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Festivals
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Durrow Scarecrow Festival
30th July 2023 - 7th August 2023
This family friendly festival has everything and is jam packed with things to do every day. Come and see the amazing scarecrows that take over the village, enjoy artisan food markets, craft workshops, daily entertainment and lots and lots of things for children to do
Feile Na hEireann 2023
The Showgrounds, Rathdowney, County Laois, Ireland
Fitzmaurice Place, Portlaoise
Forest Fest 2023
21st July 2023 - 23rd July 2023
Summertime Boutique Festival to enjoy, Forest Fest at Emo Village for a weekend of music and arts. Forest Fest is aimed at a discerning audience, our objective to ensure a quality, close-up, close quarters, quality gig experience with numbers strictly limited.
Emo Village, County Laois, Ireland
Half Door Club
Castletown, Co. Laois, Ireland
National Ploughing Championship 2023
19th September 2023 - 21st September 2023
The National Ploughing Championships will return to Ratheniska in 2023, taking place from September 19th to 21st. Attracting an annual attendance of almost 300,000 this spectacular annual “Farming Festival” has it all.
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National Steam Rally
Stradbally Hall, Stradbally, County Laois, Ireland
Old Fort Quarter Festival
22nd June 2023 - 25th June 2023
Old Fort Quarter Festival finally returns and is set to be a good one. With headline gigs ticketed on the Main Stage in Laois Music Centre, along with entertainment for all ages across Main Street and Fitzmaurice Plaza, Portlaoise, it's a weekend in Laois not to be missed.
Shine Festival
27th May 2023
Shine will be one of the greatest athletic events in Ireland this summer. 32 teams from all across Ireland will come to Emo, Co. Laois and compete in a series of obstacle courses and head to head events
The Folly Festival
7th July 2023 - 8th July 2023
Ireland's first ever gender balanced music and comedy weekend
Cullahill Castle, Galesquarter, County Laois, Ireland
Timahoe Heritage Festival
3rd June 2023 - 6th June 2023
Our event is all about sharing the story of a village in Co. Laois, that is steeped in centuries of history; from monks, monasteries and Vikings, to the famine, the War of Independence and beyond.
Twin Trees Festival
17th August 2023 - 20th August 2023
Visit Laois this August and wander The Twin Trees Festival, a three day outdoor painting event taking place in Heywood Gardens on day one, the woodlands and lakes on day two and Ballinakill Village on day three. With past participants and new artists on the scene, we welcome all to visit Laois to see the very picturesque Ballinakill on canvas. Let's celebrate art and culture in Laois.
Ballinakill, County Laois, Ireland