Spraoi Festival August 2nd - 4th

Max Powers

Got a brochure from inside in the Theatre Royal, looks like another great line up including some great free gigs down in the WVW plaza - solar taxi, o emperor, etc. cant wait.

http://www.spraoi.com/

joni1

Yay, so excited. Really hope this weather holds for it

comeraghs

It's great that the SPRAOI Parade is followed immediately by the fireworks on the Sunday night. Looking forward to the weekend. Always great stuff.

comeraghs

https://www.facebook.com/SpraoiWaterford


Invite your friends to like SPRAOI & let the world know about this great festival.

untouchable

oops didnt realise there was a thread on this already. is the spraoi a family thing or is it a night time thing too??

Max Powers

untouchable wrote: »

oops didnt realise there was a thread on this already. is the spraoi a family thing or is it a night time thing too??

pretty much a family thing yeah, loads of family entertainment on street, parade, acts, music etc and free. There are even various indoor things happening for smaller kids (called Sprog) eg baking cake thing. Id say its up on web page.

Hoffmans

nice to see the parade going through the town centre , michael street will be buzzing for a few hrs at least...

joni1

Anyone have details about the music event going on in the Viking Triangle on Friday night? The details in the programme are fairly sketchy

Sully

Was mentioned on TodayFM this morning, the lady talking about it was saying how Waterford was a beautiful city.

Max Powers

didnt hear that, great stuff Sully. One of the lads was telling me Heath from Home and Away was saying on today fm Waterford was especially brilliant when he was here (being groped by numerous women in Uluru).

Anyway, dont forget Gimme €5 this weekend lads, its easily worth it to keep Spraoi on the road, 21 years of deadly weekends now. Brilliant. I have a big collection of those orange spraoi wrist bands at this stage, Yes i paid for them all and will be giving 5 again this weekend.

0rt

I was up for the rehersals yesterday in the spraoi office.. the floats look amazing lads..
that and its going through town rather than around the park or down the quay.. the streets will be full of life.
I cant wait!

MonkstownHoop

Myself and Herself are heading down on friday morning for the weekend, will there be much on in the evenings & at night in the pubs/clubs?

0rt

Im sure most of the local pubs will have live music..
Murphys:
https://www.facebook.com/events/391753620924420/?ref=ts&fref=ts

The muggins play the three shippes
https://www.facebook.com/events/204797489682936/?fref=ts

Masons:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1396384953912997/

Forum:
https://www.facebook.com/events/363028800490284/

theres a few bits to get you started.

KevIRL

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Myself and Herself are heading down on friday morning for the weekend, will there be much on in the evenings & at night in the pubs/clubs?

Saturday and Sunday evening on the Plaza have a great line up music wise. If the weather holds will be definitely worth getting down there for that

ikeano29

Looks like heavy rain all weekend.

joni1

ikeano29 wrote: »

Looks like heavy rain all weekend.

Sure it wouldn't be Spraoi without the rain

nkay1985

Has anyone seen brochures anywhere? I know someone mentioned Theatre Royal but I don't know will they be open this evening.

eagerv

ikeano29 wrote: »

Looks like heavy rain all weekend.

I reckon weather is going to be pretty good.:)

Not like a few weeks ago, more normal summer weather. Sunshine and a few showers..

KevIRL

nkay1985 wrote: »

Has anyone seen brochures anywhere? I know someone mentioned Theatre Royal but I don't know will they be open this evening.

Yep , seen a lot of them around the place. Try pubs like the Munster/Downses/Geoffs if you need one this evening.

Should be plenty knocking around the town tomorrow

Pretty cool pic of Delreves rehearsing their show on the Waterford Crystal building on the Mall. Meant to be a great show

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=646903125334690&set=a.125480534143621.17338.110002412358100&type=1&theater

madfcuker

I picked one up in the woodman on Monday.

Max Powers

WLR made a good observation during week; people in Waterford dont refer to august bank hol weekend as such but they call it Spraoi Weekend. Cant wait to get into see a few street acts and definitely a band down on the plaza. that act on the Menapia building looks great.

Dont forget your fivers lads/ladies

AdMMM

Can't wait to see the friends that you only ever see at Spraoi and Christmas.

0rt

theres a homecomming.. loads of people comin to waterford from dublin and cork etc..

KevIRL

AdMMM wrote: »

Can't wait to see the friends that you only ever see at Spraoi and Christmas.

xox

0rt

http://www.spraoi.com/wp-content/uploads/SpraoiProg13grids.pdf
thats the weekends listing!

keep an eye on
https://www.facebook.com/SpraoiWaterford

Laneyh

comeraghs wrote: »

It's great that the SPRAOI Parade is followed immediately by the fireworks on the Sunday night. Looking forward to the weekend. Always great stuff.

Are the parade and fireworks generally good ? I am thinking of heading to Spraoi from Dublin but I need to come back Sunday night. I'm wondering whether its worth sticking around for the parade and fireworks.

luketitz

The Spraoi website is god-awful - should be a crackin' weekend though, loads of cool stuff for the kiddos!

0rt

fireworks are always a larf

Max Powers

Laneyh wrote: »

Are the parade and fireworks generally good ? I am thinking of heading to Spraoi from Dublin but I need to come back Sunday night. I'm wondering whether its worth sticking around for the parade and fireworks.

the parade is usually excellent, im not a major fireworks fan myself but you know nice enough, parade is great though last few years i have seen it

Bluezar

AdMMM wrote: »

Can't wait to see the friends that you only ever see at Spraoi and Christmas.

Leaving you out of Dublin!

moans3536

Was in town earlier today great buzz about. The naked lunch street act was good (kids cover your eyes) and loved the circle of two act. Well worth a fiver, don't forget to drop a fiver .