Here are a few updates for next weeks fundraiser to encourage early arrivals plus news of new additions to the festival lineup in October.

From 6pm there will be a full bar & restaurant setup on the square from Porterhouse Bars & Pintxo Tapas Restaurant in Temple Bar, we’ll set up a seated/table area where food such as paella & gourmet hot dogs will be served plus a discounted beverage price will be in place if eating & drinking (and don’t forget the square will have a temporary roof in place on the night).

The evening will kick off with Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands at 6.30pm followed by Channel One, Thread Pulls, The Jimmy Cake, Boxcutter & so on (running order below).  Also, Skinny Wolves & Maximum Joy will hold the fort with vinyl-only dj sets kicking off the night & during changeovers.  Each band will get approximately 35 minute slots & changeovers will take approx 10 minutes as we’re squeezing in as much over the 7 hours as possible! The bands will be supported visually by our DEAF vj Alan Lambert aka Metaldragon.

So we recommend you buy your tickets in advance, come down early & make a night of it, eat, drink & take in the best bands around Dublin at the moment.

MEETING HOUSE SQUARE (with temporary roof), Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Friday 21st August
6.00pm sharp til 1am!
Tickets €10.00 – Shops: Road Records, Fade St, D2 and City Discs, The Granary, Temple Bar, D2. Spindizzy, Georges St Arcade, D2 (no booking fees will be charged).  Online: www.tickets.ie
On the night tickets will be available at the door, but get yours in advance to avoid disappointment.

Running Order: 6.30pm Patrick Kelleher & His Cold Dead Hands, 7.20pm Channel One, 8.15pm Thread Pulls, 9pm The Jimmy Cake, 9.45pm Boxcutter, 10.30pm Dark Room Notes, 11.30pm Spilly Walker, 12.15am Sarsparilla

DEAF UPDATE:
Updated bookings include:  Mayer Hawthorn (USA), Mountains (USA), Aux 88 (USA), Bill Brewster (UK), Hardfloor (Ger), Tim Green (UK), Mark Broom (UK), David Toop (UK), Vaughan Oliver (UK)
+ Irish artists: Donal Dineen, Polly Fibre, Yurodny, Karl Burke, Mark Garry, Julie Feeney Baby Beef, Ankor Watt, Judith Mok, Neosupervital, Somadrone, Naphta, Kevin Blake, Sunken Foal, Hugh Cooney, Tom Lynn, Thread Pulls, ESB, Projector Collective.

New Spaces for Music – in association with The Model, Sligo.
Challenging musicians and audiences to interact more with their surroundings, the music, and each other.  New Spaces brings live music into unusual settings. Intended as a taster experience or a musical intervention, New Spaces for DEAF will see a series of 7 gigs happen in unusual spaces around Dublin; shops, empty offices, a van, an apartment, a train station can all become musical spaces. The date, time and artist will be announced in the DEAF programme but you will have to follow DEAF on twitter, facebook or the website to get the locations, which will be announced online no more than 24hours before the performance takes place.  New Spaces gigs are free of charge and last just 30-40minutes, showcasing the talent of some of Ireland’s most inventive, electronically influenced, new acts.   Artists include BabyBeef, Neosupervital, Kevin Blake, Somadrone, Sarsaparilla, Beautiful and Polly Fibre.

Film Programme:
‘Solus Irish/Arabian Avant-Garde Film Tour’
‘Balkan Shorts’ – Serbian and Croatian short films from the Belgrade Shorts Fest, Zagreb Fest of Experimental Shorts and the Kratkofil International Film Festival
Egyptian Documentary Shorts – Part 1; Experimental
Egyptian Documentary Shorts – Part 2; Narrative. Speaker / Curator: Sherif Awad, Film Critic for Egypt Today Magazine.
The Experimental Film Club – Invited filmmaker Moira Tierney and collaborators ‘Maison Des Cineastes’, Mauritania.
Solus Anthologies Part 1: Irish and international shorts
Fugitive Video Project 2009
African and Irish Animation. African Selection Curated by Mohamed Ghazala, director of ASIFA, Egypt.
‘Ouroboros: Ocean Dreams ‘ : Alan Lambert screening / a feature length collection of shorts