Failte Ireland - Ireland Buyers Guide 2018

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 Website Month festival takes place Programme Tradfest Martin Harte martin@templebarcompany.com www.templebartrad.com January Dublin St Patrick's Festival Susan Kirby SusanKirby@stpatricksfestival.ie www.stpatricksfestival.ie March Dublin Cork International Choral Festival Sinead Dunphy sinead@corkchoral.ie www.corkchoral.ie April Ireland's Ancient East Listowel WritersWeek EilishWren eilish@writersweek.ie www.writersweek.ie May Wild Atlantic Way May the Fourth (Star Wars) Colin Hindle Colin.Hindle@failteireland.ie May Wild Atlantic Way The Kilkenny Cats Laughs Matthew Smith smythmatthew4@gmail.com www.thecatlaughs.com May Ireland's Ancient East Battle for The Bay Francois Colussi francois@puremagic.ie www.battleforthebay.com May Dublin Sea Sessions Daniel Browne danielb@rivermedia.ie www.seasessions.com June Wild Atlantic Way Donegal International Rally, 2018 Damian Crawford damian.crawford@lawlibrary.ie www.donegalrally.ie June Wild Atlantic Way Bloomsday Marty Gilroy marty@jamesjoyce.ie http://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.rorygallagherfestival.com June Wild Atlantic Way Cork Midsummer Festival Conall Ó Riain conall@corkmidsummer.com http://www.corkmidsummer . com/ June Ireland's Ancient East Galway Film Fleadh Miriam Allen miriam@galwayfilmfleadh.com www.galwayfilmfleadh.com July Wild Atlantic Way City Spectacular Shell Holden shell@cityspectacular.com www.cityspectacular.com July Dublin West Cork Chamber Music & Literary Festival Grace O'Mahony gracewcm@eircom.net www.westcorkmusic.ie July Wild Atlantic Way Foynes Air Show Margaret O’Shaughnessy Margaret@flyingboatmuseum. com www.foynesairshow.com July Wild Atlantic Way Galway International Arts Festivals John Crumlish jcrumlish@galwayartsfestival. com www.giaf.ie July Wild Atlantic Way Earagail Arts Festival Paul Browne info@eaf.ie www.eaf.ie July Wild Atlantic Way Fleadh Cheoil Drogheda Colette Moss colette.moss@louthcoco.ie www.fleadhcheoil.ie July Ireland's Ancient East Spraoi TV Honan tv@spraoi.com http://www.spraoi.com/ August Ireland's Ancient East Dublin Horse Show Marita Connors marita@rds.ie www.dublinhorseshow.com August Dublin Kilkenny Arts Festival Eugene Downes director@Kilkennyarts.ie www.kilkennyarts.ie August Ireland's Ancient East 138