Introduction to ROTB
This is an exciting new venture for the town of Coleraine being organised by Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council.A new music and dance festival in
the town which will welcome a wealth of local and international festival artisits.The planning for this festival has been in the pipe line for a long
time so to see it come to fruition now is incredible.
The use of the Market Yard as a venue is absolutely genius as it will provide a historic background to celebrate the towns’ heritage and culture.There
have been many suggestions for the use of this space over the years and the Council feel this is a fantastic events space for hosting the likes of
this festival.
The strapline for the festival ‘We’re bringing it all back home’ encapsulates the theme of the festival, the use of the Market Yard and the genre of music
which ranges from traditional, Ulster Scots, Irish Traditional, Folk and much more.
Daytime Programme
The day long programme of events commences at 12 noon and will feature many local school children and up and coming artists who will be performing in cafés
and bars throughout the town, the festival stage at the events space to the rear of the Town Hall.Also throughout the afternoon shoppers will be entertained
by impromptu performances in the town centre.
Please click on the link below to view the daytime programme:
Evening Programme
The evening programme commences with a specially arranged dance performance ‘Rhythm of the Bann’ choreographed by Dominic Graham of the Dominic Graham
School of Irish Dance and Michelle Johnston of the Michelle Johnston School of Highland Dance.
Both are award winning dance schools who have travelled outside Northern Ireland to the UK and Europe to perform and compete at festivals such is the calibre
of their dance.The dancers will be accompanied by an award winning piper and drummers and Spanish band Ballyrua, who are travelling to Northern Ireland
specially to perform at the festival.
Comedian Tim McGarry best known as da in Give my Head Peace and The Hole in the Wall Gang will host the event alongside David Hume MBE known as ‘Thon Boy
Hume’, an Ulster Scots historian and broadcaster.Both men are well established figures in their specific lines of work and are looking forward to hosting
the event and bringing some light hearted cultural comedy and craic to the evening.
Local artist Hanna McPhillimy from Coleraine has just been confirmed in the festival line-up.This very competent multi-instrumentalist with beguiling vocal
talents will add another great attraction to the festival programme of events.
Headline act for the 2017 festival is Peatbog Faeries who will be travelling all the way from the Isle of Skye.Described as the figurehead trailblazers
of the Scots Celtic fusion dance music scene, they have just returned to the touring arena following the release of their latest album Blackhouse.
Hailed for their musical arrangement of traditional jigs and reels through jazz, hip hop, reggae and more, they have taken traditional Scottish music and
brought it fresh-faced into the 21st Century.The band have toured the world taking their inventive and unique brand of music and light show
to audiences far and wide, never failing to fill the floor and delight the crowd.Be prepared for high octane Scots Celtic music as you’ve never heard
it before.
Please click on the link below to view the evening programme:
History of the Market Yard
The Market Yard is a historic building which was built in 1829.At this time this would’ve been slightly outside the town surrounded by green fields.The
building itself was fairly substantial in size.It was prestigious building which shows that Coleraine prized itself on its role as a market town.
The market was a place where trading of butter, potatoes, corn, flax, salt and then later cows, pigs and sheep.Farmers and their families came into town
from all over the borough to trade their wares.The animals were herded through the town and brought in through the gate lodge
The Irish Society School came to being around 1860, at this time Coleraine would also have had a workhouse up the Mountsandel Road where the old hospital
was.
The cattle market ceased in early 1980s and the walls have been listed which means they cannot be knocked down or altered.
It’s difficult to imagine now but this would have been a bustling hive of activity.This was not only a market place but a place of social interaction.It
was a meeting place to catch up and have a gossip!
Tickets
Prices:
Adults £10
Children 16 years and under £5
Tickets are available through Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk (booking fee applies) or through Coleraine
Visitor Information Centre, Town Hall, Coleraine.
Doors open on Saturday evening at 6pm at the main Lime Market Street entrance.This event is accessible by ticket only.
the town – and all admission free! Visitors will have an opportunity to see high profile artists in an intimate setting. New music starts every half
hour and each artist will play their own music for one hour, and this will form a music trail across Coleraine.
music businesses based here, Rhythm of the Bann to Coleraine has a significant role to play in developing music tourism and appreciating the ongoing
success stories which make us proud of the North Coast’s music scene. It will also provide an opportunity to celebrate the venues and hospitality that
exists in Coleraine.
the Diamond Centre, New Society, The Forum Restaurant, Café Nero, Moores of Coleraine, Coffee Emporium and Heralds at 22.
voice and songs. Eilidh’s relaxed stage presence invites the listener to sit back and enjoy her unique take on life and love. She has released two
albums (When The Time Comes & This Is Now) and most recently, an EP called Grown-ups Need Lullabies Too. She often
appears as special guest of the revered songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman.
and putting emotion into songs will have audiences enthralled.
the best and worst times. She began writing at 13 and playing at various small venues around the North Coast and beyond since age 15.
my roots in Northern Ireland this time settling in the small seaside town of Portstewart in the summer of 2006.
In 2008 I began teaching myself guitar, learning from old chord books and YouTube. Later that year I got my first taste of live music when I joined
a local music community project where I discovered my voice after being told I could sing and was therefor placed in a makeshift band for a live performance
at The Riverside Theatre in County Londonderry. After that show it became clear what I wanted to do with my life.
After falling in and out of bands I decided to go it alone and concentrate my efforts on being a solo artist, playing every gig I could and to anyone
who would listen. In 2012 I digitally released my debut EP entitled, Another Way.
A 3 track EP about the trials and tribulations a teenager goes through. I wrote many of the songs from personal experiences of heartbreak and teenage
angst.
With growing interest for the EP I submitted my work to Fersk Management who approached me to do a short tour of London in February 2013 with help
from IAA Touring, where I went on to play a host of well renowned venues including The Dublin Castle in Camden. I parted ways with the company later
that year.
In 2013/14 I spent an extended amount of time frequently gigging around Newcastle and Sunderland, where I finished writing my second EP K.T. another
3 track EP that is a ‘love story gone wrong’ and a timeline of a relationship.
So that’s my brief (maybe boring) musical history.
Cellar Door. Since then Gary has been performing live all across the North Coast with his band mates in various formats every weekend, from solo act
to a full 4 piece band. Always energetic, with an ability to involve everyone in the room. “Highly energetic, with an intoxicating performance” Barry
White, Vanbar associates
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12pm
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The Three Kings
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Jamie Sloan
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12.30pm
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Ground Espresso
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Gary Anderson
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1pm
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Diamond Centre
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Young Ike
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1.30pm
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New Society
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Simon Murphy
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2pm
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The Forum Restaurant
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Jamie Sloan
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2.30pm
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Café Nero
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Eilidh Patterson
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3pm
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Moores of Coleraine
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Young Ike
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3.30pm
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Coffee Emporium
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Simon Murphy
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4pm
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Heralds at 22
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Toni Whitten
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4.30pm
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Pizza Pomodoro
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Jack McNaul
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