Bloody Sunday 31st
Anniversary
Monday
27th January
Opening
Reception 7.30 p.m.
Eden
Place Arts Centre, Pilot’s Row, Rossville Street
This
exhibition explores the impact and effects of military occupation, faltering
attempts at peace and the importance of history, memory and memorialisation in
Palestine and Ireland. Open daily until
1st February.
Wednesday
29th January
8
p.m.
The
Gasyard Centre, Lecky Road
Admission
£3.00/£2.00 concession
A
powerful drama dealing with the horrors of imprisonment in the H Blocks and
Armagh during the blanket and no-wash protests
Thursday
30th January
12
p.m. – 12 a.m.
Guildhall
Square
Organised
by Foyle Ethical Investment Campaign (FEIC).
Raytheon, the world’s biggest missile manufacturer equips states to
perpetrate the “Bloody Sundays of the 21st Century.” Join our call to set Derry and the North
West free from complicity in military production. One World, One Struggle.
4.15 p.m.
Bloody
Sunday Monument, Rossville Street
A minutes silence to mark the time 31 years ago when British
Paratroopers started firing. Please
join the families of the deceased and those who were wounded on Bloody Sunday
for this moment of silent reflection. “Let
their epitaph be the ongoing struggle for democracy”
7.30
p.m.
St.
Mary’s Church, Creggan
The anniversary mass in memory of those killed on Bloody
Sunday
Friday
31st January
7.30
p.m.
Gasyard
Centre, Lecky Road
This
forum discussion, chaired by journalist Eamonn McCann (who has closely
followed the inquiry) will include a video diary presentation of the
experiences of the families and wounded made as the Inquiry began hearing
evidence in London.
9.30
– Late
The
Bogside Inn, Westland Street
Admission
£3.00
Ease your social conscience with an irreverent night of
music, comedy, drama and craic, all in a good cause. With special guests.
Organised by the Pat Finucane Centre.
Saturday
1st February
“Turning
Points”
10
a.m. – 4 p.m.
The
Gasyard Centre, Lecky Road
Organised by Tar Abhaile/Coiste na nIarchimi in conjunction
with the Bloody Sunday Weekend Committee, this event is organised specifically
for young people. The films “SUNDAY”
and “H3” will be screened. Both films
depict key ‘turning points’ in contemporary Irish/British history. The
screenings will be followed by discussions on Bloody Sunday and the H-Block/Armagh
Campaign. Lunch provided. Alternative screenings for those not
attending the youth event are listed below.
1
p.m.
The
Nerve Centre
Admission
£2.00 (£3.00 for two films)
Screening of the EMMY nominated film tracing the events of
Bloody Sunday from the perspective of one of the victim’s families. Written by Jimmy McGovern and co-produced by
Derry company Gaslight Productions.
3
p.m.
The
Nerve Centre
Admission
£2.00 (£3.00 for two films)
H3
is Laurence McKeown’s powerful and moving reconstruction of events surrounding
the Hunger Strikes of 1981 in which ten men died.
7.30
p.m.
The
Gasyard Centre
A panel discussion and short
film looking at human rights issues in Ireland, Colombia and Palestine with
Jeremy Hardy (comedian and political activist); Brid Smith (Irish delegate,
European Social Forum); Nick Deardon (Campaigns officer, War on Want). Chaired
by Goretti Horgan.
9.30
p.m. – late
The
Nerve Centre, Magazine Street
Admission
£5.00
The
usual mix of ceol agus craic with featured artists, guest appearances and a
little bit of everything thrown in!
Sunday
2nd February
Memorial
Service
11.00
a.m.
Bloody
Sunday Monument, Rossville Street.
Please
join the families and friends as they lay wreaths and offer prayers for those
who were killed and injured.
31st
Commemorative March and Rally
2.30
p.m.
Assemble
Creggan Shops, Derry
The march retraces the steps of the original Anti-internment
March in 1972, finishing at Free Derry Corner where a short rally will be
held. Speakers will include SDLP leader
Mark Durkan, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams and a representative of the families
of the deceased and wounded.