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It is intended to reschedule the majority of the events and this listing will be updated as soon as possible. <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Wainfest Children\u2019s Arts and Book festival has evolved into one of the largest children\u2019s cultural festivals in the country in terms of duration, diversity and scope. The festival provides opportunities for children from birth to twelve years for creative engagement with reading, language, arts, culture and heritage. The festival strives to be truly inclusive by providing events across the whole county, including the off shore islands.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>In 2022<\/span><\/span><span><span> Wainfest will bring award winning composer David Goodall and Irish Fashion Designer Rebecca Marsden to Donegal for <\/span><\/span><span><span><span>a lightweight, magical, flexible piece that will provide high quality arts experiences for children in the 4-12-year age bracket who have complex needs or life limiting illnesses<\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span>. The intimate show Sweet Dreams Are Made of This will be full of gorgeous live harmony singing and spectacular costumes. FabLab will deliver STEAM workshops on 3D printing, product design and manufacturing to children aged 10-12.\u00a0 In bringing performance art to our Gaeltacht and offshore Island communities, Wainfest will bring the non-verbal show L\u00e1 Brea<em> <\/em>Bog to marginalised areas in Donegal. The show created by Branar and New International Encounter for children aged 2-4 will combine live music and clown performance <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\"><span>to tel<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20037,"template":"","class_list":["post-20036","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wainfest Children\u2019s Art and Book Festival - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In light of the tragedy in Creeslough, Wainfest Children\u2019s Arts &amp; Book Festival 2022 will not proceed as planned.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/wainfest-childrens-art-and-book-festival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wainfest Children\u2019s Art and Book Festival - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In light of the tragedy in Creeslough, Wainfest Children\u2019s Arts &amp; Book Festival 2022 will not proceed as planned. 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