Park Life - Sunday
Cavan Arts Festival parking available at Cavan Institute, next door.
Car park will close at 8pm so any vehicles left there will be locked in!
Sunday 22nd May, 1pm
CON SMITH PARK, CAVAN
Boom Show with Drum Dance Ireland
Mr. Boom’s drum show is full of fun games & activities. A great chance for anyone experience of a large size drum circle. Absolutely no previous experience in drumming is required.
Suitable for all ages and abilities. Join Mr. Boom and make some noise, drum to your hearts content & enjoy this spectacular experience of being part of a drum ensemble!
Sunday 22nd May, 2pm
CON SMITH PARK, CAVAN
Tumble Circus, Slap
On the street in the air and in your space, Tumble Circus are bringing “Slap” a hammer smashing rollercoaster of Belfast inspired circus devilment.
Tumble Circus are the Irish Cirque de Soleil if Cirque de Soleil was hit by a bus.
Sunday 22nd May, 3pm
CON SMITH PARK, CAVAN
Manchán Magan, Arán & Im
Arán & Im celebrates the Irish language in an engaging, accessible bilingual way, through sourdough bread and home-churned butter.
Arán & Im is a theatrical performance/installation in which Manchán bakes sourdough bread for 70 minutes while offering insights into the wonders of the Irish language – exploring potent words of landscape, terms of intuition and insight, and the many phrases that bring to life the mysterious glory of our natural world.
Sunday 22nd May, 4pm
CON SMITH PARK, CAVAN
Souled Out Sunday with DJ Two Eyes
This event is Souled Out *. Find your Sunday sweet spot, get into your groove, dance under the trees or lie back and savour the vibes, whatever you need to do to enjoy our resident jockey of the disc horses, spinning the platters that matter, working his wheels of steel, and taking up a huge amount of space in the sitting room with his record collection, its DJ Two Eyes.
* This event is not sold out, its free and unticketed but there will be a lot of soul
Sunday 22nd May, 5pm
CON SMITH PARK, CAVAN
Grooveline
“Coming from diverse musical backgrounds, the multi-genre sextet combines their influences to make a dramatic and captivating sound with some engaging lyrics. Their shows would be described as providing rock/funk grooves and melodies that fuse together to produce an exhilarating live show." - Hot Press Magazine
Grooveline are an exciting six-piece band from Co. Leitrim.
Members include Evan Gerry (Vocals, Sax), Tarach Ó Snodaigh (Guitar), Matthew Connolly (Guitar), Glen Feely (Bass), Bronwyn Kirwan (Drums) and Cian Sweeney (Fiddle + Keyboard).
Sunday 22nd May, 2-5pm
CON SMITH PARK, CAVAN
Clay Modelling Workshop with sculptor Marie Smith
Discover your inner sculptor!! Open to adults and children 4 years+. Sessions start times, 2pm, 2:30pm, 3:15pm, 3:45pm and 4:30pm. Maximum 6 participants per session.
Clay modelling workshop for all the family with Marie Smith. Roll, pinch and shape the clay to make simple 3-D artworks to paint later when the clay dries at home. 30-minute slots throughout the afternoon. Children must be accompanied by an adult. All materials provided.
Sunday 22nd May, 1-4pm
CON SMITH PARK, CAVAN
Never Ending Bunting Station
Add your own creativity to our festival heirloom and join us as you become part of the never ending bunting machine! Sit with our artists and make your own triangle of beautiful bunting and watch as it joins the creations with others up high in the trees. Then come back each year and see can you spot your addition decorating the trees!
Sunday 22nd May, 1-6pm
CON SMITH PARK, CAVAN
The Contrition Mission
The Contrition Mission box is an immersive installation exploring the guilt of lapsed Catholics. Carrie Lewis and Molly O Reilly are the local producers and hosts of the Contrition Mission Podcast, a comedy confessional with a catholic twist for anonymous strangers to offload their guilt, stories and opinions, read by the hosts with occasional musical interludes.
This will be running all the way through the festival in Con Smith Park Saturday & Sunday from 1-6pm. People can enter one at a time to experience the claustrophobic joys of offloading your deepest darkest secrets in this very special confessional box.
SUNDAY 22ND MAY, 1-6PM
CON SMITH PARK, CAVAN
Jack Allen Caricaturist
Jack is a Caricaturist and enjoys drawing people in such a way as to make them smile, laugh and have a healthy happy chuckle.
Sit down, relax and do nothing for a few short minutes and then suddenly, BHAM! You are presented with a silly cartoon portrait of yourself. It’s all a bit of fun so why not get a caricature from Jack at the Cavan Arts Festival 2022.
Sunday 22nd May, 1-6pm
CON SMITH PARK, CAVAN
Cinema Tent
Enter the magical world of our Oooodjus Odeon, our very own festival cinema tent! Enjoy short films from film artists. Full film programme coming soon.
Sunday 22nd May, 1-6pm
CON SMITH PARK, CAVAN
Carnhill Art,
Wild is the Wind
A Flag Installation. An interactive expression of colour and movement injected into various rural and urban landscape settings. Flag designs incorporate and reflect both ancient and modern symbolic imagery.
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