TRAVELLER PRIDE: TRAVELLER ARTS FESTIVAL

Launch of Traveller Pride Week at The Complex Monday 3th of July from 4.30pm

The Traveller Arts Festival will mark the official launch of Traveller Pride Week and a

moment of celebration for Travellers and Traveller organisations across Ireland.

The event will be launched by Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and

Youth Roderic O’Gorman. Under this year’s theme ‘Celebration of Traveller

Changemakers’ it will celebrate Traveller culture in Ireland and feature live music from

Paddy Keenan, Trish Reilly, Selina O’ Leary and Susan Marie Wilde. As well as poetry and spoken word performances from Helen Hutchinson, and David Collins,

We invite you to an evening of celebration with efreshments.

The event is free for everyone to enjoy but booking is required. Please reserve your

tickets below.

The Traveller Pride Week has been held annually for more than 10 years with support

from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. It takes

place from 3rd to 14th July 2023. Throughout the Traveller Pride Week, national and

local events take place around the country celebrating and promoting Travellers’

contribution to every aspect of Irish life including arts, education, culture, community

work, youth work, employment of enterprise, drama, sport, and music.

Organised by:

The Traveller Pride Steering Committee comprised of Involve, the Irish Traveller

Movement, the National Traveller Women's Forum, Pavee Point Traveller and Roma

Centre, Parish Of The Travelling People, Exchange House Ireland, and Minceirs

Whiden.

This event is kindly funded by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability,

Integration and Youth.