Festival of the Valleys, Ballyvaughan 28th-30th May
Posted on May 25th, 2010
If you’re of a more westerly disposition, then instead of the Sheridan’s Food Festival, you could do a lot worse than heading along to Ballyvaughan in county Clare, the host of The Festival of the Valleys which takes place from Friday 28th May to Sunday 30th May. It’s also the Irish home of Wine Australia, but far more on that a little later.
Plenty of things on to tantalise the tastebuds, titilate the tastebuds and tickle your fancies with music, song, dance, culture, culinary and sport.
Tall ship delivering wine
Of a vinous nature, the event also marks the arrival of wine under sail for the first time in over 150 years. The “Bessie Ellen” tall ship will be delivering wines from festival director’s own vineyard in the Languedoc-Rousillon area of southern France. It’s due to dock on Friday evening around 8pm.
The Burren meets The Med
On mornings and early afternoons the festival will present a food and wine fair where festival goers can sample products from both the Burren and Languedoc regions and the diversity of Mediterranean and traditional Irish cuisine will equally be celebrated with a Cevenol Barbeque which is set to fire up and and feed the masses on both Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
More information
Visit festivalofthevalleys.com
Hi Lar,
1600 walkers here last weekend for the Ballyvaughan Fanore Walking Club annual walk.
Lots of fun this weekend with the Festival of the Valleys.
Looking like 1000 cyclists on Saturday 19th for the Burren Cycling Clubs annual Tour de Burren (160 kms, 60 kms and 10 kms options available on https://www.burrencyclingclub.com) and then on Saturday 3rd July, Tri Burren, our first triathlon
Its all go here in Ballyvaughan.
Hope you’ve recovered from last Sunday,
All the best
John
Wine Australia
Looks like fun times, John. Hope you get the chance to enjoy the festivities. My legs are still asking my brain why and what was I doing last Sunday.
When the pain kicks in Lar, just look at that trophy on your mantle piece. Answers all the questions your legs may have!
John
Wine Australia