We are very sorry to have to announce that 1 of our headline acts, Freedoms Trio, has been cancelled due to a delayed flight and missed connections. The GOOD NEWS is that everyone else seems to have arrived in Ballydebop and everything is (pretty much) going ahead as planned!!! We will, of course, be making refunds in due course and can only sincerely …
Closing Party 2017
This years closing part happens in Levis Corner house on Monday evening at 8ish. STEPHANIE NILLES AND THOMAS DEAKIN DUO will be playing along with ANTONI O’ BRESKEY & CONSUELO NEREA (AKA – NOMADIC PIANO DUO) and they will be joined by some friends. See you there!
Sunday Market at The Festival Hall
There will be loads of music happening alongside all the stalls at the market on Sunday to keep you entertained whilst browsing. 1.30 – STEPHANIE NILLES AND THOMAS DEAKIN DUO 2.30 – THE EAST COAST JAZZ BAND 3.30 – ACAPELLABELLA There will also be Tag Archery happening on the sports field during the market and Circus skills workshops happening too!
Adult Dance Workshops Times
Suitable for Complete Novices ZERO TO HERO SWING INTRODUCTION FOR ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS Teachers: Fancy & Arnas Location: Main Hall of the Community Hall Date & Time: Saturday 15.30 -16.30 Price: €10 per person or €16 per couple Suitable for Beginners LEVEL 1 SHAG Teachers: Fancy & Arnas Location: Green Room, Community Hall Date & Time: Saturday 11 -12.30 Price: €10 What is Shag …
Acapellabella
Ballydehob’s own community choir
Late Night Moonshine Shindigs at The Festival Club
Saturday 10pm – Sunday 8pm The Festival Club is where performers and punters will gravitate. The hottest tunes for music lovers and the fleet of foot, with an assembly of talent to keep blaze burning. Live Performances led by The Home Jazz Band. Guided by their band leader & international jazz dance instructor, Mindaugas Bikauskas, the musicians will perform old jazz songs spiced up …
Triple Treats
3 Vocals, 2 Guitars and 1 Sax – Prepare to be spellbound by this jazz femme trois reperoire. Triple Treats features Eve Clague from Clonakilty on guitar, vocals & sax, Skibbereen’s own Marybeth O’Mahony on vocals and Emily O’Donoghue from Galway on guitar & vocals. This trio have been building up a loyal following around Cork and will trance you …
Proteus
Proteus are a jazz sextet [Sax, Piano, Bass, Lead Guitar,Drums, Vocals ] who have been gigging in Dublin/Wicklow for the past 4 years. We are delighted to return to Ballydehob Jazz Festival for the second year running. We play music from the eras of Ellington and Armstrong, Parker and Miles Davis, Oliver Nelson, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock and Horace Silver. …
Black Bean
After a bit of craic last year, they’re back…fair play to them. What they lack in blurb-writing abilities, they make up for in the moment with a saucy sax solo to make everything alright. Go to the show, it’s gonna be class
Eileen and Marilyn get the Blues
Watch Mizen-based comic duo Karen Minihane and Terri Leiber laugh their blues away. Musical cabaret with outrageous cheek