30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Kilmore Quay Festival set to mark 40 years of seafood celebration on the Wexford coast
The Kilmore Quay Seafood Festival marks a milestone of 40 years of community involvement, celebration and fun this year and the organisers are hoping that it's going to be bigger and better than ever.
This year's festival runs from Thursday, July 10, to Sunday, July 13, and features all manner of fun and games for all the family. The clue being in the name, the delicious fresh produce that arrives at the quay wall in Kilmore off the boats takes centre stage, but there's plenty more on besides such as a Red Moon Creative Arts Theatre summer camp, sand castle competitions, beach games, paddle boarding, exhibitions, lectures, live music and much more.
The fun will really get under way on Thursday, July 10, at 7 p.m. with the festival parade, followed by the official opening at the marina at 7.30 p.m.
Friday's highlights include an artisan food and craft fair, a fish market with cookery demos and a festival lecture with local naturalist Jim Hurley. There will also be music with DJ Bodie and The Wires in the marina area from early evening.
Saturday will see more seafood platters and puppet theatre from Red Moon at the Stella Maris Centre, with more open air music in the marina area from early evening and a Teddy Bears' Picnic for the little ones from 12 noon at the playground. There will also be cookery demonstrations with the likes of Derry Clarke, Bernie Doyle, Paul Hynes, Toddy Lambden, Brian O'Driscoll and Warren Gillen, as well as wine tasting with Bill Kelly of Kelly's Resort Hotel.
Sunday will have sunrise yoga from 8 a.m., more paddleboarding and surfing, a run, the continuation of the artisan food and craft fair, a guided walk with Jim Hurley at Ballyteigue Burrow from 2 p.m. and music from 2 p.m. at the marina area with DJ Bodie, The Submersibles and Rince, Ceol agus Craic.
