Puca Festival will be returning to Meath this October for Halloween 2023.
The festival will be celebrating Ireland as the birth place of Halloween and invites people to experience this authentic, immersive, and otherworldly festival. Puca will take place in two main festival hubs in Trim and Athboy in Meath from Friday October 27 to Tuesday October 31.
Director of Product Development at Failte Ireland Orla Carroll said: “Failte Ireland is pleased to announce the return of Puca Festival this October which celebrates Ireland as the birthplace of Halloween. Meath and the wider Ireland’s Ancient East region have so much to offer, and Púca celebrates this region’s unique heritage and culture while offering a fantastic visitor experience."
The opening procession will take place on October 28 in the heritage town of Trim and its castle grounds. This all-new procession will blend outdoor theatre, street performance and music in a wild celebration of Samhain lore, nature, ancestry and the looming darkness.
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Athboy will be a hub activity on Halloween night with ancient manuscripts revealing that the Hill of Wand was a site of gathering for people at this time of year in the past. Visitors are encouraged to gather at the Fair Green in Athboy to view the closing ceremony An Lasadh Suas which means to light up, where there will be music and celebration.
Music acts which have been confirmed for the festival include The Charlatans, The Waterboys, Damien Dempsey and much more. Comedy acts Reginald D Hunter, Jason Byrne, Emma Doran, Gunther Introduces Waterford Whispers Live have also been confirmed for the festival.
There will be a regular bus in place to bring people between Trim and Athboy as well as a number of extra services to bring visitors from Dublin, Drogheda, Navan, Mullingar and Kells. More acts will be announced in the coming weeks with festival goers advised to keep an eye on the Puca Festival website.
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