August – Waterford Spraoi International Street Arts Festival

Spraoi Street Festival

Spraoi Festival is Ireland’s premiere street arts and performance event. Each year Spraoi welcomes performers and audiences from around the world.

Ireland’s premiere summer street spectacle event The Spraoi Parade takes place at 9.30 p.m. on Sunday August 4th, 2024. Join thousands of spectators as spectacular floats, hundreds of costumed performers, live musicians, light, sound, and special effects weave through Waterford’s medieval streets at night. The parade is a magical imaginative feast of the senses that climaxes the annual festival. A spectacular finale of fireworks launched from the River Suir at the quays follows the parade.

Spraoi Festival Parade  

On Sunday of the August Bank Holiday Weekend at 9.30pm over 200 costumed performers take to the streets of Ireland’s oldest city to perform to the theme of the event. Inspired by the Yeats poem, the annual Spraoi Parade mixes magic, mythology and creativity to produce a stunning street spectacle. The Parade with exotic floats, live music, special-effects, is created by a core team of professional artists at Spraoi’s Waterford studios aided by a large corps of volunteers.

This is a festival highlight, a feast for the imagination, followed by fireworks, not to be missed!

Street Theatre

Spraoi International Street Arts Festival  will present an exciting Programme of street performances

Music

Waterford Spraoi Festival will present an exciting programme of music from around the world. All music events will be free, with gigs being presented at indoor and outdoor locations.

Street Performances

Spraoi International Street Arts Festival  will present an exciting Programme of street performances.