Festival Opening
The following Artists will perform at the Official Opening of the Festival on 16th October 2009 at 7pm:
Aspiro
Formerly Carlow Young Artists Choir). Aspiro (Formerly Carlow Young Artists Choir). performs a range of challenging and eclectic repertoire. Aspiro has earned itself an enviable reputation for outstanding artistic achievements on the local, national and international stage and have been officially named as the first 'performing artists in residence' for Visual and the GB Shaw Theatre. Aspiro are delighted to be performing at the launch of the African Film Festival.
3rd World Records
A revolutionary recording label that traverse two continents, Africa and Europe with Teekay da Newborn and #Ashman. Both Artistes were crowned Miller Start Band Of The Year, and reached the semi final of the All Ireland Talent show in 2008
C.O.2
Officially started in 2007, consisting of Toby Omoteso and Daniel Hogan. Individually, Daniel has won the world crew hip-hop championship qualification in 2008 which gave him the chance to represent Ireland in Las Vegas. Toby was awarded Hip-hop King of Ireland in 2005, won the hip-hop crew championships 2009, which gave him the opportunity to represent Ireland in Las Vegas.