The inaugural Ballymaloe festival
will be held at Ballymaloe House and Ballymaloe Cookery School this May bank holiday
weekend. In addition to the usual festival activities (readings, talks, panel
discussions) they are planning to hold demonstrations, tastings, producer
visits, foraging expeditions, lunches and dinners.
The
Ballyhoura Food Festival will take place on the May Bank Holiday Weekend in
Kilmallock and all local artisan food suppliers will participate so there will
be over 50 delicious food stalls to choose from. There will be a display of
Irish, Slovenian, Croatian, French & Austrian traditional national foods
with Chefs and community members representing their participating country.
The 8th Connemara Mussels Festival takes place on the
glorious Renvyle Peninsula in North Connemara from the 3 –5 May 2013.
The celebrations will include music, craic, mussel cooking competitions, walks,
talks, theatre and children's activities. There will also be a country market,
local art exhibition and mussel cooking competitions to name but a few.
The Drogheda Fringe will celebrate Music, Poetry, Art, Comedy and
Theatre for 13 Days from May Day to Sunday 12th May 2013. There will also be a
Food & Craft market on the weekends of the the Festival with local artisan
producers and crafts people in attendance
Ireland’s oldest, most spectacular and hottest festival will
once again ignite the summer festival season when it is rekindled on the
historic Hill of Uisneach in County Westmeath on Bealtaine, Saturday May 4th.
Festival of Fires will set the ancient seat of the High Kings alight with the
very best in arts, culture, ceremony, history and heritage, crafts, debate,
artisan food and drink, ancient Celtic sports, re-enactments, ancient
agricultural rituals and music.
A celebration of local foods, cookery demos and workshops in
Greystones, Co. Wicklow on Sunday 5th May. A lovely range of events on offer
including urban foraging with Paul Quinn and Niall O’Sullivan, hands on pork
curing with Ed Hicks and black pudding presentations with the McCarthys.
Letterkenny will host it's first Letterkenny Festival on May Bank
Holiday weekend from 3rd to the 6th of May 2013.This festival of food,
gardening, vintage and entertainment is designed to attract large audience from
throughout the North-West. Their main attraction this year will be the famous
'Cookery School Live' with celebrity chef - Brian McDermott.
Riverfest 2013 from 3 - 6 May will showcase and
celebrate all that’s great about Limerick City. Riverfest is a city wide series
of events including: a huge BBQ Competition, a riverside Continental Fair,
Fireworks, Fashion Events, River Fun and lots more including the Great Limerick
Run!
Roscommon Lamb Festival 2013 runs from the 1 - 6 May.
It celebrates all aspects of County Roscommon’s food, farming, heritage, craft
and most importantly – family, in a range of events designed to suit
everyone’s tastes. The majority of the events are free and the festival
itself is a non profit event.
The 2013 Só Sligo Food and Culture Festival programme takes
place from the 1 – 6 May. There will be Amateur, Professional and Student Chef
Cookery Competitions including Sligo Signature Dish, Sligo Mystery Basket, the
Connacht Gold Junior Chef and the Great Family Cook off competitions! Alongside
all these competitions there are lots of outdoor and cultural events taking
place over the six days.
If
you would like to have your food event or festival added please contact Kat at
thepurplepageireland (at) gmail.com. Dates are always subject to change so
please check the event website before getting all geared up to go out!
