Programme: Festival of Food, Fish & Fun
Festival of Food, Fish & Fun :
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Friday 25th
6.30pm to 8pm Launch of Festival of Food, Fish & Fun
6.30pm-7pm Arrival with refreshments served from restaurant stalls. Music by Northern soul
7pm-7.30pm Welcome note and programme launch.
7.30pm-8pm Ready, Steady Fish final held with Michael Quinn and Kevin Dundon
7pm til 10pm Festival Grazing throughout village
Festival menus and live music in all venues
SATURDAY, 26th JUNE
Each premises will have a list of demos/seminars taking place in their own premises.
11am to 4pm information centre in Fishermans Hall and First Aid point
All day Arts & Crafts in Fishermans Hall
11am "What we can find in our local seaside rock pools" a workshop by Frank Matthews @ The Lemon Tree
11am to 4pm Mobile Farm outside the Strand Inn
11.30am Talk on Seaweeds with Bruce McDonald down on the beach.
12pm Angling competition organised by Angus held down at the harbour followed by a fish filleting display and barbeque on the pier with Michael Quinn and Shane Curtain at 6pm
12pm to 4pm Street artists throughout the village
12pm "Keeping Hens in your own Garden" by the remarkable Oisin O'Neill @ The Lemon Tree. Followed by Peter Lojewsky "A crash course on Bee Keeping"
1pm to 3pm Picnic in the Park with field day activities organised by the local Sea Scouts
2pm Orienteering Trail (pick up trail at the fishermen hall
2pm Air Corps rescue demonstration in the bay
2.30pm Official opening of edible garden behind the fishermen hall
3pm The Spinnaker holding a Seafood Chowder Cookery Demonstration
3pm to 5pm Sand castle Competition on Lawlors strand
IN THE MARQUEE
12.30pm to 1.30pm Talk by Michael Kelly of GIY followed by Simon Fraiser on garden plants
1.30pm to 2.30pm Kiddies workshop including cookie and bun decorating, smoothie workshop, basket weaving and GIY workshop
2.30pm to 3.30pm Talk by Helen Finnegan of Cheese Making followed by a talk on organic wines (not confirmed)
3.30pm to 4pm ? (unsure of persons name here) Herbalist (refer to Mary Merritt)
4pm to 5pm Mr Sandro Cavaliere giving a Pasta making demo followed by a talk on Coffee
IN THE SAILING CLUB
12pm to 1pm 1st cookery demo name & whats cooking
1.30pm to 2.30pm 2nd cookery demo name & whats cooking
3pm to 4pm 3rd cookery demo name & whats cooking
4.30pm to 5.30pm 4th cookery demo name & whats cooking
7pm til 10pm Festival Grazing
Festival menus and live music in all venues
SUNDAY, 27TH
10am Arts & Crafts in the Fishermen Hall with information centre and first aid point
10am to 3pm Adventure Centre activities available in the harbour at specially reduced festival prices (booking essential at the adventure centre). Taster sessions in kayaking, archery & rock climbing. 2 hour sailing sessions also available.
12 noon Official opening of the Farmers Harbour Market by Sean Connick, the Minister for State for Agriculture, Food & Fish. Market featuring local restaurant stalls providing food throughout and Hog Roasts on a spit - music throughout.
11am to 3pm Kiddies activities in the lifeboat station. Face painting, cake and cookie decorating, arts & crafts, balloons and lots more
3pm The blessing of the Boats
WLR Blaster Caster
IN THE SAILING CLUB
12pm to 1pm 1st cookery demo name and whats cooking
1.30pm to 2.30pm 2nd cookery demo name and whats cooking
3pm to 4pm 3rd cookery demo name and whats cooking
5.30pm Hooks and Crookes Sea Shanty. Free gig in The Spinnaker
