festivals and fairs cavan

The Festival takes place over the October Bank Holiday Weekend, October 23rd-26th in Virginia, County Cavan and fans have the chance to catch one Bell X1's last autumn performances and take part in many fun filled family activities.

Now in its third year, the Virginia Pumpkin Festival is expected to attract up to 20,000 people to the beautiful Cavan town to celebrate the pumpkin season. Revellers can expect to see the town lit completely with candles, be entertained by fire throwers a...

NYAH presents acclaimed fiddle-guitar duo Liz Carroll and John Doyle at Farnham Arms Hotel, Main Street, Cavan Town for a special NYAH May Concert on Friday 19th May at 9.30pm. Seat tickets for the concert are 15 euros, and are available from Multisound Cavan, Farnham Arms Hotel or pre book at 086 2342270. Limited Seating.

Dates for 2009 Nyah County Cavan Arts Festival, have yet to be confirmed....

The Virginia Heritage Group welcome all visitors to the Virginia Street Fair and Vintage Display.

The annual Virginia Street Fair, held on the last Sunday of June every year, is a reconstruction of Virginia's original 'Fairday' with animals, trading on the street, craft demonstration and entertainment. Visitors can see Cavan's largest display of vintage vehicles and participate in traditional Irish music and dancing....

Cootehill Arts Festival provides eleven days of classical music, church music, traditional music, pub entertainment, drama, literary competition (adult & youth), readings, lectures, workshops, childrens art competition, art exhibitions (invited) and local street theatre. Events combine international and home based....

Old Fair Day in Dowra is reliving the fairs of long ago. It has fun fair street stalls, tug of war, sheep shearing, music on the streets. A Rose of the Fair is crowned on the first day of the event.

Start Date: July 2008 - Date to be confirmed
End Date: July 2008 - Date to be confirmed...

Shercock Heritage and Vintage festival is a rapidly growing festival weekend which brings a mixture of the past and present to the small rural town of Shercock, situated thirty minutes from Drogheda, Navan and Dundalk and just over an hour from Dublin. Event dates to be confirmed...

Cookery competition; Pig racing; Pig roasting and food on the street; Pike angling competition; Soccer tournaments; talent competitions; Music events; Torchlight parade and Fireworks.

On in various venues and the streets of the town....

Re enactment of traditional fair events. Includes cattle dealing, craft demonstation, butter churning, basket making, horse shoeing. Prize cattle, horses and dogs. Busking, traditional music and dance. Lots of activities for children and babies dates to be confirmed...

The Arts Office of Cavan County Council organises a number of festivals annually. These include literature, film, and the NHAY Festival , traditional arts Event dates are all year round...

This festivak celebrates a traditioal event in East Cavan where by Bilberry picking on Lough an Lae mountain was followed by an evening of traditional music, dancing and storytelling. Typical activities include guided tours of Lough an Lae mountain as well as outdoor tradiotional music and set dancing sessions on a purpose built dancing desk. A craft displays, classical music performances in the Local Wesleyan Chapel and local history seminars throughout the festival, which takes place in late J...