Feb 08

St Patrick's Day Festival 2010 programme announced


St. Patrick’s Festival is rolling out the green carpet for six days from Friday 12th until Wednesday 17th March for the annual celebrations, now famous across the world. Street theatre, music, comedy, outdoor spectaculars, international performers, dance, art all feature in Ireland’s largest national celebration. 

Celebrating its 15th anniversary, St. Patrick’s Festival brings the nation alive with a programme of events for six lively days and nights of ‘free fun’ and celebration. On Friday evening the festival opens with a programme of film, comedy and visual arts for all and on Saturday morning the streets of Dublin will be thronged with thrill-seekers taking part in the Festival Treasure Hunt - a fun-filled way for all the family to explore and enjoy our Capital City. 

The much-loved fireworks spectacular, The National Lottery Skyfest will light up the skies over the majestic Treaty city of Limerick on the evening of Saturday 13th March. For those taking a trip to Limerick, the city will be in celebration with its Springfest programme; featuring street theatre & carnival, markets and topped off with an International bands parade on Sunday 14th. 

Back in Dublin, Big Day Out; A festival within a festival, opens for all the public on Merrion Square, featuring the cream of street theatre and performance in the heart of Georgian Dublin.

Visitors can immerse themselves in Irish culture by joining in free Irish language and culture events, as part of GaelSpraoi which runs throughout the festival. For the more adventurous, dance in the streets at the Festival Céilí – a contemporary outdoor celebration of traditional Irish dance.  Taking place on 16th March, St. Patrick’s Eve, it will be an outdoor celebration of all things Irish and open to all. If you enjoy something a little less energetic than Céilí, make a plan to attend The Festival Talks; Voices- an opportunity to vent some “Irish” opinion, and what better way to appreciate and understand our “gift of the gab”?  

Dublin’s Cultural Quarter Temple Bar will play host to an inspiring visual art trail “Shop If You Can Look If You Want” an new addition to the Festival programme this year.  This exhibition will showcase some of the interesting existing art in the Temple Bar area and also platform innovative new Irish artists and their work. Curated in conjunction with The Temple Bar Cultural Trust this event is an opportunity of visitors and Dubliners alike to experience some of our finest urban artists as part of the Festival celebrations.

As ever on the 17th March itself will see the world’s No. 1 St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin – a raucous 3km long street celebration. The Festival finale is a performance by the cream of contemporary traditional music in Ireland today, Donal Lunny in “A Celebration of Irish Voices” at the National Concert Hall and Kíla at the Olympia. “A Celebration of Irish Voices”, a premiere performance by renowned Irish traditional musician, Donal Lunny promises to be a truly uplifting Irish traditional music experience in our National Concert Hall. While Kíla (pictured) perform in the heart of the city in the Olympia, easily one of Ireland's most innovative and exciting bands, with their roots in traditional Irish, their music features a strong percussive like singing and gorgeous melodies driven by a serious rhythmical undercurrent.
Written by :
Phil Udell
 

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