ulster scots frontier festival 2008

The festival is for the whole community and entrance to all events is free! The festival programme has been developed with people of all ages in mind. It will cover a variety of Ulster-Scots traditions, including language, poetry, music, singing, history, re-enactment and cookery demonstrations. In addition to this, there will be children’s entertainment, competitions, tug of war, parades, a fireworks display and a bonfire; so without a doubt something for all the family!
The festival has been organised by the Newry Heritage and Development Association Youth Group. Brian Lockhart, a member of the festival organising committee says: "It is due to the success of the Ulster-Scots Summer Schools held in 2006 that the Frontier Festival is taking place. There is no doubt that interest in the Ulster-Scots culture and heritage is growing - we have found it very encouraging to see the number of people wanting to learn more about Ulster-Scots increase over the past year. We hope that this year’s programme will offer something for everyone and as a result, interest in Ulster-Scots will continue to grow in the future".<