The Raft Race this year attracted crafts of every shape and size. The winners of this years event had to not only race the course but collect rubber rings from the banks of the river as they paddled furiously. The overall winner of the time trail section was the Pink Pearl Pirates from Ballyconnell.
Click below to see the rest of the fun from the day…. (more…)
The crew of RTE’s Nationwide programme were in town on Saturday to cover some of the day’s events. We’d like to thank all for their attendance at the events and hopefully we will see Belturbet in the near future on a screen near you.
Pictured above is Nationwide presenter Mary Kennedy interviewing Brendan D’Arcy (our local and national wakeboarding champion) about their part in our sucessfull James Bond Experience.
The rain almost held off for a few hours on Sunday to let the launch of the Festival of the Erne go ahead. With the new Lady of the Erne in attendance, we had a procession of floats as well as stilt walkers and fire jugglers. Click below to view some more photos from the day….. (more…)
Congratulations to Karina Charles who was crowned as this year’s Lady of the Erne at the official ceremony last night in the Slieve Russell. Karina hails from the Belturbet area and we hope she enjoys her time as the face of the Festival of the Erne. We would also like to thank all the entrants who made this year’s event one of the best to coincide with our 30th anniversary.
For our German and French visitors we have made some information about the Festival of the Erne available in as a PDF (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
We hope to add more languages in the near future, but if you are fluent in a language and can offer assistance, we would love to hear from you at info@ernefestival.com
Download French & German Translation PDF (484kb)
Many thanks to Committee Member Nicole Gratadoux for her translating skills.
The full list of this year’s Ladies of the Erne are now available in our dedicated section.
Tickets are still available for what promises to be a glittering and fun event in the Slieve Russell Hotel on the 20th July.
We’ve uploaded the current timetable for the 2006 Festival. If there are any last minute changes to the program we will update the site to the most current one. As well as the timetable on a webpage, we’ve also made the timetable available as a PDF (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
View 2006 Timetable Online
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Download PDF of Timetable 5.5mb
For Children
Fancy Dress, Junior Talent Competition, Treasure Hunt, mobile cinema, teddy bear’s picnic, pyjama party, Face Painters, Scouts Jamboree and lots more.
For Sport Enthusiasts
Major Course Angling Competitions, rowboat racing, Sports Day, Football leagues, Golf Tournaments, Bowling Competition.
For Thrill Seekers
Check out the ‘James Bond Experience’ on Sat 5 August along the river including Helicoptor Rides, chance to win Wakeboarding fully instructed lesson by National Champion and a special treat that even 007 himself doesn’t know about yet! Pig Racing, Self-made rafting contest, Hot Air Balloon (weather permitting) and a whole lot more!
For Chillaxers
Art Exhibition of scenes from around the locality, art and crafts fair, Book Launch from local historian, Heritage walk of the town, music nightly across the town, featuring traditional Irish, rock, pop, jazz, soul and Samba!
For The Show-offs
Annual Fancy dress Fri 4 August. Samba band will kick start the night!!! Also includes Iron-stomach contest, wellie-throwing, milk-drinking competition.
For music fans
A variety of concerts will take place throughout the week covering different styles such as rock, jazz, classical and salsa.
For Everyone Else
Marching Bands, Street Entertainers and Float Parade, Pub Quizes, Senior citizens Outing, Variety show on behalf of Cavan Cancer Homecare, Best kept garden competition and Fireworks Display!
Check out the updated Lady of the Erne section for more information!
The above picture shows the 2005 entrants.
We are pleased to welcome you to our website for the upcoming Festival of the Erne 2006. This is our 30th year celebration and we are making a big push to show what Belturbet and it’s community have to offer.
Why not check out our about page to find out more about this vibrant community nestled in the lakelands of Cavan.
This site gives you the lowdown on the Festival of the Erne as well as the Lady of the Erne competition. We will be posting up this years schedule of events shortly so watch this space.
We’d like to invite everyone to our 30th Birthday party starting on the Friday 28th July. We guarantee the party will run for days (10 to be exact). The Lady of the Erne will be selected at the launch event in the Slieve Russell Hotel on 28th as well.