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Expect to Connect at
Wainfest 2019
15.08.19
'EXPECT to Connect'
this October as Wainfest, the annual children’s arts
and book festival makes its highly anticipated
return. Organised by Donegal County
Council, it is one of the country’s leading children’s
festivals. This year, the week-long event will
run from October 5th – 13th, 2019.
Children and their families are invited to join in
on the fun and enjoy top quality events on their
doorstep such as magic, high energy story-telling
and visits from best-selling children’s authors. |
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Can you dig it? Archaeological exploration with
Dig-It Kids at Buncrana Library during Wainfest
2018. |
Last year over 11,000
attendees joined Wainfest’s ‘wild and wondrous’
adventure. 150 events in total were held in 38
different locations, including libraries, Taobh Tíre
centres, Donegal County Musuem, the Regional
Cultural Centre and cinemas. With plans for this
year’s festival shaping up to be bigger and better
than ever, 2019 will undoubtedly exceed last year’s
attendee numbers.
Sinéad McLaughlin, Festival Co-ordinator says:
“Books, reading and literacy are highly profiled in
Wainfest. This year we welcome bestselling authors
Holly Webb, author of the ‘Animal Magic’ and ‘Maisie
Hitchens’ series, as well as Catherine Doyle, author
of ‘The Storm Keeper's Island'. Both aim to
encourage young people and children to read by
creating interesting and whimsical stories.“
Returning from last year’s sell out shows are Mr
Hullabaloo, the children’s entertainer and Wildlife
expert Éanna Ní Lamhna. New and exciting plans are
being made for a kid’s art workshop prior to a
screening of Disney’s Ratatouille and even a
smartphone filmmaking event at the Regional Cultural
Centre.
Sinéad is delighted to announce that the 2019
programme has been enhanced with dedicated autism
friendly events across the county. “We are currently
finalising details for these and all information
will be available on Wainfest.ie.”
To keep up to date on Wainfest 2019 visit
www.wainfest.ie
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