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PLANS have been put in place for the fifth annual Sixmilebridge Sum- mer Festival, which will take place from Friday, July 13 to Sunday, July iy
The highlight of this year’s festival will be a performance by American country singer Robert Muizzell, on Saturday night.
Among the other performances scheduled to take place are the Kil- fenora Ceili Band and Dublin band Prison Love.
Organiser of the festival, Vicky Ward said this is the first year that there is a major concentration on pa LUESSLen
With this in mind, a 2,400 square foot marquee has been hired and will be in place on the old soccer pitch on the Shannon Road in Sixmileb- ju (ener
This is a change from previous fes- tivals, which were mainly focused in the pubs and the school field.
‘This year we decided to get a big marquee. The whole weekend will be focused there. It will be the big- gest and best festival ever,” said Ms Ward.
The festival will kick off on a col- ourful note on Friday night, with the helium balloon race. Some 500 bal- loons will be released and the bal- loon that travels the furthest will be the winner.
“We placed tags on the balloons and the owner of the balloon that travels furthest will receive a €100 toy voucher. Last year, the furthest balloon went to Scotland and its tag was read, six days later,’ said Ms Ward.
There will be a mixed bag on Sat- urday, with events such as road kart racing, children’s workshops and a car boot sale poised to attract sev- eral people.
The family day will take place on Sunday. There will be a country theme, with best dressed cowboy competitions, along with various family attractions such as wheel of fortune, bouncy castles, clowns and magicians.
Sunday should attract several hun- dred families, pending weather con- ditions.
Organisers are hopeful that people will travel to the festival, from all over the county and beyond.
The organising committee is in- debted to the local business commu- nity, which has come on board again this year.
“We can always rely on the local businesses to help out,” said Ms AWETKCE
Tickets for the concerts are avail- able in advance from The Bridge Complex, phone 061 713666.
The Robert Muizzell tickets cost €15 each and weekend tickets are available, at a cost of €25.