Get down to Harbour in Naas for Wild Food Festival on Saturday
Naas Food Festival is hosting up to 20 gourmet food stalls, A Kids' Area and free live music from singers such as Paddy Casey and Sina Theil at The Harbour in Naas on this Saturday from 12 noon - 6pm.
Visitors can also enjoy a Craft Beer tent, a BBQ and Chef demonstrations.
A Naas Tidy Towns Project, Naas Wild Food Festival's aim is to improve community spirit, to promote the town of Naas, and to bring more business and tourists into Naas.
Admission is free but donations to Naas Tidy Towns will be welcome on the day.
Approx 8,000 people attended last year.
Unique Festival
Organiser Gerry Keogh said: “This is truly a unique festival. And will be unlike any other you’ve experienced.
"Here you can taste wild foods, be they spicy, unusual or foraged foods.
"We would welcome more ethnic and multi-cultural food providers – we want our Irish visitors and tourists to sample food they’ve never tasted before!”
Gerry added Naas Tidy Towns would love to see more community groups and clubs taking food stands at the Festival “It’s a great opportunity for groups to showcase their facilities or activities”.
Sponsors Needed!
This is a project run by Naas Tidy Towns volunteers and Gerry stressed they’d love to get more sponsorship – feel free to call Gerry on 086 075 1813 if you’d like to support this wonderful community venture.
“We’d like to thank the Gardaí, Kildare County Council, the Local Enterprise Office, Civil Defence and the many Tidy Town volunteers working to host Naas Wild Food Festvival 2018.
The Local Enterprise Marquee:
This year, the Local Enterprise Office (LEO) is sponsoring a large floored Marquee.
In the Marquee there will be:
• 3 Craft Beer Tasting Bars with Kildare Brewing Company, Trouble Brewing and Kellys Mountain Brew
• A Chef Demo Stage
• 10 Kildare based Food Producers
The Harbour
Visitors will be well impressed and spoilt by over 20 hot food stalls and BBQ along with a Kids Area and lots of water activities on the canal.
Music on the Harbour Stage includes Paddy Casey, Sina Thiel and Band, Saoirse Casey; 20 Piece Brass Band and Naas Mens’ Shed Trad Session
Chefs Go Wild on the Demo Stage!
This year there will be 5 Chefs to entertain the crowds:
- Sharon Hearne Smyth (cookbook author and RTE TV chef)
- Adrian Martin (cookbook author and TV presenter
- Fiona Uyema (cookbook author Fused and TV3 TV chef)
- Aymar the Skinny Chef
- Niamh Flanagan of the Ivy Cookery School
Gerry added: “Once again, I’d like to say we want to promote Naas as a tourist and foodie destination; it’s an event to showcase the town and its many food producers and restaurants. It’s a great day out, going from strength to strength so please, drop into Naas Wild Food Festival, running from September 6 – Saturday, September 8”.
Naas Tidy Towns wish to give special thanks to, the Kerdiffstown Landfill Remediation Project, Kildare County Council the Local Enterprise Office and Rushes Supervalu Naas! Without their support the Naas Wild Food Festival would not be possible!
Naas Wild Food Trails 2018
This year, Naas Wild Food Festival has extended the food path to include 3 Wild Food Trails. The ‘trails’ involve a culinary walking tour of Naas where ticket holders will be guided around Naas and wined and dined in 5 eateries.
The 3 Wild Food Trails will be hosted on Thursday 6 September, again on Friday 7, both days from 6-8.30pm and on Saturday 8 from 12noon to 2.30pm. Tickets cost €30 and can be purchased from from the Moat Theatre website.
“It is great value so come hungry – the Festival got rave review last year and was considered amazing value for money. All the eateries that participated in the Trail last year are participating again this year - Lawlors Hotel, Vie De Cheateaux, Jolly, Las Radas and the Book and Cup. This year there are a further 4 new entrants - Les Olives, Lemongrass, Fate and 33 Main Street” said Gerry.
“We must pay credit to these establishments for supporting this Naas Tidy Towns Project. They are willing to take a risk and they show great community spirit. For this reason, we would encourage everyone in Naas to support them throughout the year!” said Gerry.