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Festival in a Van is a fully equipped mobile performance venue showcasing singers, musicians, poets, and storytellers.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span>Among the artists who will perform are <span>award-winning <\/span>Balbriggan poet <span>Tony Curtis; indie pop singer-songwriter Leila Jane; singer, actor, <\/span><span><span>screenwriter, and director <\/span><\/span><span>Esosa Ighodaro; singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Eoghan \u00d3 Ceannabh\u00e1in; the Fingal-based dance duo Londiwe Queens; and award-winning Skerries poet Enda Coyle-Greene; with select performances as well from members of each local community.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span>All are welcome to attend and enjoy the public Festival in a Van performances. The schedule is as follows:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><strong><span>Friday 18th August<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span>St Ita\u2019s Resource Centre, Portrane: 11am \u2013 12pm\u00a0\u00a0(Please note: this specific event is intended for residents of St. Ita\u2019s and their close friends and family)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><span><span><em><span>Performances from Tony Curtis, Esosa Ighodaro, Leila Jane<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span>Donabate Community Centre: 14:30 \u2013 15:30 (FREE, ALL WELCOME)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><span><span><em><span>Performances from Esosa Ighodaro, Leila Jane, and a number of local performers<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><strong><span>Saturday 19th August<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span>St. Catherine\u2019s Estate, Rush:\u00a012pm \u2013 12.40\u00a0(FREE, ALL WELCOME)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span>Floraville Public Park, Skerries:\u00a014:15 \u2013 14:55\u00a0(FREE, ALL WELCOME)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span>Garristown Garda Station:\u00a018:00 \u2013 18:40\u00a0(FREE, ALL WELCOME)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><span><span><em><span>Performances from Enda Coyle-Greene, Eoghan \u00d3 Ceannabh\u00e1in, Londiwe Queens, and a number of local performers<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":26208,"template":"","class_list":["post-26207","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>Festival in a Van - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Festival in a Van will be on the road on 18th and 19th August bringing free music and spoken word performances to communities across Fingal.\" \/>\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\/festival-in-a-van-4\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Festival in a Van - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Festival in a Van will be on the road on 18th and 19th August bringing free music and spoken word performances to communities across Fingal. 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