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02.12.08

A Little Solidarity Goes A Long Way

by Will McConnell

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This November saw Belfast’s very first (hopefully first of many) Solidarity Festival, hosted by the very beautiful Belfast 4-piece And So I Watch You From Afar.. Over three days, in four different venues around the city, the locals were entertained by over 20 Northern ireland acts, signed and unsigned, all playing on the same bill in the spirit of cooperation, solidarity (funny enough) and to showcase the greatness of the N. Ireland music scene to the world. It wasn’t just bands in attendance, but alos artists and other creative types. Graham Smith showed some of his photographs, while community station NVTV had some pictures to show. There was also a weird tepee outside the Mandela Hall.
Bandwidth was in attendance throughout, and left with a sore head and some truly legendary footage. So, in 3 installments, feast your eyes and ears on:

Here Comes The Landed Gentry – getting silly backstage at the Oh Yeah centre

General Fiasco – Owen chilling out in the bar (noticing a theme here?) after their Mandela Hall gig

Cara Cowan – a fabulous newcomer winning over her crowd with Jefferson Airplane covers, again at Oh Yeah.

Enjoy the shows, and to meet the people responsible, visit here.