Midleton Food Festival Programme 2010
Saturday, 11th September 2010
Open Air Food Market
Midleton Main Street will come alive with an open air food and drink market tempting you to taste the best of local and international produce. Imagine you have gone to Food Heaven and everything you ever wanted to eat in the world was right there in front of you – sizzling sausages, the best of barbecued meats, a whole pig turning gently on a hot spit, the finest of fresh fish and hand cut chips, craftily constructed cupcakes, organic breads, organic vegetable burgers, homemade ice creams, muffins, jams, chutneys, fresh fruit and juices, waffles, donuts, a chocolate fountain. Mmmm! Yum! If you don’t believe me, go to our website and check out the list of stallholders.
Midleton’s Famous Farmers Market - 10 Year Celebration
Visit the bustling and justly famous Midleton Farmers Market beside Hurley’s Supervalu at the top of the town. This year, the Market is celebrating 10 years of providing East Cork with fabulous food and drink and there will be music and entertainment and a general air of utter delight!
Craft Exhibition
The vibrant local craft sector will have their work on display including patchwork, hand made jewellery and pottery.
East Cork Camera Club Exhibition – in The Square
See the creative display of photos from the local camera club, a feature of our Festival. Talk to the photographers, ask advice – they love their art and are happy to oblige.
Street Entertainment
Watch out! You may get trod upon by a giant man – or woman – no, not a mythical creature but one of our stilt walkers. Have your face painted like a Cheshire cat by our numerous face painters. Have one of our balloon artists make a replica of Aunt Hilda for you to take home. Or something. Keep your eyes open for the Midleton Brass Band – for the buskers outside Wallis’ Town Hall Bar – for the Drumming display – for the Pizza Jugglers from Italy.
Busking Competition - check out our street corner musicians who will be playing all kinds of sweet music for your delectation at the music stand outside Wallis’ Town Hall Bar. Amuse them by throwing small change at them! Then, later in the day, our Highly Important Music Judge will award a prize to the busker who is judged Musician of The Street!
Agri Aware Mobile Farm
Agri Aware’s Mobile Farm is an exciting educational experience for all the family. Hold the animals, feed them and learn about their role on the farm. Their chickens, ducks, goats and calves are now experienced festival goers and will happily discuss the ins and outs of animal husbandry with you. But you may need an interpreter.
Market Green Family Play and Picnic Area - our Principal Sponsors – and we thank them most humbly– are having a celebration of their own, turning their green area into a panoply of exciting events. Ice cream vendors,, bouncing castles, face painters and fun for all the family up at Market Green Shopping Centre. NOT TO BE MISSED!!
Window Dressing Competition
Don’t forget the traders of Midleton who will be dressing up their shop windows in a foodie theme. Marvel at the ingenuity with which people can transform a simple shop window into a delightful and delicious extravaganza!
Sponsored by Denbar Jewellers
Wallis Town Hall Bar Music Fest
All week, every night, Midleton’s Major Music Venue will host a splendiferous array of the finest musicians money can’t buy, starting with the amazing Papa Zitas on Sunday, 5th September, Festival Fun Quiz Monday 6th, Trad Sessions Tuesday 7th, James McGrath Band Wednesday 8th, Neil Diamond Tribute Thursday 9th, Something Simple Friday 10th, Traditional Session Saturday 11th and culminating in an all ticket, all encompassing display of musical brilliance from the internationally acclaimed Aslan! Another one NOT TO BE MISSED!!
PROGRAMMED EVENTS
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| Children’s Puppet Show 12.30pm and 2.30pm Free! At Midleton Library | |||
| The Story of the Rubbish Monster is a fun and educational puppet show involving a wise old Bin Worm in his magical underground kingdom who tries to defeat the rubbish monster and save the planet! Find out about food waste, litter, recycling and how to be kind to our environment. Age: 5 to 8 years Adult supervision required. Supported by Cork County Council and Environmental Partnership Fund |
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| Storytelling | |||
Children’s Story Time at Midleton Library - Free! 3.30pm Children can feast on fabulous food stories and mouth-watering tales during the festival. Be transported to an imaginary land of deliciousness. Be enthralled by tales of chocolate, popcorn and marshmallow. Stories suitable for 4 years+ and colouring for all ages. |
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| Crafty Hands Ceramics in The Courtyard, off Main St. | |||
| An ideal way to entertain the children – work with clay and make your own special sculpture to take home. Age: 5-11 years. |
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Food Composting & Grow Your Own Demonstrations - Free! Ongoing throughout the day
Ever wondered what to do with all that smelly stuff in the bin? Well, your prayers have been answered. Hop along to the Midleton Transition Town Stand see how much of the planet you can save by composting your kitchen waste. And! Find out how to grow your own vegetables – yes, that’s right! They really don’t all come in a tin. Get your own allotment and before long you’ll be dirty,happy and well fed.
Waiters’ Race Thomas Street, off Main Street 3pm
Have you ever thought what it must be like to be a Waiter/Waitress in a tearing hurry? How do I get to the table without spilling everything? Well, now you can find out - Waiters & waitresses in traditional black and white waiter’s attire will attempt to balance trays of drinks while completing the Thomas Street course. Thrills and spills for all the family!
Sponsored by Raymond’s Restaurant, Distillery Walk.
The Jameson Experience Cocktail Competition – Old Distillery, at 4.30pm on Saturday, 11th September
-bartenders from all the pubs, hotels and restaurants in the area will compete for grand prizes, showing both their superb juggling skills and their supreme ability to mix our world famous Jameson Whiskey with the fruits and flavours in the world, culminating in such an exotic concoction that the faint hearted will simply be unable to bear. The final of this tantalizing competition being staged at the
Fashion Show in the Square -10.30am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm.
A mind altering display of the finest fashions Midleton has to offer will be shown in The Square, Coach Horse Lane, off Midleton Main Street at three sessions during the day –If you want to know what to wear this year get along there and ooh and aah at the stunning frocks.
Cookery Demonstration 1.30pm at Unit 2, Distillery Lanes, off Midleton Main Street.
Bord Bia’s renowned Regional Food Advisor, Sheila Kelly, will be cooking up a storm in A whole variety of delicious dishes will be shown to get the juices flowing. And you can taste them, too. Yummy! Session starts at
And if that wasn’t enough… also in Unit 2, Distillery Lanes
Wine Tasting at 3.30pm at Unit 2, Distillery Lanes, off Midleton Main Street.
Celebrated local expert Gary O’Donovan of O’Donovan’s Off Licences will be showing you how to sniff, slurp and spit the finest of produce from the noble grape. Learn to tell the difference between tannins and acidity, oak barrels and stainless steel vats. And get someone else to drive you home.
Transport
Car parking is free all over Midleton – in Market Green, Distillery Lanes, all over the place including the train station.
Which brings us swiftly to – Irish Rail will be running trains every half hour from Cork to Midleton taking in Glanmire, Carrigtwohill etc etc on the way.
And when you arrive at Midleton Station – we will have a shuttle bus there for your convenience. Or, if you are young and healthy, you can take shank’s mare.
Sponsors
Market Green |
SECAD |
Failte Ireland |
Midleton Town Council |
Midleton Chamber |
Imokilly Webs |
Zebedee Marketing |
Jameson Experience |
Ballymaloe Country Relish |
Dairygold |
Wiser Bins |
Media Sponsor: 96fm
