Presented Thursday June 20th in the Bazlen Hall the 2024 edition of the “Finternational summer of Celtic music and culture of Trieste Triskell”scheduled from tomorrow (Friday June 21st) see you on Sunday June 30th at Ferdinandeo Grove.
The demonstrationco-organised by the Municipality with the Uther Pendragon Cultural Association, is a unique festival of its kind, created with the aim of enhancing Celtic music and culture in the They multiple nuances, as well as performance art in general. Through various locations in Trieste, in region and abroad, the festival aims to be an engaging multidisciplinary experience.
L’municipal councilor for cultural and political policies Tourism Giorgio Rossi, themable to participate in the press conference, he sent his greetings and applause tothe representatives of the association Uther Pendragontogether with best wishes for good work.
After the successful 2023 edition, the festival Triskell reaches the milestone of twenty-four years of life with a program full of events and with the expectation of reaching one hundred thousand attendance.
Programming of Triskell includes appointments that range from concerts by international artists to theatre, music, dance, cinema, visual arts, workshops and interactive conferences.
The festival delivers Also a stage for young musicians dand Friuli Venezia Giulia through the “Space for local groups” exhibition, thus promoting local talent.
From 21st to 30th June, fans, curious and Triskell enthusiasts will be able to so immerse yourself in an event in character historicalwhich traces the traditions and customs ofhey Celts, in contact with nature and with the possibility of participating in numerous workshops, conferences, workshop and engaging activities, mvery good dedicated to the little ones.
To inaugurate the musical billboard, on the night of June 21st, they will be the Muse del Diavolo from Lazio, with energetic drums and bagpipes and dancers to tribal music, followed by the French The Celtic Tramps. From nour region, for the exhibition “Space for local groups”, cthe will be Almakanta, Frina and To Loo Loose. For Italian bands, Ragnarok Duo, Arthuan Rebis, In Vino Veritas, Falko and Gens d’Ys will perform with the Irish dance show Of Saturday 23 June.
For foreign bands, in addition to The Celtic Tramps from France, exclusively for Trieste and Triskell, Gnoss from Scotland will take to the stage on June 22nd: veterans of a tournée in Australia, they will propose contemporary Celtic music; on June 26th and 27ththey will arrive from Saxony the Fabula Aetatis. Other eexclusive for Trieste and Triskell they will be, from the Czech Republic, Tempus on 27 June with medieval melodic music in a fantasy key, on 28 June Sheeban from Poland, with traditional Celtic music arranged in a modern key and on 29 June Lyrre, Always from Poland, with symphonic metal. On June 28th and 29th Irdorath Fantasy Band from Belarus will perform their genre of medieval pagan fantasy folk. The festival will see as the last band, for a crackling close, the Spaniards from Seville The Groggy Dogs, who blend punk, metal and ska with sailors’ songs.
All concerts of the festival I am at entrance freeor and will be broadcast live on the YouTube channel And on the Fa pagecebook of the Triskell and on the website of Radio Punto Zero Tre Venezie, media partner and official radio of the event.
Numerous side shows will thrill the festival audience again this year. To give an evocative touch to the Triskell evenings, the end of the evening will be divided into “Stories around the fire” curated by FireTales with a fire juggling show and Vassago, with a contact juggling and fire performance show.
Gwill reach its sixth edition theL Triskell Bodypainting contest, the art of painting bodies, which will have as its theme: “Litha. The Summer Solstice”, dedicated to one of the most important dates of the Celtic calendar, with the patronage of Italia Bodypainting and curated by Katia Simonetti.
The setting of the Boschetto del Ferdinandeo will also become the perfect backdrop for this edition numerous activities dedicated to children And to families. Using your hands, being amazed, creating, imagining, dreaming and having fun will be the watchwords of the many workshops and animations dedicated to the little ones. This year too, the Compagnia di San Giorgio e Il Drago will entertain hundreds of children Sunday 30 June with the inevitable Interactive Harry Potter gameswith two animations in which children and parents can immerse themselves in this fun game from 11am to 1pm and from 3pm to 5pm.
The fantasy world will also be the protagonist of laboratories of the “Greta’s Enchanted Garden”, which will take place for the entire duration of the festival and which will involve adults and children in the creation of lucky unicorns, mischievous witches, gnomes, elves, potions, pendants, unicorns, fairy doors, dragons and other subjects, through the modeling of polymer clay. Children and adults can learn to create magic wands with Jordy and Wolfy from the Fortress or immerse themselves in herbs and in the spells from the world of Potter or FairyTales and in numerous workshops of Nina Lavanderfield and Strebanco, or realize candles in wood cHon Anastasia.
There will be no shortage of sporting eventswith the archery discipline together with the ASD Dragon Rouge, cHon free and free shooting tests. This will be followed by the “X Alasdair Trophy” for children and adults and the “V Triskell Tournament”, a friendly dynamic archery competition, open to archers registered with any federation, where different categories of archers will meet at Campo Gaja in Padriciano After archery courses and sword and shield courses for children with the Asscultural ociation Three Dragons, three s will be heldtages of dances from the Celtic, Scottish and Irish areas with Gens d’Ys and the Clan MacMulz, as well as many sessions with the falconry of the Falconieri della Ginestra, and workshopss of Celtic harp for adults and children with Leaf Fairy.
A full calendar of conferences and insights historians with expert speakers, journalists and writers will allow curious and passionate people to delve deeper into and retrace the traditions, culture and spirituality of these ancient peoples who also inhabited our territories.
It will then be possible to approach manual skills dhey Celts working clay, leather, herbs and incense thanks to the members of the MacAjvar clan. The public will be able to Furthermore walk the labyrinth of Artòs or participate in harp therapy sessions with the Leaf Fairy to relax the mind, or have the future predicted with runes and oracles by the Priestesses of the Arcane Garden, in the evening after hours 21 at the Stone Circle in the grove.
It’s still, there will be a homage to love with the re-enactments of ancient unions with the Celtic rite, which every year are a great success among couples of all ages, unions which will be celebrated by Bridge and Atanvarniee, also in the Friulian language. And then historic tents, encampments, battles, demonstrations and re-enactments of ancient rituals such as the ancient celebration of the Summer Solstice (Litha) and the Night of St. John.
The presence of the food trucks with stuffed sandwiches based on ancient medieval recipes, also for vegetarians, grilled corn on the cob, kebabs, medieval grilled meats and medieval soups, crAndsweet and savory fish, lAnd French fries with sausage slices for the little ones, lAnd Jacket Potatoes (boiled potatoes stuffed with delicacies). New this year, the vegan foodall accompanied by Irish beer and about thirty exhibitors with stands of Celtic and fantasy craftsmanship that will color the rich market with exclusive objects.
As a corollary to the festival the “Celtic Lottery”, with first reward a voucher for a trip to Galicia dthe value of 800,00 euros.
