Super Saturday!
FOOD & CRAFT MARKET
Green Street /11am-5pm
Ramble through stalls featuring sumptuous food, craft demonstrations. With walk about entertainers, children’s traditional games, face painters and the much loved Town Crier to keep you entertained. Special thanks to Pro Spray Foam Insulations for sponsoring the stage and Mrs Gleeson (Green Street).
MICK EGAN BUSKING COMPETITION
Green Street / Main Street / 2 - 4pm
From emerging talent to seasoned street performers, the Busking Competition celebrates live performance on the streets of Birr.
Register at Green Street stage
Buskers on Green Street Stage 4pm
VINTAGE CUP BIRR GOLF CLUB
Birr Golf Club Sponsored by Millennium Promotions. 18-Hole Open Stableford Competition. Open to Ladies and Gents. Category prizes with Vintage attire encouraged. €10 for members, €25 for visitors. To book: info@birrgolfclub.ie or call 057 91 20082
YOGA WITH THE BUDDHA LOUNGE
20min mini Thai massage and chair massage. Booking essential
Complementary wellness talks and mini workshops throughout the day on movement, Breath and protecting and caring for your own wellbeing in a mindful way. Definitely a highlight for all the family.
DISTILLATION
John’s Hall 12pm, 3pm, 6pm
Luke Casserly
A performative journey which takes you to the Irish bog landscape through scent. Distillation is a response to the recent cessation of the peat harvesting industry in Ireland. Over the past year, Luke Casserly has collaborated with renowned perfume maker Joan Woods to create a unique distillation of the Midlands bog - the place where he grew up - as the starting point for an olfactory encounter which looks at our human relationship to place. Dedicated to the future of our broken landscapes – in the hope that by listening to them, we might be able to better understand them.
Distillation is a multi-sensory performance featuring text, perfume, video and sculpture. The audience are seated around a large custom-made table and are gently invited to hold organic materials and smell parts of the landscape as part of the experience.
“A thought-provoking show that stays in the mind long after, like the sweet woody smell of the bog perfume that lingers on the wrist.” - Irish Independent *****
Age suitability 12+
Tickets €18 + booking fee
BIRR RUGBY CLUB FAMILY FUN DAY
Birr Rugby Club will be hosting its wonderful Family Day again in 2026. The day will feature a whole host of family friendly events including
Children’s Tag Rugby 11am
Adults’ Tag Rugby Tournament 12.30 - 3.30pm
Children’s games(FREE) 1 - 5.30pm
BBQ and refreshments available all day! For any inquiries about the day or to enter a team in the Adult’s Tag Tournament, please contact: info@birrrugby.ie
THE GREAT RUCKIN DUCK RACE
Camcor River Path / 6pm
Birr RFC and Birr Vintage Week are excited to announce the return of the Great Ruckin Duck Race! Up to 1500 ducks will compete in this thrilling race on the Camcor River to crown 'the greatest ruckin duck around.'
Tickets are just €5 per duck, with fantastic prizes for the winners, including International tickets and €500 cash!
Sponsored by Yates Steel
MILK & MOTHERHOOD
Methodist Church, Emmet Street 11am-5pm
A photography exhibition by: Alex Lazorento in conjunction with CuidiuOfflaly. Cuidiu is a national voluntary organisation whose volunteers and breastfeeding counsellors provide evidence-based information to mothers.
REPUBLIC OF SILENCE
Birr Theatre & Arts Centre /8pm
Production from a young London-based Irish company following acclaimed performances at the Peckham Fringe Festival and Riverside Studios, Hammersmith.
Based on true stories from the Sean Ross Mother and Baby Institution in Tipperary, Republic of Silence moves between past and present in a sensitive, humorous and deeply heartbreaking exploration of Ireland’s hidden history.
This hard-hitting play draws on real-life events that shook both Ireland and the Catholic Church when the truth of what took place within the walls of Sean Ross Abbey was finally exposed.
Performed by Oísin Nolan, Jack O’Shaughnessy, Áine McNamara and Eanna Ferguson
Audience members affected by the themes explored in this performance are encouraged to consult the Republic of Silence Care Pack available on the website.
A brave, moving and necessary production. Bravo to the cast and crew – this is theatre that deserves to be seen – London Theatre 1*****
Age suitability 14+
€15 +booking fee