With just under 40 days until this year’s Isle of Man Queenie Festival, organisers have announced a new event taking place on Saturday 30 June. Alfred Pier in Port St Mary will host the ‘Ceilidh on the Quay’ which will see a line-up featuring local favourites the Manx Calor Gas Band and duo Strengyn perform along with headlining act and Winners of ‘Best Live Act’ at BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2009, The Demon Barbers!
Over the last nine years The Demon Barbers have gained major recognition for their original and imaginative approach to traditional music and song. They take mainly traditional ballads, strange tales of myth and magic and coil them, twist them, make them stranger, darker, becoming tales of Gothic danger; they don’t so much make folk rock as make traditional tales quiver and pulse with electricity.
The Ceilidh on the Quay is a new feature of this year’s Isle of Man Queenie Festival and promises to be yet another great addition to the weekend’s entertainment.
Tim Croft, Isle of Man Queenie Festival organiser commented on the event saying, “We wanted to keep the spirit of the festival going throughout the evening within the village of Port St Mary and felt that a traditional Ceilidh was the perfect event in which to do this. We have two fantastic local acts to get things going, followed by a real treat in The Demon Barbers. When they play they put on a fantastic energetic performance that will no doubt have the whole audience dancing along, it’s going to be a cracking night”
The ‘Ceilidh on the Quay’ gets underway at 7pm until 11.30pm on Saturday 30 June. Numbers are strictly limited, so people are advised to get tickets early to avoid disappointment. Tickets are affordably priced at only £10 and are available from Peter Norris Music in Douglas, Celtic Gold in Peel, Thompson Travel in Port Erin and Tim Croft at Island Seafare, Port St Mary.
As well as live music there will of course be a bar and a selection of hot food available. At the end of the night, buses will be leaving from Albert Pier, going to Douglas and Peel via Port Erin, Colby and Castletown.
For more information on The Ceilidh on the Quay please visit www.queeniefestival.com or call Tim Croft on 834494 to reserve your tickets!
