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Brigid Festival Vancouver 2020 

The Brigid Festival Vancouver started in 2020 through an initiative by the Irish Benevolent Society of BC.. 

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This one-day event that brought together an incredible line-up of speakers, workshop hosts, storytellers, exhibits and music, and was an incredible success. The keynote speaker included Dr. Angela Byrne, former Historian-in-Residence at the EPIC Museum in Dublin. 

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Local Irish-Canadian artist Deirdre Keohane was commissioned to paint her version of Brigid. This painting has become the representative image of the festival. Below are images from the two exhibitions: Blazing a Trail: Lives and Legacies of Irish Diaspora Women and Herstory.

Exhibitions

Blazing a Trail

Lives and Legacies of Irish Diaspora Women

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Candlelight Procession

At the close of the 2020 event we hosted a candlelight procession of women speakers and guests as a traditional way to reflect the light we bring together.

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Brigid Festival Vancouver. You can help support us with a donation 

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This volunteer-led event is proudly sponsored by the Government of Ireland Emigrant Support Programme, the Vancouver Consulate General of Ireland and a number of local businesses

Email: bridfestvancouver@gmail.com

We acknowledge that this event takes place on the traditional, ancestral

and unceded territories of many different Indigenous communities

stretching across this beautiful land we now call home.

As immigrants, we commit to learning about the rich culture, heritage and traditions of the Host Nations and look forward to working with them in partnership.

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