AFTER a hugely successful relaunch last year, the Finglas Festival is already shaping up to be even better in 2016.
Last year’s event brought plenty of fun to Finglas and was a resounding success with the Mrs Brown Lookalike competition attracting national media coverage, including a
spot on the RTE Nine O’Clock News.
“It was unprecedented coverage for Finglas and put Finglas well and truly back on the map and in a very positive light,” said one of the festival’s organisers, Sean Mooney.
“From an organisational point of view the Festival went off without the slightest hitch and building on the success and experience of last year, Festival 2016 will be more family orientated with a significantly enhanced publicity and marketing programme.”
Festival 2015 was run as a pilot and this year’s event will be a decider on whether to make it a regular event in the Finglas calendar.
Organisers are hoping it’ll become a permanent local fixture like the Finglas Fright Night festival on Halloween, and Mooney believes the success of the Mrs Brown competition can eventually lead to the creation of a regular Mrs Brown celebration that’ll rival the annual Fr Ted Fest in the west of Ireland.
The Mrs Brown Lookalike Competition is back for this summer’s Festival that’ll run at the beginning of July and there’ll also be Opera in the Open from Dublin City Council, five-a-side football competitions, music including performances from the
Garda Band, local historical walks and a military museum display.
For children there will be a kiddies disco, Punch & Judy shows, magicians, giant Snakes & Ladders and Crazy Golf.
It’s hoped this year’s festival, which will run over the weekend from July 1-3, will take place mostly in The Drogheda Mall Car Park in Finglas Village.
