Events, Festivals and News

Ashbourne St. Patrick's Day Festival March 17th

Ashbourne's Festival kicks off from 10am!
St Patrick's Day, Thursday 17th March 2011

Festival Contact: Alan Tobin 087 6117669 info@ashbourneevents.com

10.00am - 2.00pm: Petting Zoo (behind Murtagh's Hardware, see map)
11.00am - 5.00pm: Fun Fair / Kids Carnival
12.00pm - 6.00pm : Food Market (Tesco Car Park)
2.00pm - 4.00pm : St Patrick's Day Parade (see route map)
4.00pm - 7.00pm : Music / Bands on-street entertainment playing on Festival Stage (opposite Tesco Car Park)
4.00pm - 10.00pm : SHAM-ROCK Festival (rear of Residents Hotel, see band line-up)
Evening: Pubs and hotels around Ashbourne provide music and entertainment into the night!

Parade 
2pm-4pm approx
Featuring: More than 80 floats! Marching Bands, Vintage Cars, Tayto Bus, Street Performers, Face Painting, Tractors, Footbll Clubs, Golf Club, plus MANY, MANY MORE!

Food Fair
12.00pm-6.00pm (Tesco Car Park)
Ten different stalls offering a mouth-watering array of different foods to satisfy any appetite!
 
 
Kids Carnival
11.00am - 5.00pm (Tesco Car Park)
This is a great kids carnival with bouncing castles, carnival stalls, inflatable slides, sumo wrestling, human fooze-ball, Gladiator fighting, a Bungee Run and LOTS, LOTS MORE!

Petting Zoo
10am-2.00pm Behind Murtagh's Hardware
Always a family favourite, get up close and personal with some lovely, friendly animals before the parade!
 
Sham-Rock Festival!
4.00pm -10.00pm (rear of The Residents Hotel)
A superb line-up of bands to really get the St Patrick's party mood going! Read full SHAM-ROCK line-up here!

Live Music
4.00pm-7.00pm (Festival Stage)
The Festival Stage faces out onto our carnival and food fair and will feature a great selection of live music to really get the whole family into the festive spirit! Full band line-up coming soon! 
 
Evening Entertainment
The pubs and hotels of Ashbourne lay on music and entertainment as the celebrations continue well into the night.

Ashbourne House Hotel:
Mike Mac plays 2pm to 4pm in the Lounge
Two Kings play till late and
Damien Dempsey plays that night, (doors open at 8pm, tickets are €22.50)

Kelly's Pub:
The Rush - 7pm to 9pm

Other venues include; THE RESIDENTS HOTEL, KELLYS BAR, FOXES DEN, STAGS HEAD, HUNTERS MOON...