Woody Guthrie Day in Dublin, Derry and Belfast

national | arts and media | event notice Monday September 27, 2010 21:46 by LoveMusic HateRacism - Love Music Hate Racism

Celebrate Woody Guthrie this Sunday 3rd October

On Sunday Oct 3rd, Love Music Hate Racism in Belfast, Derry and Dublin will unite to mark the 43rd anniversary of the death of American folk hero Woody Guthrie.

This Sunday Roast Kills Fascists

In Dublin LMHR & The Sunday Roast will begin the evening with the screening of the Billy Bragg narrated documentary ‘Woody Guthrie: This Machine Kills Fascists’ and will end with a celebration of his music , and music he influenced with all proceeds going to www.huntingtons.ie

Sunday 3rd October – Documentary Screenings –
‘Woody Guthrie: This Machine Kills Fascists’
DUBLIN – The Mercantile 6pm FREE

Sunday 3rd October – Gigs – 9pm
DUBLIN
– The Mercantile – FREE- Suggested Donation €5
The Cujo Family
The Fusion Family
The Prairie Dawgs
Ugly Beautiful
Stefan Galt
The Annulments
Awake young Soldiers
...and many more to be announced.

Woody Guthrie also known as the "Dust Bowl Troubadour" due to songs inspired by Dust Bowl era, travelled the country mainly by box car from Oklahoma to California during the Depression of the 1930’s with thousands of other migrants looking for work.
Many of his songs are concerned with the conditions faced by these working class people, and inspired many of the great songwriters that came after him including Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs.He played at countless labour strikes, union meetings, migrant camps, and Communist Hollywood parties with actor, Will Geer, and wrote for Communist papers The Light and People's World.

On 3rd October 1967 Guthrie died from complications connected to Huntington's disease, a progressive genetic neurological disorder.
Love Music Hate Racism & The Sunday Roast will be donating proceeds from the gigs to the Huntington’s Association.

Huntington’s Ireland - www.huntingtons.ie

Screenings in other cities.
BELFAST – Ulster Hall Shared Space 3pm FREE
DERRY – Sandinos 3pm FREE

Gigs in other cities
BELFAST
– McHughs Basement – £5
Jonny Black (Lafaro)
Robyn G Shiels
Acoustic Dan
Rachel Austin
and DEADONMUSIC DJ’s.

DERRY
– Sandinos - £5
Roy Arbuckle
Technopeasant
Junior Johnson
Paddy Nash

Huntington’s Northern Ireland www.hdani.org.uk