Soma Festival
soma festival sanskrit सोम sóma meaning drink god see soma drink irish féile soma annual music art cultural festival festival includes concert musical performance wellbeing activity art exhibition food drink stall language event music workshop pub session festival began take place castlewellan county northern ireland festival directed tíona mcsherry run team volunteer festival established headline performance olllam niamh parson john mcsherry band artist lorcan vallely barry kerr exhibited festival glór uachtar tíres scoil samhraidh shéamuis uí néill annual irish language weekend became part soma programme included annual basis since festival received support district council ring gullion aonb heritage lottery fund enabling expand programme festival headlined irish singer cara dillon olllam balkan alien sound festival headlined singersongwriter duke special supported newly created newry mourne district council supercouncil festival expanded greatly performer included beoga moxie karen matheson muireann nic amhlaoibh pauline scanlon john spillane john mcsherry dónal oconnor irish language music cabaret hosted rté raidió na gaeltachta presenter rónán mac aodha bhuí piper paddy keenan singer mary dillon among musician giving workshop event festival received sponsorship tourism northern ireland year festival featured performance lisa hannigan eddi reader dónal lunny flook declan orourke breaking trad celebrate ni year food drink soma festival initiated nowannual soma taste experience bringing together artisan food craft beer producer county around ireland soma body soul became another annual festival feature wellbeing professional offering free paid activity two day soma craft fair market square held castlewellans upper square soma kid held lower square soma festival estimated attracted participant including musician artist wellbeing practitioner entertainer cook festival took place july year planned lineup included kt tunstall liam ó maonlaí performer th anniversary soma festival included andy irvine dónal lunny kíla soma festival archived may wayback machine official website