RT BIG MUSIC WEEK: 30 SEPTEMBER - 6 OCTOBER A WEEK-LONG NATION-WIDE CELEBRATION OF THE VERY BEST OF IRELANDS HOME-GROWN MUSICAL TALENT
For the fourth year running, RT Big Music Week celebrates the very best of home-grown musical talent by bringing live performance to audiences across Ireland and all over the world; on radio, on television, online and on mobile with plenty of opportunity to catch up on the latest action via RT .ie, RT Ten, RT YouTube, @rte on Twitter and always on rte.ie/bigmusicweek
During the first week of October, the RT Big Music Week Train will visit some of Ireland's best-loved venues and most-travelled stations, capturing the magic each day and bringing it to audiences through broadcasts on popular shows across RT Radio 1, 2fm, lyric fm, RnaG and RT One television, and featuring a wealth of live performances by renowned artists like Christy Moore, Kodaline, Paul Brady, Damien Dempsey, Lumiere, Julie Feeney, the RT Concert Orchestra and many, many more. Wherever you are, RT offers the chance to be part of the action and share in some memorable musical collaborations.
The RT Big Music Week Train, with Iarnrod Ireland / Irish Rail
The bespoke, three-carriage RT Big Music Week Train, with the RTE Big Music Week House Band on-board, will depart from Bray, Co Wicklow on Monday September 30th and weave its way through Dublin, Kildare, Carlow, Waterford, Tipperary, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Galway, Mayo, Offaly, Leitrim and Roscommon. The train will be stopping off in stations and towns across Ireland for a jam-packed schedule of ticketed and free pop-up, drop-in and stop-by events - busking sessions, live benefit concerts, musical workshops, parades and plenty of live action. For more see www.rte.ie/bigmusicweek
Radio
The John Murray Show on RT Radio 1 will open celebrations on Monday morning, bringing a special live performance from Connolly Station with the RT Concert Orchestra and top acts Kodaline, Damien Dempsey, Luka Bloom, the Artane Band and the Bugle Babes as well as a special one-off session with the incomparable Christy Moore later in the week.
The John Creedon Show, also on RT Radio 1, will be live on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, broadcasting concerts from the Theatre Royal in Waterford, the INEC in Killarney and Matt Molloy's pub in Westport, Co Mayo, with exclusive performances from Eleanor McEvoy, Lumiere, Sharon Shannon and Mundy, to name just a few.
Wednesday morning sees 2fm's Ryan Tubridy in Limerick for a live show with Hermitage Green, who stop by for a session in the station. Listen out too for lots more chats, interviews and live music on RT Radio 1, RT 2fm, RT lyric fm and RT Raid o na Gaeltachta.
Television
Each evening on RT One television, tune in for an update of the day's events with a nightly recap programme and watch out also on RT jr, which will be taking to the tracks to check out the abundance of passion and talent that young Irish people have for music nationwide. RT Big Music Week will also pop up on Nationwide and The Works during the week and, for the grand finale on Friday night, the RT Big Music Week Train will reach the end of the line with a special performance on the The Late Late Show, debuting a specially-commissioned RT Big Music Week song, written by Irish songwriter Brendan Graham and performed by some of Ireland's best vocalists.
Online & Social
You can also stay up-to-the-minute on what is happening during RT Big Music Week, through all RT s digital platforms. RT YouTube will have all the latest RT Big Music Week videos and RT 's online home of entertainment, RT Ten, will report the latest gossip each day. On Twitter, join in the conversation using #bigmusicweek with @rte.
Throughout RT Big Music Week, at each and every stop, there will be plenty of opportunity to be part of the excitement in your own town and details on how to win places on this very unique musical train journey, as well as how to buy tickets for any of the benefit gigs, can be found in the Event Schedule on rte.ie/bigmusicweek!
#bigmusicweek
The RT Big Music Week Train takes to the tracks on Monday, 30th September, marking the official launch of RT Big Music Week, which concludes on Saturday 5th October in Vicar St, Dublin. Find out what's happening in the towns nearest you, as well as on television, radio, online and mobile over on www.rte.ie/bigmusicweek
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RT BIG MUSIC WEEK: 30 SEPTEMBER - 6 OCTOBER A WEEK-LONG NATION-WIDE CELEBRATION OF THE VERY BEST OF IRELANDS HOME-GROWN MUSICAL TALENT
