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DylanFest 2008 is on

Posted Wednesday, December 19, 2007

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DylanFest Moville 2008

I spoke with John Carragher of The Phantom Engineers the other day for the first time since Ireland's first DylanFest at the start of July this year.

The Phantom Engineers headlined Ireland's first DylanFest in July in Moville.

They are Ireland's top Dylan band (my apologies to Paddy, Sean and Tim).

John Carragher plays and shares the singing with Tony Villiers.

It was generally agreed that they were the top act of the Dylanfest.

It's On

I told him that I was going to put on the Dylanfest this year from Juy 3rd to the 6th in Moville.

"Next year's DylanFest is going to be huge" said John.

"Every gig we play people ask us "we heard about the Dylanfest in Moville too late. Is there going to be another one?""

After my conversation with John he can tell them that there is going to be one.

Word Spread

He told me that The Phantom Engineers will be playing a Clancy Brothers Music Festival two weeks before the Dylanfest and that he would spread the word there.

There's just something about a DylanFest that people in Ireland are hooking into and Moville has the only one.

The DylanFest last year was an amazing experience for me and, I hope, the people who went to it.

Guaranteed Success

Although it is 8 months off my worries are not whether it will be a success or not.

To me that already seems assured.

My worry is how Moville will be able to cope with it.

Nice Problems to Have

Where will we put the stage?

If several thousand people descended on Moville for the DylanFest 2008 will we be able to cope?

Still, that's the kind of problem you want to have.

Come on Over

So, those Movillians from Australia, the USA and England who tell me they read CraicOn.com and like Bob Dylan can start booking their holidays and tickets now.

Let's get it on!

If you want to know more keep your eye one here www.myspace.com/dylanfest2008