Festival of World Cultures - Dun Laoghaire

Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th July 2010

With over 150 artists and groups from around the world descending on Dun Laoghaire for three days at the end of summer, the annual Festival of World Cultures has become a perennial favourite for lovers of world music and intercultural ‘craic’.

This three-day, all-weather Festival of World Cultures is Ireland’s largest intercultural celebration. Entertaining audiences in excess of 200,000, the Festival, a Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council event, features more than 160 events in 40 venues and showcases artists from 50 countries over the three-day period.

This year the Festival whips up a whirlwind of fresh, exciting global music, street theatre, dance, club nights, markets, exhibitions, workshops and activities for children. From Colombian cumbia to Moroccan gnawa and Johannesburg jive, gospel rappers to punk-rock folk, intercultural speed dating to Tibetan folk dance, the Festival of World Cultures creates a cacophony of global beats and community events for all ages.

With participating artists from Algeria, Tibet, Sudan, Israel, Cuba, Poland, Niger, Russia and Mexico audiences can sample a planet of diverse cultures without leaving Ireland.

Anyone who still believes that Ireland is mono cultural needs look no farther than Dun Laoghaire at the end of summer to see how global the country has become. For those that cannot make it to Dun Laoghaire, highlights of the Festival will be broadcast on RTÉ Two sometime in September.

Contact

Address: Arts Office , Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, Republic of Ireland
Telephone: +353 (0)1 2719555  
Web: Official Website  

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