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EL FEILE strives to be a contemporary multidisciplinary Celtic Arts brand of excellence. The March festival is at the core of the project. The festival programming is unconventional in that there are many Irish and Celtic festivals around the world that focus on the traditional elements but few who as a mandate seek to demonstrate how these traditional art forms and cultural aspects permeate a new generation of artists.
Different music genres, literature and comedy, traditional and contemporary dance, theatrical adaptations, new visual art, cinema, sport - each element unable to belie its roots.
Somehow Barcelona is a most fitting place to attempt this where the antiquity and Old World beauty of the Gothic Barrio sits easily next to the modernity of Gaudi and the art of Miro. Not forgetting everything in between.
We are open to all projects and ideas. Fundamental to El Feile is a commitment to offer a platform to and support young artists, expat and locals, to put their talent up there. Our headline acts, whatever the discipline is, always supported by an artist who wouldn't normally get the opportunity to get their work direct to our audience.
We seek to have the core programme closed by the previous November each year but will listen to and seek to facilitate ideas right up to the days of the event.
The extent of Barcelona's popularity and success as a tourist destination these days means that it is imperative for travelling Artists or Organisations looking to take part in the festival to get in touch with us no later than the previous September.
Submissions should be sent to mail@elfeile.com
El Feile 2009 - 'Listening North'
This year our music programme will once again be themed around a  specific part of the island of Ireland.
Ulster is an area that for its small population has consistently punched above its weight in terms of producing world-renowned musicians and bands. The real incredible feature is the diversity of genres covered and the success achieved. From the punk of SLF and The Undertones to heavy metal/hardcore of Therapy? and The Answer. The individualists like Neil Hannon and Duke Special, electronic maestro David Holmes, singer-songwriters like Paul Brady, Brian Kennedy to the Trad of John McSherry, the world domination in several genres by Van Morrison and more recent massive success of Snow Patrol.
These are just a few examples; it is an incredible legacy of contemporary musical success from such a small region. We will be seeking to put this in context for the Catalan audience with a series of concerts from the leading lights of the Ulster's success past, present and future to headline EL FEILE '09.
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