Liverpool Irish Festival returns with a virtual programme in 2020
Liverpool Irish Festival 15th – 25th October
● Ten days of music, performance and conversation shifts online for 2020
● Patrick Kielty spearheads programme exploring theme of “exchange”.
Liverpool Irish Festival returns with a virtual programme in 2020, celebrating the connections between Liverpool and Ireland. In a year of change and turbulence, the Festival explores exchange through art, conversation, music and history, how it connects communities and crosses borders.
A series of events examine how exchange has played out through conflict, cultural exchange and artistic practice, while diverse conversations expose dual-heritage lives, reconciliation and collective trauma.
Irish Comedian and TV presenter Patrick Kielty headlines the programme with a special event, Ha...