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festivals · Friday 21 August 2026 · Various 
A Nurture in Nature
At Castleblayney · Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
At Castleblayney · Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
A Nurture in Nature is a new community festival built around the themes of nature, music and movement, running across the weekend of Friday 21 to Sunday 23 August 2026 in Castleblayney. It is a grassroots event, organised by local volunteers and wellbeing facilitators rather than a commercial promoter, and aims to encourage people of all ages in Castleblayney and the surrounding area to get outdoors and use local amenities for their physical and mental wellbeing. The event’s social media handle, nurtureinnature26, points to this being a new fixture on the town’s calendar rather than a returning one.
Full programme details had not been published at the time of writing, with organisers describing more information as coming soon, but the three themes of nature, music and movement suggest a mix of outdoor activity, live music and wellbeing sessions spread across the Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday. The stated aim is to get residents of all age groups using the town’s amenities for their physical and mental wellbeing, which points to a programme built around walking, movement and open-air sessions rather than a single ticketed concert. Castleblayney already hosts Muckno Mania each July around Lough Muckno’s water sports and family entertainment, and A Nurture in Nature looks to sit alongside that as a quieter, wellbeing-focused addition to the town’s festival calendar later in the summer. Anyone interested in the full running order should follow the event’s Instagram page or contact the organisers directly by email as the weekend approaches.
Castleblayney sits on the N2 Dublin to Derry road, roughly midway between Dublin and the border, and is well served by Bus Éireann services on that route. The town is compact enough to walk between the main street and Lough Muckno Leisure Park, the town’s main outdoor amenity and a plausible focus for a nature-themed weekend, though organisers had not confirmed specific locations at the time of writing.
Castleblayney is best known locally for Lough Muckno Leisure Park and for the Muckno Mania festival each July. A wellbeing weekend in late August gives a quieter reason to visit outside the town’s bigger festival dates. There is more to see in Castleblayney and across Co. Monaghan.
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