MONDAY AUGUST 25TH TIME
EVENT
VENUE
All Day
Gourmet & Craft Market with Stalls
Festive Zone
All Day
Party Kartz
Pearse Park
Q-Zar Lazer Tag, Go Carts, Slides, Bouncy Castle
All Day
9am – 1pm 1pm – 1.45pm 5.30pm – 6pm
9am – 1pm
8.00pm
Farmers Market Fanzini Brothers & Mimo The Funny Man
8pm – 10pm Central Plaza
Street Performances
5.30pm – 7pm
‘Trad in Trá Lí’ with Festival Band Míse
Central Plaza
Rose of Tralee Selection Night
Rose Dome
Theatre Nights
Square Stage
Following on from the success of last years event… a Musical Theatre night of songs
8pm – 10pm
Matt Cunningham Ceili Band
Mall Stage
Busking Competition
Festive Zone
Open to all street entertainers with €200 for the best act
9pm – 10.45am Brush Shiels
Square Stage
Still going strong and sure to keep the square rockin’ along
10.30pm–12.30pm Different Sounds
Mall Stage
One of the most sought after party bands in Ireland
11.30pm–12.45pm Dueces Wild
Square Stage
Ran solo last year on the Monday night, will lead the charge tonight with hit after hit
TUESDAY AUGUST 26TH TIME
EVENT
All Day
Gourmet & Craft Market with Stalls
VENUE Festive Zone
All Day
Party Kartz
Pearse Park
Rose of Tralee Selection Night
Rose Dome
Busking Competition
Buskin Blitz
Festive Zone
Street entertainment from all genres & countries
Daily
Tralee Art Group - Annual Summer Exhibition The Exhibition offers a wide variety of artwork in a range of style and media
Benners Hotel
St. John’s RC
Medical Centre
Festive Zone
Open to all street entertainers with €200 for the best act
GARDEN OF SENSES
Denny Street
9pm – 10.45pm Abba Delicious
Square Stage
9.30pm-12.30am Eddie Lee & Catriona 10pm – 12am
Mall Stage
Shaun O’Dowd featuring Hanora
Denny Street Stage
Come early and be prepared to sing along to all your favourites
11pm – 12.45am Royal Flush
Festival Office
Tennis Village Aqua Dome
Welcome to our Carnival,
A spectacular show especially for those who have seen ‘Mamma Mia’..girls night out
The last number of weeks have been a rollercoaster of a journey for all involved in bringing this festival together. A special thank you must go out to all who have financially supported the event, the voluntary committee who begged, borrowed and… well gave of their time and effort to move this Street Festival forward.
Square Stage
What a band to “Shut it down” with…playing all the classics
11.30pm – 12am The International Rose of Tralee Parade
Parade Route
Join the parade with the newly crowned 2008 Rose of Tralee
12am – 12.45am Midnight Madness
Denny Street
Presentation of the 49th Rose of Tralee and the ‘Rose of Tralee’ Serenade with a spectacular Fireworks display bring the 2008 Festival to a close.
Sponsored by: (Indicated by Legend Keys) RADIO KERRY
Please enjoy yourself in a fun and safe environment and we hope that this ‘Back to Basics 2’ Street Carnival will give impetuous to bigger and better events throughout the year in Tralee. A final list of all Sponsors will be acknowledged in the local press at a later date and we ask you to show your support to these individuals and businesses. Mark Sullivan, Festival Chairman
Festival of Kerry ’08 – Support Group Fergal Kirby, Danny Leane, John McElligott, Sean Murphy, Brian Hurley, Brendan Sweeney, John O’Sullivan, Shelia Sugrue & Mark Sullivan
Event Coordinator: Bryan Carr - Shannonstar Entertainments LTD.
Q-Zar Lazer Tag, Go Carts, Slides, Bouncy Castle
All Day
Tralee Court House
Square Stage
Sing & Dance along to all your favourites
Always a favourite at the Festival
8pm – 10pm
Central Plaza
from Denny Street on RTÉ with a performance from Kerry’s own Jessie Buckley star of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Search for Nancy’ compered by Derek Mooney. Come along and watch someone become a millionaire LIVE on television.
Over 2,000 fill the Dome for the RTÉ LIVE Broadcast
7pm – 8pm
The Cream of Tralee’s Shows ’08
8.30pm-9.00pm The National Lottery Millionaire Draw LIVE Square Stage
Street Performances
8.00pm
Fanzini Brothers & Mimo The Funny Man
Fabric
Last chance to catch their bug
6.30pm – 7.10pm Fanzini Brothers & Mimo The Funny Man
Stokers Lodge
Over 2,000 fill the Dome for the RTÉ LIVE Broadcast
The Square
Traditional Irish Farmers food market
1pm – 1.45pm
Central Plaza
After a hugely successful 2007 event all the Tralee Performance Schools give you a taster of their shows performed during the year featuring Oliver Hurley, Joanne Barry, Tim Landers, Shiva and Tralee Musical Society…..over 150 performers
Siamsa Tire
The Exhibition offers a wide variety of artwork in a range of style and media
Fanzini Brothers & Mimo The Funny Man
presents
Street Performances
Festive Zone
Tralee Art Group - Annual Summer Exhibition
THE FESTIVE ZONE
FESTIVAL OF KERRY 2008 - SUPPORT GROUP
St. John’s C of I
Street entertainment from all genres & countries
Daily
The Square
Street Performances
6pm – 8.30pm
Buskin Blitz
Farmers Market Traditional Irish Farmers food market
Sweeney’s,Tralee Dillane’s, Abbeydorney
Siamsa Tire
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