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Ballyshannon’s Rory Gallagher Festival has been named among the Best Festivals in Ireland.

The tribute event picked up the award for best National Medium Festival for attendances between 10,000 and 30,000

The festival claimed the award holding off competition from the Cork’s Live at the Marquee, Galway Arts Festival and Kilkenny Arts Festival.

The Electric Picnic Festival won the National Large Festival Award for attendances above 30,000, while the Fleadh Ceoil, which is coming to Derry next year, won the Best Traditional Festival.

Cllr Barry O Neill, who is part of the Rory Gallagher Festival Committee, says they are delighted with the award…..

Emi a écrit:Sur la page FB officielle de Rory on apprend la mort de Peter Collins qui fut tour manager de Rory:

"We are saddened to learn that Peter Collins, Rory's tour manager from the late seventies passed away last night. Our hearts and prayers go out to Pete's family during this difficult time."

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Donegal tunes up for Rory Gallagher Festival 20.02.12

ORGANISERS of the Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival 2012 say they are weeks away from “from announcing the best line-up ever.” The four-day event which has been hailed as Ireland’s greatest rock music event was recently named the Best Irish Festival for attendances between 10,000 and 30,000 at the Irish Festival Awards.

Chairperson and founder of the Rory Gallagher Festival, Barry O’Neill said: “The festival has grown significantly over the past 10 years and in that time we have had many great musicians play in Ballyshannon from all Rory’s original band members to the late Ronnie Drew, Bernie Marsden from Whitesnake, Eric Bell from Thin Lizzy to Dutch legend Julian Sas and last year we were honoured to have Jan Akkerman and his.”
The 11th tribute festival takes place in Ballyshannon, Co Donegal between Thursday, May 31 and Sunday, June 3.

Thousands of Rory’s loyal fans and rock blues lovers will converge on the Rory Gallagher's hometown for four days of open air concerts, street gigs, nightly concerts, pub gigs, workshops, exhibitions and much more. Among the acts so far confirmed to appear are the Larry Miller Band, the Pat McManus Band, Zero Resistance and the Dave McHugh Band.

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This weekend, a brief festival will take place in the Triskel Arts Centre celebrating the birth of legendary blues guitarist Rory Gallagher. ‘When I’m 64’ celebrates the live of Gallagher, who would be 64 on 2 March had to he lived to see it. Tragically, he died on 14 June 1995.

The two day festival features a screening of his famous 1974 tour of Ireland as well as two gigs.

‘Irish Tour 1974’ captures the charismatic guitarist at the height of his powers and will be introduced by his brother and manager Donal. It takes place in Christchurch at 8.30pm on Friday 2 March.

Mishap play an all ages gig on Saturday 3 March at 3pm. The band will play a Rory Gallagher only set and features the talents of rising star Jack Ahern.

The Dave McHugh Band will play the beautiful venue on Saturday night at 8pm with support from Monica Heldal from Norway. Dublin blues guitarist Dave McHugh has spent the past 16 years keeping the music of the late Rory Gallagher alive.

He is acknowledged as being among the best guitarists to play in the Gallagher’s style. He has recently headlined the sixth annual Rory Gallagher review in Wiesbaden, Germany, the Wijk aan Zee festival in The Netherlands, and the Rock on the Ferry festival in Glasgow.