Greatest Show 2024!
The Greatest Show was an absolute blast at Féile this year! Thank you to In Your Space Circus and SureStart Edenballymore for helping to make this possible!
What a night in Derry!
It’s been almost 3 weeks since The Whistlin’ Donkeys rocked the Gasyard Centre and we’re still buzzing! Thanks to the people of Derry who came out to make it an amazing night!
Tony Doc on playing for Derry
The reaction and feedback to our film on Tony Doc has been nothing short of outstanding!If you missed it, you can watch the full film on our Facebook or on our YouTube (link in comments)
Tony Doc - The Movie
Anthony "Tony Doc" O'Doherty was born in the Brandywell on the 23rd April 1947. After moving to Creggan as a child, there began a lifelong love between man and estate. The latest film from Féile follows Tony's life story as a footballing legend and community worker but also as a father, husband, brother and friend.
Féile 2024 Highlights
Check out this highlight film from Féile 2024.
For the last eight days, Féile 2024 has filled the streets, parks, green spaces, venues, museums and community centres of the Bogside, Brandywell, Creggan, Fountain and Bishop Street neighbourhoods with music, art, sport, magic, discussion, film, comedy and fun.
32 years since its inception, Féile remains the best way to celebrate our people and communities while also discussing how to address the challenges we face now and in the future. In spite of the best efforts of some sections of the media who prefer to platform sectarianism and division and stereotype our neighbourhoods and young people, Féile attracted 20000+ people of all ages and backgrounds from across the city and beyond to the 120+ events at this year's festival.
Féile 2024 would not have been possible without the support of funders including The Executive Office, Derry City & Strabane District Council, Department of Foreign Affairs and the collaboration of the many groups, initiatives, volunteers and residents from throughout the Bogside, Brandywell, Creggan, Bishop Street and Fountain areas who came together to shape and manage this programme of events.
OLT HLC Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum Creggan Neighbourhood Partnership Gasyard Centre In Your Space Circus Triax - Neighbourhood Management Team SureStart Edenballymore Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum Peacemakers Museum Museum of Free Derry Trocaire Nerve Centre Dove House Meenan Oakleaf Boxing Club Trojans YCG Long Tower YC Stmarys Youthclub North West Youth Service Volunteer Investment Project Hive Cancer Support DEEDS - Dementia Engaged and Empowered in Derry & Strabane, Pat Finucane Centre Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin Cathedral Youth Club Fountain Rath Mor Warriors - K1/Kickboxing & Fitness Gym. Creggan Country Park Sean Dolans GAC North-West Carnival Initiative Destined Gasyard Bluebell Arts Ulster Orchestra Repair & Share Foyle Foyle Pride Derry City Football Club Púca Púca G
Back home in Derry!
The Whistlin Donkeys know how to appeal to us Derry wans!
Nobody does it like Derry! The Whistlin’ Donkeys know how to get the @gasyardcentre bouncing!
@columeastwood @bbcni @padraigdelargymla @derryjournal_ @derrynownews
Just an unbelievable atmosphere here at the Gasyard Centre tonight with The Whistlin' Donkeys!
BBC News NI BBC Radio Foyle Colum Eastwood Derry SinnFéin Pádraig Delargy MLA Derry Journal Derry Now
Whistlin Donkeys at Gasyard Féile Derry!
A magnificent evening at the Gasyard in Derry with the Whistlin’ Donkeys!
Celine Taylor - Creggan Artists Group
Celine Taylor of the Creggan Artist’s groups tells us about what she gets out of the group, out of painting, and a bit about her process! Come see their exhibition outside Bull Park from now until September! OLT HLC
The reviews are IN!
The reviews are in! Here’s what our audience had to say about the Tony “Doc” Doherty film premiere in St Mary’s YC Creggan this evening!
We love this version of 'The Fields of Athenry' by the amazing Rónán Ó Snodaigh & Myles O'Reilly who will bring their soulful blend of folk, traditional, and ambient to The Gathering at
Féile Derry at Sandinos Bar/Club on Sunday August 11th alongside
John Francis Flynn, Lemoncello, Mohammad Syfkhan, Tessio, RUÁ and Teknopeasant .
Advance tickets: bit.ly/3YcMZbh
RTÉ Choice Prize Awards nominee SELLÓ will be making his Derry debut in Sandinos Bar/Club on Tuesday 13th August at 9pm!
The Dublin rapper aims to establish a new sound native to Ireland called “GaelicDrill,” which blends traditional Irish culture with modern drill, hip-hop, and drum and bass.
He will be joined by Derry artist Jack Loughrey, better known as somedeadbeat, whose collaboration with Barry Can’t Swim is becoming one of this year’s biggest dance tracks and has led to somedeadbeat performing at Europe’s biggest festivals including Glastonbury, Montreux Jazz Festival and Roskilde.
Calling all music lovers - not a night to be missed! 🌟
Link to tickets: https://shorturl.at/eie7Y
Féile 2024 returns to Derry from 10th - 17th August and brings a packed programme with a range of events once more!
Check out the trailer and get a taste of what's in store!
Make sure to check out the full Féile programme here: https://bit.ly/3Wr5QOl
Buy tickets / register for events: https://bit.ly/3YcMZbh
A Summer Dance with Erol Allan & Ivan Smagghe
A Summer Dance with Erol Alkan & Ivan Smagghe
Friday August 16th | 9pm - 2am
Féile join forces with Ireland’s longest running electronic music festival, for a summer dance at 57 with two of the best DJs in the world, Erol Alkan & Ivan Smagghe.
The founder of Phantasy in 2007, Erol Alkan is an
artist who needs no introduction. His creative life as a DJ, producer, label owner, radio host and collaborator has spanned decades. A ubiquitous and hugely imaginative remixer of bands including Tame Impala, Daft Punk, Justice and Hot Chip. Alkan has also produced bands including Duran Duran, Ride, Late Of The Pier
and Mystery Jets.
Ivan Smagghe belongs to a top table of DJs that journalists like to lazily describe as “The DJ’s DJ”. He has the ability to play music like a raw conduit between famously obscure records whilst never losing sight of the dancefloor’s strobe soaked bodies. His genre defying/defining production from Black Strobe, It’s A Fine Line and now Smagghe & Cross has connected him and garnered the praise from the likes of Craig Richards, Vladimir Ivkovic, Paranoid London, Optimo, Solar and of course, his long time friend Andrew Weatherall - all fellow crusaders in the fight to prove that electronic music is so much more than a one dimensional soundtrack for a night on the lash, and so much more than an Instagram account.
Check out the Féile 2024 programme at bit.ly/3Wr5QOl
Advance tickets £10/13 on sale at: bit.ly/3LkqPfn
LAST CALL FOR NEXT UP
LAST CHANCE!
This is a final call to apply NEXT UP, our new film showcase that will provide a platform for talented filmmakers aged between 16-30 from Derry to screen their work and share their unique perspectives at Féile 2024.
This showcase will highlight the creativity and diversity of the next generation of filmmakers from across the region.
Féile are inviting submissions of short films (fiction/animation/documentary). Films should be no longer than 20 minutes in length!
All enquiries and submissions can be sent to [email protected].
Deadline for submissions by END OF DAY TODAY, SUNDAY 30TH JUNE!
1 DAY LEFT TO APPLY FOR NEXT UP
Are you a local filmmaker? Want to have your work showcased this Summer? 🤔
"NEXT UP" is a showcase that aims to provide a new platform for talented filmmakers aged between 16-30 from Derry to screen their work and share their unique perspectives at Féile 2024.
This showcase will highlight the creativity and diversity of the next generation of filmmakers from across the region.
Féile are inviting submissions of short films (fiction/animation/documentary). Films should be no longer than 20 minutes in length!
All enquiries and submissions can be sent to [email protected].
Deadline for submissions: Sunday 30th June 2024.
JUST A FEW DAYS LEFT TO APPLY FOR NEXT UP
Only a few days left to apply for NEXT UP, our new film showcase that will provide a platform for talented filmmakers aged between 16-30 from Derry to screen their work and share their unique perspectives at Féile 2024.
This showcase will highlight the creativity and diversity of the next generation of filmmakers from across the region.
Féile are inviting submissions of short films (fiction/animation/documentary). Films should be no longer than 20 minutes in length!
All enquiries and submissions can be sent to [email protected].
Deadline for submissions: SUNDAY 30TH JUNE 2024.
BMX Stunt Show - Destined/Foyle Road
We're still so pleased with the turnout and response from our event on Saturday! Here's a video summary of all the action that went down for anyone who missed it (or anyone who wants to relive it! 😆)
Thanks once again to Thunder Action Sports, Sam Madden - Football Freestyle, Triax - Neighbourhood Management Team, Offing, Ogma Safety- Specialists in Event, Workplace and Traffic Safety & Derry City & Strabane District Council for helping bring this all together.
A Streets Alive project funded by Urban Villages.