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  The Junkyard playground took place on May 12th and 13th in MyPlace, Midleton. The aim of the project was to encourage children to create their own adventures using recycled material. The inspiration for this project came from my PhD thesis, which looks at children’s unstructured play. Unfortunately, due to the institutionalisation of children’s time… Continue reading Junkyard Playground

The event took place in Midleton library, also known as “The Market House”, the oldest civic building in Midleton and so a historic icon in town. The talk was about the building itself explaining the local history and transformation along the four centuries since it was built. Tony Harpur introduced the event by introducing the… Continue reading History Talk and Live Music Event

The fourth Midleton Arts Festival film competition took place on Saturday the 13th of May. The competition is an opportunity to highlight the wealth of filmmaking talent in the East Cork area, but the competition is open to all and entries came in from as far away as Kinsale. The films were shown in the… Continue reading Animation in the Courthouse

  The Courthouse, Midleton - May 13th at 8pm Limited tickets; €10 available from Midleton Books   Alice Barry originally from Carrigtwohill and living now in Aghada will perform her one-woman show Fruitcake at this years Midleton Arts Festival. The festival is delighted to welcome Noggin Theatre Company as the first professional theatre company to… Continue reading Fruitcake written and performed by Alice Barry

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Midleton Arts Festival Celebrates Creativity and Community The Midleton Arts Festival is a vibrant and welcoming weekend that promotes, expresses and celebrates the bountiful creativity in Midleton and East Cork. Main Street comes alive with art filled shop fronts, public performances, busking, open studios and film installations. The festival features all facets… Continue reading Midleton Arts Festival Press Release

Everyone is welcome to come down to the Courtyard and find out what's in store for Midleton at this year's art festival. The artists that are organising the events will be there to talk about their plans. Live music, screening of highlights of last year's movie, craft, junkyard fun and animation for kids, Family friendly… Continue reading Midleton Arts Festival Launch

Midleton Arts Festival with the collaboration of Skylark Music presents an intimate gig with GER WOLFE, with special guest SEÁN KELLEHER, join us on another magic night in An Seomra. The event will be held in "An Seomra", the quiet room at the back of Wallis' bar, on the second Tuesday of May. This is… Continue reading Ger Wolfe and Special Guest Sean Kelleher

ECMP‘s RAW project was in Market Green today hosting a ceramic flower workshop open to the public. This is part of Cork County Council Creative Community Scheme. All flowers made will be exhibited in the art installation on 13th May on the grounds of Midleton Lodge as part of the Midleton Arts Festival.

We are delighted with the new posters, flyers, postcards and schedules that arrived from the printers last week. To celebrate, a few of the MAF artists got together to make cardboard masks and headed down to the Farmer’s Market on Saturday to distribute some of the postcards. Thanks to everyone who took the time to… Continue reading Mask Making