Ireland Youth & Adventure Buyers Guide Buyers Guide 2018/2019

LISTING OF FESTIVALS & PARTICIPATIVE EVENTS Please check the festival website for additional details, or visit www.discoverireland.ie/whats-on for further suggestions. Name of Festival Contact Name Email Festival Websites Month Festival takes place Programme Tradfest Martin Harte martin@templebar company.com www.tradfest.ie January Dublin Glen of Aherlow Walking Festival Helen Morrissey info@aherlow.com www.aherlow.com/events Jan & June Ireland’s Ancient East Quest Adventure Race Kenmare Oliver Kirwan info@eliteevents.ie www.questadventure series.com March Wild AtlanticWay St Patrick’s Festival Susan Kirby SusanKirby@stpatricks festival.ie www.stpatricksfestival.ie March Dublin Cork International Choral Festival Sinead Dunphy sinead@corkchoral.ie www.corkchoral.ie April Ireland’s Ancient East May the Fourth (Star Wars) Colin Hindle Colin.Hindle@failteireland.ie May Wild AtlanticWay The Kilkenny Cats Laughs Matthew Smyth matt@thecatlaughs.com www.thecatlaughs.com May Ireland’s Ancient East Slieve Bloom Walking Festival Gerard Hanlon sliabhbloomwalking@ gmail.com http://slievebloom.ie May Ireland’s Ancient East Battle for The Bay Francois Colussi francois@puremagic.ie www.battleforthebay.com May Dublin Tain March Kevin Moran kevin@dundalkyouthcentre.ie http://www.tainmarch.ie/ May/June Ireland’s Ancient East Listowel WritersWeek EilishWren eilish@writersweek.ie www.writersweek.ie May & June Wild AtlanticWay Ireland Bikefest Killarney Breffni Ingerton info@irelandbikefest.com www.irelandbikefest.com June Wild AtlanticWay Sea Sessions Daniel Browne info@seasessions.ie www.seasessions.com June Wild AtlanticWay Donegal International Rally, 2018 Eamon McGee eamonmcgee@hotmail.com www.donegalrally.ie June Wild AtlanticWay Bloomsday Marty Gilroy marty@jamesjoyce.ie wwwbloomsdayfestival.ie June Dublin Tattersalls International Horse Trials & Country Fair Roger Casey rcasey@tattersalls.ie www.tattshorsetrials.ie June Ireland’s Ancient East Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival Barry O’Neill barryfest@hotmail.com www.rorygallagher festival.com June Wild AtlanticWay Cork Midsummer Festival Conall Ó Riain conall@corkmidsummer.com http://www.cork midsummer.com/ June Ireland’s Ancient East West Cork Chamber Music & Literary Festival Grace O’Mahony gracewcm@eircom.net www.westcorkmusic.ie June & July Wild AtlanticWay Galway Film Fleadh Miriam Allen miriam@galwayfilm fleadh.com www.galwayfilmfleadh.com July Wild AtlanticWay City Spectacular Shell Holden shell@cityspectacular.com www.cityspectacular.com July Dublin Limerick Pride Darren Moloney info@limerickpride.ie www.limerickpride.ie July Wild AtlanticWay LaoisWalking Festival Ann Lanigan info@laoispartnership.ie http://laoispartnership.ie/ laois-walks-festivals/ July Ireland’s Ancient East Foynes Air Show Margaret O’Shaughnessy Margaret@flyingboat museum.com www.foynesairshow.com July Wild AtlanticWay Galway International Arts Festivals John Crumlish jcrumlish@galwayarts festival.com www.giaf.ie July Wild AtlanticWay 126