All Together Now – All Curious Minds

August Bank Holiday Weekend –  2nd – 4th Aug 2019 – Curraghmore Estate, County Waterford

With All Together Now only days away, we’re getting more details of some of the other events going on at the Festival. The Spoken Word section called All Curious Minds sounds quite fascinating, as they’ve managed to get a number of the bigger names at the festival to double job, including Patti Smith and John Grant (interviewed by Panti, no less). Full details here.

— Patti Smith

— John Grant in conversation with Panti Bliss

— the cast of The Young Offenders with music from The Frank And Walters; event hosted by RTÉ’s Ray D’Arcy

— the family of Seamus Heaney in conversation with John Kelly, with guest readers and music from Colm Mac Con Iomaire

— David Keenan (writer) in collaboration with David Keenan (singer-songwriter)

— Sínéad Gleeson in conversation with Alex Clark of The Guardian, with music from Lisa Hannigan

— Ólafur Arnalds in conversation

— Nicole Flattery and Ian Maleny in conversation with Danny Denton, with music from Saint Sister

— photographer and filmmaker, Seamus Murphy (A Dog Called Money), in conversation with Philip King

— Emmet Kirwan and Natalya O’Flaherty on ‘A Sense of Place’, with music from A Lazarus Soul

— Caroline Lady Waterford in conversation with Turtle Bunbury

— Mercury Prize nominee Anna Calvi in conversation with Eamon Sweeney