Inaugural Bruce Springsteen Festival in Rathangan

The inaugural Féile Springsteen will be held in Rathangan tomorrow, Saturday, 22 August. The festival will celebrate Bruce Springsteen’s connections to the town with music, talks, tours, art, films, and competitions. 

The main event is an outdoor concert by The Human Touch, Ireland’s first Bruce Springsteen tribute band, at The Village Pump at 8pm, supported by Hot Cross Dunnes. Tickets are €15.

The day starts at 11am with a talk by Mario Corrigan at Rathangan Library on Springsteen’s Irish roots, focusing on his great-great grandmother Ann Garrity’s journey to New Jersey. At 4pm, historian Larry Fullam will lead a guided tour, “Ann Garrity’s Rathangan,” visiting historical sites. Other activities include a Springsteen look-alike contest, reflections on his 2023 visit, at The Burrow at 7pm, and an all-day art exhibition by the An Scríobhláil Collective and the Freehold Art Group at Ma’s Kitchen. 

A Springsteen-themed film will be shown at the RYARC Centre at 2pm. 

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