A Summer Spraoi

Spraoi Season 2021 returns in August. City Spraoi, Greenway Spraoi, Prism Spraoi and Volunteering Spraoi celebrate Waterford’s sense of fun and community spirit. Of course it’s not exactly ‘the’ Spraoi Weekend we know and love but a month of Spraoi arts and entertainment is a pretty good substitute. We’ll have performers in the city, shows

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Spraoi Updates

Stay tuned here for all things Spraoi!

We will be posting regular news and general goings-on to keep you informed.

Shout-Out! – Spraoi Artists’ Residency

Spraoi is buzzing - applications are open for N.E.S.T. 2021. Artists with part-developed ideas for character inspired street performances are encouraged to apply. Spraoi R&D assets will assist artists to

Courts Service Partners Prism

Waterford Spraoi returns to Waterford Courthouse, for all the right reasons, this coming August. We are delighted to announce that facilitated by the Courts Service Spraoi will perform the world

Spraoi For Carlow Arts Festival 2021

Spraoi is delighted to announce we are returning to work with colleagues and friends at Carlow Arts Festival in June this year. Spraoi Artistic Director Mike Leahy and CAF’s Jo

Red Hat Volunteering Programme

Spraoi and Red Hat are delighted to announce volunteering will return this year. Spraoi Festival will have a new look at an array of novel venues. At the heart of

Big Thanks to Waterford Chamber of Commerce

A big Thank You to Waterford Chamber of Commerce for this lovely article on Spraoi in the latest issue of Network Magazine. To view the full magazine CLICK HERE

St. Patrick’s Day Gallery

Here are some great images from the archives of St.Patrick's Days past and present!

Very special thanks to The Irish Times for two Spraoi mentions in recent weeks

Spraoi included in Irish ‘Irish Festivals 2021 Preview’ “As a producing festival, it’ll respond with events through the year”, starting with Prism, a large-scale outdoor mixed-media art installation, premiering in

Check Out Spraoi Friends & The Snow Queen

Spraoi highly recommends The Snow Queen, an audio play for children, created by talented friends whose work we admire. (more…)

Prism

Spraoi’s artistic team is developing a new large-scale street arts installation concept codenamed ‘Prism’. Reports suggest it will premiere in Waterford for Easter 2021.

Artist Mentoring

Special thanks to artists Jessica Doolin, Caoimhe Dunne, and Claire Sheehan from the ISACS and Culture Ireland PITCH initiative who participated in Spraoi’s artists’ mentoring programme this autumn. Also very

Safari Quest

Spraoi artworks will feature at Safari Quest, a drive-through family attraction in County Kildare. Spraoi’s artistic team has been busy preparing an array of features for the event. For updates

Three South-East Towns in December!

Waterford Spraoi toured ten Irish street artists to three south-east towns in December. It was one of the few performance tours by and Irish arts company 2020. The ensemble visited