Large crowds set to attend Longford Vintage Club Show this weekend
This weekend sees the long awaited return of one of the county’s most popular spectacles- Longford Vintage Show and annual fun day.
In what will be the organisation’s 15th staging of the yearly showcase, Connolly Barracks will be the venue for an occasion that promises to cater for all ages and tastes.
It all gets underway from 12 noon on Sunday with a wealth of old style vehicles, motorbikes and much, much more on display.
For the younger generation, there will be a world of children’s entertainment on offer, spearheaded by Corvenieos Entertainment.
The locally based firm needs little by way of introduction to the entertainment scene with over 300 years of experience behind them.
From face painting to train rides, a magic show, a fire breathing display and autojumble, you name it Longford Vintage Show and Annual Fun Day has it.
And what’s more, all of it is for free.
It’s a remarkable tale of ambition and desire overcoming adversity for a club that had to navigate its way through two barren Covid enforced years to this year host its fifteenth annual show.
“The club itself was set up in 2005 and while we had no show in 2020 or 2021, we have kept going and going,” said Secretary of Longford Vintage Club Miceal Nolan.
Patrons, both young and not so young will, courtesy of a cover charge, be afforded the opportunity to take in the Longford skyline with helicopter rides being on offer.
Given the welcoming weather conditions that will be on offer, a host of refreshment stalls are also expected to be in situ to take the hunger off and quench the thirst of those in attendance.
Miceal said excitement is abound as the clock winds down to what promises to be the local body’s most eagerly awaited annual extravaganzas to date.
“The weather on the June Bank Holiday seems to always look after us and that is what we are hoping for again this year,” he said, as he paid tribute to both Longford County Council and Longford Westmeath Education and Training Board for the use of their premises.
“We are a wheelchair friendly, family friendly event and we are hoping people come from far and wide to take in the day.”
A proportion of the days proceeds will also go towards a local charity at a later date.
Prices on the day are €10 for adults with children under 12 going free.
Members of the public are also advised to keep an eye on Longford Vintage Club’s social media pages to be in with a chance to win a family pass on the day.