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WHAT DOES THE SEA SING TO YOU? The sea sings of beauty, enticing us to the water's edge; the coast sings of peace and joy; and there's a song of danger, threatening future disaster. We are thinking on what we love about the sea, its myths and its magic—and the challenges our coastline faces.
Join us on Saturday 17 May at Millisle Beach for our festival finale. Community fun, workshops, activities and performances from 3pm:
• Beach installation of over 700 silk pennants
• Music stage and on-site entertainment
• Arts, crafts and ecology stalls
• Carnival Games
• Finale beach walk and conversations
• Coastal rowing
• 6pm: Our Siren Song carnival procession through Millisle to the beach, with music, dance, Peninsula samba drummers, the Siren and sea creatures
• 7pm: Our Siren Song premiere performance of specially composed 'Watching the Waves'. The four metre tall Siren (operatic singer Jenny Bourke) and mass community choir will deliver a message of hope—and call across the waves to the next Beach of Dreams festival location in Scotland, as a currach sets off with gifts of pennants and climate pledges.
Beach of Dreams, the UK-wide walking and coastal arts festival taking place in May, reimagines our relationship with the coastline and inspires creative, community-led action for a sustainable future. As the festival travels across the UK, Beat Carnival will produce Our Siren Song in Northern Ireland, celebrating the Ards Peninsula coast.
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Parking & Transport
- On site parking
