The Monasterevin Venice of Ireland Festival will be officially opened on Wednesday 20th July at 3.30pm at the Drawbridge on the Grand Canal.
The official opening will be performed by Aindrui MacLochlainn – County Kildare Footballer during the Irish Pony Club Parade which will begin at the Drawbridge at 3.00pm travel down Main Street, along Dublin, up Drogheda Street and back via Drawbridge to Byrons Field Passlands for the Irish Pony Club Mounted Games at 4.00pm The festival organising committee extends an invitation to all the residents and business people of the town and surrounding area to attend the Parade, The Official Opening and then to support the Children’s Mounted Games which will be great fun and quite a spectacle.
Festival Play
LOVE & FURY
The Passion of Jonathan Swift
Friday 22nd July (read more)
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Festival Grand Finale Concert- featuring Eimear Quinn
Box ‘n Bow and String Quartet
Sunday 24th July 2011 Venue Baronial Hall, Moore Abbey, Time 8.00pm
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Seminar on Gardening Design & Ecology
With Elma Fenton - LandscapeArchitect BA (Hons) Dip (Hons.), MLA, ILI,
Garden Designer& Horticulturalist
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County Kildare Orchestra, conducted by Ite O’Donovan, is delighted to announce that we will once again be performing at the Monasterevin Venice of Ireland Festival, this July.
The concert will take place on Saturday 23 July 2011 at 8pm
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Booking for all workshops, recitals, concerts, plays and seminars will be taken from Monday 20th June at the Festival Booking Office, River House, Main Street, Monasterevin, from 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Monday – Saturday
Places to many of the events are very limited and will be booked on a first come first served basis. All bookings must be paid for in advance.
Contact 087 1623700 or call to the booking office for information on ticket availability
No bookings will be taken prior to Monday 20th June 2010
The Monasterevin Venice of Ireland Festival is essentially a community festival designed to celebrate all that is positive about our town & its environs. The comprehensive festival programme of events will include, Arts & Culture, Sports, Workshops, Summer-schools, Exhibitions, Walk’s n Talks, Concerts, Drama, and Recitals & Street Carnivals.
We are delighted to have the grand Baronial Hall at Moore Abbey as one of our key venues along with venues at Soil Eimhin Naofa, St. Paul’s Secondary School, St. John’s Church, Grand Canal, Byron’s Passlands, Stores & Square Galleries, Monasterevin Library, Riverside Park and of course the town centre which will host the street entertainment from Thursday 21st July to Sunday 24th July.
The Festival Committee extends sincere thanks to all its sponsors in particular:-
McConville’s Supervalu –Monasterevin Overall Festival Sponsor, Kildangan Stud, Schlotter Ireland, Waterways Ireland, County Kildare Leader Partnership & Kildare County Council
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Following the success of many of last years events, festival 2011 will host many of these events again in this year’s programme
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Festival booking office open Monday – Saturday 2.00pm-4.00pm daily at- the General Stores Festival Gallery, Main Street, Monasterevin, Phone 087 1623700
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