Dun Laoghaire is to be set a blaze with international entertainment during this years Festival of World Cultures.
The three day festival, which runs between the 25th and 27th of August, will feature acts from places as far apart as Iceland, Brazil, Japan and Turkey among others.
Oxfam's Global Village, an international trading market, will also feature at the event.
Kickstarting the event on Friday night are Turkish flute troupe Shod and the award winning Portugese-based Mariza, who has vied her trade at both the Theatre La Ville in Paris and Carnegie Hall in London. Music and dance continue throughout the weekend, however the festival will also offer Slovakian handcrafts, Italian delicacies and Palestinian pottery.
All in all the Festival promises to be a welcome colourful and exotic intrusion.
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