Friday Night Live, bring a bottle, sit back, relax and enjoy the best affordable live music in town!
Recently honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Ards International Guitar Festival, Sarah’s also drawn critical praise for her voice (which has been variously likened to malt whiskey and melted chocolate) and her engaging rapport with audiences: “I’ve attended hundreds of concerts of all kinds, and her subtle mastery onstage launches her straight into my fave shows ever,” wrote The Huffington Post.
In 2020, with her spring tour cut short due to the COVID-19 crisis, Sarah mounted a successful crowdfunding campaign to finance the filming and recording of The St Buryan Sessions, a full-length live concert sans audience in the beautiful medieval church of St Buryan. The first single and video of the series were released in January 2021, with the roll-out of singles and videos continuing throughout the year. The full album, with accompanying concert film, was released to widespread critical acclaim on CD and limited-edition numbered blue vinyl double LP on 15 October 2021
Photos by Phil Nicholls (philnicholls.co.uk).
At present tickets are sold at 50% room capacity, however we anticipate that the capacity will increase in line with reducing Covid numbers / recommended Government guidance.
Important Ticketing and Seating Information
Covid Status Check
All ticket holders aged 18 years or older will be required to provide one of the following:
- Proof of full vaccination using the CovidCertNI app: display a COVID Certificate that will be scanned by our team using the COVID cert verifier app.
- Proof of full vaccination using a paper certificate obtained from the HSCNI (Please not this does not include the vaccination appointment cards. These are not valid proof for the COVID Status Check).
- Proof of a negative Lateral Flow Test taken no more than 48 hours prior to attending the event. Individuals are required to report their negative test result in advance to obtain digital proof by email and/or text message.
- Proof of natural immunity shown by a positive PCR test result for COVID-19, taken in the previous 30-180 days.
Tickets and Seating
- To keep you as safe as possible under current guidelines, we have restricted audience numbers with socially distanced seating.
- You can book up to a maximum of six (6) tickets and your seats will be allocated together as a bubble at the door on a first come, first served basis.
- Please ensure you book as a group for the people you intend to come with. You will not be able to add to your group after tickets are booked.
- You will be required to provide a valid email address and/or telephone number for each attendee at the time of booking for Track and Trace purposes. This email address will also be used if we are required to contact you with important information before the event.
Help us to stop the spread of Covid-19
- Please wear a mask while you are queuing to enter the event, walking to your allocated bubble, moving around the building, and exiting the event.
- You do not have to wear a mask while seated in your bubble during the event, however if you wish to keep your mask on for the duration of the event then you are welcome to do so.
- If you have any symptoms of Covid-19, have tested positive, or have been in recent contact with anyone who has tested positive, please do not attend the event.
- Regular rapid lateral flow testing is strongly recommended up to 24hrs prior to attending this event. For more information see: http://www.ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk/lateralflowtests
- We continually monitor guidelines and will make any necessary changes accordingly.
2 hours (approx)
£12, BYOB, no spirits please!
Getting to Sarah McQuaid
54.593677235929, -5.6960890554259
Ards Arts Centre
Town Hall
Conway Square
Newtownards
BT23 4NP
United Kingdom
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