THE GALWAY Earth Festival takes place this Monday. A co-operation of musicians, artists, and volunteers, it will seek to raise funds and public awareness of the local and global environment through music, food, lectures, and craic.
There will be stalls and activities in the Black Box Theatre from 2pm to 5pm, a concert featuring a host of Irish and international acts from 5pm to 2pm, and a variety of talks and lectures in the Rowing Club, Woodquay, from 2pm to 6pm.
The Galway Earth Festival aims to educate the general public on eco businesses, the environment, social projects, and positive media work.
Music
The musicians featured at this one day festival come from Ireland, Wales, Zambia, Russia, and the USA. On the acoustic stage outside the Black Box will be Lovely Lucy, roots guitarist Chad Dougie, Estas Tonne, Jack Hammer Purr, and The Urges.
On the main stage inside the theatre will be reggae acts Will Softly, Wiggle, and Intinn. There will also be music from Welsh singer-songwriter Nicola Williams, trad-rock band The Rye, as well as Techbot, Valleum, Bootnic, Autonomous I, Ilya K, Techbot, Celtic Cowbois, Sandyman, and Techbot.
Talks and stalls
The talks in the Rowing Club include Food As Medicine with Carina Harkin at 2.30pm; Liam SS Reamon on Na Comhluaidir Bheo at 3.15pm; Noreen Lyons will speak about the work of An Foidin Glas at 4pm; Damian Doherty of Eco Electrics will give a presentation on micro renewables and grid tie connection at 4.45pm; and at 5.30pm there will be organic wine (Italian, French, and Spanish red and white ) tasting with Dirk Flake.
The stalls will include local organic food, eco household products, books on sustainable living, organic gardening products, renewable energies, and CDs by the musicians taking part. There will also be a mobile bar at the party. Amnesty International Galway will be having a stall as will the Galway Computer Club.
