Scrub your shamrocks and dig out them leprechaun hats! It’s that time of year again where we turn another shade greener. The following are some events guaranteed to crank up the ‘craic’ and rare up that ‘rí-rá’.
Barabbas 40 Songs of Green
Date: Thursday 15th- Friday 16th March
Venue: National Concert Hall
Time: 8pm
Tickets: Book Online
This event is one part concert to two parts theatre. The concert, a musical celebration of all things ‘Oirish’, subsequently takes many unexpected twists and turns. Clowns spring leaks, fall in and out of love and generally cause havoc and mayhem.
Luminarium at Docklands
Date: Thurs 15th March to Mon 19th March, 10am-6pm
Location: George’s Dock in the IFSC
Embark on a colourful journey into Amozozo– a luminous inflatable maze filled with tunnels, slopes and 60 triangular shaped domes! This kaleidoscopic voyage of light and colour is based on wandering paths similar to that of a bazaar and is guaranteed to have you looking at things differently when you come out the other side. Tickets €7 (incl booking fee) from www.centralticketbureau.ie or Tel: 01 872 1122.
Funfair
Date: Friday 16th to Monday 19th 2006
Starting Point: Merrion Square West
Time: Friday to Monday 11am-11pm
Life is a rollercoaster, so away you go. Get high at this fairground with the many hair-raising rides on standby. For the youngsters and those troubled with vertigo, there are always the teacups.
Tickets for the rides priced from €1.50 to €3.00
Tastefest RDS Main Hall
Date: Friday 16th to Sunday 18th March 2007
Times: 12pm to 7pm
Eat more than just your greens. Tastefest, in association with the St. Patrick’s Festival, is a multi-cultural food festival offering exotic and mouth-watering delights from Japan, Malaysia, India, Turkey, Lithuania, Italy, Spain, France, Ireland and beyond. Cookery demonstrations, beverage tasting and live entertainment are also the order for the day.
Tickets €10. Tokens at event €6 for 10
Christchurch Choir
Date: 16th March 2007
Venue: Christchurch Cathedral
Time: 7:00pm
Tickets: €20/€15(conc.) Book Online
Give us an aul song there, Paddy. For this special St. Patrick’s Festival concert, the Choir performs traditional Irish folk songs, Leo Janáek’s Ote ná and Leonard Bernstein’s stunning Chichester Psalms. Music for the harp and choral arrangements will round off the programme. An intimate evening of Choral music, not to be missed
Festival Parade
Date: Saturday 17th March 2007
Starting Point: Parnell Square
Time: 12 noon
Here’s hoping it doesn’t rain on our parade, again!
St. Patrick’s Festival Parade, full of festive plume and enchanting myths. Themed Legendary, the spirits of Irish and European and world myths are set to come alive through giant inflatables, breathtaking costumes and theatre with performing groups from Ireland, Europe, India, Africa and the USA. Renowned for being the world’s biggest and best St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Grandstand seats available online, tickets €60
Céilí Mór
Date: Saturday 17th March 2007
Starting Point: Earlsfort Terrace
Time: 2.30pm - 5:30pm
Kick up those heels and have yourself a highland fling with the Kilfenora Céilí Band.
The IrishJobs.ie Céilí Mór welcomes everybody, even those with two left bróga.
Lá ‘le Gaeilge
Date: Sunday 18th March 2007
Venue: Temple Bar
Whether you have cúpla focal or are fluent in the native tongue– this is for you. Film screenings, concerts, theatre and cultural tours are just a taster of all that is in store in this the feast day of Irish language.
Denny Treasure Hunt
Date: Sunday 18th March 2007
Registration Time: 10am - 1pm
Starting Point: City Hall, Dame Street
Go find that crock of gold– maybe it’s at the top of the spire.
The National Lottery Skyfest
in association with 98FM
Date: Sunday, 18th March
Fun starts: at 6.30pm
Show starts: at 7.30pm,
Docklands, viewing from North and South Quay
When Irish eyes are smiling… The biggest-ever, awe-inspiring fireworks, laser and music spectacular will light up the magnificent Docklands site to celebrate the National Lottery 20th birthday.
Denny Big Day Out
Date: Monday 19th March 2007
Starting Point: Merrion Square
Time: 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Just when you thought it was all over for another year. Not yet.
Merrion Square will be transformed in to an original safari adventure for the Denny Big Day Out– where anything and everything can happen with the best of Irish and International Street theatre! Find your inner child and any other child you may have and delight in the magical company of clowns, acrobats, a giant whale, racing ostriches, and a pair of tap-dancing turkeys! Eat at the Denny BBQ set in a wild jungle, complete with life-sized animals, insects, birds and… no.
No snakes.
Happy Lá Fhéile Pádraig everyone!
More information from: St. Patrick’s Festival, St. Stephen’s Green House, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 Phone: +353 (0)1 676 3205 Fax: +353 (0)1 676 3208. E-mail: info@stpatricksfestival.ie Web: http://www.stpatricksfestival.ie