Something for the weekend
KINSALE ARTS FESTIVAL
Cork’s Kinsale Arts Festival continues showcasing the work both of established and emerging new artists from the worlds of art, music, literature and theatre.
Drama group the Rampart Players will perform Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray until Monday at Kinsale Community School. Tickets are €18. Today the Pop Up Playhouse hosts seminars with Costa Biography Prize winner Matthew Hollis and author Sarah Bakewell.
CLONMEL JUNCTION FESTIVAL
The Clonmel Junction Festival will feature an exciting mix of theatre, circus, comedy and music acts and is taking place in a variety of venues across the town.Award-winning Swiss circus act Nicole and Martin: The Musicians of Bremen will perform at the White Tent in Mick Delahunty Square at 4pm today. Music duo David Houston and Darren Loughran will play country and rock classics at Moran’s Back Bar tonight at 9pm and admission is free.
KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOUR WEEKEND
Know Your Neighbour Weekend encourages families across Ireland to organise innovative events and activities in their neighbourhood to help communities to reconnect.
Mayo plays host to the DoocastleFest in Doocastle today with DJs and a barbecue, while Kilmactigue Community Centre in Sligo treats its neighbourhood to a family-fun day with novelty races, penalty shoot-outs, face painting and a teddy bears’ picnic.
PIG ’N’ PORTER TAG RUGBY FESTIVAL
Limerick’s Old Crescent RFC rugby club will be awash with tag rugby players today for the 11th annual Pig ’n’ Porter Tag Rugby Festival.Some 130 teams from Ireland, the UK and France will compete in the large tournament and an expected 3,000 spectators will take part in the festivities. The family-fun activities include a fancy dress competition, Father Ted-style disco and pitch-side jacuzzi along with spit-roasts and a giant barbecue.
STREET PERFORMANCE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Laya Healthcare Street Performance World Championship descends on Cork’s Fitzgerald Park this weekend.
The event features a colourful assortment of top contortionists, magicians, break dancers, comedians and professional jesters, battling it out to be named world champion. From sword swallowers to piano jugglers, the free family festival will provide entertainment all day.