{"id":6921,"date":"2014-03-15T20:02:08","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T19:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=6921"},"modified":"2014-03-15T20:02:08","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T19:02:08","slug":"tune-in-to-portstewart-songwriters-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2014\/03\/tune-in-to-portstewart-songwriters-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"TUNE IN TO PORTSTEWART SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Portstewart Songwriters Festival is an exciting brand new music event due to hit the North  Coast on Friday 28<sup>th<\/sup> to Sunday 30<sup>th<\/sup> March.<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6922\" style=\"width: 327px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SongLaunch007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6922\" title=\"SongLaunch007\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SongLaunch007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor of Coleraine, Councillor David Harding, Alderman Maura Hickey and Stewart McLaughlin, Portstewart Revitalise, pictured with talented singer songwriters Amanda St John and Toni Whitten who will be joining artists from across the Province to perform at the first ever Portstewart Songwriters Festival. The event will run from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th March, featuring over 20 FREE gigs at bars and coffee shops throughout the weekend, plus Songwriting Workshops, Presentations and Showcase events. Full details at www.northcoastni.com\/music<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The event was officially launched at the Anchor Complex on Thursday 13<sup>th<\/sup> March, with performances from local talent Toni Whitten and the superb Amanda St John. The Festival is funded by Coleraine Borough Council and the Department for Social Development.<\/p>\n<p>The Festival will feature live music in bars and coffee shops along Portstewart Promenade throughout the weekend and, with over 20 FREE gigs featuring the likes of Briana Corrigan, Silhouette, Rory Nellis, Robb Murphy and Mandy Bingham, the line up for the first ever Portstewart Songwriters Festival is looking unmissable!<\/p>\n<p>Bronagh Gallagher, SOAK and Paul Casey are set to Headline the Festival with a \u2018Saturday Night Showcase\u2019 event at Portstewart Town Hall, which will be hosted by Ralph McLean; while Gareth Dunlop, Anthony Toner and Amanda St John will perform an intimate \u2018In the Round\u2019 Session on the Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The event, which is funded by the Department for Social Development and Coleraine Borough Council, will also incorporate a variety of song writing workshops, run by recognized singer-song writers and industry professionals, as well as illustrated talks by BBC Radio Ulster\u2019s Ralph McLean and Stuart Bailie.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the Showcase events, workshops and talks are available from Coleraine Visitor Centre, Tel: 7034 4723 and Flowerfield Arts Centre, Tel: 7083 1400. All gigs in the bars and coffee shops are FREE!<\/p>\n<p>To find out more and for full gig listing visit <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northcoastni.com\/music\">www.northcoastni.com\/music<\/a><\/span>, find it on Facebook at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PortstewartSongwritersFestival\">www.facebook.com\/PortstewartSongwritersFestival<\/a><\/span> or follow on Twitter @PortSongFest.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portstewart Songwriters Festival is an exciting brand new music event due to hit the North Coast on Friday 28th to Sunday 30th March. The event was officially launched at the Anchor Complex on Thursday 13th March, with performances from local talent Toni Whitten and the superb Amanda St John. The Festival is funded by Coleraine &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2014\/03\/tune-in-to-portstewart-songwriters-festival\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/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\/6921"}],"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=6921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6923,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6921\/revisions\/6923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}