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Genre | Arts |
Dates | June/July |
Location(s) | County Donegal, Ireland |
Years active | 1988 - present |
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www.eaf.ie |
The Earagail Arts Festival (Féile Ealaíne an Earagail) is an annual festival which takes place in County Donegal, Ireland, every June or July. The festival began in June 1988.
The Festival includes parades, street performances and numerous plays, musical concerts and comedy acts in towns and villages across County Donegal. Letterkenny is at the centre of the festival with various venues such as An Grianán Theatre, Letterkenny Regional Cultural Centre and Donegal County Museum in the town hosting events. Many events take place in other towns and villages throughout Donegal, including Ballybofey, Gweedore, Inishowen, Falcarragh and Creeslough.
It also runs events in tourist attractions around Donegal itself. Drive-in movies at Downings Beach and at Ards Forest Park have been sell-outs in past years and the natural landscape of Glenveagh, Earagail, the Muckish and Aghla mountains, Tory Island and Magheraroarty Beach all form regular backdrops to the festival programme.
The line-up for the 2001 festival included The Undertones, Richard Thompson, John Herald, Johnny Vegas, Phil Kay, Louis de Paor, The Wrigley Sisters, Dan Crary and Beppe Gambetta.
The line-up for the 2002 festival included Mory Kanté, Lambchop, Gail Davies, Hazel O'Connor and Adam Hills.