The Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, Councillor Ciar\u00e1n McQuillan, commented: \u201cWe are excited to launch the programme for Atlantic Sessions 2024 and delighted with the range of talent we have been able to secure for this year\u2019s festival.<\/p>\n \u201cCouncil is grateful for the support of our venue proprietors, and visitors can once again look forward to the warmest of welcomes in Portrush and Portstewart. As we have seen in previous years, the fantastic variety of free musical entertainment, in two of our most beautiful coastal locations, is a winning combination for everyone.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe are very proud of Atlantic Session\u2019s ongoing reputation as a place to celebrate emerging talent as well as established artists and, with a top-class programme of events on offer, we are looking forward to another very successful weekend on the Causeway Coast which I\u2019d encourage you to come along to.\u201d<\/p>\n Programmed by Get Shep on behalf of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, this year\u2019s festival will feature some Atlantic Sessions favourites, such as The Bonnevilles,Tony Villiers (& the Villians), Ken Haddock and King Cedar.<\/p>\n Headliners include Mary Coughlan, Johnny Brady and two of Northern Ireland\u2019s most promising young bands, Polar Bolero and the Tally Lally Band, who will play Flowerfield Arts Centre on Friday 15th<\/sup> November.<\/p>\n Plus BBC\u2019s Ralph McLean will host a special \u2018In the Round\u2019 with Ferna (winner of the NI Music Prize 2022), Reevah (nominated for NI Music Prize 2024) and Jordan O\u2019Keefe in Portrush Town Hall on Saturday 16th<\/sup> November.<\/p>\n A host of bands, brand new to the festival, will perform at the free music trail, including Telezura, the 2:19, The Renegade Kings and Revue. Also look out for free performances by the 2024 Music Prize nominated artists Reevah and Conchur White!<\/p>\n We will also see the return of Matt McGinn and Malojian performing together in a different guise with their new band \u2018Dead Goat\u2019 for a free Closing Party gig on Sunday 17th<\/sup> November.<\/p>\n Tickets are now on sale for all of our headline events at www.atlanticsessions.com<\/a>. All other gigs on the Music Trail are admission free and no booking is required.<\/p>\n Alongside the not-to-be-missed free gigs, Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council are working with hospitality partners to ensure visitors can access a range of accommodation to enhance their stay. Check out all the Autumn special offers at www.Visitcausewaycoastandglens.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Make sure to follow Atlantic Sessions on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for the latest announcements.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The award-winning Atlantic Sessions music festival returns to Portstewart and Portrush next month and the full line up has just been released! The much-loved event takes place from Thursday 14th November to Sunday 17th November with a packed programme of over 30 live gigs taking place in both seaside towns, most of them FREE! The … 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\/23433"}],"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=23433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23435,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23433\/revisions\/23435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1-Copy-10.jpg\")
Music fans can look forward to three days of unmissable performances in a wide variety of venues, as well as a special Opening Night Show on Thursday 14th<\/sup> November at Portrush Playhouse featuring rising stars, pop-noir duo – Dark Tropics!<\/p>\n