BESIDE THE sea is the place to be this weekend as Dún Laoghaire celebrates the 10th Festival of World Cultures.

Singers, dancers and musicians have been pouring in from around the globe all week. Participants from more than 30 countries will take part in concerts, workshops, markets and carnivals, with free and ticketed events for all ages.

Festival manager Olga Barry says: “It’s a world culture festival but for Dún Laoghaire, it’s a community festival too.” She said the town expects to welcome over 220,000 visitors over the weekend.

The festival opened last night in true world culture style with Irish sean-nós performers, Canadian Inuit throat singers and Norwegian ’yoikers’. [Read more...]