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Moville tunes up for DylanFest '08
19.05.08
BOB DYLAN fans at home
and abroad are gearing up for the second DylanFest
on the Lough in Moville.
A number of top tribute acts from Ireland, Germany,
France and Italy to name but some, are booked for
the four-day Dylan extravaganza in July and the
Foyleside town is looking forward to the arrival of
even more visitors than first time around.
Event founder Gerry McLaughlin said he believed
DylanFest 2008 was going to be a huge success not
least because of the longer run-in time to get the
music festival organised. |
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“There's a great buzz
about Moville as the DylanFest gets nearer and the
townspeople are looking forward to giving their
national and international visitors a great
welcome."
He said one of the main draws was the fact that the
festival encompassed the whole town unlike most of
the other seven Dylan festivals in the world.
"Most others are indoors, in |
single locations,
either in pubs or halls whereas the Moville
DylanFest is the only multi-event and multi-venue
festival." There will be music in eight pubs, up
from six last year while there will also be outdoor
music on the gig rigs.
Among the bands booked to play over the four days
from Thursday, July 3 to Sunday, July 6, are the
eight-piece Phantom Engineers, Ireland's top Dylan
band; the five-piece German outfit Pet Tommy And The
Brokenhearts and Italy's Slow Train Band.
The Phantom Engineers' John Carragher said following
the inaugural outing last year, many eager fans had
asked him if Moville DylanFest was running again in
2008.
"This year's DylanFest is going to be huge.
Moville's a great location for it with its salmon
fishing sea lough, its countryside and the fact that
all the pubs and restaurants are either on or just
off the main square. It was sensational playing in
the Malin Road last year," he said. |
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