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HUNDREDS of people are expected to converge on Sixmilebridge this weekend for the fifth annual Sum- mer Festival.
Among the highlights of this year’s festival will be performances by Prison Love and Robert Mizzell, who will play on Friday and Satur- day nights respectively.
The activity will kick-off with a balloon race on Friday night. Five hundred balloons will be let go, from near the marquee, which will be erected on the old soccer pitch on
the Shannon Road.
The balloons will travel for miles and some may even fly overseas. Name tags will be attached to each balloon and the owner of the balloon that travels the furthest will get a prize of a Smyth’s toy voucher. Last year, the furthest balloon travelled to Scotland.
Organiser Vicky Ward said the fes- tival will present a variety of events for everybody.
“Sunday will be the family day, with bouncy castles, magicians and face painting, while Saturday will be a mixed bag, with go-kart racing
– with home-made go-karts – and a car boot sale,’ she said.
The go-karts participating in the race must be home-made and will feature a variety of components, in- cluding old wheels, pellets and old pram parts, all in the name of fun!
“It will be fun, seeing 50 children between the ages of eight and 16 fly- ing down the road in carts,” said Ms Ward.
Saturday night’s events will also in- clude a barbecue, while another bar- becue will take place on Sunday.
The Kilfenora Ceili Band will bring the festival to a close, with a
performance at the marquee on Sun- day night.
“Everybody is talking about the festival. We have been going door to door selling the balloons and have got great feedback,” added Ms Ward.
“People will travel here from all over the country,” she said.
The organising committee is in- debted to the local business commu- nity, which will help to finance the event again this year.
Tickets for the concerts are avail- able in advance from The Bridge Complex, phone 061-713666.