Tipperary festival to be launched this weekend
Applefest Clonmel
The Clonmel Applefest 2024 edition will be launched on Saturday, August 31 at Clonmel’s Main Guard with a live concert by the Fresh Air Collective.
Come along from 2 to 4pm to take in the party atmosphere and sample some local apple juice and baked goods while chatting or dancing to some lively jazz tunes.
The festival will run from September 26 to September 29.
This is Clonmel Applefest’s 7th year with a theme of FOOD, exploring its connections to wellbeing, health and environmental sustainability.
The festival will feature several food events and activities which include a ‘Memorable Meals’ Storyslam hosted by local sheep farmer Joe Whelan, music and Tapas soirée with the resident Johanna Adele Jüssi trio at the Hub café, the screening of ‘Dinner 2050’ by Tadgh Byrne with a panel discussion with local growers, a breadmaking workshop by the Ballybrado company, a ‘Bees and biodiversity’ talk by award-winning Beekeeper Aoife Ní Giolla Coda and Sean Ronayne’s fascinating illustrated talk about birdsong.
The very popular traditional Harvest Fair also returns to the new Kickham Plaza on Saturday 28th Sept. with family-friendly crafts activities, community demos, a selection of quality food trucks and a specially commissioned ‘Juice Dance’ by Tipperary based Instant Dissidence dance company performing throughout the day.