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food-drink · Saturday 11 July 2026 · 11:00am 
Tipperary Food and Farming Day
At Abbey Street Car Park · Abbey Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
At Abbey Street Car Park · Abbey Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Clonmel’s Abbey Street Car Park is transformed each July into an open-air celebration of what County Tipperary does best - growing, rearing, making, and crafting with care. The Tipperary Food and Farming Day brings artisan producers and traditional craft makers into the same space for a free day out that suits families, food lovers, and anyone curious about where their food comes from and how things were made before the age of convenience.
The event sits inside the wider Clonmel Junction Arts Festival, which has been running since 2001 and grown from a small theatre gathering into one of the south-east’s most respected multi-discipline festivals. The Food and Farming Day carries that same spirit: it is low-key and genuinely local rather than a corporate food fair.
Artisan producers from across Tipperary set up stalls with food and drink to taste and buy. Alongside them, the Hands of Heritage programme brings stonemason Philip Quinn and basket maker Lynn Kirkham to demonstrate traditional Irish craft skills on-site - both are available for hands-on workshops, so you can try your hand rather than just watch. The programme won an award through Tipperary Museum of Hidden History for its work keeping living heritage in practice.
Calmast, the STEM engagement centre at South East Technological University (SETU), runs science workshops for younger visitors focused on sustainability and critical thinking - more hands-on than classroom, and genuinely engaging for children. Live entertainment runs throughout the day. The whole event is free and open to all ages.
Clonmel is the county town of Tipperary, roughly two hours from Dublin by road via the M9 and N24. From Cork the drive is around an hour on the N8 north. Bus Eireann runs services between Clonmel and Dublin (route 4) as well as connections from Waterford and Tipperary town. The nearest rail station is Clonmel station on the Limerick Junction to Waterford line, about a ten-minute walk from Abbey Street.
Abbey Street Car Park is in Clonmel town centre, straightforward to reach on foot from the main shopping streets. Parking charges in Clonmel apply Monday to Saturday; the event is on a Saturday so standard weekday rates will apply in the surrounding pay-and-display areas.
The town has a good stretch of the River Suir running alongside it, a fine main street, and several decent places to eat before or after. The event falls in the middle of the Junction Festival’s ten-day run (3 to 12 July), so there is likely other programme activity happening the same weekend. There is more to see in Clonmel and across Co. Tipperary.
Heading to Abbey Street Car Park in Clonmel? Tipperary has plenty more to see. Read the Clonmel area guide, find what else is on, and explore the towns and villages nearby.