28th BUDWEISER KILDARE DERBY FESTIVAL

DERBY FESTIVAL EVENTS - 2006

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- FRIDAY JUNE 16th -
 
 
Venue
8.00 p.m.
Kildare Derby Festival
Queen Finale


Stand House Hotel

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- JUNE 17th / 25th -
 
Kildare Derby Festival Bowling Tournament

C.Y.M.S Hall
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SUNDAY JUNE 25th

1.45 p.m.
Grand Opening, by Minister Michael McDowell


Market Square
2.00 p. m.
Dog Show and Sale of Work


St. Brigids Park
Registration at 1.00 p.m.
2.30 p.m.
Street Theatre "Summer Kicks"
by LARK


Market Square
5.00 p.m.
Spring Onion "Moving House"
Puppet Theatre

Market Square
6.30 p.m.
Disco with Kym Kelly

Market Square

7.30 p.m.
Open Air Concert
Gudmen, Strangle the Dog, and the CENTURY STEEL BAND
 

Market Square

8 a.m. - 6 p.m
French Market
 
Market Square
2 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Face Painting
 
Market Square
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- MONDAY JUNE 26th -

 
8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
French Market

Market Square
8.00 p.m.
Art Exhibition
Keely Birmingham

Aras Bhride
8.00 p.m
Scoil na Mainstreach Awards Night
 
C.Y.M.S

 
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TUESDAY JUNE 27th

8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
French Market

Market Square
2.00 p.m.
Art Exhibition
Keely Birmingham


Aras Bhride
2.30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Afternoon with a Difference
With the Brigidine Sisters and Cairde Bhride


Aras Bhride
7.30 p.m.
Deity Art Exhibition Lunch
With Claire Blennerhasset


C.Y.M.S
7.30 p.m.
A Day in The Life Photographic Exhibition Launch
With Claire Blennerhasset

C.Y.M.S
8.30 p.m.
Poetry and Storytelling
With Mae Leonard

 
Aras Bhride
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- WEDNESDAY June 28th-
 
2.00 p.m.
Art Exhibition
Keely Birmingham


Aras Bhride
7.00 p.m
Bessie Byrne Walk

Commences in Market Square
Sponsor Cards available from
John Byrne 045 521892
8.00 p.m.
Senior Citizens Party

Day Care Centre
8.30 p.m.
Barpersons Race

Market Square
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- THURSDAY JUNE 29th -

 
2.00 p.m.
Art Exhibition
Keely Birmingham


Aras Bhride
2.30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Afternoon with a Difference
Midsummer Pilgrimage at St. Brigid's Well


Gather at Wayside Well beside Japanese Gardens
8.30 p.m.
Your Choice and Mine
Music and Stories with Liam O'Keefe in association with Lyric FM


Aras Bhride

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- FRIDAY JUNE 30th -
 
2.00 p.m.
Art Exhibition
Keely Birmingham


Aras Bhride
6.00 p.m.
Curragh Races - Fashions of The Turf Lasies Day.

Feature Race - Kildare Village Derby


Curragh Racecourse
9.00 p.m.
Concert in Curragh Racecourse
With Glitter Bug

Curragh Racecourse

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- SATURDAY JULY 1st -
 

12 midday - 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.
Lambert Puppet Theatre


C.Y.M.S.
2.30 p.m
Curragh Races
Featuring: Audi Pretty Polly Stakes

Curragh Racecourse
6.30 p.m.
Disco
With Kym Kelly


Market Square
7.30 p.m.
Open Air Concert
Freefall
Casting Stone
And the excellent local band Avalon


Market Square
7.30 p.m.
Sullivan Brothers

Market Square
6.00 p.m. - 10.00 p.m
Face Painting

Market Square

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- SUNDAY JULY 2nd-
 
1.30 p.m.
Curragh Races
141st running of the Irish Derby at the Curragh, Sponsored by Budweiser for 21 years


Curragh Racecourse
6.30 p.m.
Disco
With Kym Kelly


Market Square
7.30 p.m.
Open Air Concert
Black Jack
C- Est La Vie
ABBAESQUE


Market Square
6.00 p.m. - 10.00 p.m
Face Painting

Market Square

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- WEDNESDAY JULY 5th-
 
8.00 p.m.
Hayden Lecture
With Paul Hensey
(the Curragh Racecourse. Past. Present and Future)


Kildare Education Centre

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