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SUMMARY:Bealtaine Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Irish Cultural Center of Western New England presents our first annual Bealtaine Festival on Saturday, May 2. Join us all afternoon for family-friendly fun with traditional and popular Irish music, kids activities, and an evening fire lighting.\nThe festivities take place on the ICC grounds with a large outdoor tent, patio, and in the Trinity Pub, located at 429 Morgan Road in West Springfield, MA. Free admission.\nThere will be lots of fun for kids, with crafts and activities including making flower crowns, learning the tin whistle, coloring, and face painting.\nIn the evening, we will light a fire to celebrate the ancient festival of Bealtaine, as the Celtic community would have done to mark the beginning of summer in the Celtic calendar.\nSchedule:\n• 12 pm: Springfield Rifles Rugby match\n• 2–5 pm: Live music with Jimmy McArdle and Jerry Murphy (patio)\n• 2–5 pm: Kids crafts & activities (outdoor tent)\n• 3 pm: Kids tin whistle lesson (minimum age 7, outdoor tent)\n• 5–6 pm: Fire lighting\n• 6–9 pm: Live music with New Leaf (inside the pub)\nThe grounds and the Trinity Pub bar open at 12 pm. The Boricua Bites food truck will be here from 12–5 pm, offering fast, delicious snacks with a Puerto Rican flair. The Irish House Restaurant serves a special limited dinner menu inside from 5–9 pm.\nGuests are welcome to bring chairs or blankets for additional seating on the grass.\nLearn More About Bealtaine\nThis ancient fire festival marked the beginning of summer in the Celtic calendar. It is one of the Cross Quarter Days, halfway between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice. This time of the year celebrated the joy of light and abundance returning to the land. The ancient Celts would come together as a community to light bonfires signifying purification and transition. Hearth fires would be extinguished and a new fire lit. They would also move their animals to summer pastures, and the season was welcomed with the hopes of a prosperous harvest later in the year.\n\nPresenting Business Sponsor: Westfield Bank. Thanks to all our Sponsors > ( https://iccwne.org/support/business-sponsors/ )\n
URL:https://iccwne.org/events/bealtaine-festival-050226/
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LOCATION:429 Morgan Road, West Springfield, MA
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