Siamsa Sraide 2008
Siamsa Sraide Swinford (Siamsa Sráide Summer Street Festival) Sat 2 Aug 2008 – Wed 6 Aug 2008 Siamsa Sraide Swinford is a summer street festival with open-air Ceili, Dancing, Heritage Day and International Busking Competitions. There are also history walks talks and poetry recital. Contact Bríd O'Connell for further information. Contact Telephone: +353 (0)86 805 9172 Address: Swinford, Co Mayo, Republic Of Ireland. Siamsa SráideThe Swinford Siamsa Sraide street festival has an annual fixed date - it is always held on the Irish August Bank Holiday weekend since the mid 1980’s. This year's (2008) festival will be held from Saturday 2nd August to Wednesday 6th August. Swinford hosts one of the County's largest summer festivals, Siamsa Sraide Swinford (Fun in the Streets of Swinford). This is a festival of Pageantry, Céili Dancing, and Heritage Displays depicting much of the traditions of East Mayo.There is a huge interest in the busking competitions for this year and visitors can look forward to a variety of street entertainment. The prize fund is big and there will be category prizes to cater for different forms of street entertainment. Contact Brid O’Connell, co-ordinator 086 8059172. Siamsa Sraide Events The organisers of Siamsa Sraide endeavoured to include events of a niche interest in each year's programme: · Aspects of our Mayo Song Heritage · Singing and Dancing in the Streets · Traditional Irish Songs · Historic walks and talk of Swinford · Local history books on Swinford's past · Poetry readings
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