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Rekindle Festival returns for fourth year

This August, Rekindle Festival of Lost Skills returns to Ennistymon for its fourth year, offering a heartfelt invitation to reconnect with craft, music, food and one another.

Taking place Friday 15 and Saturday 16 August as part of National Heritage Week, Rekindle brings together local and global voices in a shared celebration of heritage and living tradition.

Centred around traditional skills and community knowledge, the festival offers a vibrant programme that includes live music, food, craft workshops, storytelling and thoughtful conversations. Rekindle invites people of all ages to gather, learn and rediscover the everyday art of making, doing and being together.

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Rekindle opens with Lasraí, an evening of live performance and shared experience under the Burren sky. This year’s concert features master uilleann piper Paddy Keenan, dancer and organiser Edwina Guckian, Irish Palestinian singer Róisín El Cherif and surprise guest artists from across the country. It is a space where stories, rhythms and roots ignite. The Rekindle Festival Day in Ennistymon town centre on Saturday 16 August is a full day of free public events spread across the town, bringing streets and shopfronts to life in the Festival Hub at Courthouse Gallery (12 to 4pm).

Meet the Makers craft demos, traditional music sessions, a heritage market and an outdoor céilí with Louise O’Connor and the Rekindle Band.

There will be a Rekindle Trail (10am to 8pm) this a town-wide trail of pop-up events, skill-sharing and heritage installations that reflect the culture and creativity of North Clare. A relaxed gathering of music, story and reflection to end the festival day will take place in Cooley’s Pub at 6pm.

New this year, Spreag, which aims to Inspire community action through traditional skills. Eco-builder Harrison Gardner and blacksmith Reece Foster will speak on how craft can support local resilience and climate action. People can explore how traditional arts can build stronger rural communities through shared movement and story in a workshop with Edwina Guckian.

The Land and Lore artisan food market will showcase local food rooted in place and practice, featuring producers, foragers, fermenters and bakers from North Clare.

Festival producer Aoife Hammond shares, “Rekindle is about remembering and reigniting. We honour the past by actively shaping the present—through music, food, movement and making.”

For tickets and all information click here or Common Knowledge across social platforms.

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