Craanford Vintage Rally and Field Day
Craanford Vintage Rally and Field Day, Craanford, Co Wexford. Happens mid July. All the fun of the traditional field day as well as vintage cars, trucks and tractors. Proceeds go towards parish funds.
Duncannon Sand Sculpting Festival, Aug 12,13,14 2011
Beach party on the Friday.Family events, fireworks, puppet shows, etc over the weekend.
140th Wexford County Show - July 21, 2011
The 140th Wexford County Show takes place at The Showgrounds, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford on July 21. Judging of horses, ponies, cattle, sheep, dog show, greyhound racing, boxing, dancing, displays, amusements ... all the fun of the fair! Adm €5.
Outdoor Music Festival, Camross/Taghmon GAA Complex, July 16
July 16 (5.30pm) Outdoor Music Festival, Camross/Taghmon GAA Complex, Taghmon, Co Wexford. Live music from Blue Moose, Black Knights, Na Fianna, Alan Byrne plus DJs and kid's disco. Also face-painting, bottlefishing, penalty shoots, cartoon characters, etc. Full bar, BBQ and ice-cream stall. Adm €10 (and that price also covers full family admittance - a couple plus up to 10 children! - but only from 5.30-6.30pm). Nash Cabs will be on duty.
Riverside Jump Festival, Enniscorthy - July 15,16, 2011
July 15 (9pm) TV JONES & THE TOMAHAWKS & JAM SESSION with DJ Lew Boogie, The Bailey Live Venue, enniscorthy, Co Wexford. Adm €5. Presented by the South East Rock n Roll Club
July 16 (3-4.30pm) THE NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS, Toss Kavanaghs pub, Templeshannon, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford. No cc. Part of Riverside Jump Festival.
July 16 (4.30-6pm) JOE FURY & THE HAYRIDE, The Old House pub, Templeshannon, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford. No cc. Part of Riverside Jump Festival.
July 16 (8pm) Riverside Jump Festival, The Bailey, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford. €20. Acts: Aces Wild, Hicksville Bombers (UK), Jesse & The Orbits (UK), Mars Attacks (Switzerland). There is also a free gig trail which takes in The Old House and Toss Kavanagh’s.
Sunset Festival 2011, Gorey - July 31
July 31 (1pm-1am) Sunset Festival 2011, Clonattin, Gorey, Co Wexford. Line Up: Republic Of Loose, Bipolar Empire, Ham Sandwhich, Touch Wood, Donna Marie Sludds & Band, Bocs Social, Chucky's River. TICKETS: www.ticketgroup.ie and also from Xtravision.
Duncannon Fort Annual Military Vehicle Re-enactment
June 4-6 Duncannon Fort Annual Military Vehicle Re-enactment Weekend. See http://duncannonfort.com/military-re-enactment
Celtic River Festival, New Ross, Sept 11 & 12, 2010
Free open-air gigs on South Street with Altan (Saturday), Kila (Sunday), Cairde Ceoil Harp Ensemble, accordion player Noel Glynn and others. Also regatta, giant puppets, funfair. For details ph 087 2121161. www.celticriver.ie
Ceol Cé, Loch Garman, August 28
Aug 28 (2-10pm) Ceol Cé, Cearnóg Selskar (Selskar Square), Loch Garman (Wexford).
Bannow Rathangan Show, July 14, 2011
One of Ireland's top agricultural shows. Great day out.See bannowandrathanganshow.com/blog.
Courtown Maritime Festival, July 23,24
Courtown Maritime Festival, Courtown, Co Wexford. Live music, sand castle competition, kid's entertainment, sailing and rowing races and lots more.
RIVERSIDE JUMP, a 1950's Rock and Classic Car Festival
July 17, 2010 RIVERSIDE JUMP, a 1950's Rock and Classic Car Festival, Marquee @ The Bailey, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford. Featuring Wildfire Willie & The Ramblers (Swe), The Barnshakers (Fin), Charlie Hightone & The Rockits (Esp), The Houserockers (UK), Bill Fadden & The Rhythm Busters (UK), The Sabrejets, Aces Wild + some great R'n'R DJs. Classic Car & Bike display all day and evening cruise (7pm). Tickets (includes shows on Fri and Sun) €40 (in advance) or €48 on day. Starts at 3pm. More info at www.rockbopboogie.com
Gorey Market House Festival, July 31-Aug 1, 2010
July 31-Aug 1 Gorey Market House Festival, Gorey, Co Wexford. Includes live acts on the Main Street, a kids fun day, a local arts and crafts exhibition, historical events and more. See www.gorey.ie or google the event on Facebook.
Maritime Matters Festival, Hook Lighthouse, Co Wexford
Maritime Matters Festival, Hook Lighthouse, Co Wexford.
Pembrokeshire Jazz & Blues Festival, last weekend of August
It's worth making the trip across the water for this tasty little festival in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Pembrokeshire Jazz & Blues Festival website
WexWorlds Sci-Fi Weekend, Nov26-28, 2010
The Wexworlds - sci-fi and fantasy fiction festival happens at various venues in Wexford town Nov 26-28, 2010. Features talks, film, readings, science fun, sci-fi cabaret and more. Full details at www.wexworldsfestival.com or from Wexford Arts Centre. Tel 053 9123764.
South East Plein Air, Art In The Open Weekend, Wexford, July 26 - Aug 5, 2011
"Art In The Open" is even more ambitious and wide-reaching than before. Over 100 artists from USA, Europe, UK, and Ireland gather in Wexford and Enniscorthy for Europe's largest annual plein air painting festival. Demonstrations, paint-outs all around the county, mammoth exhibition, cash awards and plenty of craic. Brochure and Registration form now online: http://artintheopen.org. Tel. 053 9122019.
Adamstown Show, July 23, 2011
This is the 64th running of the show that's got it all: sheep dog trial, dog show, show jumping, hunt chase, vintage display, arts, crafts, agric. produce displays, etc. Tel 053 9240635. www.adamstownshow.com
Rosslare Harbour Festival - Aug 19-21, 2011
Rosslare Harbour Festival Web Page.
Enniscorthy Street Rhythms Festival - Aug 19,20,21 2011
Lots going on at the Enniscorthy Street Rhythms Festival
Caroreigh Field Day, last weekend July
40th year of the event. Vintage vehicles, marching bands, kid's races, slow bicycle race, arts/crafts/farm and home produce, dog show, refreshments. Followed later (10pm) by Annual Field Day Dance at Camross Hall.
New Ross Piano Festival, New Ross, Sept 22-25, 2011
New Ross Piano Festival. Not just one classical concert, but a weekend crammed with them. That's what you get at the New Ross Piano Festival. In addition to the classical concerts there are "play me" pianos in public places, free al fresco jazz piano sessions downtown, outreach concerts for students, and a masterclass for advanced students.
AIMS Choral Festival, New Ross, May, 2010
22nd AIMS Choral Festival, New Ross
The Association of Irish Musical Societies (AIMS) holds its annual choral festival. The first AIMS Choral Festival was held in Birr, Co. Offaly in 1980 where it ran for a number of years. In 1985 the festival was revived and located in New Ross, Co. Wexford where it has remained since.
ENTRIES AND ENQUIRIES TO
Patricia Gannon, Secretary
New Ross Chamber of Commerce, Delare House, South Street, New Ross, Co, Wexford
Tel: 051-425077 E-mail: choral@newrosschamber.ie
or
Margaret Rossiter, Festival Administrator
11 Ard Alainn, New Ross, Co. Wexford
Tel: 051-425582 E-mail: marrossiter@eircom.net
Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival, late August
Dunmore East Bluegrass Festival
St Iberius Field Day, July
Annual field day at Johnstown Castle. Usually the last Sunday in July. Great family entertainment.
Byrne-Perry Summer School, Gorey, Co. Wexford, June
The Summer school was set up to examine Irish history and literature from the eighteenth century onwards in an objective, professional and learned manner. The school has a broad appeal to those with an interest in how the last two centuries of Irish history, have shaped contemporary Ireland, north and south.
Byrne Perry Summer School
Wexford Festival Fringe
Visit General A-Z Fringe Listing from Chamber of Commerce and Wexford Festival Fringe on Wexlive
Kilkenny Rhythm n Roots Festival - May Bank Holiday
Kilkenny Rhythm 'n' Roots
Wexford Children's Book Festival, Oct
Storytelling, lectures and a range of activities for children, families and adults.
Its free and all are welcome. Info available at Wexford library. Contact Hazel Percival at Wexford Library: 053 21637.
Tagoat Steam and Vintage Rally - Aug 21, 2011
TAGOAT STEAM AND VINTAGE RALLY
Very popular annual event. Usually happens the third Sunday in August. All the usual attractions vintage cars/tractors/motorbikes, fairground, traditional bread/buttermaking, steam engines and threashing, dog show and more. Starts 2pm. Children free.
Contact Aidan Browne: 086-8308249 / 053-31281.
Email tagoatsteamrally@eircom.net
Harvest Festival in the Harrow, Aug
Annual steam threshing, vintage display, sheaf pitching, dog show, wheel of fortune, bonny baby, field day. Proceeds to Wexford Hospice. Usually happens the third Sunday in August.
Phil Murphy Weekend, Carrig-on-Bannow, Co Wexford. July 21-24, 2011
Phil Murphy devised a playing technique for the diatonic harmonica involving modal music and vamping accompaniment with spectacular effect when added to fast reels and jigs. He passed his technique onto his sons, John and Pip. This festival remembers Phil Murphy.
There will the usual plethora of sessions and workshops.
Phil Murphy Weekend
Tel 087 8200986 / 051 561101. Email colfers@eircom.net
Bunclody Eileen Aroon Festival July 29-Aug 1, 2011
A week of music, street entertainment, exhibitions and general shenanigans at the annual
Eileen Aroon Festival, Bunclody. Happens last weekend of July.
Wexford Festival Opera Oct 16-30, 2010
Wexford Festival Opera
59th Wexford Festival Opera runs Oct 16-30, 2010. The 3 main operas are:
Virginia by Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870)
Lyric Tragedy in Three acts
Premiere: Teatro San Carlo, Naples, April 7 1866
Sung in Italian The Golden Ticket by Peter Ash & Donald Sturrock
An Opera based on Roald Dahl’s ‘Charlie & the Chocolate Factory’.
A co-production with Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, commissioned by American Lyric Theater & Felicity Dahl.
A European premiere performance. Sung in English Hubièka (The Kiss) by Bedøich Smetana (1824 –1884)
An Opera in two acts
Premiere: Prague, November 7 1876
First Wexford performance October 26, 1984 (in English)
Sung in Czech
Blackstairs Blues Festival, Enniscorthy, Sept 9-11
Blackstairs Blues Festival, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford. 3 days music, 12 venues.
Adamstown Lughnasa Festival, Sunday July
A day of music and craic on last Sunday of July.
Check that it's still running.
JFK Dunbrody Festival, New Ross, mid July
An action-packed three days with free gigs, exhibitions, street theatre and more. The centrepiece is the beautiful Dunbrody ship anchored at the Quays.
Gigs, films, exhibitions, talks, walks, powerboat racing, helicopter trips, vintage cars, crafts displays and stuff for kids. Also see the Ros Tapestry at St. Mary's Church.
JFK Dunbrody Festival
Kilmore Quay Seafood Festival, July 7-11, 2011
Annual festival with live music and dancing (céilí, hip-hop and line!), fun and games for kids, angling competitions, exhibitions, Talent Contest, Water sports, Ceili Mor, arts and crafts, steam engines and, of course, great sea food platters. See www.kilmorequayseafoodfestival.com.
Bannow & Rathangan Agricultural Show, usually 2nd Thursday July
With horses, ponies, donkies, cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, pets corner, driving classes, dog show.
Cookery, crafts, flowers, photography, ICA exhibition, fashion show, dressage, sheep dog trials, Inter-Hunt Steeplechase. Also the Pettitt's Novice Showjumping Championship Final. Enquiries: Ann White 053 9129653
Strawberry Festival, Enniscorthy, end of June
Enniscorthy Strawberry Festival is a long-standing veteran of the county's festival world. Music, theatre, street entertainment, funfairs, markets and kids' activities.
Wexford Grooves Festival - not happening
Wexford Grooves Festival, formerly the Hooves 'n' Grooves Festival and, unfortunately, no more.
Last held in 2007.
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