A summary of events for 2023 is outlined below – while the ‘festival’ is one day only, the soccer competitions will run before and after 19 Aug.
For details on locations keep an eye on our Facebook and Instagram pages where we’ll be providing updates until the day itself.
Wed 16 August
| Starts 6pm | 5-a-side Soccer Competition Male & Female U12 – free to enter To enter text Sean 07471 688 160 |
Thurs 17 August
| Starts 6pm | 5-a-side Soccer Competition Male & Female U15 – free to enter To enter text Sean 07471 688 160 |
Sat 19 August
| 11am – 2pm | Family Fun Day – Sports Complex, Craiglea Including bouncy castles, rodeo bull, arts & crafts, balloons, face painting, dancing. Competitions – Beat the Goalie, Sponge Throw*, Bean Bag/Cactus Throw, Hook a Duck, Hoop Dunk. *Kilrea Young Farmers are kindly running this event |
| 11am – 2pm | Imagination Tent – Bowling Pavillion, Craiglea Bring your ideas and imagination about how we can make Kilrea a better place to live, work and study in. £3,000 available to fund projects which we want to develop between now and end of the year. |
| 3.30pm | Beat the Bell Calling runners of all ages – can you run between the Diamond and Church of Ireland faster than the church’s tolling bell? Come and give it a go and help keep this old Kilrea tradition alive after it was relaunched at last year’s festival. Boys – U14 – beat 20 rings Girls – U14 – beat 22 rings Men – 14+ – beat 15 rings Women – 14+ – beat 20 rings |
| 3.30pm | Traditional music session A trad session will run at same time as the race, location tbc. |
| 7pm | Live Music Finale* Owenie’s Barn Featuring popular local acts including: Mickey Madden Fergal Smyth Collins & Davy Parlour Conor Larkin Francis & Majella Cassidy Marshall Boys Tickets £10 |
Sun 20 August
| Starts 11am | 5-a-side Soccer Competition Seniors 18+ £5 per player To enter text Sean 07471 688 160 |