Step right up! Come join Cavan’s Carnival School

Fun-loving adults are being encouraged to take part in a host of creative workshops in the run up to the eagerly anticipated Cavan Arts Festival.

Carnival School offers a unique opportunity to get involved in a series of hands-on workshops led by experienced artists, with participants exploring samba drumming, live music, movement, circus skills and creative making. Designed to be welcoming and accessible, the programme encourages people to try something new, develop skills and connect with others through shared creative experiences.

Participants will develop new skills, collaborate with others and help bring the spirit of carnival to life at Cavan Arts Festival running May 14-17.

A choice of five workshop are available with Samba Workshops at Cavan Scout Centre, Railway Rd, Drumavanagh, with Keith Smyth beginning tonight (April 1), and running on Wednesdays, 7-9pm; Music Workshops with Daire O’Reilly (bring your own instrument) at Cavan Institute Block D, Dublin Rd, Pollamore Far, Cavan, H12 FW53 on Wednesdays, 7-9pm (starting April 15); Movement Workshops with Anica Louw at Drumlane Room, Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre, Cullies on Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm (started March 31); Circus Skills Workshops with Maria Corcoran in the Finnegan Room, Kilmore Diocesan Pastoral Centre, Cullies on Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm (started March 31) and Maker Workshops with Stacey Gardiner in A214b (Fashion Room), Cavan Institute, Cathedral Road, Cavan, H12 E426 on Tuesdays (starting, April 14)

To register your interest, visit www.cavanartsfestival.ie or email admin@cavanartsfestival.ie