PUPPETRY WOKSHOP WITH TIC TOC PUPPETS.

Fabulos puppet making with recycled items and everyday objects.

Glor, 1st July 10.00-12.00. Admission 3e. Booking essential: 0863548107. Funded by Clare Arts Office.

School Poster Competition

This is the third year of the Ennis Street Festival Poster competition. We invited primary school children to enter with the theme "Opening Doors". We encouraged them to use recycled materials and were delighted to receive so many beautiful and imaginative pictures .Thanks to everyone who participated!

You are all welcome to the Glor theatre where some entries will be exhibited from the 1st of July.

The winning entry this year is: "Opening Doors (...to Our Future)" by Rang Naionáin Shinsearacha and Muinteoir Clíona Ní Chonghail, Gaelscoil Mhíchíl Cíosóg, Inis.

Special Mention to Raana Bennett, 4th Class, Ennis National School.

Special Mention to ASD Class 2, St Clare's School, Ennis.

Kindly supported by by Art & Craft Co.

Paint the Town 2011

Calling all artists to this third annual painting "day out". Please join us during the festival weekend with your painting gear and try to capture some of the aspects of this lively, beautiful town of Ennis during this weekend. There are fabulous prizes this year . Participants must bring their own painting materials (any technique).
Help us to bring art on to the street, letting people experience the magic of work in progress and lets get together to contribute to this community project that is the Ennis Street Festival.
Registration will take place from 10 to 11 am on Sat. 2nd July at the Old ground Hotel. Art work has to be delivered on Sunday the 3rd from 11 am to 12 pm. Prize ceremony Sunday the 3rd at 1 pm.
For more info please contact Ana 0863548107
ennisstreetfestival@gmail.com
This event has been kindly supported by the Old Ground Hotel.

Clare Youth Service Music Project
O'Connell Square, Saturday 2nd 1.00 - 4.00 pm.

Mustang Hobo (U21 Clare Bands Champions 2010)
Capital Joy (Hotly-tipped Ennis quartet that mix rock and electronics with sweet harmonies)
Casa Roca (Surf rock psychedelics from Ennis)
Tru Blood Soldierz (live feelgood hiphop from Shannon)
The Hip-Neck Blues Collective (Emerging live Limerick group that mix everything from harmonica and banjo to rap and hiphop)

PHILADELPIA SCHOOL OF ROCK O'Connell Square, Saturday 2nd 4.00 - 5.00 pm.

Ennis will have the opportunity to host these wonderful musicians from Berwyn, Philadelphia, with more than a decade of succesful
experience teaching music, School of Rock is the national leader in Philadelphia in music educationfor kids age 7 to 18.
Students learn from professional
musicians in an interactive environment. Don't miss the opportunity to listen to these talented musicians.

Your Man's Puppets
O'Connell Square, Saturday 2nd 5.00 pm.

The Circus Stachamoose...is the new show from Your Man's Puppets, which introduces us to the theatrical delights from the intrepid Stachamoose brothers, who hailing from the mist-shrouded Orient. These suspiciously similar-looking brothers display an energetic mix of physical comedyand manual dexterity using a nicely balanced blend of mischievous humour and accomplished puppeteer skills.

''The Art Bomb Project'' is the street project produced by local artist Minnie Keane with the idea to share free art with the community and create a visual impact in Ennis during the festival. Various locations around the town centre will be ''bombed'' with art pieces which are free to take home for whomever finds them! These art pieces include paintings, drawings, sculptures, mobiles, stone carvings, and poetry! So be on the lookout around town during the Ennis Street Festival - you can be one of the lucky people to discover fantastic art and give it a home!

Thanks to the following artists who generously donated a work of art to The Art Bomb Project: Caitriona Sheedy, Ana Colomer, Ber Dowd, Alia Moloney (aka 'The Handy Hooker'), Daithi O'Dalaigh, Janeen MacDonald, Melanie Jones, Philip Toft, David O'Rourke, Marie Connole, Clodagh Kelly, Larisa K. Bevillard, Bert the Bannerman, and Steven Keane.

TIC TOC PUPPETS: DOOR TO MAGIC.

Come through the Magic Door
and listen to our fantastic stories.

Tic Toc Puppets brings you
this extravaganza of lights,
color, sound and visual art...

Brady's Lane (Parnell Street)
Saturday 2.00 - 4.00 pm
Sunday 12.00 - 2.00 pm

Stories lasts for 5 - 10 min.
Admission: €2

This project has been funded by Ennis Town Council

Tumble Circus--Up Above--

Saturday 2nd of July at 7.00pm and Sunday 3rd of July at 5.00pm, at Garraunakilla Place, Car Park at the Market Area (Farmers Market).

Circus theater from the wrong side of feel good.Slapstick acrobatics, hazardous aerial acts and flying hula hoop all performed around a seven meter high free standing trapeze rig.

Tumble Circus is a unique experience of innovative Irish circus and they are specializing in high skill circus street theatre. This show is a proud delivery of their strongly developed clowncharacters with a happy amalgamation of acrobatics, manipulation andoutstanding aerial routines; a comedy circus show with high physical skills driven by characters that are drawn from contemporary cultures.

Extreme circus skill, inventive humor and exhausting talent.

Connor Harrington and Vhils aka Alexandre Farto are two very talented artists with worldwide recognition that will visit us during the course of the Ennis Street Festival 2011 to enhance our town with their magnificent art masterpieces. Both artist will be working on two different outdoor spaces, at Glor and next to the Rowan Tree Hostel. Connor and Vhils will encourage visitors to engage and experience their creative process and to learn the visual language of their art. The Clare Youth Services will collaborate with this artistic project.

Zumba

O'Connell Square, Sunday 3rd 2.30 pm.

Zumba Dance by Marta, with its
exhilarating international rhythms, like merengue, samba, reggaeton,
belly dance etc..Its just FUN!!!
Join the party!!!
Info: 0862646175

Ennis Gospel Choir

O'Connell Square, Sunday 3rd 2.45 pm.

Ennis Gospel Choir, under the direction of Fiona Walsh for the last 6 years, has become the most truly dynamic and unique Gospel Choir in Co. Clare, you will be involved in the amazing energy of this fantastic gospel music. Don't miss it. Info: www.ennisgospelchoir.com 087 6886378

Dinan School of Ballet

O'Connell Square, Sunday 3rd 3.15 pm.

'Over the Rainbow' is a truly wonderfulshow that wil be performed by The Dinan School of Ballet.
Based in Ennis, their choreographic
style and dancers' technical skills
are continually pleasing audience.
Info: 086 2200097

Womans Network Singing Group

O'Connell Square, Sunday 3rd 3.30 pm.
Clare Women's Network,
the international singing
group in Ennis will be back
once again to delight us with
their beautiful songs.

Break Through Dance
Company

O'Connell Square, Sunday 3rd 3.45 pm.
Special performance with this
fantastic group of dancers from
the Break Through Dance
Company. A cocktail of different energetic dance styles and techniques that will surprise the audience. Info: 085 7771328

Martina Flaherty

O'Connell Square, Sunday 3rd 4.00 pm.

MARTINA is a Singer Songwriter based in Loughrea Co Galway . She is no stranger to the music sceneand has spent the last few years playing with various Bands in Galway and has entertained audiences all over Ireland , England , Spain, Africa and South
America .Her Music has been described as Soulfull and melodic with influences like Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Rait , Nikka Costa and Stevie Nicks to mention a few . She also won TG4s "Feis and Blood" recently with her 11 year old Daughter Rhianna , performing an
original song called "The Dream ". Her live performance is truly special, allowing audiences to enjoy the sheer energy as well as subtlely of her music.

BROGANS BBQ

From 2.00 pm on Sunday there will be an open air barbacue, at O'Connell Street, organized by Brogans Bar for the Ennis Street Festival. Later on the day, at 8.00 pm, an irish music session will take place inside the bar with Ger Hoyne, Yvonne Casey and Friends.

Come to the River Fergus and enjoy Ennis Business
Ducks racing along.The race starts at 2.00 pm behind
the Tennis Club, at the Mill River Walk.

DJ Carlos

With the right beats
to make you dance the
night along

Brandons Bar, Sunday 3rd July at 09.00 pm.