The Milk & Cookies Secret Garden Party

kildare | arts and media | event notice Saturday May 28, 2011 16:11 by Milk & Cookies - Milk & Cookies Stories milkandcookiestories at gmail dot com

We've got BIG, EXCITING NEWS! Over the last weekend in July (30th and 31st), Milk and Cookie Stories will be holding its very own FESTIVAL! Taking place in the breathtaking surroundings of Martinstown House (http://www.martinstownhouse.com/), the Secret Garden is an outdoor festival, with camping facilities provided.

Milk & Cookies Stories

We've got BIG, EXCITING NEWS! Over the last weekend in July (30th and 31st), Milk and Cookie Stories will be holding its very own FESTIVAL! Taking place in the breathtaking surroundings of Martinstown House (http://www.martinstownhouse.com/), the Secret Garden is an outdoor festival, with camping facilities provided.

There will be storytelling and marshmallows around bonfires, music played beneath the apple trees and workshops of all kinds (novel-writing, balloon-making, swordfighting, Street Fighter, burlesque, yoga)! We will host our very own Royal Punble (a battle of puns that will push even the keenest minds to their limit). There will be games (croquet, horseshoes, swingball) and a dance-off (maybe Céilidh, maybe breakdancing). And for those adventurous souls who remember to bring their wits and a change of clothes – plans are underway to create the most epic waterfight the world (Kildare) has ever seen. It'll be like Halo with waterguns.

BYOB, although alcohol and food will also be served.

Because we're a volunteer group working for free, that means we can keep it cheap! €32 will get you membership - which gets you entry to the festival, camping and all the cookies you can eat. However, this also means the onus is on us to ensure our kindly venue breaks even on the ticket sales. For that reason we MUST have 150 tickets sold come July 1st or, unfortunately, we will have to pull the plug. So if you want this to happen as bad as we do, get yourself a membership and tell your friends to do likewise.

Festival membership (which gets you entry and the aforementioned COOKIES) will be on sale:

- at the Milk and Cookie Stories monthly event in Exchange in Temple Bar (6.30pm on the second Tuesday of each month)
- every Saturday, 2pm-6pm, also in Exchange
- online at www.eventelephant.com/secretgardenfestival

... but if you can't manage any of those, contact us at festivals@milkandcookiestories.org and we'll see what we can do.

And as always, Milk & Cookies ♥ you!