Baltimore 2000 Committee Baltimore County Cork
Tel (028)20125 / 20319
“A
Taste of
Baltimore
”
Baltimore
Seafood and Wooden Boat Festival
In
Association with Guinness
May
27th, 28th and 29th 2005
The annual Sea Food Festival takes place on the last full weekend of May each year. There are a variety of events during the weekend, which
include Music, Song & Irish Dancing in the square, as well as music in the bars during the
weekend.
Programme:
Friday
26th May:
8.00
PM
Mussel Eating Competition
The mussel eating Competition starts off the festival on Friday night when the local "gourmets" will be defending their reputation against all
commers.
8.30
PM
Music in the Square with
8.30
PM
Barbecue at The Algiers Inn
9.00
PM
Official Opening
Saturday
27th May:
10.00
AM
Wooden Boat Registration
10.00
AM
Start of “The Sikaflex
Challenge” 8 hours to build a boat out of the materials
supplied.
12.00
PM
Rowing Race for Lobster and Bantry Long Boats
1.00
PM
Rafting up of Boats in Harbour
3.00
PM
Wooden
Boat
Harbour
Race
3.00
PM
Music and Irish Dancing in Square
6.00 – 6.30 PM
Last half hour of the
Boat
Building
6.30
PM
Song on the Square
9.00
PM
Music in the Square with “
Downtown Crossing”
Sunday
28th May:
11.30
AM
Wooden Boat Handling Event
12.00
PM
Food Fair on The Pier.
The Food Fair takes place in the Festival Tent from 12 - 6 on Sunday with many interesting stalls as well as a fish bar-b-q.
Up to forty
Exhibitors from ‘Fuchsia’,
‘Slow Food’, and
many more. Selling the Best from
West Cork Smoked
and Fresh Fish, Mussels, Crab, Oysters, Prawns, Handmade Cheeses and
Home Baking are just a Taste of what’s on offer!
with Music
in the Marquee
1.00
PM
Sikaflex Challenge – Rowing Race followed by Sailing Race
2.00
PM
Music in The Square
2.00
PM
‘Kids Crab Fishing Competition’ Lifejackets a must..!
2.00
PM
Entertainment for Children – Clowns, Face Painting, Mickey
Mouse,
Goofy and much more – Boat trips in the Harbour Courtesy
of
‘Aquaventures’.
2.30
PM
Baltimore
Harbour
Race
4.30
PM
‘Wooden Boat Parade of Sail’ Not to be Missed
6.00
PM
Prize Giving in the Square
Free
‘Plate of Shellfish’ with each GUINNESS
product purchased in all Bars throughout weekend
The main sponsors of the Festival are GUINNESS and anybody buying one of their products in one of the bars during the weekend will get a free plate of seafood; the
Baltimore 2000 Committee would like to thank GUINNESS for their support and assistance without which it would be very difficult to run such an event. They would also like to thank those providing food stalls for the Food Fair, and all those helping with the organisation of the weekend- The Committee would like to express their appreciation to Ann Minihane & Eddie Cassidy of the Examiner & Jackie Keogh of the Southem Star for their continued support for the event. Many thanks also to Union Hall
Fishermen's Company Ltd, for providing the excellent shellfish.
Baltimore
Wooden Boat Festival
