Festival of Cloaks
Date: 14 June 2024 - 31 August 2024
Venue: 17 London Street, Derry, Derry, BT48 6RQ
The main body of the Cathedral will house the wide range of cloaks and musical performances and the workshops will be held in the Cathedral Chapter House/Museum
Featuring;
• Four Art works depicting St Brigid’s Cloaks, designed for the St Brigid’s 1500th
Anniversary celebration
• Creative Workshops 14th to 29th June
• Basket weaving workshops open to public 28th and 29th June
• Display of Cloaks from various civic organisations, churches, industry
• Musical performances from soloists, musicians, choirs etc
We will invite schools to the festival in the last two weeks of June.
• Children will have access to the oldest building in the city and learn of its
history.
• They will learn about St Brigid and the background to the four cloaks which
represent the Four Provinces of Ireland
• They will be exposed to the wide and diverse range of cloaks that exist and are
seldom on display.
• Introduction to heritage crafts.
The Festival will be open to everyone from Mid-June until the end of August 2024
FOR WORKSHOP INFORMATION
& BOOKINGS PLEASE CONTACT
[email protected]
PLEASE JOIN US ON THIS SUMMER
FESTIVAL OF CULTURE, ARTS
AND WORKSHOPS FOR ALL AGES