The Spraoi Parade in association with

Come join us in Waterford for one of Ireland’s great outdoor arts spectacles the Spraoi Parade. Experience hundreds of costumed performers, spectacular floats, live original music, special effects, humour, drama and a real sense of community. 2011′s Spraoi Parade theme was Bosca Beo.

Spraoi Parade 2011:

An Bosca Beo

Everyone has heard of the “Circle of Life” – the eternal cycle of life, love and knowledge. But few have heard of the “Box of Life”. Spraoi’s and its acclaimed artists are set to rectify this.

“An Bosca Beo” is a magical journey, following a box along its sometimes bumpy, sometimes winding road through life. From birth as the first box is delivered by giant storks, through the toy boxes of our childhood, to the boxes we live in as adults, to the final box of all……. and its bony inhabitant. All of human life in its silly surreal glory is here!

A riot of colour, chaos, energy, mischief and music will be unleashed on the streets of Waterford on Sunday afternoon as hundreds of performers along with large-scale props, costumes, puppets and floats bring you “An Bosca Beo”!

You will never look at a box in the same way again!