Timetable for Castlepollard May Festival confirmed
Castlepollard Town Team have confirmed detail of the timetable of events and performances for the inaugural May Festival on Saturday May 3.
Based in Castle Varagh Hotel and on the town square, the festival has a lineup of music, art, poetry and performances to suit all ages.
Music will be provided by an local talent, headlined by the acoustic version of Ireland’s biggest heavy metal band, Cruachan as ‘The Cruachan Balladeers’. Joining them will be Clann Lir CCÉ with the Lough Lene Set Dancers.
Jack Lawlor, aka Amplifi, will have his modern and original hip-hop set, and there will also be performances by Melissa Cooke, The Rising Stars Performing Arts Academy, Seamus Heaney, Catherine and Hubert Rooney and the Castlepollard church and folk choir.
On the town square, visitors will be treated to re-enactments, battle displays, and medieval combat courtesy of Bart Gozdur and his Viking re-enactment troupe as well as the ‘Medieval Armoured Combat Ireland’ group.
Art lovers will be treated to displays by local artists, as well as poetry readings.
The festival will also feature a variety of engaging activities, including a historical showcase by North Westmeath Heritage and Conservation, interactive display boards and, to wrap the day up, a karaoke session in the hotel from 10pm to midnight.
Timetable
Market and Vendors, 11am till late
Art Exhibitions and Workshops, 11am and continuing throughout the day
Rising Stars Performing Arts Academy, 1pm
Vikings and Knights, 1.30pm and continuing throughout the day
Lough Lene Set Dancers, 1.50pm
North Westmeath Heritage and Conservation, 2.30pm
Mick Foster and Moyra Frazer, 3.10pm
CAS, 4.20pm
Poetry and Storytelling, 5.25pm
Amplifi, 6.30pm
Melissa Cooke, 7.10pm
Clann Lir CCÉ, 8.10pm
The Cruachan Balladeers, 9pm
Karaoke, 10pm till late