For the twelfth year in a row, on 30 April this year, the Old Town of Dublin will host the Latvian Culture Festival in Ireland, which will be attended by 9 Latvian artistic groups, 5 Latvian schools, one theatre group from Ireland, guests from Latvia and the Lithuanian, Estonian and Polish communities in Ireland, nine artisans and Latvian food vendors from Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The festival programme runs from 12:00-17:00 Meeting House square, Temple bar, Dublin 2 and is followed by dancing at The Lundy foot's.
The programme will include:
12:00 CELEBRATION PARADE from Central along Crown Alley, Temple bar square, Essex street east to Meeting house square.
12:20 OPENING OF THE CELEBRATION Meeting House Square
12:30 - 17:00 CELEBRATION PROGRAMME Meeting House Square and Essex Street:
FESTIVE CONCERT
CRAFT AND FOOD MARKET
MASTERCLASSES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
FACE PAINTING
TODAY FOR PUBLIC
MINUTES OF SPORTS ACTIVITIES
18:00 - 22:00 DANCING AND SOCIALISING The Lundy Foot's Bar, Essex gate.
The celebration is organised by the Latvian Society of Ireland, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in Ireland and the Tempe Bar Company.
The event is partly supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia.
Photo Aldis Liepiņš
