CultureTECH, the festival of digital technology, media and music which attracted an audience of 24,000 when held last year as part of the City of Culture celebrations, is set to return to Derry later this year.
Local schoolchildren enjoying the Qubizm stand during CultureTECH 2013 at Ebrington,
The team behind the North’s biggest digital and creative industries event, have announced it will take place from Monday, 15 September to Sunday, 21 September at venues across the city.
Although the programme for the festival won’t be released until April, the organisers are keen to build on last year’s success and are promising an even more ambitious programme.
Last year, the festival hosted over 150 events and sessions, with over 500 artists, musicians, speakers and performers taking part.
Festival director Mark Nagurski said this year’s event would “continue in the same vein,” with events for industry, young people and communities across the city.’
He added: “Obviously we don’t want to give too much away just yet, but we’re delighted to be working with existing partners like the University of Ulster, DANI Awards, Nerve Centre, Generator NI, the Chamber of Commerce and the Belfast Media Festival again in 2014.
“Events like the City Arcade, which attracted over 8,000 players last year, are coming back bigger than ever and our CultureTECH Junior programme will expand to fill the full week, with the aim of working with 15,000 young people across the city.
“We’re also working on some exciting new projects with local partners like the Verbal Arts Centre as well as internationally-renowned cultural organisations from both the UK and USA. One of the most exciting new additions will be a city-wide communities strand to the programme, with events taking place in neighbourhoods across they city and further afield.”
Mark said the organisers were keen to speak to as many potential partners and participants as they can. ‘If there’s anyone out there that wants to be part of the festival, now’s the time for them to come talk to us about their ideas.’ Mark added.
You can check out last year’s festival programme by visiting www.culturetech.co or get in touch with the team by email on [email protected]
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