http://www.sleepzone.ie/ Sleepzone Hostel Events RSS 2.0 Feed. Please visit http://www.sleepzone.ie/ for more information. en-gb Copyright 2010 Sleepzone Hostel. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 4:13:16 GMT 60 http://www.sleepzone.ie/images/pageElements/logoRSS.gif http://www.sleepzone.ie/ http://www.sleepzone.ie/Willie_Keane_Memorial_Music_Festival_Weekend/Default.790.html October 22nd - 25th - A weekend which promotes traditional music, song & dance and in doing so ensures that the aspirations of Willie Keane, one of the greatest exponents of both set and sean nos style dancing is kept alive to be enjoyed by both locals and visitors to Doonbeg. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:03:00 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Burren_Peaks_Walking_Festival_2010/Default.788.html September 25th-27th 2010 - this festival weekend promises a real taste of the Burren and offers guided hill and lowland walks varying in distance and grade catering for all walkers. Enjoy walking in this wonderfully rich unique limestone pavement with its Karst landscape, grykes, clints, paths, and green trail roads…..the land of the fertile rock with its precious and delicate terrain. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:03:51 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Lisdoonvarna_Matchmaking_Festival_2010/Default.762.html September 3rd to October 4th 2010 - Throughout the month of September, the spa town of Lisdoonvarna close to the Burren in Co. Clare, celebrates the world famous Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival with music and lots of fun. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:51:04 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Sky_Ride_Étape_Hibernia/Default.756.html August 22nd 2010 - Sky, the UK and Ireland's leading entertainment company, is the title sponsor of the Sky Ride Étape Hibernia. This is their second closed road cycling event, following the success of the Étape Caledonia. The inaugural Sky Ride Étape Hibernia will take place on the breathtaking West Coast of Ireland in County Clare. If you are keen for a new challenge, or enjoy the unique experience of cycling on closed roads, then this is the perfect event for you! You will experience 84 miles of fantastic road cycling along one of Ireland's most beautiful coastlines. Click-through to download a copy of the route map. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:46:36 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Cruinniú_na_mBád_Gathering_of_the_Boats_Festival_Kinvara/Default.744.html August 20th-22nd 2010 - up to 100 unique Irish boats, the Galway Hookers, once the workhorses of the coast of Connemara and North Clare, gather for the annual weekend of racing and celebration at Cruinniú na mBád (Gathering of the Boats) festival in Kinvara, Co. Galway. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:42:19 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Traditional_Market_Day_at_Bunratty_Castle__Folk_Park/Default.755.html August 15th OR 22nd (date to be confirmed) - the local Market Day was always a popular social gathering in villages in bygone years. Fresh farm produce and crafts would have been sold and stories and banter exchanged amongst friends in the village square. On Market Day at Bunratty Castle & Folk Park you will see these and many more customs of the traditional Market Day re-enacted and taking place from 12pm -5pm. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:36:48 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Lughnasa_Festival_at_Craggaunowen/Default.754.html August 1st & 2nd - Craggaunowen, the Living Past Experience, is Ireland's original, award winning prehistoric park. Situated on 50 acres of wooded grounds, the park interprets Ireland's prehistoric and early Christian eras. It features a stunning recreation of some of the homesteads, animals and artefacts which existed in Ireland over 1,000 years ago. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:34:31 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Willie_Clancy_Summer_School/Default.753.html July 3rd-11th - the Willie Clancy Summer School promotes the study, practice and appreciation of Irish traditional music, song and dance. The school was established in 1973 to commemorate the Miltown Malbay uilleann piper, Willie Clancy, and `to promote the study, practice and appreciation of Irish traditional music song and dance. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:32:01 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/An_Post_Tour_de_Burren_Cycle_Challenge/Default.752.html June 19th 2010 - the Tour de Burren is now entering its seventh year of running and numbers are continuing to grow as word spreads of the fantastic route and the detailed level of organising and planning that goes into the event. The 2009 event had over 800 cyclists and we hope that we will far surpass this number in 2010. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:30:19 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Doonbeg_International_Jazz_Festival/Default.751.html June 4th-7th 2010 - a weekend of jazz, dixie, swing and latin dancing, held in the village of Doonbeg. All events are free. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:28:49 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Christy_Moore_plays_Lisdoonvarna/Default.791.html May 31st & June 1st - Christy Moore returns to the village of Lisdoonvarna, which inspired his famous song of the same name! Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:47:34 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Clare_Burren_Marathon_Challenge_2010/Default.738.html May 22nd 2010 - the Clare Burren Marathon Challenge is a road, green road and trail challenge. Enjoy some of Europe's most unique landscapes and see the riches of the Burren in Bloom. Each participant has a choice of a full, half or mini marthon on the day. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:49:45 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Slow_Food_Clare/Default.728.html May 21st - 23rd 2010 - Slow Food Clare returns with the Burren Food Festival! Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people's dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:05:20 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Burren_in_Bloom/Default.749.html Month of May 2010 - the villages of The Burren are the perfect location for discovering the botanical riches of this unique limestone landscape. The month of May reveals an abundance of flowers throughout The Burren, with spring gentians, mountain avens, turlough violets, spring sandworth and a profusion of orchids, among them early purple orchids, bee orchids, spotted orchids. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:26:52 GMT http://www.sleepzone.ie/Fleadh_na_gCuach_The_Cuckoo_Festival/Default.745.html April 30th - May 3rd 2010 - Fleadh na gCuach (The Cuckoo Festival) takes place annually in Kinvara on the May Bank Holiday weekend. It is a hugely enjoyable and successful traditional music and community-based arts festival and is now in its 17th year. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:59:42 GMT