Secret Song
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Secret Song is an annual One Day Live Music & Spoken Word Festival that takes place in Levis Corner House, Ballydehob West Cork, Ireland.
Secret Song takes on the first Sunday of every October…. Up to 20 Acts performing throughout the ground and all floors of Levis Corner House.. Every Room we can find inside and outside.
Secret Song takes place once a year and it is a celebration of all artists and all the gigs that take place in Levis throughout the year..
Secret Song Festival is exactly as it is titled – a Secret. On the day, everyone moves from room to room, to the back garden, from the Parlour, to the ‘Outback’ without knowing who is playing.. We’ve even had ‘a gig’ in a cupboard.. The performers themselves do not know who else is playing until the day. They are given (at best) a time and a place to be. Every year audiences take a leap of faith and purchase tickets for the day, without knowing the names of the performers. Every year it sells out.
We welcome established, ‘big’ names..and artists who are ‘unknown’ or unsigned. All amazing talented original performers. All on equal footing on the day. ( who knows who’ll end up in that cupboard 🙂 . .
‘Junior’ Secret Song takes place the next day..All the Ballydehob Primary School Children ( 5th & 6th class) attend a shorter version of Secret Song with ‘musicians and spoken word artists from the previous day….a live performance just for schools. The children interact with the musicians throughout the building. Supported by Creative Ireland, Cork County Council & Arts Council Ireland – That is truly a magic day..and at the heart of everything.
The Secret Song Festival took place 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019.
Secret Song did not place 2020 due to public health restrictions and the whole world turning upside down.
We are looking forward and planning 2021 already.
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📸 Many of the wonderful Photos below were taken by Magdalena Mitter ▵ Photography who came to the festival in 2019 : See more of her work at https://www.instagram.com/magdalena_mitter/
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Secret Song 2019 at Levis Corner House
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2015 LINE UP :
Sam Clague & Band
Mide Houlihan
Stuart Solo & Dolcie & Letitia
Anto Noonan ( Armoured Bear)
Liam Frost
Anderson
John Blek
Ger Woulfe
Jen Grant
Fir Beag
Nick Timothy
Gordan & Leonard Podolak
Stuart Wilde & The Bird Men
2016 LINE UP
Paddy Dennehy
Ger Wolfe
Silk
Hilary Woods
Paul Dunworth
Kulini
Ian Whitty ( & Flor O’Rahilly)
Cormac Lally & David Jackson
Stuart Wilde & Dolcie Keogh
Mick Flannery
Tiz McNamara
Chris Murphy
Cormac O’Caoimh
John Hicks ( acc. Cornelia)
Ports
Ye Vagabonds
2017 LINE UP
Nick Timothy
The Worry Dolls
Cormac Lally
Clare Sands
Gavin Moore
Ye Vagabonds
Rowan
SJS Smith
Daoirí Farrell
Clare Sands
Ocelots
Marlene Enright
Anna Mieke
Porter Head
Christoff Bear
Niall Connolly
John Blek
Young Folk
2018 LINE UP
Maiden Radio
Joan Shelley
Landless
Pete Coe & Co
Susan O’Neil (SON)
Xabi Basterra
Niamh Regan
Kevin Ryan
Aindrais de Staic
Old Time Rags
Anna Mullarkey
Landless
Bridget Kearney
Peter Coe
Joey Wright & Bands
Brooke Sharkey
Rozi Plain
2019 LINE UP
Cormac Lally & David Jackson
Mick Flannery
Caoilian Sherlock
Aoife Scott
Síomha
Susan O’Neil ( SON)
Míde Houlihan
Robert Sarizin Blake
Taobh Eile
Les SalAmandas
Rose Cousins
Moxie
The Man Whom
First Class & Coach
Cry Monster Cry
Clare Sands
Session Americana
2020 Everyone stayed home …
2021 Line Up being planned. Stay posted.
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