festivals and fairs limerick

August was the traditional month to start celebrating the returns of the harvest, and with food tasting, competitions for restaurants and chefs and a ‘pub food and music trail’ the Limerick Food Festival updates that tradition wonderfully....

Family orientated, music disco's, pub talent, happy batchelor, terrier racing, tug of war, fancy dress (adult and children) GAA, athletics, Lord Mayor, talent competition, Beat on the Street....

Three days of free family entertainment with the best of Irish musical entertainment, parades, street theatre, children's events, regatta, and a fantastic fireworks display. Held in mid July.

Highlight of the festival: World Irish Coffee Making Championship. Maureen O'Hara is the patron of the festival....

Ballylanders Pattern Festival is held each year on 15th August. The Committee now for a number of years have stretched that to a week.They run GAA tournaments, soccer matches and other sporting events, as well as music and dance events....

Festival features a child-friendly programme of movies and workshops.
It is designed with the student in mind and aims to be both entertaining and educational. A form for booking school groups is available on request....

The popular Lough Gur Halloween Storytelling Festival was established in 1995 and takes place over the Halloween weekend and coincides with the old Irish holiday of Samhain.

Lough Gur is steeped in many Irish heritage tales which have been kept alive by local storytellers. What has made this festival what it is today is the worldwide storytellers who have visited to tell their tales....

During St. Patrick’s weekend, Adare will play host to national and international jazz musicians, along with excellent food, drink and the beauty Adare always provides....

Limerick International Band Festival takes place in Limerick City during Saint Patrick's Week festivities each March. This impressive and colourful music festival offers marching bands, concert bands, drill and dance teams and choirs from Ireland, Europe and around the world....

The May Bank holiday Weekend sees this major music festival come to Limerick. The headline concerts, street entertainment, free outdoor concerts and music in many of the city’s pubs features the best of Irish artists and provides a showcase for emerging talent....