Faoin Tuath 2025
Faoin Tuath 2025
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Faoin Tuath is a non-profit festival for queer people to connect beyond the city, featuring practical skill-sharing workshops, talks, live music performances, DJs, traditional music sessions, film screenings, shared meals, and much more.
We created Faoin Tuath because we didn't feel something like this exists in Ireland - a festival where queer people can come together to learn practical skills and spend time in nature but also get to socialise in a different type of environment with others, and be inspired and uplifted by queer performance and stories.
Line-up
Our plan for this year is another dreamy weekend featuring practical skill-sharing workshops, live music, DJs, traditional music sessions, film screenings, shared meals and of course, kick off with a Céilí Mór.
| FRIDAY | 16:00 | Site Open | |
| 18:00 | Welcome Dinner | Lodge | |
| 20:00 | Festival Intro and Film Screening and Q & A with Pradeep Mahadeshwar from Spectrum Queer Asian Film Festival | Octagon | |
| 22:00 | CÉILÍ MÓR with Faoin Tuath Band + guest callers Kim Kennedy + August Kirwin | Octagon | |
| SATURDAY MORNING | 9:30 | Bird Box Making for Biodiversity with Steve, Denise and Elaine | Workshop |
| 9:30 | Be Gay, Make Pickles with Savage Craic | Studio | |
| 9:30 | Sowing Sovereignty – Growing and Seeds with Dan and Imi | Outdoors/Polytunnel | |
| 10:00 | Green Rope Making with William Bock | Outdoors | |
| 10:00 | Sounds of Nature Field Recording with Zahra | Octagon | |
| 12:30-2PM | Big Lunch Break | Lodge | |
| SATURDAY AFTERNOON | 14:00 | Seisíun Tearmaíocht agus Amhrainíocht with Aerach Aiteach Gaelach | Octagon |
| 14:00 | Queersheds Network with Aoife and Fionn | Studio | |
| 16:00 | Sowing Sovereignty – Growing and Seeds with Dan and Imi | Outdoors/Polytunnel | |
| 16:00 | Green Rope Making with William Bock | Outdoors | |
| 16:00 | Queer Nature Walk on the land and creative writing with Cork Queer Nature Collective | Outdoors | |
| SATURDAY NIGHT | 18:00 | DINNER | Lodge |
| 20:00 | CEILIÚRADH Evening Celebration | Octagon | |
| 20:30 | Acts: Venus Patel | Stone Circle | |
| 21:30 | Acts: Grainnemir Abualrob | Octagon | |
| 22:00 | Acts: Ultan O'Brien | Octagon | |
| 22:45 | Acts: Kelsey and Ciara May | Octagon | |
| 1:00 | Acts: Esme2K | ||
| SUNDAY MORNING | 10:30:00 AM-1:30PM | Brunch | Lodge |
| 10 - 12.30PM | Yoga With Fiona Ryan - Booking essential not on programme | Studio | |
| SUNDAY AFTERNOON | 13:30 | Sound of Nature Field Recording | Octagon |
| 13:30 | Bird Box Making for Biodiversity | Workshop | |
| 13:30 | Be Gay, Make Pickles with Savage Craic | Studio | |
| 16:00 | Queer History and Archives Workshop with Han Tiernan | Octagon | |
| SUNDAY EVENING | 18:00 | Dinner | Lodge |
| Octagon | |||
| 20:30 | Evening Gig: Lily Torode | Octagon | |
| 20:40 | Normáilte Film Screening by Kevin Hussey(Caoimhghín Ó hEodhasa) | ||
| 21:00 | Evening Gig: Molly Sterling | Octagon | |
| 21:45 | Evening Gig: Boy Lucid | Octagon | |
| 22:00 | Evening Gig: Zahra Haji Fath Ali | Octagon |
People who came last year told us these lovely things about their experience at Faoin Tuath:
“Incredibly affirming and healing.”
“I left it feeling really optimistic about the future of the queer community in Ireland”
“As a trans person I found it so magical to attend an outwardly queer festival and I felt very safe which I often don't experience in social settings. I was sort of overcome with emotion at times because I've never been at such a gathering. It also hit me on a deeper level that queerness is genuinely natural, it’s everywhere. And that’s something that has stayed with me since I've left, experiencing more self-acceptance🧡
“Having spaces such as this gives me hope that I can build a community of queer friends locally.”
“It made me feel I am part of a community”
“It is an incredible relief to be able to mingle with queer people as it is nearly impossible to do so in rural Ireland.”
Tickets
Full weekend tickets €190
Weekend tickets include access to all events, performances and a selection of workshops, and with 7 meals included ( dinner on Friday evening, breakfast lunch and dinner on Saturday, brunch and dinner on Sunday and breakfast on Monday). Limited access tickets are available without charge - contact hello@queersheds.org.
Evening tickets
Please note these tickets do not include daytime workshops or meals apart from Friday evening.
Friday Night 6pm - midnight (€25) - includes Dinner, Short Film Screening, Queer Ceilí Mór and trad session.
Saturday Night 8pm - late (€25) - includes live music performances and DJs.
Sunday Night 8pm - midnight (€20)- includes live music performances and DJs.
Faoin Tuath is an over 18s event. Bar and refreshments will be available onsite.
How to get here and where to stay
Camping and van parking: Available on site for €25 for the weekend. Includes access to our piping hot campsite showers, bathroom and kitchen. Select the add on when when booking your ticket. This year our campsite will be a quiet zone after midnight to allow people to recharge for the following day, with alternative space available later into the site elsewhere on site.
Accommodation nearby: There are many guesthouses and hotels in our area. The closest is Puffin B&B, which is a short stroll away. As it is a bank holiday weekend, we advise early booking and suggest you find places to stay on a site like Booking.com but contact the property directly when making the booking.
Getting here: Faoin Tuath will take place at The Common Knowledge Centre in Kilfenora (Eircode: V95DK38). Details of how to reach The Common Knowledge Centre are available here. Those booking tickets will have the option to join a Whatsapp group to offer or seek lifts.
Please note: We love dogs, but since we have our own animals on-site, we’re unfortunately not able to accommodate visiting pets during the festival. Thanks for your understanding.
Faoin Tuath is a Queer Sheds project
Queer Sheds is a new initiative aiming to address the social isolation experienced by LGBTQ+ people in people in rural Ireland by creating space for community to come together and share space, skills and solidarity with other LGBTQ+ people. Inspired by Men’s Sheds, which have had a huge impact in tackling isolation, non-profit social enterprise Common Knowledge have started with a 6 month pilot in Clare to explore the idea of a national network with the support of Clare County Council, whilst raising visibility, building queer community and seeking to understand the need for this kind of space.
Faoin Tuath Festival and Queer Sheds are proudly funded by Clare County Council and the Dormant Accounts Fund.
Visit our website: www.queersheds.org
Follow us on instagram: instagram.com/queersheds
Location
The Common Knowledge Centre, V95DK38