Experience Fest Cork Summer Show-the countdown is on!

12th June 2014

Organised by the Munster Agricultural Society, Experience Fest is an evolution of the Cork Summer Show that will take place this weekend (June 13-15) in Curraheen in Cork.

While the popular programme for the Cork Summer Show will remain, the event is being added to, as Cork Food Fest and Cork Music Fest combine three shows into one to create Experience Fest Cork Summer Show. The Festival has a terrific line up and will showcase the best in Irish food, music and agriculture.

Cork Music Festival Line Up:

Cork Food Fest will host over 100 artisan producers, tastings and food demonstrations all celebrating the rich tradition of food and craft beers in Cork. Celebrity Chefs Lily Higgins, Masterchef Winner Diana Dodog, Chef Eunice Power and Baker and RTE Today Chef Ali Honour will all give demonstrations and valuable cooking tips. Peter Foynes from the Butter Museum and Alan Kingston from Glenilen Farm will give a demonstration on butter making while Ali O’Mahony of Ali@milis will demonstrate how to decorate vintage style cupcakes.

Local restaurants including Fenns Quay, the River Lee Hotel and Sage Midleton will also do food demonstrations based on the best of Irish produce.

Also, a new RTÉ One series, The Taste of Success, will see members of the public and local producers compete to get their unique food product on the shelves of Lidl Ireland’s 140 supermarkets. The series is determined to discover the best new food products around the whole country so it is staging road shows all around Ireland throughout June and July. Fishy Fishy Celebrity Chef Martin Shanahan has signed up to be Munster’s Chief Mentor and he’ll be at Experience Fest this Sunday June 15th.

There will be an unique focus on craft beer with a host of Cork Craft Breweries including the Franciscan Well, Blacks of Kinsale, Mountain Man, Cotton Ball and Cider-Stonewell all taking part in Cork Food Fest. For any sporting enthusiasts wishing to follow the FIFA World Cup, head to Reardons Bar in the Beer Marquee where they will be screening all the matches over the weekend.

Cork Summer Show, one of the oldest agricultural shows in Ireland will feature over 1000 animals with showing classes for cattle, sheep, poultry, horses and goats. Sheep Dog Trials will take place on Saturday 14th while on Sunday 15th Breda Lynch who came second in the World Sheep Shearing Competition will give sheep shearing demonstrations. The very popular Pet Dog Show which is open to Pet Dogs of all sizes will take place on Sunday 15th at 2pm while Carriage Driving will take place at 3pm as over 30 carriages and traps parade with great style at Curraheen.
An event not to be missed is ‘Best Dressed @the Fest’, taking place on Saturday 14th June between 3-5pm. Experience Fest Creative Director Franc and Hector O’hEochagain will be joined by Dee Kelly Morgan of Style Advisor at Mahon Point and Tina Scully of Amity Boutique in Cork and they will invite people to enter this exciting competition to win a Gucci Watch worth €1000 kindly sponsored by Michel the Jewellers.

Experience Fest : One venue, three shows, free parking, family fun, great food, live music and lots more.
Tickets: Adult €15 per day (student/OAP €13) Family Tickets (2 Adults 2 Under 18s) €45 Children under 12, accompanied by an adult – Free

Free Shuttle buses available from Black Ash, CIT and Ballincollig Shopping Centre. Bus Eireann has extended Route 208 to serve Curraheen for from 08:00 to 19:30 to operate to/from Curaheen Village for Fri 13th/Sat 14th and Sun 15th June. A bus will departs City Centre every 10 mins until 1800 and every 20 mins after 1800

Dates & Times:
Friday 13th June: 1.00pm-9.00pm with opening gig by Hermitage Green at 2pm
Saturday 14th June: 9.30am-9.00pm
Sunday 15th June: 9.30am-8.00pm

See www.corksummershow.com for full programme of events and tickets

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