This Year’s Gorey Market House Festival Promises to be the Best Yet with Arts, Music & Events Suitable for the Whole Family
This Year’s Gorey Market House Festival Promises to be the Best Yet with Arts, Music & Events Suitable for the Whole Family
This Year’s Gorey Market House Festival promises to be the best yet with arts, music & events suitable for the whole family. The Festival will take place over the August Bank Holiday Weekend (29th-31st July) with an eclectic mix of music, arts and events happening throughout the town. The weekend will be filled with free music on the Main Street from artists including Ireland’s best Queen tribute act Qween, Zooropa (U2 Tribute), Live Forever (Oasis Tribute), Beatles for Sale (Beatles Tribute), Dave Clark and Matt McManamon (The Dead 60s) to name a few. This year, we are delighted to welcome back Tan and Sober Gentlemen (North Carolina) who entertained the crowd in 2019. (Full Line-up and up to date details of the event can be found on the Gorey Market House Festival Facebook Page).
Friday sees the return of Qween, who rocked the town in 2019. On Saturday, July 30th, Tan and Sober Gentlemen will get the crowd ready for Zooropa, Ireland’s Ultimate U2 Tribute Band. And, on Sunday, July 31st, there will be live music on the street to get the crowd in the mood for Beatles For Sale followed by Live Forever. On Friday and Saturday Night music will begin at 8pm and on Sunday there will be music on the street from 2pm.
This year the festival promises to be action packed for all the family with various events happening throughout the weekend including the ever popular Play Day, which will take place in Gorey Town Park on Saturday, the 30th of July from 12.30pm to 5pm. The play day will feature fun for the whole family with DJ Liam Sharkey, Puppet Shows, Magicians and Face Painting. The Annual Busking Competition in association with Making Music will also take place on Saturday with €1000 worth of vouchers up for grabs for budding musicians.
On Sunday Afternoon there will be a Market on the Main Street from 12pm to 4pm with music from Stratus, Matt McManaman, Cian Fitz and Turas followed by The Pucas with Liam Byrne, Beatles For Sale and Live Forever. If you are interested to having a stall at the upcoming festival, please email gorey@wexfordcoco.ie
Philip Knight, Gorey District Manager said: ‘I am excited that the Market House Festival is going ahead this year. This will be my first festival as District Manager in Gorey and I hope that people will enjoy the weekend that we have in store for them. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the Festival Committee for all the hard work they have put in.’
Gorey Market House Festival 2022 will take place over the August Bank Holiday Weekend, the 29th to the 31st of July with music, arts and events suitable for the whole family. For more information on the festival, please visit LoveGorey.ie, Gorey Market House Festival on Facebook or email gorey@wexfordcoco.ie
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