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2025 Rory Gallagher International Festival - Get Ready Now !!!

7/30/2024

The 21st Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival will take place in Rory's birthplace of Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland from Thursday 29th May to Sunday 1st June 2025. This is not just a music festival, it is 4 days of non-stop gigs on the streets and venues of the town that are all free to view. The streets of Ballyshannon come alive to the strains of guitars being eloquently played by superb musicians from everywhere. The Festival street gigs are pretty special in an enjoyable relaxed atmosphere with many at the towns celebrated Rory Gallagher sites such as at the Rory Gallagher life sized statue, at Rory Gallagher Place (on the street where a young Rory resided) at the Rock Hospital (where Rory was born) at the Rory Gallagher Theatre, at Allingham Park, at the Rory Gallagher Mural and at The Gables in the town centre that resembles a natural amphitheatre. If you speak to annual attendees, they will always tell you, "go once, experience Ballyshannon, and you want to go back". In what will be a Special Festival for everybody in Rory's birthplace of Ballyshannon, it will also be the 30th Anniversary since Rory's sad passing.

The Festival Headline acts for the 2025 Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival will be announced in the coming months, these renowned acts will be perform at the hugely popular Rory Gallagher Festival Big Top that is located in the heart of the town. The 2025 Big Top line-up will be revealed then on Wednesday 1st January 2025. Its the 21st staging of the Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival in Ballyshannon with thanks to the support of the Gallagher Family, funders Failte Ireland and sponsors Diageo / Guinness Ireland. Huge credit to the Founder and Chairperson Barry O'Neill who leads the Festival Team and who works tirelessly in ensuring the Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival continues for another year.

All details for the 2025 Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival are available on the Official Festival website and Early Bird Big Top Tickets for all 3 Nights at the Festival Venue for those Headline Shows are now available - www.rorygallagherfestival.com/tickets.html

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Crowds at the 2024 Rory Gallagher Festival in Ballyshannon at The Gables --- Photo by Keery Irvine

Photos by Keery Irvine Photography & Joe Cohen Photography

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Calls for Irish State To Purchase Rory's Guitar Collection

7/19/2024

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Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival Founder and Chairperson Barry O'Neill speaking with Niall Delaney on Ocean FM Radio, giving his view on why the Irish State should acquire the Rory Gallagher Collection that is to go on auction at Bonham's in London in October ... looks like our wheels are in motion ...

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Rory Gallagher Festival 2025 in Ballyshannon, Ireland

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Rory Gallagher - The BBC Collection - Release Date - 11th October 2024

7/19/2024

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We are excited to announce Rory Gallagher - The BBC Collection - Out on 11th October 2024

An all-encompassing collection of BBC recorded broadcasts and performances, the collection is available as a huge 18CD and 2 Blu-Ray boxset, or smaller 3LP and 2CD 'Best Of' formats.

For more details visit - https://www.rorygallagher.com/rory-gallagher-the-bbc-collection

Pre order Now - https://rorygallagher.lnk.to/BBC-Collection

Cradle Rock (Live on BBC “Sounds Of The Seventies” / 1973) is available to stream / download now