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Thursday 2nd May to Monday 6th May – Déardaoin 02 Bealtaine go dtí Bealtaine an 6ú lá.
Entering its 19th year, Féile na Bealtaine is the largest arts festival on the Dingle Peninsula. Come join us as we celebrate the arrival of summer with 5 days of music, arts, literature, children’s events, drama, film, politics, poetry and more.

 

Fáilte go dtí an 19ú bliain d’Fhéile na Bealtaine!  Geallaimíd raon ócáide níos leithne ná ríomh díbh sa bhliain 2013. Cuirimis le fuinneamh agus saol na leithinse le linn deireadh seachtaine bainc na Bealtaine. Tá sé mar fheidhm againn go mbaineann sibh taitneamh as an bhféile is fearr sa tír, féile nach bhfaigheann aon urraíocht alcóla, féile le drámaíocht, filíocht, polaitíocht, amhránaíocht, spraoi agus comhluadar.

 

PROGRAMME  -  ALL EVENTS HAVE PASSED

MUSIC

• Damien Dempsey + support Lumiere, walking on cars.
• Shaun Davey’s ‘Songs From The High Seas’
• This Is How We Fly
• Donal Dineen presents the Parish Social with Liam Ó Maonlaí & Rónán Ó Snodaigh.
• Duke Special
• Silent Disco
• Chequerboard
• Dick Gaughan
• Rachel Sermanni
• Chatham Saxaphone Quartet
• Contempo String Quartet
• The Book Shop Band
• Rhob Cunningham
• Cois Claddagh Chamber Choir
• Sabor Cubano Salsa Band
• DJ Sally Cinnamon
• Cat Dowling – Album Launch 
• Kleijnkoor Kleijnkoor
• Praguematique
  
• Be Fabulous! Summer party
• Milonga De Luna
• Eoin Moloney – A musical journey through vinyl
• Gastric Band
• Méabh Ní Bheaglaoich
• Pinhole

 

Literature

• Dick Mack’s Poetry Morning
• Paul Muldoon
• Paul Durcan
• Louis de Paor
• John Waters
• Finding Stillness with Sr Stan
• Norah Clifford Kelly – Poetry Book Launch

 
Visual Art

• Annascaul Collection of Bronze Works by Jerome Connor
• Traditional Metal Work with Umha Aois
• Nasc le Meitheal Eitseála agus Cló Ceardlann na gCnoc
• LogAnam – Aine Ní Chiobhain, Ciara O’Flynn & Abigail Joffe
• Shoal Thing by Paul Terry
• Merge by Bláithín Mac Donnell & Ann-Marie Rayney
• Moments in Time by Ruth Egan
• Ceramics by Ursula Tramski & Colleen Bowler
• Puffins and Paintings II by Catherine Merrigan and Paul Moroney
• Goat Street Studios Open Day
• Dance Flamboyance and the Surreal by Kate Shelley
• West kerry/Corca Dhuibhne by Liam O’Neill
• Seascapes by Carol Cronin
• ShoreLine by Liam Holden
• The Sea by Grace O’Malley
• Céad Míle Failte /The Hospitality by Manuela Agner

Drama/Film

• I’m not A.D.H.D…I’m B.O.L.D (Wicked Angels)
• Sétanta By Paul Mercier
• RE : Cycle outdoor cinema – ( cinema generated by pedal power)
• Are There More Of You
• 24 Hour Theatre (English)
• Amharclann 24 Uair (Gaeilge)
• Dreamtime, Revisited (film based on the works of John Moriarty)
• Under Clery’s Clock

 

Kids Events

• The Troubador Mules
• Kiddies Silent Disco
• Passe Partout
• Street Theatre/ Parade
• Fanzini Bros
• Diarmuid de Faoite

 

Fringe Events

• Lunch And Laughs
• Re : Cycle Outdoor Cinema
• Old Grey Poet Statue
• Dingle Peninsula 125KM Challenge
• Tumble Circus
• Finding Stillness with Sr Stan
• Backroom Sessions Set Sail
• Gallarus Oratory – Spiritual Morning
• Sunday Hike
• Parade – Morshiúl
• Archeological Walk

 

Political Symposium

• The Mental Health of Politics

 

Festival MC, Bryan Quinn aka B Q

 

If you loved Féile Na Bealtaine 2012 you can re-live the memories
by flicking through Féile Na Bealtaine 2012 Images. 

 

Download our festival programme  - Féile na Bealtaine Programme 2013