The Belfast Nashville Festival in conjunction with the David Ervine Foundation host – PEACE LINES AND LYRICS, AN EVENING OF SONGS AND STORIES.
Journalist and author Brian Rowan in conversation with some of the key players in Northern Ireland’s war and peace.
Rowan is a former BBC correspondent/editor; four times a category winner in the Northern Ireland Journalist of the Year awards, and author of four books on the peace process.
The event will include an archive presentation of some of the key statements made on the long journey out of conflict. SPECIAL GUESTS: Belfast singer/songwriter Gerry Creen – his profoundly moving A Rose By Any Other Name penned on a night journey into Belfast during the darkest days of the conflict has found its place in the developing peace.
Commenting on the song, one of the church witnesses to the IRA’s arms decommissioning Rev Harold Good said: “Like a prophet he gives us a timely reminder of where we have been, where we are now, and to where we must not return.”
Nashville singer/songwriter Benita Hill visits Belfast every year and, as well as performing in the festival, visits local schools and community centres to talk about her song writing. She feels music and song are powerful healing tools and recently she embarked on a new series for television The Healing Power of a Song. Jeanette Ervine of the David Ervine Foundation: “My husband loved this city and its songs, and we’re delighted to co-operate with the Belfast Nashville Festival in this very special event at Stormont.” LONG GALLERY, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, STORMONT
7pm – 10pm
Invited Audience | 
