Ireland and Catalonia show their cultural heritage in Sitges

The Creative Connections Festival will hold three of their shows at Palau Maricel
Wednesday 26 October 2016

Museums of Sitges are helping once again in organizing The Creative Connections Festival. From Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th, Sitges will be the meeting point of Catalan and Irish cultures, including cross-sectional events as diverse as music, folklore, literature, theater and dance.

The fourth edition of Creative Connections will feature sixty artists from different disciplines and backgrounds that will fill content in over thirty events planned, three of which will be held at Palau Maricel. The remaining activities will take place at unusual places in Sitges such as Cap de la Vila or Central Square, Passeig de la Ribera or the Promenade, the Slaughterhouse or Retiro gardens, also including art galleries and private concerns that will also sponsor the festival.

The event is run by Caroline Wynne, an Irish woman, while Brandon Jones, a well known inhabitant of Sitges of Welsh origin, leads the area of ​​documentation. Both claim, in its written submission this year, "Sitges is the perfect host to join Celtic and Catalan identity through culture." Two historical nations that, just like Sitges, hoard a rich and varied cultural legacy.

Take a look at the schedule | Take a look at the events at Palau Maricel

EVENTS HELD AT PALAU MARICEL

FRIDAY 28th                                                                             
19h Sitges Welcomes Creative Connections                     
A special opening held at Museums of Sitges to know the musicians, artists and the local audiences, enjoying the taste of some of the events of the festival. 

SATURDAY 29th                                                                        
17h Rhythms of Revolution                                               
Palau Maricel will become the headquarters of a sample of some of the best work coming from Ireland on the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 1916 revolution. The evening will feature performances by The Ranelagh Singers that will perform a work originating from the text of Padraig Pearse, an Irish poet and revolutionary. An impromptu dance piece with Daire Bracken (violin), Ellen Cranitch (flute), Ossia Choir and Bray Comhaltas. A special and magical one hour concert. 

22h Crossing Borders                                                                                                                                             
An evening with music, songs, poetry and Irish, English and Catalan Theater. Vinyet Panyella, Danny Diamond, Jackie Hurtley, Cliona Doris,  Laoise O'Brien, August Bover & Eulàlia  Ara, James Mahon, Victor Bergerat, The Ranelagh Singers and TraDiTum. The evening will also pay tribute to Shakespeare on his birthday with a multicultural concert. It will be an eclectic mix of fun! Includes a glass of champagne.