Blackpool Block Party ● Sunday 24th August
We're delighted to be producing the first ever block party in Blackpool, on Sunday 24th August, in association with the Blackpool Community Centre. We'll be closing Great William O'Brien Street for the day, tenting it off, putting a stage up at the back of Blackpool Church, and filling the street with tables, chairs, and stalls, for everyone to sit around chat, eat, play, dance, and get to know one another.
Over the afternoon we'll have plenty on stage including wonderful trad music from the Ceili All Stars, swing jazz from The Heppsters, Cork's own rap superstars, The Kabin Crew, and traditional tunes from the Tomas MacCurtain Pipe Band. On the street, community gardens from across the Northside of Cork City, will be giving away their summer harvest, and the Blackpool Men's Shed will be donating large planter boxes of seedlings and flowers, to those of you who want to start your own indoor garden at home. Meitheal Foilláine, the new 'Growing places for wellbeing' collective, will be giving out free bags of compost, seeds, and information on growing your own herbs and veg, and there will be free pizza, salad, traybakes, and scones for everyone to share and eat.
And that's not all...
The Repair café will be teaching everyone how to mend their old clothes, the over 65s Sewing Club will be showing everyone basic knitting skills, while Cork Community Bikes will be instructing people on how to fix up their bikes. Local craft makers will be selling their wares, the Cork Community Art Link Drama Troupe will be entertaining people, Graffiti Theatre will be hosting a number of flash fiction events, Cork Creates will be running an experimental art space, Super StarsBlackpool and the Over 60s Dance Group will be dancing in the street, and Cork City Council will be hosting their Open Street play area. Lastly, but not least, the Blackpool Youth Club will be face painting and hanging party decorations down the length of the street. We'll also have old toy giveaways, a bric a brac stall, clothes swaps, and Ringo Bingo, the world's best music intro and comedy based festival game.
The day promises to be alot of fun so, tell your family and your friends, and if you want to help out then please hit the button and we'll get in touch.