Huge programme at this year’s festival
AN absolute must this August Bank Holiday weekend, is the Rockin Food Festival 2017 which has the best line of FREE Family Entertainment with Chef Demo’s, Talk & Tastings and Workshops. As well as our Street Feast where you visit over 80 Artisan, Food & Craft Producers, while Rockin it Off with Live Outdoor Rock n Roll Music & Dancing.
The list is endless when it comes to keeping our younger festival goers occupied with FREE and exceptional value ticketed events from just €5. They can expect Pizza Making Classes, Medieval Shield/Pottery Making, Ancient East Storytelling, Punch & Judy Shows, Lego Workshops, The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, R’n’R Dance Classes and FREE Outdoor Cinema as well as our usual festival inflatables, carousels and bungee trampolines.
New to 2017, is the Rock’n Roll Vintage Steam Train. Arrive to the festival in style aboard one of the traditional carriages and enjoy the hidden sights along the railway.
Departs Connolly Station @ 10.30am on Sunday 6th August
This year we have incredible fringe events for the foodie in your life; themed workshops. A Mexican Pop-up Dinner with Lily Ramirez-Foran, Tales of Ales with Susan & Judith Boyle, Hoptails with Claire Dalton and Whiskey & Food Pairing with Séaneen Sullivan to name but a few.
2 full days of FREE events in our Food Marquee include Summer Eating with Chef Edward Hayden, Patrick Ryan Real Bread Making, Desserts With Failte Ireland Food Champion Anthony O Toole, Talk & Tasting from Wild About, Bean & Goose Chocolate, Award Winning O Neill’s Bacon and Cooking Seafood with Paul Hynes from La Cote.
With Rock n Roll Bands from all over world descending on Enniscorthy including Pat Capocci (Aus) & The Domestic BumbleBee’s (Swe) as well as showcasing Irish R’n’R talent Joe Fury & Hayride - so pull out your R’n’R gear and join in the fun.
Our Food & Drinks and Rock n Roll Pub Gig Trails are ideal routes to discovering the fantastic quality and diversity of the regions dishes and R’n’R Music. Delve in and out of the trails such as the Ireland’s Ancient East inspired, Slaney Valley Eats, the Trendy Gin Trail or the Irish Craft Drinks Trail – food trails will carry on throughout the seasons, even when the festival ends. So good news when you want to return and relive the memories of #rockinfood2017
This year’s festival program is HUGE. I urge you to take 2 minutes to check out our 16 page, festival brochure. https://goo.gl/ oVQLBr.
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“All I could see was happiness, people were smiling kids were so happy, there was something for everyone. The food was so different and catered for so many different tastes and the music was alive, just excellent all around.”
“I loved every day of the Festival. It was one of the best organised weekends of fun and music I have been to”