THE annual Moville
Festival is being revamped this year with a new
name, logo and ambitious plans to develop a new
outdoor arena in town.
The Moville Lighthouse Music & Arts Festival will
run from Friday, July 29 to the August 1 Bank
Holiday. Several acts have already been confirmed
including the Knights of Leon, Taste of Rory, Tin
Lizzy and
Brian Sheerin.
New chairman Denis Foynes said: “Probably our most
ambitious plan for this year’s festival is the
development of a new outdoor arena for bands and
performers, called the ‘Courtyard’.
The site, which Moville pottery vacated several
years ago, will undergo a bit of a transformation.
It is surrounded by high walls which is ideal for
sound, has the capacity to facilitate up to 500 and
with plans to develop a new stage there; hopes are
high that it will help revamp the festival’s
capabilities.”
Festival organisers are also hoping to have a
staffed office throughout the long weekend of events
which will double up as an arts exhibition area. |
