🐦 June 4 - Bernie Sanders coming to Dublin for Dalkey Book Festival
The Dalkey Book Festival has announced its 2017 programme of events, with a very special guest making his first-ever visit to Ireland.
US Senator and 2016 Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders will discuss his new book Our Revolution: A Future To Believe In with economist David McWilliams, at Dublin's Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on Sunday June 4th.
"It is an extraordinary privilege for the Dalkey Book Festival to host Bernie Sanders," said Dalkey Book Festival director Sian Smyth, "we are truly delighted to bring him to Ireland for the first time. He is an iconic political figure of our time, a stunning orator and with such turmoil in the US and globally we are very much looking forward to hearing his thoughts and insights."
The Sanders event on June 4th precedes the Dalkey Book Festival proper, which runs from June 15-18, featuring an array of international guests, from musician and activist Billy Bragg and cult filmmaker turned novelist Bruce Robinson (the creator of Withnail And I) to Man Booker Prize winner Marlon James and Irish authors Colm Toibin, Sebastian Barry and Donal Ryan.
Tickets for An Evening with Bernie Sanders and other Dalkey Book Festival events go on sale this Friday 28 April at 9AM - view the programme in full here.
https://www.rte.ie/culture/2017/0424/869863-bernie-saunders-coming-to-dublin-for-dalkey-book-festival/
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Bernie Sanders sells out Dublin gig
Tickets to Bernie Sanders first public appearance in Ireland have sold out in under five minutes.
The politician is due to visit as part of the Dalkey Book Festival, with his itinerary including a stop-off at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre for a conversation about his best-selling book Our Revolution with David McWilliams on June 4th.
Tickets - priced from €15 - went on sale at 9am, but subsequently sold out - much to the dismay of many Sanders fans on social media who wanted to 'feel the Bern''.
http://www.newstalk.com/Bernie-Sanders-sells-out-Dublin-gig
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