This coming week features a few digital editions of Irish summer festivals, plus a newbie. Tickets for the four-night package are €40, with subscriberreductions – or the four-day ticket is €20 using the promo code SUMMER20. irishtimes.com/SummerNightsSligoCairde Sligo Arts Festival goes online this year with #CairdeConnected (July 8th-11th), with virtual presentations of new commissions and world premieres, works in progress, experimental soundscapes, literary conversations and pop-up events. GalwayGalway Film Fleadh, long the prime spot for new Irish features, has a virtual edition in its 32nd year (July 7th-12th), when audiences can see 11 world premieres, two European premieres and 10 Irish premieres from their homes. World premieres include Phil Sheerin’s The Winter Lake, Eoin Macken’s Here are the Young Men, Philip Doherty’s Redemption of a Rogue and Dave Minogue’s Poster Boys.

Source: The Irish Times July 07, 2020 04:52 UTC