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Festival fever continues with
DylanFest in Moville
24.08.15
FESTIVAL fever
continues in Moville this week with the ninth annual
DylanFest on the Lough.
Organiser Gerry McLaughlin said the music festival,
which began in 2007, had now become the biggest
festival of Bob Dylan music in Europe attracting top
tribute acts and fans from all over the world.
"We have had acts from Italy, Germany, France, the
Netherlands, Belgium, England, Scotland and Wales
and I was surprised to be told by acts who have
played at the other DylanFest that ours is the
biggest, despite being held in a small town in
Donegal," said Gerry.
"We had a guy who flew over from Cleveland, USA for
it just for a few days and he had the biggest smile
on his face all weekend. He said it had been his
dream for many years to come."
Among those playing again this year is Al Diesan
from Sardinia in Italy, who takes three planes to
get here and another three back.
He goes to those extraordinary lengths to play the
festival not least because he revealed that he gets
a "spine-tingling" stadium crowd atmosphere every
time he plays Moville. |
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Bobby Does Dylan. |
Also appearing will be
Bobby Does Dylan, aka Robert Harrison, the UK’s top
Dylan tribute act. Gerry said Bob Dylan once asked
to meet Harrison after seeing a YouTube video of one
of his performances. Other acts taking part include
locals Shaun Hiboy; Paddy McLaughlin as well as
Derry's Dylanites.
There will also be busking on the streets. DylanFest
takes place in five venues over four days from
Thursday, August 27 - Sunday, August 30, 2015. Check
out all the acts on the music trail at Rosato's; the
Redcastle Hotel; The Clock; Annie's Bar and the
Caiseal Mara Hotel. |
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