Harvest Festival

jennygirl

just got this by e mail http://www.waterfordharvestfestival.ie
looks like loads happening for Waterford. celebrity chefs, cooking classes, beer making classes, beer festival tent, Viking banquet, food market on the whole quay on the Sunday, celebrity cook off, whiskey tasting, GIY gathering, blaa making class, slow food tour, city farm for the kids, and a curry war between the restaurants.
Well done to City Council and all those involved. we've got Spraoi, Harvest, now Winterval Christmas festival..... just 9 more and we're at Galways stage!

deisemum

I like the Harvest festival.

CardBordWindow

Wow! That's a pretty full programme of events!
Fair play to everyone involved, it looks amazing. (on paper anyways!:D)

nkay1985

Wow they look to have put together a really impressive programme of events. I'm definitely on for the Beer Tasting on the Tuesday and Beer Festival or whatever they're calling it on the Friday.

Did I miss the beer making class the OP mentioned?

Looking forward to sampling a few different curries if the restaurants do a decent deal. Might make a right week of it and take in a few events.

Great to see such good work being done here.

comeraghs

It's a shame that there is no "big gig" type event like last years SawDocs/Stunning/O Emperor gig @ Bolton street.

Hopefully the sun will shine for the big event on the 15th on The Quay.

CardBordWindow

comeraghs wrote: »

It's a shame that there is no "big gig" type event like last years SawDocs/Stunning/O Emperor gig @ Bolton street.

Hopefully the sun will shine for the big event on the 15th on The Quay.

They lost a lot of money from that event last year, as there was much less of a crowd than expected.
On a plus side, they seem to have used the money on more events for this year.

Green Hornet

I think it's a great family day out. Nice, relaxed, stroll around etc.

My father takes part in the threshing bit on the quay and they bring a good few locals (from Wexford) down this way as well. I know that they really enjoy it.

The atmosphere is always "gentle" I suppose. Makes for a nice time. Really well suited to young kids too.

CuriousG

Sounds great, can't wait!















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S28382

Its a great addition to the city but by god doesnt it cause some traffic problems going across the bridge i remember getting stuck in traffic for half an hour i was coming from ferrybank and it was a nightmare.......the food smelt lovely tho

comeraghs

http://www.facebook.com/waterfordharvest

mm_surf

The Harvest Festival are looking for Volunteers to help out at it.

Public meeting tonight in the Tower Hotel @ 7:15pm in the Dunmore room

or email wcityv@gmail.com for more info

M.

comeraghs

This is our GOOD NEWS story for September! Spread the word folks!

deisemum

I finally got to look at the list of events. It's very impressive and so much to choose from.

comeraghs

It certainly does DeiseMum.

CardBordWindow

Just to give a heads up that the Tappini night in Bodega on the Thursday is sold out.
Might save other people from ringing up/calling in and being disappointed. Now you can be disappointed immediately!

nkay1985

Seán Moncrieff is broadcasting his 'Movies and Booze' show from Dooley's Hotel next Friday. I attended the one he did from The Tower last year for The Tall Ships and it was great.

For those of you not familiar with him or the show, Moncrieff is a presenter on Newstalk. He covers quirky topics and is very good at what he does. The 'Movies and Booze' show is one he does every Friday. He gets in a wine or beer reviewer and a movie reviewer and they review movies and booze! Pretty simple. As an audience member, you get a glass of whatever they're reviewing. We also got a goody bag with a few bits and pieces.

I think if you want to attend, you just text Harvest followed by your email address to 53106 and you'll be contacted by email if you get tickets.

south

Anyone know what's on the menu for the Viking feast ? Their website is down at the moment so can't get any info

Max Powers

That artisan beer thing friday sounds great, moncrieff would be great laugh too. I was in red-sq yesterday for a cookery demo, was good. I will defintely be in the weekend for more, if not before that too

mozattack

Went to Espresso last night and the two kids got to make pizze base with the dough... twas very good. 2 year old then ate pizza for first time ever; inspired.

Worth a gawk.

comeraghs

http://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.492442304100897.117947.140955822582882&type=1

comeraghs

Information on Road Closures and Parking for Sunday 16th September Harvest Festival
Road Closure and Parking Information for Feastival on Sun Sept 16th:
The car parks and the surrounding roads will be subject to certain closures on the day and the days leading into the event and diversions will be in place.
All South Quays car parks will be closed on Saturday 15th from 7pm until 7am Monday 17th. Any Car remaining in car parks after 9pm on Saturday 15th will be removed to Bolton St. Carpark.
There will be no parking on the roadside along the South Quays from 11pm Saturday 15th to 10pm on Sunday 16th. Any Car remaining in after 11pm on Saturday 15th will be removed to Bolton St. Carpark.
There will be on street parking throughout the city on Sunday 16th Sept.
We hope that this will not cause too much inconvenience and appreciate your co-operation for what we believe will be an wonderful event for the city.

comeraghs

Hope the weather holds over the weekend!

CardBordWindow

I was in at the Big BBQ and the queues were ridiculous. Cooking stations were overwhelmed. The fact they didn't start cooking til after 6 may have been a factor.

In at the Artisan Beerfest at the moment, and it's great. Great layout. Great selection of beers and food. Fair play to everyone involved.

sillysocks

Yeah I hope the BBQ wasn't a sign of things to come over the weekend. An hours queue for a burger. Definitely should have started cooking earlier, esp when it was meant to start at 5.30. Should have been cooking from 5 to be ready, bbqs were tiny too for the numbers around.

It had great potential and there was a great atmosphere til people started to get frustrated with the queues.

CardBordWindow

sillysocks wrote: »

Yeah I hope the BBQ wasn't a sign of things to come over the weekend. An hours queue for a burger. Definitely should have started cooking earlier, esp when it was meant to start at 5.30. Should have been cooking from 5 to be ready, bbqs were tiny too for the numbers around.

It had great potential and there was a great atmosphere til people started to get frustrated with the queues.

I agree. I forfeited my 7 quid ticket, bought an ice cone and headed to the Beerfest instead. There's food here and a great atmosphere, although I do notice the queues are starting to get bigger.

sillysocks

Yeah I actually didn't bother waiting either but my sister did and said it was an hours queuing.
Had a couple of kids with us so Beerfest was out!

forfuxsake

A 2hr queue for a pink 7 quid burger is how I would describe it.

Professey Chin

Was at the beerfest.
All I wanted was a burger. I couldnt find one

Fine selection of good beer though...........I maybe be drunk

Nypd

Got me a burger and sausage, bit of a que, ended up at a station down in baileys new street cue wasn't so bad, good burger very tasty.
Beer Fest was great some really nice beers at it, I hope the weather holds out for the weekend.

nkay1985

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

Was at the beerfest.
All I wanted was a burger. I couldnt find one

Fine selection of good beer though...........I maybe be drunk

I'd say you maybe be alright!!! Haha.

Was at the beerfest myself. Really enjoyed it. Loads of seats. Great selection if beer and food. Only complaint would be that the second band were very poor. Lebowski should have been on while the most people were there but they may have had a gig elsewhere or something.

€5 a pint wasn't bad. Bit miffed when the Strong Gale Ale or whatever it was called was gone on draught and yet was still €5 for a 330ml bottle.

Still really enjoyed the night.

Professey Chin

Did you find burgers??

nkay1985

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

Did you find burgers??

I did not nor did I look.

Professey Chin

Aw

marlin vs

I watched the cooking demo yesterday (Friday) in city square, what a waste of time, if only I could get it back.:mad:

thomasm

Went to the ale festival which was enjoyable but I think they underestimated the numbers which is odd considering they were pre sold tickets. Queued about 20 mins for a beer at one point. Could have done with three times the amount of taps and bar staff. Hopefully it will be back next year as the market is definetly there for it

zzdp

going to the banquet this evening, taking into account the Qs for the bars at other events, should we just bring a bottle or 2 of wine. would this allowed?

Mick Electric

Enjoyed the buzz and beer at the Beer Fest but can't for the life of me understand why they kicked us all out at 10.30pm when it was advertised til 12

JPA

Anyone give a quick rundown of the beers they had at the beerfest? Couldn't attend. :-(

nkay1985

JPA wrote: »

Anyone give a quick rundown of the beers they had at the beerfest? Couldn't attend. :-(

Can't remember them all but I'll do my best.

On draught:
Metalman Pale Ale, Alternator, Moonbeam and one other.
Howling Gale Ale.
Tom Crean's Lager.
Some kind of Weiss beer.
Black Rock cask.

Irish Bottles:
8 Degrees Sunburnt Irish Red Ale, Howling Gale Ale and Barefoot Bohemian Pilsner.
Dungarvan Helvick Gold, Copper Coast and Black Rock.
Stonewall craft cider.
Galway Hooker.

Other Bottles:
Tactical Nuclear Penguin.
Sink the Bismarck.
Tokyo.


There were probably 5 or 6 others, if not more, that I can't remember. It was a really good selection but I have to agree about it being understaffed and undersupplied. They sold out of a lot of stuff and queues were very long at times.

mozattack

BBQ = worse thing I have EVER seen.

€15 to queue for over an hour for a burger for 3 (and 1 sausage). If I knew the Qs would be so long I simply would have got a burger somewhere else and walked down. Farce.

old gregg

I was down at the Viking Banquet last night. Thankfully it was a free ticket because if I'd paid €29.95 for what was essentially a mediocre pub lunch (roast beef, mash and boiled veg) I'd have been well annoyed.

deisemum

The GIY Gathering was excellent, some great international speakers.

Flahavan's have set the new world record for the largest bowl of porridge in the world weighing 1380kgs.

jennygirl

congrats to all those who organised the harvest festival - best yet - and to those who came out and made it a festival to remember. its tough getting people out of their houses these days -but this was one of the highlights of the year

darrenheaphy

old gregg wrote: »

I was down at the Viking Banquet last night. Thankfully it was a free ticket because if I'd paid €29.95 for what was essentially a mediocre pub lunch (roast beef, mash and boiled veg) I'd have been well annoyed.

Yeah, I thought that too! I expected pigs on a spit, roasted food and stuff with a great viking theme. It was literally crappy food in a tent in a car park. Left early and went to Downes' instead, much more fun.

deisemum

I wasn't at the Viking banquet last night but have been to the previous feasts and they were very good. Looks like I didn't miss much.

wmpdd3

Really enjoyed Sunday on the quay, its was so safe for kids.

This is my consolation prize for not being able to get to Spraoi!

The little garden wonderland at the clock tower was a hit with the kids, they loved it.

I had the noodles form the Japanese place, they were heaven. My 2 year old scoffed the Sushi in 2 mins. Other half had he usual pig in a bla, worth the wait.

S_Snail

darrenheaphy wrote: »

Yeah, I thought that too! I expected pigs on a spit, roasted food and stuff with a great viking theme. It was literally crappy food in a tent in a car park. Left early and went to Downes' instead, much more fun.

Totally agree. It was nothing like advertised, just a few people standing around dressed as vikings. There was no menu before hand so if you didnt like the set menu or were a vegetarian you were in trouble. There was nothing wrong with the food it was just over priced and for those who paid for the tickets you cant help thinking were subsidising the top half of the room who probably didnt pay for tickets and didnt have to fight their way to a seat just so they could sit with their friends - thought I was getting on a ryanair flight at one point!

At one stage it was announced that the bar was closing at 10, which was then extended until 11 and the band played for maybe an hour at the most. And on the subject of the bar, €19 for a bottle of wine...charging pub/Restaurant prices was disgraceful, surely the overheads at an event like that are far less than those of a profit making business. As far as I could see this was the only bit of pillaging and plundering (Celtic Tiger style!). Im not surprised most people left straight after the meal.

The toilets were also disgusting with no water to wash you hands, although allegedly there was sanitiser which turned out to be just soap, so anyone who used it ended up with sticky hands.

Overall I did enjoy the evening but that was more to do with the company and the other people at our table but I will think twice about going to any harvest festival meals in the future.

CardBordWindow

Yeah, I got caught by that sanitiser/soap on the friday night. It was annoying alright.

The Viking Banquet was advertised as follows:
'Come and enjoy a five course Viking feast where you will eat like a Norse God! Revel in the atmosphere and be entertained by re-enactments of battles, tradition and craft making'



I'm glad to know that the Norse Gods loved their Sunday carvery meals!
I couldn't fault the food itself, but I found it to be very Un-Viking. I was expecting something more primal, like chicken legs or pig on a spit.

Also, FIVE courses?? Did they count the blaa as a course of its own??

Did anyone see any battle re-enactments? I did not.

Max Powers

Whole thing was awesome, fair play to those involved.

comeraghs

Sunday on the Quay was great, especially when the weather finally picked up.

I'd suggest more tents for next year, just in case of bad weather.

CardBordWindow

Just got an email from the Harvest Fest people looking for attendee feedback.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/harvest2012 If anyone else wants to voice their opinions/complaints.