Ireland’s national St Patrick’s Festival is on this year as it goes virtual on SPF TV, a special online TV channel.
Offering unique St Patrick’s Day fun, SPF TV invites the world to take a front row seat over six days and nights at one of the great national cultural celebrations.
While few places worldwide will be able to gather outside or indoors as normal for St Patrick’s Day, the reimagined festival, running from 12 – 17 March, will bring to life the heart and soul of Ireland’s celebrations.
A rich and dynamic programme of events, created by hundreds of artists, musicians, performers, makers, creators, arts and live events workers and community organisations across Ireland will run on the online channel.
With music, theatre, art, performance, poetry, storytelling, traditional arts, tours, street and building lighting and art installations and much more, it will connect the family of 80 million people across the globe who claim Irish heritage.
In a statement, the festival management team said: “While we cannot gather on the streets for the St Patrick’s Festival Parade this 17 March, we are reimagining how we bring to life the heart and soul of the national parade, through spectacle, marching bands, pageantry, and ceremony, inviting our audiences to participate virtually and enjoy safely from their homes until we can come together again.”
The organisers also said they were partnering with Irish national broadcaster RTÉ in developing a virtual parade initiative to provide a fun and safe ‘at home’ alternative for everyone to enjoy, and will be announcing further details on this over the coming weeks.
The latest on St Patrick’s Festival 2021 can be found on www.stpatricksfestival.ie and you can follow it on social media via Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
