whiterock Roads
A mural will be launched as an ongoing and constant reminder of families constant struggle for truth.
Contact: Andree Murphy, 9022 0100
Launch of Na Bopóga Book and CD
Saturday 9th August 2008
Price: Free
Time: 1pm
Venue: Cultúrlann Mac Adam Ó Fiaich, 216 Falls Road
Come along and meet Cultúrlann's own Irish speaking puppets. After keeping local youngsters entertained for so long, they now feature in their own book of song and rhyme along with accompanying CD.
Contact: Frainc Mac Cionnaith, 9096 4180
Walk for Truth
Saturday 9th August 2008
Price: Free
Time: 3pm
Venue: Leaves Springfield Park
The Walk for Truth will cover all of the areas throughout the Upper Springfield area where loved ones were killed. At each spot family members will say a few words and a small mark of remembrance will be left. All welcome.
Contact: Andree Murphy, 9022 0100
Complete Stone Roses and These Charming Men
Saturday 9th August 2008
Price: £10
Time: 8pm
Venue: Andersonstown Leisure Centre
The Complete Stone Roses are amongst the most successful tribute bands of all time. Selling out venues across Britain and Ireland regularly, they have
helped to carry on the music of Manchester 90’s band The Stone
Roses. Dublin four piece These Charming Men have been playing the music of The Smiths for over ten years now.
Contact: Féile an Phobail, 9031 3440
Red Rasta System
Saturday 9th August 2008
Price: £3 before 11pm, £4 after
Time: 9.00pm
Venue: Kellys Cellars
The best Ska, Reggae, Bluebeat and Rocksteady in Belfast!
Contact: Cormac Ó Briain, 07803 501916
An G-Spota
Saturday 9th August 2008
Price: £3
Time: 9.30pm
Venue: Cumann Chluain Ard, Hawthorn Street
DJs, cool music, a bar and loads of craic - all in Irish! All welcome, the first Friday of every month.
Contact: Caoimhe Ni Chathail, 07746 721428
St. Oliver Plunkett Lecture
Sunday 10th August 2008
Price: Free
Time: 7pm
Venue: St. Oliver Plunkett Church, Glenveagh Drive, Lenadoon
Kathy Sinnott, MEP for Ireland South, will deliver the 5th Annual St. Oliver Plunkett Lecture on "God - Eternal Truth, Modern Secret." Followed by a chance for Questions and Answers. Refreshments will be served afterwards. All welcome.
Contact: Fr. Martin Magill, 9061 8180
Fun Lovin' Criminals
Sunday 10th August 2008
Price: £10
Time: 8pm
Venue: Andersonstown Leisure Centre
All the way from NYC and with seven albums under their belt, Fun Lovin’ Criminals will bring the
house down on the Féile finale.
