page_title: Clonmel Junction Festival
section_title: Early years
hierarchical_section_title: Clonmel Junction Festival / History / Early years
caption_attribution_description: English: Raw is a creation by Fidget Feet, an aerial dance company which performed at Junction 7.08
context_page_description: Clonmel Junction Festival is an annual festival held in the town of Clonmel, Ireland. The festival starts on the first week-end of July and runs for seven days. It is a multi discipline arts festival mixing theatre, circus, dance, music, food and visual arts.
  Clonmel Junction Festival was established in 2001 and has grown to be one of the most significant cultural celebrations of the Irish summer festival season. The festival has been described as punching well above its weight for a town with no committed performing arts venue.
context_section_description: Clonmel Junction Festival was established in 2001 by the now defunct Galloglass Theatre Company. It featured four theatre shows, one comedy performance and a small number of Traditional Music performances in local pubs. The highlight of the event being Cracked by Quare Hawks Theatre Company.
  In 2002, the festival expanded its format to include Rock Music featuring Damien Rice and Kíla. A participation programme was also introduced this year. The programme involved local school children creating street art that was put on display for the duration of the festival. This has since become annual program which engages over 300 children every year.
  2003 featured the premiere of Des Dillon's Teac a Bloc. This was also the last year that the festival was run by the Galloglass Theatre Company.
caption: Raw by Fidget Feet, Junction 7.08
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