Great Guide – Seven Lesser Known Irish Festivals You Have To Attend This Summer

Ah, festival season.

For a few months every year people flock to the grounds of stately homes, castles and even random fields to let loose for a couple of days.

It’s truly glorious.

We’ve become quite au fait with the big hitters in the festival circuit but what about the lesser known ones?

Lucky for you, we’ve teamed up with Archway – lovers of all things great – to compile a list of 12 lesser known festivals that need to be on your hit list this year.

1. GREATyard

July 28th-29th

Archway is teaming up with Eatyard to bring you a weekend of music and food for only €10 at the end of this month.

With great music from Little Green Cars, Paddy Hanna and FIELDS, as well as unreal food infusions with Boxburger and Just-Wing It and of course pints of Archway, you’d be mad to miss it!

General admission to GREATyard is free, but capacity is limited so people are advised to book tickets to guarantee entry, as well as two free Archway lagers.

Sound good? Get tix here.

 

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2. Earagail Arts Festival

July 7 – July 29, Donegal

Twenty-three days of visual arts, music, theatre, circus, carnival and film, this bilingual festival has been going strong for 28 years.

 

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3. Spraoi

August 3rd – 5th

If you like street art and performances, then get yourself down to Waterford during the August Bank Holiday weekend, locally known as ‘Spraoi Weekend.’

 

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