{"id":7165,"date":"2024-10-22T09:56:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T09:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=7165"},"modified":"2024-10-22T09:56:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T09:56:45","slug":"stone-mad-storytelling-festival","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/ga\/events\/stone-mad-storytelling-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Stone Mad Storytelling festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><span lang=\"en-IE\">The \u2018Stone Mad\u2019 Storytelling Festival is set to kick off in the Joyce Country and Western Lakes Geopark area on the weekend of October 24-27<\/span><sup><span lang=\"en-IE\">\u00fa<\/span><\/sup><span lang=\"en-IE\">, 2024. <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span lang=\"en-IE\">Venues in Finney, The Neale, Clonbur, Cong, Ballinrobe and elsewhere in the area will host a programme of events made up of varied genres of the art of storytelling to include professional storytellers, \u2018walk and talk\u2019 history strolls, music, film and drama \u2026 all with the odd cup of tea, or stronger, in hand! Significantly, local groups will host and participate in the activities and these include Women\u2019s\/Men\u2019s Sheds, Ciorcail Comhr\u00e1, writers groups, primary schools and community groups in the Geopark area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span lang=\"en-IE\">This inaugural running of the Festival has emerged from the partnership of the Mourne, Gullion and Strangford Geopark in County Down and the Joyce Country and Western Lakes Geopark. <\/span><span lang=\"en-IE\">The successful Storytelling festival in Hilltown in County Down, \u2018<\/span><span lang=\"en-IE\"><i>The Gathering\u2019<\/i><\/span><span lang=\"en-IE\">, which runs in early March each year, has set the bar on how to cleverly exploit and blend the various genres of storytelling and bring it to audiences in a totally different and most engaging way. The organisers of that event are now assisting the Joyce Country Geopark partners to put on a similar Festival over three days and nights AND are bringing outstanding professional performers with them to showcase their talent and delight audiences here in South Mayo and the Joyce Country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span lang=\"en-IE\">This festival is organised by Joyce Country and Western Lakes GeoEnterprise in partnership with Hilltown Community Association and funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media&#8217; s Co-operation with Northern Ireland Funding Scheme.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Download the full programme of events <a href=\"https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/programme-Stone-Mad1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anseo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7163 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Social_Final-With-New-Logos-min-810x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Social_Final-With-New-Logos-min-810x1024.jpg 810w, https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Social_Final-With-New-Logos-min-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Social_Final-With-New-Logos-min-scaled-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/joycecountrygeoparkproject.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Social_Final-With-New-Logos-min-scaled.jpg 2026w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u2018Stone Mad\u2019 Storytelling Festival is set to kick off in the Joyce Country and&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7168,"template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[23],"class_list":["post-7165","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-events"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stone Mad Storytelling festival &#8212; 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