Galway Underground Festival

garthv

Official website with loads more info: http://www.sinisterpigeon.com/

Craic and Ráiméis in conjunction with Sinister Pigeon present the ultimate showcase of local and not so local skateboarders, electronic outfits, bands, dj's and producers - local artists and graff artists, jugglers and much much more. An affordable weekend of music, art and skateboarding on the 7th and 8th of august.

Saturday kicks off with a skate jam at Doughi...ska Skatepark from 1-4pm, which then moves to the Millennium Skatepark from 5-8pm.

There will be prizes for skateboarders with fine imported beer and tunes for everyone else at the Beirhaus (Dominics St.) from 8pm til late. Prizes are courtesy of our sponsors: Vans, Nixons, Carhartt, Trap and Sinister Pigeon. Music from the likes of Mucsavage, Rick Joyce, Noid the Droid and Maroon DJ set (of Grandeurs of Delusion).

Sunday starts in Nuns Island Theatre from 2-7pm with a showcase of listener friendly music, from folk to electronic and back round to ska-reggae. There will be a small charge in at the door of €5. The props-masters of Nuns Island will be throwing everything they've got at the gig to show off their new gear so expect to be titillated! The line up is:

Ronan K
Rumbus Merrylegs
Hardcore Priests of Yemen
Galway Original Big Band
Mikey & Me
The Followers of Otis

NOTE: You can pay for both events of the day when buying the Nuns Island ticket for the overall reduced rate of €10.

Artists inlcuding JoJo Hynes, Saoirse Cullen, Jen Hesnan, Paddy Darcy, Kev Graf/Colaborator and Maria Lopez have set up an interesting art installation that will be on show in Nuns Island and Cuba.

Sunday night concludes the festival with an evening of metal, techno, electro and skratch music upstairs in Cuba. Again, there will be a charge in but it's only €7. The line up is:

Ilenkus (formerly known as Fubar)
OCD
Eomac
Sixfoot Apprentice
Community Skratch Showcase

For more in depth details on the artists playing at G.U.F. please visit http://www.sinisterpigeon.com

Miguel_Sanchez

Noid the Droid is well worth checking out.