ireland

Top 10 what not to miss during 2010

The Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Belfast
Date: 30 April – 10 May
Music, theatre, dance, words and ideas and visual art in Belfast’s hip Cathedral Quarter

North West 200
Date: 8-15 May
International Motorcycle Road Race in Portrush, Portstewart and Coleraine, an area of outstanding natural beauty and home to the Giant’s Causeway

Galway Arts Festival
Date: 12 – 25 July
Internationally renowned and one of Ireland’s largest festivals. Expect the unexpected along with superb theatre, dance, spectacle, visual art and music from around the world.

3 Irish Open (Golf))
Date: 29 July – 1 August
Killarney Golf & Fishing Club
75,000 visitors are expected to flock to Killarney this summer to cheer on many of the world’s best golfers, creating an electric festival of golf in the height of summer as the event unfolds in the South West of Ireland.

Belfast Taste and Music Festival
5 – 8 August
Four days of great food, live music, entertainment and dancing on the Great Lawn in Belfast Botanic Gardens.

Kilkenny Arts Festival
Date: 6 – 15 August
A 10-day feast of art, music, theatre, dance, literature, and film.

The Electric Picnic
Date: 3 – 5 September
3 day music and arts festival Electric Picnic has sold out to a 35,000 capacity each year since its inception. Ten stages of world class artists in all genres of music.

A Taste of West Cork
Date: 13 – 20 Sept
Celebrating the quality and diversity of local restaurants, talented and innovative chefs, the superb independent food producers and the many artisans that abound in West Cork.

Wexford Opera Festival
Date: 20 – 31 October
One of the world’s most important Opera Festivals with visitors promised a rare experience through a unique programme of opera, concerts and recitals.

Cork Jazz Festival
Date: 22 – 25 October
Non-stop jazz, much of it free, at Europe’s friendliest jazz festival! A superb cast of world-class jazz stars, jazz trails, master classes, workshops and exhibitions.