The Earagail Arts Festival (Féile Ealaíne an Earagail) is an annual festival which takes place in County Donegal, Ireland, every June/July. The festival began in June 1988 and celebrates its 24th birthday in 2012.
The festival takes place from the 7th-22nd of July 2012. Further information can be obtained from the festival web site www.eaf.ie or contacting 074-916-8800 or email info@eaf.ie.
The Festival includes parades, street performances and numerous plays, musical concerts and comedy acts in towns and villages across County Donegal. Letterkenny is at the centre of the festival with various venues such as An Grianán Theatre, Letterkenny Regional Cultural Centre and Donegal County Museum in the town hosting events.
It also runs events amid the fantastic scenery of Donegal itself. Drive-in movies at Downings Beach and at Ards Forest Park have been sell-outs in past years and the natural beauty of Glenveagh, Glebe House and Gallery; Earagail, Muckish and Aghla mountains, Tory Island and Magheraroarty Beach all form regular backdrops to the festival programme.
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