WellFest, Ireland’s largest health, fitness, and wellness festival will host an online event in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown, ‘WellFest LIVE’, on the festival’s Instagram channel.
Ireland’s largest health, fitness and wellness festival is moving to onlineThe online event will take place on Saturday and Sunday, May 9 and 10, 2020, and will be run in association with KBC Ireland.
The event will be free of charge, with an option for those tuning in to donate to WellFest’s charity partner Barretstown Children’s Charity.
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The online edition of the festival will take place across two full days, recreating each area of WellFest from WellYoga to WellPilates and WellMind to Wellfood.
Festival favourites including author Roz Purcell and fitness stars Faisal Abdalla and Maeve Madden will be among those hosting classes, workouts, and talks as part of the event.
WellFest LIVE will be held on the same dates that WellFest 2020 was due to take place, prior to being postponed due to restrictions in place.
The main WellFest 2020 event is now scheduled to take place on 26th and 27th September 2020 at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8.
Speaking about the announcement today, WellFest co-founder Fionnualla Cleary said; “We wanted to give our amazing followers and attendees something to look forward to, and we thought it would be a nice way to mark the dates when the festival was originally due to take place.
“This is the first year we have an official charity partner and we are delighted to be working with Barretstown.
“It’s a really tough time for charities at the moment, as all fundraising events have had to be cancelled.
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“So, while this is a completely free event, we are hoping that anyone who is in a financial position to do so might give a small donation to Barretstown.
“The presenters that we have lined up have been amazing and really generous with their time, as well as innovative with how they’re going to bring their offering to the online event.
“We’re really excited to bring all of these amazing people together and create a little bit of the WellFest magic for people at home while supporting a great cause.”
Full details of the line-up and timetable for WellFest LIVE will be available on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at www.wellfest.ie.