Tag: Speakeatsy

  • SpeakEATsy 19 September 2026

    SpeakEATsy 19 September 2026

    Join us for our next speakEATsy!

    On the evening of Féile na nÚll at Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Cloughjordan Community Farm will be hosting a SpeakEATsy – featuring an amazing array of fun, food and frolics.

    We’re thrilled to feature two incredible guests: Joanna Sweeney, author of Wildcrafting Pathways, who will join us for an insightful conversation. We’ll also enjoy music from doctor, author, and activist Rupa Marya (learn more), alongside powerful performances from Cloughjordan based poets Mel White and Alys Taylor.

    DJs on the night will be Ollie Moore and AaronOscar, spinning bass-heavy, tropical beats, breaks and all-round beautiful tunes.

    Cloughjordan Community Farm will provide the sumptuous seasonal array of local ingredients for Laura Shine of PureHungryy to cook up a storm!

    A candle light session featuring local musicians and performers will take us into the small hours. 

    Tickets will sell fast so book this one now!

    When: 19th September 2026 – 7pm to midnight, with an unplugged candle light session after. 

    Where: WeCreate Community Enterprise Centre, Cloughjordan Ecovillage.

    How much: €40

    These are sell-out events so do book here with STRIPE to avoid disappointment.

  • SpeakEATsy July 1st | WeCreate | 19:00 to Midnight

    SpeakEATsy July 1st | WeCreate | 19:00 to Midnight

    SpeakEATsy | Saturday July 1st | 19:00 to Midnight

    Food Hub I WeCreate I Cloughjordan Ecovillage IRELAND 

     

    SpeakEATsy is a celebratory evening of arts and local food – conversations hosted by Davie Philip and poet Mel White – music from Matthew Noone, composer and performer of the 25 stringed lute, the sarode – a delicious 3 course vegan meal with community farm produce cooked up by Alex from West Coast Toast – performance and a compelling after dinner conversation with cultural creatives from the WEAll Deep Dive – and DJs Ollie Moore, Ruari McBride and Aaron Bailey to finish.

     

    BYOB 

     

    €40 Places from 19.00 to midnight – almost sold out only 15 places left!

    After 10.00 dancing tickets – pre-booked €8 or €10 on the door (cash only on door)

     

    Tickets available to buy in WeCreate – for more info email speakeatsy@cloughjordancommunityfarm.ie 

     

     

  • SpeakEatsy: A Convivial Evening – Sat 7th April

    SpeakEatsy: A Convivial Evening – Sat 7th April

    Complementary beer from the award winning White Gypsy Brewery.
    A delicious shared Community Farm meal by Night Orchard
    Spoken word poetry from Mel White and Dave Rock
    Live music from Maggie McEntee and Roj Light Conversation with US community activist Brittney Johnson
    Pressure Drop DJs to finish

    Saturday 7th April | 19.00 till late | €25 seated meal and evening entertainment (booking essential) | €15 evening entertainment from 20.30 (with food available to purchase)

    ‘SpeakEATsy’ is a unique evening of music, poetry, food and conversation that is so much more than the sum of its parts. Book in for a delicious shared meal with Community Farm and local produce by Night Orchard. At this SpeakEATsy there will be complimentary beer from the award winning White Gypsy Brewery. Resident poet Mel White, winner of the Cuirt Literary Festival Poetry Slam, will share some of her new work and dynamic spoken word artist and creativity facilitator Dave Rock will enthral and entertain us. There will be music from singer songwriter Maggie McEntee and some new tracks from the frontman Roger Whelan from the Dublin based band The RoJ LiGht. A public conversation will also take place with US community activist Brittney Johnson and Pressure Drop DJs to finish.

    SpeakEATsy is an experience – a happening – the core components are food; art; spoken word poetry; live musicians; a facilitated conversation with notable thinkers, writers or activists; and leading edge DJs to finish. Food, conversation and music are great ways to bring people together – SpeakEATsy emerged from a novel take on these simple ingredients and the desire to cultivate community.

  • SpeakEATsy at Savour Kilkenny

    SpeakEATsy at Savour Kilkenny

    A convivial evening featuring a Night Orchard meal with Cloughjordan ingredients, slam poetry, compelling conversations, live acoustic music and DJs to finish. What more could a body and mind ask for!?!

    What’s the next step for a local food culture? Can food be a tool to help communities really thrive in uncertain times? And how much fun can we have finding out?

    Shared food, words and music are great ways to bring people together – SpeakEATsy is a novel take on these simple ingredients and an impulse to cultivate community. SpeakEATsy has emerged from Cloughjordan Ecovillage, an ecosystem of food innovation in the Irish midlands, where people have chosen to live work and play together.

    Join hosts Dr.Oliver Moore and Davie Philip from Cloughjordan, out back in the idiosyncratic aesthetic splendor of Billy Byrnes, for an experience that is far more than the sum of its parts – food, poetry, compelling conversations and music.

    SpeakEATsy includes a dedicated meal tailored to theme, with a taste of Cloughjordan and Kilkenny. This includes produce from the multi award winning Riot Rye Bakehouse & Bread School (RAI Cookery School of the Year 2017) and Ireland’s only community owned and operated farm in Cloughjordan.

    Peppered throughout the evening slam poets and acoustic musicians bearing their collective hearts – including Cuirt poetry slam winner 2016 Mel White, singer-songwriter Maggie McEntee and local warbling folk wonderboys the Savage Jim Breen.

    Stories and compelling conversations will take us deeper into the real essence of the meaning of food and community. We ask – how can we, collectively, through our daily food choices, commit more to our locale and the living world around us? What are the methods trialled in Cloughjordan, how do they work ,and can they be replicated elsewhere? We will hear from local food and sustainability innovators from the Cloughjordan Ecovillage including Julie Lockett of Riot Rye Bakehouse and Bread School, while all manner of food heroes will pop up throughout the night.

    Then, dance the evening away to Dastardly Dapper Djs of the Boudoir Session purveying the finest gramophone groovers. That’s two parts 20s swing, one part 50s calypso and a dash of 40s boogie woogie to boot.

    See the Facebook Event page and book online here

  • SpeakEATsy 8th October 2016 – Celebrating Harvest and Community

    SpeakEATsy 8th October 2016 – Celebrating Harvest and Community

    SpeakEATsy! – A convivial evening celebrating harvest and community!

    FOOD | MUSIC | CONVERSATION | SPOKEN WORD

    Saturday 8th October from 19.00hrs to 22.00hrs | 20e/10e

    @ WE CREATE CLOUGHJORDAN ECOVILLAGE

    Conversation with Paul Kingsnorth(Dark Mountain)

    Music from Chris TT (Brighton)

    Poetry from Mel White and Niall Cahir

    A simple meal with Cloughjordan Community Farm Produce & Riot Rye Bread

    Bring a dish to share with a story relevant for the evening and pay only 10e!