Beatlemania heads to Dublin
Beatlemania is heading to capital, as the Dublin Beatles Festival gets ready to open it's doors on Friday.
Running from November 6 to November 8, the three-day festival celebrates the fab four's performance in Dublin on November 7, 1963.
A number of Irish and international bands will take to the stage, as plays, memorabilia, art and film fill out a jam-packed programme. One of the films, Good Ol' Freda, will be screened at the Grand Social on Sunday, November 8.
The award-winning documentary is about Freda Kelly, who ran the Beatles' fan club was the secretary to their manager Brian Epstein for over a decade. She became friends with the band through attending 180 of their lunch time gigs in Liverpool's Cavern Club - but refused to speak about or profit from her time working for the band.
When her grandson arrived, she wanted to be able to share her experience with the Beatles - and will be making a rare public appearance at the festival. Paul McCartney's stepmother called the film "one of the last true stories of the Beatles that you'll ever be able to hear."
Other highlights from the weekend festival include The Beatles Session at the Cobalt, featuring Jonathan Ward, Vyvienne Long, Biggles Flys Again, Enda Reilly, Keith Grogan, Pearse McGloughlin and Duncan Maitland.
By: Keely Ryan
Source: Irish Mirror
