{"id":20219,"date":"2022-04-05T11:22:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T10:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=20219"},"modified":"2022-04-05T11:22:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T10:22:47","slug":"ards-international-guitar-festival-is-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2022\/04\/ards-international-guitar-festival-is-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Ards International Guitar Festival is This Weekend!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Ards International Guitar Festival rocks into Newtownards this weekend and promises to showcase a wealth of local and international guitar talent. With a fantastic programme featuring guitarists from every genre, there really is something to suit every musical taste at Ards and North Down Borough Council\u2019s much-loved festival which runs from 7 \u2013 10 April.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the highlights of this year\u2019s programme is Jon Gomm,<\/em> the Leeds- based guitarist and singer-songwriter with a revolutionary virtuoso guitar style. Jon will be taking to the stage in the Queen\u2019s Hall, Newtownards on Saturday 9 April, supported by Carlow-born virtuoso Shane Hennessy<\/em>. A night of live music not to be missed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue\u2019s fans will love the Mike Wilgar Blues Band<\/em> who are performing in The Ivy Bar, Newtownards on Friday 8 April. Mike first picked up the harmonica at the age of nine and has been blasting out tunes for four decades since! Well known on both the local and international scene, Mike and his band have received great praise from blues critics and fans alike. The band\u2019s 2006 album Swimming with Sharks<\/em> remains a regular on the playlist for blues and roots radio DJs across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, 7 April the festival\u2019s Film Screening will take place in The Ivy Bar, showing \u2018Guy Clark \u2013 Without Getting Killed or Caught.<\/em>\u2019 This celebration of the life of American Folk and Country Legend Guy Clarke will include the film by Tamara Saviano which explores the intimate triangle of the subject his wife Susanna, and Townes Van Zandt and will be followed by a live set from two of Ireland\u2019s foremost aficionados of Guy\u2019s work – Barry Johnston<\/em> (acoustic guitar) and David Neill<\/em> (acoustic bass), from the band Illegal Smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who fancy honing their guitar skills by learning from the experts, the festival\u2019s Guitar Clinics are the perfect opportunity! The Clinics hosted by Paddy Anderson, Shane<\/em> Hennessy, Jon Gomm, Ronnie Greer<\/em> and Anthony Toner<\/em> will guide you through various styles of playing. The Clinics will take place in Ards Arts Centre on various dates. Pre-booking is essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commenting on the Festival, Emily Crawford, Festival Director said: \u201cAfter a 2-year hiatuswe are delighted to welcome audiences back, many shows have already sold out but there are still tickets available for some festival favourites including our annual brunch with Ralph McLean. We are anticipating a great festival of live guitar music this year and we\u2019d love to see you there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ards International Guitar Festival is a must for music fans everywhere. For ticket details or to view the full programme please visit the website www.ardsguitarfestival.co.uk<\/a>  or alternatively call Ards Arts Centre on 028 9181 0803<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ards International Guitar Festival rocks into Newtownards this weekend and promises to showcase a wealth of local and international guitar talent. With a fantastic programme featuring guitarists from every genre, there really is something to suit every musical taste at Ards and North Down Borough Council\u2019s much-loved festival which runs from 7 \u2013 10 … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20221,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20219\/revisions\/20221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}