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RATHLIN SOUND MARITIME FESTIVAL 2015 - SAT 30 MAY

Barra Best
BBC NI Weather presenter Barra Best will be visiting the Island on Saturday 30th and Sun 31st with cameraman to
cover the last weekend of the festival. Catch up with him out and about and test his expert weather knowledge!

Comhaltas Groups
From 10am to 12noon in Bruce’s Kitchen / McCuaig’s Bar. Traditional music with groups from Ballycastle and round and about.

Vikings, currachs and drontheims
Seafront 11am – 5pm. Witness the spectacle of pitched Viking battles on the beach while the currach and drontheim teams compete in the background for their own glory.

Living Seas Event
From 11am to 5pm at the seafront. Family friendly fun including seaweed hand spa, shell displays, lifesize models of seals and dolphins and marine life tank. Includes life size models of seals etc. Hosted by Ulster Wildlife.

Ballycastle Market
Traders visit Rathlin McCuaig’s Bar car park 11am. Browse the ever popular market and pick up some handcrafted gifts to remind you of your visit to this year’s festival.

Crazy golf
Seafront 11am – 5pm. Try your skill at crazy golf (free of charge).

Shipwreck exhibition
11am to 3pm. Pop in to the Richard Branson Centre and enjoy a remarkable display of shipwreck artefacts salvaged from the waters around Rathlin Island. This popular exhibition is testimony to the rich maritime history of the area and a moving reminder of the ever present risk to a life on the sea.

Have a go Kayaking
From 12.00 to 5pm. From boat slip at Rathlin Marina, FREE activity, 30 minutes sessions. Supported by Malin Waters.

Rathlin Coastguard Rescue Team – line throwing competition and water safety information
4.00-6.00 - Seafront. Rathlin’s volunteer Coastguard Rescue Team will be out and about around the island’s harbour and seafront with a fun linethrowing competition open to all, and providing important maritime safety information.

Aoife Scott in concert
Join us at 8pm in Bruce’s Kitchen to enjoy an evening with Aoife Scott and band. That the apple doesn’t fall far
from the tree is an oft-stated truism, but in Aoife Scott’s case that doesn’t make it any less valid. Born into the legendary Black Family - which includes her mother, Frances, and her aunt, Mary - she has been surrounded
by and immersed in music from an early age, from listening to her grandparents, mother, aunt and uncles making music around the fire, to observing the backstage workings of festivals both here and abroad. Now she is making her own way in the music business. Aoife moved to the west coast of Ireland several years ago and her passion for the native Irish language spoken there is reflected in her choice of songs. She possesses a voice that evokes the wild western landscape: fragile one minute and forceful the next. Her experiences while living in the west, the people, the places and the sounds of Connemara, can be heard in her remarkable and unique performances. Now living in Dublin, her character-laden voice has been quietly generating a buzz amongst her fellow musicians for several years. Her work includes prestigious performances with some of Ireland’s finest musicians and international acts including Sharon Shannon, Séamus Begley, Brian Kennedy, Altan, Cherish the Ladies, Eddi Reader, John Prine, and of course the Black Family.

Full 2015 programme available here.

With thanks to Tourism NI Tourism Events Sponsorship Programme for their support for 2015.

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