Cork Baroque Orchestra
Bandon Methodist Church
Saturday 24th August 7:30 p.m
Bandon Walled Town Festival are delighted to welcome Cork Baroque Orchestra to Bandon for 2024.
Cork Baroque Players presents ‘Pitched Battles’
Cork Baroque Players presents music of seventeenth-century sieges, soldiers and swords, from the finest composers of the era. In the business of time travel, the Cork Baroque Players bring the music of the past to vibrant life in the present, playing early modern music on authentic instruments of the period. Join them for an explosive evening of seventeenth-century music, rich in stories of the past, and filled with exciting musical interplay.
We look forward to a magical performance in an enchanting setting.
Tickets available O'Farrell's, Bandon Books Plus, Hickey's Newsagents or online at link below.
Family River Event
Sunday 18th August
2:00 p.m
Meet at Bandon Footbridge
Be a Water Hero! Come along and find out what lives in our river?
Kicksampling, ID micro-invertebrates, assess water health, pond dipping and explore the story of source to sea of the famous Ban Dea.
Organised by Creative Bandon in collaboration with Wise Water Academy.
Horrible Harmony and History
Saturday 24th August
3:00p.m
Riverview Shopping Centre
Cork Baroque Player's Horrible Harmony & History experience is an interactive concert - workshop for families and young audience.
Henry VIII - his wives and his music, strings made of guts, the grisly fate of Louis XIV's court composer... Horrible Hary & History romps through the 16-18th centuries through music and dance, touching on the stickier sides of things!
An interactive experience for all ages - hear some music from hundreds of years ago, learn a Dublin Castle dance, be the conductor of an eighteenth-century orchestra!
Biodiversity of Stone Walls Talk
@Bandon Library
Saturday 17th August
3:00 p.m
Dr Marcus Collier, Associate Professor of Sustainability Science in Trinity College, Dublin, joins us to give a talk about the rich variety of life that our stone walls support, the unique habitats they provide and the life that finds refuge and food within them.
Organised by Bandon Environmental Action Group
Funded by Pobal through Bandon Tidy Towns Group.