Dundalk’s ‘Green Church’ opens doors for Harvest Harmony Festival

The doors of Dundalk’s historic St Nicholas Parish Church, popularly known as The Green Church will open this weekend as the local Church of Ireland community hosts the annual Harvest Festival.

This year’s event, taking place from Saturday, October 17 to Monday, October 19 is billed as the Harvest Harmony Festival Weekend as it incorporates a free cultural celebration of youth, music and community, in partnership with Louth County Council and PEACEPLUS.

Members of the public are invited to visit the chuch on Saturday from 11am to 4pm to view the harvest decorations. 

They can also enjoy the pop-up performance and Hands on Harp with Deirdre Ní Bhuachalla and members Music Generation Louth Junior Ensemble at 12.30pm.

The Harvest Thanksgiving service and Songs of Praise takes place on Sunday at 7.30pm.

On Monday, there will be performances by cross-border schools from 10am with a combined choir finale at 3pm.