Historic Exhibition: (Church of Ireland Centre, Saturday and Sunday (2 -6pm)

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Festival Chairman and local historian Joe Byrne will exhibit a large collection of historic photographs, documents and other memorabilia on Lucan. The exhibition will take place on Saturday the 24th and Sunday 25th of September at the Church of Ireland Parish Centre. This exhibition has proved very popular for both new and old residents o. Lucan is steeped in history from the 1200’s : to the arrival of Patrick Sarsfields family at the end of the 1500’s to James Gandon one of the most renowned architects of the 18th century.

Historic Walks – Tuesday and Thursday at 11am

Joe Byrne will bring you on an informative stroll around Lucan village pointing out some of landmarks, their relevance in Lucan’s long history. Famous people associated with Lucan include Patrick Sarsfield, Shackelton, Agmondisham Vesey, and James Gandon. The Tuesday walk will commence at 11am from St Mary’s and Thursday’s walk will commence from the bus stop opposite Topaz garage at 11 am.

Come and join us at this year’s festival

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This year we have programmed a very exciting and wide range of events which we hope everyone will enjoy throughout the week. Now in its third year, promises to be even bigger and better than last year, and that would not be possible without a small voluntary committee who work enthusiastically all year round. Our festival volunteers, the support of Lucan Gardaí and the participation of some amazing artists make our festival what it is. Despite the difficult times we all find ourselves in, we are very pleased with both the financial support and positive feedback from local businesses towards this year’s festival. There is a growing awareness within the community of the vital role the festival is playing in making connections.

While Lucan Festival is still in its infancy we see it growing year on year. Preliminary census figures for 2011 show that the population of Lucan has just hit 50,000 and to put that in perspective that’s as large as Waterford city! We believe that the festival has a vital role to play in building connections between the new and old communities of Lucan, developing a real sense of cultural identity and with your continued support of the festival we can achieve that.

We hope you enjoy this year’s events. Tell all your friends and come back next year for more!

It’s your festival: be part of it!

Tom Dowling.

Festival Secretary.

Festival Launch at Courtneys

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Just a little more than 3 weeks to the opening of Lucan Festival 2011, the festival was launched on Wednesday 24th of August by The mayor of South Dublin Caitriona Jones upstairs at Courtney’s. It was attended by many local businesses people, representatives from Lucan Garda, local organisations and politicians. Chairman Joe Byrne and Sandy McKenna our Press Officer spoke on role Lucan festival is playing in generating a greater cohesion between the new and old communities of Lucan and gave an overview of events in this year’s festival. Caitriona Jones the Mayor of South Dublin spoke on the strong community spirit in Lucan and how Lucan Festival was playing a vital role in fulfilling that. Attending guests were presented with a copy of the programme for this years events.

Entertainment on the evening was provided by Lorcan James who can be seen on the Village Stage on September 25. A special thank you, to Sane McGibbon and Courtneys Lounge for providing the venue and complementary drinks and finger food on the night. Thanks to Rachel Fox Photography, for providing us with great images of the evening.

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Lucan Festival Photo Competition 2011- In association with Liffey Valley Centre.

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We are delighted to announce details for a fantastic competition which takes place during Lucan Festival, sponsored by Liffey Valley Centre.

Terms & Conditions of Entry

  1. Participants can upload images to our Facebook fan page http://www.facebook.com/Lucanfestival
  2. Alternatively if participants don’t have Facebook you can email images to lucanfestival@gmail.com, along with name and address, under the heading Lucan Photo Competition.
  3. Image’s submitted by email may be uploaded to our Facebook page and the owner of the image will be credited.
  4. Entries into the competition will not be accepted through any other channels.
  5. Photographs must have been taken between 19th and 25th September 2011 at Lucan Festival events or locations otherwise they are deemed ineligible.
  6. Entrants can submit up to 10 photos to the competition. All photos entered are subject to moderation.
  7. All entries must be the property of the entrant. Entrants must agree to be bound by the rules.
  8. The deadline for the Lucan Festival photo competition is midnight Friday 30th of September 2011.
  9. One winning photo and a runner up will be announced on 14th of October 2011. The judges’ decision is final.
  10. Lucan Festival retains the right to use photos entered for future online and print promotional activities. By entering the Competition, you hereby acknowledge this and grant Lucan Festival permission to use the photos.

First prize is a voucher to the value of €100

Second prize is a voucher to the value of €50

Prizes are not transferable, and there is no cash alternative. All winners will be notified by email and details of winners will be announced on www.lucanfestival.com

Help us choose the films for this year’s Cinemobile

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Last year Lucan festival bought cinema back to Lucan for the first time in more than three decades with the visit of Cinemobile to Superquinn Centre. With the success of last year we have invited them back for two days this year Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th of September.

Cinemobile is a large truck which transforms into a 100 seater state of the art cinema, fully heated, air conditioned and with Dolby Surround Sound. Mobile cinemas have been in existence in France for over 20 years. This particular truck was built in France 2001 and Cinemobile has now been touring Ireland since, mobile cinemas also operate in Scotland and Eastern Europe.

On arrival in Lucan when it is parked up, this truck goes through a magical transformation in 45 minutes unfolding to become a fully operational cinema, ready to entertain the resident of Lucan.

We need your help deciding what films we should choose for your entertainment. We will be showing kids movies in the morning last year with one of those shows including a McDonalds meal voucher included in the price. There is a fee for all screenings and booking of all movies is essential, details will follow later.

Here is the Cinemobile selection which ones would you like to see?

Possible Kids Movies:

  1. Cars 2
  2. Super 8
  3. A Turtles tale
  4. Mr Poppins Penguin
  5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2
  6. The Smurfs
  7. Zookeeper
  8. The Secret of Kells  - as Gaeilge

Possible: Ladies Night out Movies:

  1. Bridesmaids
  2. Dirty Dancing
  3. Strictly Ballroom
  4. Julie and Julia
  5. Glee 3D

Possible home grown Movies:

  1. The Guard
  2. The Runway
  3. His and Hers

Saturday teens/adults Movies

  1. Cowboys and Aliens – Harrison Ford in a classic Western movie gets mashed with the alien invasion.
  2. Horrible Bosses – comedy starring Colin Farrell.

Looking forward to getting your suggestions, if your choice is not on the list please let us know and we will see if your choice can be accommodated.

Custard Pie Puppet Company to perform at this years festival

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Last year was the first ever visit of Custard Pie Puppet theatre company to Lucan and proved to be very popular with both adults and kids. Custard Pie is Ireland’s newest and most exciting touring puppet Theatre Company they will perform two 45 minute shows the first will commence at 2.30 and a later show at 4pm. (outdoors weather permitting)

As you can see from last years performance their show was a major hit.

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Headspace – mixed media art by Lucan youth during Lucan festival.

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Headspace is a Youth Arts Collective based in the Lucan Area which focuses on mixed-media and technology. The aim of the group is to produce and facilitate projects of art by the youth of Lucan. It is currently made up of musicians, photographers, painters, film makers, sound and visual artists, programmers, writers and many combinations of these! It was founded in 2010.

During Lucan festival, Headspace will hold a series of concerts, and exhibitions at the Griffeen Youth Centre events as follows:

Friday 23rd September:  There will be a gig from local bands and artists at the Griffeen Youth Centre from 8pm to 11pm. List of artists and bands have yet to be confirmed.

Saturday 24th of September: Exhibition & Workshop from 1 -5pm, featuring interactive and live performance art works of various media by artists and composers and performers from the collective. Members of the public will be invited to experience these art works in an open environment with the creators present. This event will be repeated on Sunday 25th in Lucan Village at a location to be confirmed.

Saturday: Concert performance at 7pm a  by works written, produced and performed by the Lucan Electro –Acoustic Orchestra. The group has previously performed at Exchange Arts Centre Temple Bar, and Griffeen Youth Centre.

Have a listen to Lucan Electro – Acoustic Orchestra performance of Lux Aeterna on 11th December 2009 at Mega-Bites youth Café in Griffeen Youth. Amazing talent in our midst we are looking forward to the Saturday concert.