CELEBRATE CULTURE NIGHT AT THE BOG CAFE IN ARDEE
4-6PM: BOG PAPER MAKING & STORY COLLECTING
6-7.30PM: BOG GARDEN WALKING TOUR in Ardee Bog with Fiona Crawley, as featured on RTÉ’s Garden Heroes. *REGISTER HERE
5-8PM: FILM SCREENINGS: BOG STANDARD (An Táisce, 2021) with An Táisce’s Climate Ambassadors; Sliabh Beagh: Where Community, Climate, Biodiversity and Water Meet (DCU & LAWPRO, 2022) WITH TALK BY BEN MALONE; The CANN Story (CANN, 2018); Ireland Says Goodbye to Peat (ARTE, 2022) with Carbury Bog; and more.
8-8.30PM: POETRY PERFORMANCE BY NUALA LEONARD
9-10.30PM: BOG BINGO, OPEN MIC NIGHT: THE TURFMAN FROM ARDEE, RAFFLE, GAMES, and more.
PLEASE CLICK HERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PERFORM IN THE OPEN-MIC NIGHT
WHERE: BOG CAFE is in the Old Church on John Street in Ardee, Co. Louth. The Bog Garden tour will take place in Ardee bog. Please register for more info and directions.
WHEN: FRIDAY, September Friday 23rd, 2022
WHAT: The BOG CAFE is a celebration of Ardee Bog and our precious peatlands. Friday September 23rd is the Global Climate Strike. We will start our weekend of activities with creative workshops with local primary school students. The BOG CAFE supports Rights of Nature and is supported by the Irish Peatland Conservation Council, Community Wetlands Forum, Irish Wildlife Trust, BirdWatch Ireland, and others. Funded by the Arts Council.
FREE! Everyone is welcome!
Friends of Ardee Bog participating in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Ardee, March 17th, 2022. Photo by Adrian Crawley.