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The Dublin City Soul Festival is an annual soul music festival held each spring in Dublin, Ireland. The festival was founded in 2007 by Chris Maher with Paul Slattery and Redmond O Hanlon.〔(Irish Soul Man Promotes Memphis Music Tourism - Memphis Daily News )〕 The festival motto is “a celebration of peace, unity and love”.〔(Dublin City Soul Festival kicks off this week | Music | News | Hot Press )〕 The festival takes place all around Dublin City Centre. Since 2007 the locations that have hosted the Dublin City Soul Festival include The Grand Social, Merrion Square park〔(Committed to reclaiming the city's soul - Independent.ie )〕 and Meeting House Square. In 2007 the Dublin City Soul Festival won the Irish Times Living Dublin Award for Culture and Tourism.〔("Minister launches Soul Festival" ). Musical Youth Foundation.〕 The festival attracts tourists to visit Dublin city. More than 20,000 people attended the events in 2011. The Dublin City Soul Festival gives a Soul Award each year to a member of the public who does soulful work in the community. In 2009 the award was presented to Joan Freeman, for founding the Pieta and for having outstanding Dublin Soul.〔Gazette,L.(2009, December 20).Soul Award Goes To Joan. Lucan Gazette Pg.1.〕 The festival provides financial support to the Musical Youth Foundation, a charity that provides every child on the island of Ireland with a musical education.〔(Thank You Dublin City Soul Festival | Musical Youth Foundation )〕 Most of the events at the Dublin City Soul Festival are free; the events that are ticketed raise money for this Foundation. The festival hosts many events under the Dublin City Soul Festival name. One of the events is the “Soul Picnic”, which takes place on the last weekend in May each year in Merrion Square Park.〔(Kick start Summer with top festivals and events this May - RTÉ Travel )〕 The music played at this event consists of all music genres with a soulful feeling. The festival’s line up in the past has included Mirenda Rosenberg,〔People, S. (2011, May 11). Soul Sister To Get City Swinging. Southside People Pg.6.〕 Tony Allen〔(Tony Allen and the Colours Afrobeat Foundation - Dublin | State Magazine )〕 and many other recognised national and international artists. Another festival event is “Rising Stars”.〔(Culch.ie | Dublin City Soul Festival hits town )〕 This is a competition that was launched in 2009 and searches each year for global best emerging artists. In 2011 Wyvern Lingo won the competition and won a spot at the soul picnic.〔(Have you got soul? - Writing.Com )〕 Another winner of the rising stars competition was Mob Fandango whom also went on to play at the Soul Picnic. Among the 2011 Festival events were Eye Candy, Laugh Your Soul Off an the Grape Vine.〔people, S. (2011, May 25th). Open your soul to a week of musical fun. Southside People. Pg.3.〕 In 2014 there will also be a Soul Jam, Gospel Brunches and a City Music Trail.〔〔(Le Cool - Dublin )〕 The festival has partnered with Pump Audio, Dublin Tourism, Dublin people,〔Fetherston, Neil. ("Soul brother to bring a smile to the city" ) 13 May 2013 .〕 Eircom and Balcony SponTV.〔(Visit Dublin - Dublin Events - Dublin City Soul Festival )〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dublin City Soul Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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