THE SHAKING BOG – WHERE ART & NATURE MEET

From Dawn ‘til Dusk on May 17, 2025
A one-day programme of events in the Glencree Valley, County Wicklow
Featuring award-winning author & naturalist MARK COCKE

In 2025, The Shaking Bog Festival embarks on a new and exciting longer-term project. Entitled, Riverscapes, this project is a creative exploration of place, heritage and nature and will run from May to October. Riverscapes is a place based initiative which will celebrate, enliven and inform the communities of both people and nature that live in and around the Glencree and Dargle Rivers. And, in turn, share this experience with the wider world. The Riverscapes project will culminate with a new film by acclaimed local film-maker Alan Gilsenan – a film that will not only draw on the people and habitats of this richly diverse community but that will also belong to that community. It is a film that will hopefully reflect life at its most local whilst also mirroring the universal.

• Dawn Chorus Walk with Sean Ronayne at 6am, Knockree, €10
• Moth Magic with Ciarán Finch, 8.15am, Knockree, Free Event
• Exploring the River Valley with Martha Burton, 11am, Knockree, Free Family Event
• Wildflowers & Pollinators with Prof Jane Stout, 2pm, Knockree, Free Event
• ‘What is Wild?’ talk by Mark Cocker and in conversation with Ella McSweeney, 5.30pm, Curtlestown Church, €15
• Concert & Reading with Jane Robinson, Lynda O’Connor & Ailbhe McDonagh, 8pm, Curtlestown Church, €20
• Booking Essential – All tickets available at Riverscapes