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Timetable
Date/Time	Event	Venue	Artists	Details
Weds 30th April	Passages of Time	Newbridge Day Care Centre	Crooked Sixpence	A delightful hour of movement, storytelling and sketches presented in a light hearted way
Thurs. 1st May 8pm €8	Baby Doll Project theatre	Riverbank		“A Diva with a disability, fluff, flare and attitude, an alter ego the size of a bathroom that wants to buy every lotion and potion from the chemist A woman who thinks that culture is about cosmetics and politics about parties”. This new show is brought to us with the help of Network Kildare and is supported by the forum of people with disabilities
9pm	Red Hot Music	Red House	Murray & Begley and The moon and sixpence	Begley and Murray are a top notch trad outfit bringing slides, polkas and great songs from the heart of Kerry. Highly acclaimed and not to be missed. The Moon and Sixpence. Fresh from their sell out gig at riverbank in February. This very accomplished local group provide a hugely entertaining contrast to the Kerrymen with a mix of old and new material

Friday 2nd May 11am	Healthy Lifestyles Project	Scoil Mhuire Junior		The pupils present a celebration of their 'Healthy Lifestyles' project through a series of activity-based programmes. With drama, gymnastics and visual arts.
7.30pm	Feet on the Street		Street artists	Warming the street with a bit of fun and frolics are artists who have travelled here to be with us. A welcome return of the feet on the street.
8pm	Opening Ceremony	Main Street	Artastic with the schools	Come along and join the adventure of some the most comical creature’s great and small on their adventure to find love, assisted by many of their friends from local schools and community groups, they provide a feast for your eyes in an array of colour, as the creatures dance down Newbridge main street to the sound of samba. Sing and dance to your hearts desire, to celebrate the opening of the Bealtaine Festival.
9.30pm €5	Singer Song Writer Night	Jacob’s Well	Kildare singer songwriters	Ten of the best singer songwriters around bring their music to Bealtaine
10pm €16/13	Comedy Zone with Kevin McAleer	Riverbank		Sold out Riverbank in January 2002, a welcome return to “Ireland’s Best Loved Comedian” (Mrs. McAteer)!!!

Sat 3rd May 10 – 5	Holistic Workshop	TBC		Indian Head Massage, Aromatherapy, Aura Soma, Massage, Healing and Body Harmony. Workshops on Angels, Dream Analysis. Aura Photography. Stands with Crystals, music, books
10.30	Walk the Art Trail	Newbridge Library	Artists Themselves	Walk the arts trail see the launch of our new “Meet and Greet” tour of the exhibitions. This commences at 10.30 at the Library where some of the the artists involved will give an on site talk at each exhibition about their work. Watch out for Tony Bird, the master potter, who will get your hands dirty. Each exhibition centre will have the Art Trail logo advertising the exhibition within so go on, walk your arts off!
12.00	Soccer 5 aside	Red Lane		One-day soccer blitz to be held in the red lane. Twelve teams of five will play it out for the top prizes. To register teams contact Sorcha on 045 434700
1pm	Eat on the Street	George’s St St Conleth’s		Savour the flavours from around the world as the our local chefs from near and far tempt us with specialities
2pm - 5	Book fare	National School		Our first book fare!! The Animal foundation is running this fundraiser in association with bealtaine. A perfect opportunity to stock up on reading material for the long summer evenings ahead
6-8 pm €5	Story Tellers	Jacobs Well	Film – Skitso Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club	Wonderful stories by Ireland’s foremost storytellers - Cork meeting Dublin with their stories and we might even throw in a Kildare story or two!
8pm €16	KYS Film and Jerry Fish and the Mudbug club	Riverbank		Bealtaine are delighted to be involved with Kildare Youth Services for the premier of their film “Skitso”, a short Docu-Drama made by the Young Men’s Youth group The film will be followed by a concert with Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club. Imagine Tom Waits meeting the Fun Loving Criminals, throw in a sprinkling of George Melly and you’ve got the mix for this exciting band whose debut album was nominated for two Meteor Awards. Jerry is formerly of the Emotional Fish.
9pm	Benefit for Monoglian Buddist School	The Mill, Victoria Bridge	Steve Cooney and Friends	A worthy cause with great musicians.

Sun 4th May 11.30am	Tale Trail	Meet at Langton Cross Ballymanny	Kildare Youth Theatre, friends of Scribblers' Ink	A guided walk around some of the more interesting features and landmarks of our town
1pm Admission €8 includes Light lunch	Miscellany Brunch	Honey Café Riverbank	May Leonard. Music from Herbert Lodge String Quartet	Mae Leonard entertains with selected readings from her Radio One 'Sunday Miscellany' contributions. The Herbert Lodge Ensemble will play a selection of classical favourites on the special lunchtime event.
1pm	Jack Lattin Session	The Mill, Victoria Bridge		Regular lunchtime gig in glorious setting.
2pm	Picnic	The Strand		A fun day out for all the family. Bring the food and family and we’ll bring the entertainment. With live music, novelty races and entertainers it’s a day not to be missed. Get there early for a good spot and pray for sunshine.
3pm	The Black Knights	The picnic	The Black knights Parachute Team.	The Irish defence forces parachute display team performs nation-wide to the delight of thousands. This year Bealtaine is delighted to welcome and to thank. General Sanderson GOC Curragh. We will see four men fly Having jumped from their helicopter. Weather and no emergencies permitting.
6pm €8	Classical Gig	Church of Ireland	Simon Dinnigan – Classical Guitarist	A major guitarist of the 21st century, the natural successor to Julian Bream, a modern day virtuoso of superb powers
6pm €5	Singer’s Club	Jacob’s Well	Johnny Moynihan and Jacki Garvan	Legendary Dublin singer Johnny Moynihan Jacki Garvan, singer of great Kerry singers lead off local singers – for the coinneiseur!!!
8.30pm €15	The Dance	Keadeen	Eagles Tribute, Atlantis and the Summer Vibes	A magnificent team of local artists have come together to form An Eagles Tribute band. Belting out tunes of a generation this is a night not to be missed. On the night they will have the support of the excellent group “Atlantis”. In the beech room we have a sing along with the “summer vibes”, who have been rehearsing their 6-‘s and 70’s songs of Summer love, not to be missed.

Mon 5th May	Youth Festival Workshops Bands Film	Riverbank Arts Centre		IT'S BACK! The hugely popular Bealtaine Youth Festival has always been the place to be on May Bank Holiday Monday and this year promises to be no different! For the artistically inclined, there is the usual workshops - the Trash Fash, Crazy Nails nail design, henna tattoos and "Make Your Own T-shirt" to name but a few! The film competition also makes a welcome return for those budding film moguls. For the athletic there is 5-a-side soccer. And of course, no Youth Festival would be complete without music, featuring the hottest young bands to emerge from the county. There is an interval for those who need sustenance after the events before the Festival continues in the evening with a KYT performance of two plays. All in all, the Bealtaine Youth Festival promises to be an exciting event – unmissable!!
€5	Kildare Youth Theatre			Bealtaine is delighted that following on their success Kildare Youth Theatre is putting on a special performance of their two plays Totally over You and Purple before heading to Belfast.