Duke Special to headline CultureTECH Festival

LISBURN singer/songwriter Duke Special is amongst an impressive line-up of artists set to headline at the CultureTECH Festival.

The CultureTECH festival, which takes place at the end of August in Londonderry/Derry, is being billed as a four-day celebration of digital technology, media and music and expects to attract over 500 industry delegates alongside some 8-10,000 members of the public across a conference, film screenings and live music events.

As festival organiser Mark Nagurski explained: “CultureTECH aims to celebrate digital media in all its forms - from how we make new things to how we consume them - and music is at the very heart of that. We are delighted to be able to welcome so many great acts, and given the line-up, expect this to be a huge event.”

In addition to a Friday night headline event featuring Derry’s own The Japanese Popstars, Paul Woolford and Psycatron and Screendeath, the organisers are planning live music events across the city centre - many of which will be free to attend.

Hometown electronic collective Culture Glitch will open the festival with an event that will be streamed live in New York. The Liverpool Sound City festival, Derry-based record label Smalltown America and hubb will host bands and acoustic showcase events across the entire festival. The Dublin Laptop Orchestra will showcase original music made “using lots of laptops, hands, golf controllers, and a wireless router”.

Duke Special will play a free, public gig in the city on the Saturday afternoon.

CultureTECH will also play host to the debut performance of a unique collaboration between traditional Irish vocalist Grainne Holland and electronic producer Figure of 8. The audiovisual set will be accompanied by surreal visuals and a live string quartet courtesy of Serenity Strings.

Tickets for many of the music gigs will go on sale this week via the CultureTECH website at www.culturetech.co with prices ranging from £6-£12. Festival passes, currently on sale at £49 (£29 for students), include access to all music events, film screenings, parties and the main conference.

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