Summer Madness is Ireland's largest Christian festival. It usually takes place over the first weekend in July. Since 2022, the festival site has been adjacent to Portglenone Abbey.
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Summer Madness is Ireland's largest Christian festival.
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OriginsThe festival was commissioned thirty years ago by the Church of Ireland Youth Department.
Target audienceThe festival is aimed at young people, and consistently targets those aged 15–25, and also caters for ages 5–11.
Amenities and facilitiesSeminars Debates Arts Workshops Sports and activities programme Internet cafe Cinema Exhibition hall Christian rock groups Worship meetings which are the focal point of the festival are held twice-daily In 2008, a…
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Summer Madness is Ireland's largest Christian festival. It usually takes place over the first weekend in July. Since 2022, the festival site has been adjacent to Portglenone Abbey. 1
Origins
The festival was commissioned thirty years ago by the Church of Ireland Youth Department. 1
Target audience
The festival is aimed at young people, and consistently targets those aged 15–25, and also caters for ages 5–11. The festival expects at least 1,700 people camping on site for the duration. 1
Amenities and facilities
Seminars
Debates
Arts Workshops
Sports and activities programme
Internet cafe
Cinema
Exhibition hall
Christian rock groups
Worship meetings which are the focal point of the festival are held twice-daily
In 2008, a similar programme under the banner of 'Urban Soul' began in Dublin. In January 2008, Summer Madness started in Australia. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Summer Madness (festival)”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Summer Madness is Ireland's largest Christian festival, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
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