COMING TO KILKENNY - Lovestock: Ireland’s first grassroots mental health, healing & heritage festival

Our upcoming festival, Lovestock will celebrate harvest, healing and heritage at the beautiful family friendly Nore Valley Park in Kilkenny, a county rich in heritage and culture, on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 September, 2024.

Lovestock is Ireland’s first grassroots festival bringing all our mystical wonders together and celebrating the creativity from the recent and historical past. Born from the distress of unprecedented times in recent years, we know that mental and physical health has taken a turn for the worse.

The team at Lovestock, comprised of mental health and well-being practitioners as well as a variety of artists, have come together to create a space in which people and communities can unite and heal through the Irish arts and traditions.

This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and embrace our heritage while encouraging and restoring harmony, peace and joy for our men, women, and children.

Our weekend includes a variety of therapies and treatments for all the family.

We will be hosting a wellness tent filled with a variety of holistic treatments and workshops, a Talks Tent where various therapists and holistic professionals will provide insights and supports on common struggles.

The public will also enjoy a therapy stall area, exploring the many ways in which we heal, as well as our traditional artisan market including arts, crafts, and food from our beautiful land.

We have experts in the field of farming, foraging, seeds, food, medicines, and cosmetics who will demonstrate their skills and give our communities the power to heal and create their very own home-made produce.

Our main stage is set to host our headliners Aslan and Derek Warfield & the Young Wolfe Tones.

Roscommon-born Ciara Lawless, who just debuted her first album, Dublin’s one to watch Cantered Soul, Kildare’s Conor Eeife, Tipp-born Micah as well as Cork-born Erin & the Lens are just a few of our up-and-coming greats who will be blasting our main stage.

Cormac Lally will bless our Fort with his mystical words and stories, along with our traditional Irish lore-keeper Seanchaí Eddie Lenihan, who will bring his newly-released books for signings.

Our Fort and talks tent are packed with experts in our ancient past, poetry and comedy too. The public will also get to enjoy a Céilí dance in this unique location.

Therapists from all over our island will provide a taste of their skills and demonstrate the power of healing. Mental health professionals will also be there to assist any public in their journey out of the darkness of the past.

Workshops that tackle fear are bound to ignite the power that the human spirit and body encompasses. Men can experience a workshop called Men Rising Together, The Heroes Journey as well as immersing themselves in Wim Hoff instructed ice baths.

Our children can enjoy the amazing Brat Bhride, Beehive and Willow Worry Faery Workshops and lots of fun and games.

Our venue is already full of children’s activities and families will have the opportunity to meet and feed the farm animals. Visit the beehives while learning how to bring one to your very own garden. We have tractor rides too.

There is something to suit everyone’s appetite. Lovestock will be celebrating the spirit and heart of Ireland in every way possible.

For more information you can visit our website and check us out on our socials on Facebook and Instagram.

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