festivals and fairs cavan

Opening with SOAP BOX DERBY Thurs 27th Dec 2008 at 1pm
(make and race your own kart!)...

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...

Small village Festival with thirty Floats and one marching band....

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...

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...

Fancy betting on Pig Races or taking a helicopter ride or maybe performing Artsand a lively night life is more your scene? We are delighted to have established such a vivacious Family Festival, as it is now one of trhd longest running Festivals in Ireland. date to be confirmed

The  festival, Belturbet Festival Of The Erne which also includes the Lady Of the Erne competition. The festival attracts large crowds for the last week in July and boasts one of the largest fanc...

Five days of magical music, song and craic. A cross-border festival promoting the wonderful work of Percy French.
 

 

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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....

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....