Meath Festivals & Events
Events 1 to 4 of 4 in Meath during October 2008 |
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| Dates | Event, Location & Description | 29 Sep
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1 Oct | O Carolan Harp, Cultural and Heritage Festival
, Nobber, Meath |    | | Harp and instrumental workshops, harp competition, traditional concerts, lectures, historical tours, arts & crafts exhibition and traditional music sessions. | | 14 - 15 Oct | Irish Steel Guitar Festival 2006
Europa Hotel, Drogheda, Meath | | | A weekend of live steel guitar music by performers from Ireland, USA and Europe. | | 26 - 29 Oct | The Culchie Festival
, Athboy, Meath | | | The male alternative of the Rose of Tralee! | | 24 - 29 Oct | Festival of Masks
Various venues in Trim, Trim, Meath | | | Launch; Well wishes by VT Mel Gibson/Pierce Brosnan, followed by outdoor movie.
*Great Outdoors; Outdoor screening of films and visual art throughout the festival
* Running Beast by Donál O Kelly in Trim Castle, a music-theatre piece based on Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone (1550-1616).
* Fozen Music ll (Ember Productions) performed by Geraldine Plunkett and cellist Geaspar Warfield is a theatrical triptych incorporating; Eavan Boland’s The Lost Land (poem adaptation), Samuel Beckett’s Company (adaptation) and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill’s Máthair/Mother in Trim Castle.
* Spirits; an event performed by various artists where the art of story telling is explored with young audiences as a way of communicating folklore, for example Celtic folklore and other mythical beliefs relevant to the harvest and Halloween.
* Crux; Trim Castle is the beautifully austere setting for a presentation of Ireland’s foremost choral groups Crux. This contemporary and theatrically costumed group are performing a selection of enchanting medieval & renaissance music by candle light.
*Mask Making: Workshops suitable for schools (different ages)
*Landscape / Theatre; a large community led project directed by Ric Jerrome, an international comic Theatre practitioner and associate of The Natural Theatre Company (U.K.).
Masquerade Ball; Exclusive Venetian’esque masked ball event in Knightsbrook Hotel |
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