Brigid’s Day Festival February 1st 2024
Market Square Hoardings
From 10am Live painting with the MINAW Collective
Parochial Hall - What’s On
4 - 6pm Bridget’s Crosses with Pauline Hyland
4.30 - 6pm Spinning Wheel demo Veronique from Crafty Dreams
4 - 6.30pm Printmaking workshop with Leonie Connellan
4 - 6.30pm Rachel Kelly Graham -Graphics/Animation/Podcast
4 - 7.30pm Bracelet workshop with Ger Walton
4 - 7.30pm Painting exhibition by Ger Walton
4 - 7.30pm Painting exhibition by Mary Slevin
4 - 7.30pm Baking and crafts by Olha Hollingsworth
4 - 7.30pm My Brat Bhride with Rita O’Loughlin
4.30 - 7.30pm Live painting by Rebecca Deegan
4.30 - 7.30pm Weaving of a Bríd’s belt & more by Gerry Smyth
6 - 6.25pm Performance by Dancing Jewels School Ballet
(There will be extra displays and demos on the day…)
Mullaney’s Pharmacy
4.00 - 6.15 Poetry SOS - Poetry Prescriptions with poet Enda Wyley
Main Stage
4.15pm Poetry Schools, (introduced by Muireann and Ann Egan?)
5.00 pm Port Concert Band
5.40 pm Ukranian Choir
6.15 pm Ann Egan
6.30 pm Brinda Irani
7.00 pm Crimestar
7.45 pm Laura Murphy and Broken Theatre Fire Show
Presented by Laois County Arts Office, Port Art Collective & Promenade
This event is part of Planning for Outdoor Performance (POP), delivered by 5 Local Authority Arts Offices with funding from the Arts Council’s Invitation to Collaboration Scheme. Management services provided by Promenade.