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The Bealtaine Festival - May 2012 -  Irish festival celebrating creativity in older age.

Check out the 2012 Bealtaine Festival events at this website May belongs to the Bealtaine festival, celebrating creativity in older age! Thousands of older people now take part in the Bealtaine festival, with 2012 being its 17th year. From dance to cinema, painting to theatre, Bealtaine showcases the talents and creativity of both first-time and professional older artists.  A chance for people to make new and challenging work, a chance to communicate traditions between the generations. It is a chance for the novice to discover a talent until then unseen and a chance for a long-dormant skill to find a new outlet.

Age & Opportunity instigates and supports a number of events each year that are trying something new.  Examples in the past have been bringing Liz Lerman Dance Exchange to Ireland for workshops and performances, nurturing the performance piece Silver Stars to a full production (which has gone on to sell-out performances in the Dublin Theatre Festival and featured off-Broadway in the ‘Under the Radar’ festival in New York) or EnvisAge, a creative project that attempts to re-imagine care settings for older people in a whole new way.

For more information visit www.bealtaine.com, call 01 8057709

SPRAOI INTERNATIONAL STREET ARTS FESTIVAL August 2nd - 5th 2012

Spraoi International Street Arts Festival transforms the streets and squares of Ireland’s oldest city into a series of giant stages. Street-theatre artists and musicians from around the world create three days of stunning entertainment and virtually all events are FREE.

The programme starts daily around lunchtime and runs late into the night. A highlight is the annual Spraoi Parade where hundreds of costumed performers, giant floats, live music and special effects combine to create a wonderful cultural experience.

The Guardian newspaper described Spraoi thus: “Spraoi festival is a free urban festival in beautiful Waterford in the south-east of Ireland. It attracts nearly 100,000 people and the city streets act as a stage for acts from around the world.” The Guardian (UK Edition)

www.spraoi.com

Waterford Harvest Festival - 10th -16th September 2012

The Tower Hotel Waterford is a proud sponsor of this fun filled festival celebrating the culinary heritage and culture of Waterford, the South East and Ireland as a whole. The festival aims to involve people in the appreciation of good, clean, fair food while showcasing all the gastronomic delights the region has to offer.
2012 will be the fifth year for the Waterford Harvest Festival and plans are already underway to make it bigger and better than previous years.  Confirmed attractions include the return of the very popular ‘Picnic and Play’ in the People’s Park and the hugely successful 'Amazing Grazing' all-island farmers and country market which takes place on the Quays of Waterford City.

Visit the festival website at www.waterfordharvestfestival.ie or keep up with plans on the festival Facebook page.

 For further information on Festivals and Events in Waterford please visit www.discoverwaterfordcity.ie or www.discoverireland.ie.