Drogheda Songwriting Festival

The inaugural Drogheda Songwriting Festival promises to be a day full of inspiration, collaboration and creation for songwriters of all levels. 

The afternoon will have two Q&As, with guests Brendan Murphy (the 4 of Us) and folk singer Emma Langford, both hosted by Eurovision-winning songwriter Charlie McGettigan.

These will be preceded by a morning full of workshops on themes such as Thinking Outside the Box, Story Songs and Improv Songwriting Games.

Throughout the day there will be spaces provided for songwriters to network and co-write with fellow participants, and then perform the fruits of their days' labour at the gala concert which will close the festival.

The mentors hosting the workshops are themselves also songwriters of critical acclaim – Suzanne Savage, SJ McArdle and Keith Burke – and they will be on hand at times throughout the day to lend a listening ear to anyone seeking outside perspectives on their work-in-progress.

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME

• 11:00 - 11:50  Improv Songwriting Games with Keith Burke, Droichead Theatre, Stockwell St.
• 11:00 – 11:50 Story Songs with SJ. Mc Ardle, Barlow House, Narrow West St.
• 12:00 - 12:50 Improv Songwriting Games with Keith Burke (Repeat), Droichead Theatre, Stockwell St.
• 12:00 - 12:50 Thinking Outside the Box Suzanne Savage, Barlow House, Narrow West St.
• 13:00 - 13:50 Story Songs with SJ. Mc Ardle (Repeat), Droichead Theatre, Stockwell St.
• 13:00 - 13:50 Thinking Outside the Box with Suzanne Savage (Repeat), Barlow House, Narrow West St.

All events below take place in Droichead Arts Centre, Stockwell St.:

• 14:00 - 15:20 Q&A with Emma Langford 
• 15:40 - 17:00 Q&A with Brendan Murphy 
• 17:00 - 18:00 (Soundcheck & band setup) 
• 17:00 - 18:00 Signup for Gala Concert 
• 18:00 - 21:00 Songwriters Gala Concert

Visit Website (above) for more information and for details on how to book tickets & reserve spaces in your chosen workshops.