fEast for all the family – 10 Family friendly reasons to visit the main event on this Sunday 8th September in Midleton
This year’s fEAST festival has a strong focus on family fun with child friendly events and workshops running all day and it looks like we are all in for a treat. Get yourself down to Midleton on Sunday the 8th of September. It is definitely one of my favourite days locally in the year. Now lets just hope for nice weather!!!!
Since 2017 year fEast Cork has stepped up onto the solid foundations created by the Midleton Food Festival over the past fifteen years, and started to build a festival that stretches beyond Midleton to the charming Ballinrostig and the stunning seaside jewel of Ballycotton, creating a new focus for a young festival with old values and traditions, designed to celebrate this embarrassment of riches of a region. Full details of all this years events for Feast are on feastcork.ie running from the 1st and 8th of Sept. f
Bringing together a host of hardworking, innovative food producers from all over this landscape that is largely defined by food production and food heritage, fEast Cork is a celebration and showcase that mixes the old and new, the traditional and the innovative.
Thanks to the fEast organisers this year there are loads more on for kids (Thanks Reidin!) Here is a list of the activities that are child friendly on the Market day in Midleton town on the Sunday 8th of September (normally it is on the Saturday don’t forget!)
The Food! Let’s be fair it is a food festival so the smells around town are just amazing. Always a fun day out to try the local produce. There is a great buzz around Midleton and I always like getting off the mainstreet and going into the courtyard where the Granary Foodstore is (Coach Horse Lane) and Sage Courtyard also so I think they are both worth checking out. Full events are listed on feastcork.ie
Children’s Interactive Play Food Market Location: Main Street – Near Midleton Library Time: 11am-5pm FREE EVENT A beautiful market-themed wooden play universe for children from ages 2 – 8 years. Featuring market stands filled with fruit, vegetables, and more (made of coloured wood adapted for children), as well as a kitchen, restaurant, and flavour workshop – to transport children to an amazing, colour-filled, interactive universe, celebrating play and imagination. This fabulous play area for children will be located beside on the Main Street near Midleton Library.
Teddy Bears’ Picnic with Gymboree East Cork.
FREE EVENT
Location: Market Area – Near Hurley’s Super Valu, Midleton
Time: 11am & 11.45am – 45 minute session
Bring your favourite teddy & join Margarite of Gymboree East Cork for some musical fun.
Suitable for ages: 6 months – 4 yrs
Limited Places
All About Bees
FREE EVENT
Location: Market Area – Near Hurley’s Super Valu, Midleton
Time: 11am-5pm
Bring the family along to meet local bee-keepers Charlie & Bridie Terry from Cloyne.
Learn some fun bee facts and watch them at work in their live demonstration hive.
Campfire Cooking with Scouts Ireland
FREE EVENT
Location: Market Area – Near Hurley’s Super Valu, Midleton
Time: 11am-5pm
Meet our local scouts and leaders for some for some scouting fun.
Fun with Leahy’s Farm
FREE EVENT
Location: Market Area – Near Hurley’s Super Valu, Midleton
Time: 11am-5pm
Leahy’s Farm pops up at fEast 2019 with lots of farmyard fun and mini – petting corner.
Family Fun with Cully & Sully
FREE EVENT
Location: Market Area – Near Hurley’s Super Valu, Midleton
Time: 11am-5pm
Join one of our festival sponsor’s for some family fun. Activities include – Soup tub tower building, Pun board & paint darts (and some yummy soup tasters!)
Children’s Story Telling
FREE EVENT
Location: Market Area – Near Hurley’s Super Valu, Midleton
Time: 12.30pm/2pm/4pm
Children’s story-time with some local book-lovers who will share their favourite children’s literature with a foodie theme.
12.30pm – Rhodri Mears, Principal, Midleton Educate Together
2pm – Duncan McCarthy, Literacy Advocate & Primary Teacher
3pm – Jess McCarthy, Midleton Books
Dip Dish on the Wheel
Time: 11am-4pm
Location: Coach Horse Square, Midleton – near The Granary
No booking required
€5 charge – to cover materials
An activity for young and old. Join Susan in the Crafty Hands Studio and try your hand at throwing a pot on the wheel. You have the opportunity to paint your pot with coloured slips and have them fired .A lovely keepsake from a fantastic week of food and drink celebrating fEast.
Children’s Face-painting, Balloon Fun & Vintage Carousel
Locations: Various locations throughout Main Street
Time: 11am-5pm
Charges apply
Watch out for a host of face-painters, balloon modellers and hair-braiders throughout the town.
Visit Connolly Street for a ride on a Vintage Carousel.