Shuttle bus service and free parking announced for Mother Earth events at The Wonderful Barn this Saturday

The Mother Earth celebration at The Wonderful Barn in Leixlip, Co. Kildare this Saturday, January 27, is shaping up to be an unforgettable day out for the whole family. To make it is even easier to access all the activities on the day, we can now announce that there will be a free shuttle bus service, ferrying those who avail of the free parking at the nearby Kildare Innovation Campus to the site.

The car park at Kildare Innovation Campus is also just a 12-minute walk from The Wonderful Barn, if you'd prefer to get your steps in!

The shuttle bus will be running back and forth throughout the day – but visitors are encouraged to get down early to embrace all that the day has to offer, with the site opening at 11am.

Darcie Mayland

In addition to the ticketed events in The Wonderful Barn Marquee – Mother Earth: A Food Happening and the sold-out Mother Earth: The Wonderful Barn Show – there's a brilliant selection of activities in the free-to-access Wonderful Barn Arena. You can look forward to pop-up gigs, Brigid's Cross-making workshops, basket weaving, circus performers, face-painting, guided tours of The Wonderful Barn, and some of the country's most popular food trucks and stalls – including Mama Shee, Little Catch and Beanery.

The lucky ticket-holders for the sold-out Mother Earth: The Wonderful Barn Show will also be able to avail of the shuttle bus service to the car park both before and after the gig.

Tolu Makay at Nothing Compares: A Celebration of Irish Women Artists in Naas, Kildare. February 1st, 2023. Copyright Miguel Ruiz.

Visitors can purchase tickets below to enter The Wonderful Barn Marquee on the day – where a star-studded line-up will be taking part in Mother Earth: A Food Happening. Featuring discussions, demonstrations and more, the event will feature the likes of Dee Laffan, Catherine Cleary, Ali Dunworth, Aisling Larkin, Chantelle Nicholson (Apricity), Jess Murphy (Kai Restaurant), Julia Hemingway (Julia's Lobster Truck), Jane Russell (Jane Russell's Handmade Sausages), Edizemi Onilenla (Mama Shee), Darcie Mayland (The Lost Valley Dairy), Rose Greene (4 Hands Food Studio), Majken Bech-Bailey, Sinead Moran (Gleann Buí Farm), Holly Loftus (Loftus Knives), and Dr Karen Ward.

See the full programme for Mother Earth: A Food Happening here.

Later on Saturday evening, the sold-out Mother Earth: The Wonderful Barn Show will also be held in the Marquee. Featuring songs on the theme of 'Mother Earth', the line-up includes the legendary likes of Denise Chaila, Gemma Hayes, Una Healy, Róisín O and Tolü Makay.

For those travelling to The Wonderful Barn, keep in mind that there won't be parking available at the site, so visitors are encouraged to avail of the free parking at Kildare Innovation Campus – which is only a 30-minute drive from Dublin!

Although entrance to The Wonderful Barn Arena is FREE – tickets for Mother Earth: A Food Happening in The Wonderful Barn Marquee can be purchased below: