Fashion&Farming Festival 2026

-SAVE THE DATE-
9th & 10th May
Kinsale, Ireland

Uniting two worlds and exploring what we farm, wear and the earth we share. A weekend where fresh ideas take root.

Last year’s speakers

– THE VENUE–

New Theatre,
Kinsale Community School,
Ballinacubby, Kinsale, Co.Cork


– NEED TO KNOW –

All your questions answered

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– EAT/ PLAY/STAY –

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Reconnecting Fashion to Farming

Fashion and farming are part of who we are. Once inextricably linked, the farm-to-food-and-fabric cycle has been broken.

How we farm and how we create fashion is killing us. Next year’s Festival will bring together creative minds, change makers and dreamers to sow the seeds for fresh ideas.

The Event

Don't miss this opportunity to explore the connection between what we wear and where it comes from. Whether you're a fashion enthusiast, a farmer or simply curious about the relationship between these two worlds, Fashion & Farming weaves together two stories that might lead to a brighter future.

May 2025 speakers included - Sir Tim Smit, The Eden Project, Carry Somers, Fashion Revolution, The Land Gardeners, Bay Garnett, Creative director, Coco Panazza, My Wardrobe HQ, Darina Allen, Ballymaloe Cookery School, Simon Coveney, TD, Sean O’Sullivan, SOSV (USA), Mairéad McGuinness, MEP, Brigid Barry, Farming for Nature, Dylan Jones, London Evening Standard, Adam Clayton, U2 and gardener, Mary Fellowes, sustainability expert, Alison Gault, Belfast School of Art, Lilian Gleave, student activist, Tom Grafton, Recomme, Blátnaid Gallagher, The Galway Wool Co-op, Brendan Dunford, Burrenbeo Trust.

Meet the team

Fashion & Farming is the brainchild of Mareta Doyle. She has teamed up with Ciara Hunt to present an event that might just change the world we wear.

Mareta Doyle | Founder

Mareta Doyle founded the award winning international Kinsale Arts Festival, and has served on Boards including the Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas, and the Glucksman Gallery. She is a consultant to Sotheby’s.

Ciara Hunt | Founder

Ciara Hunt has been editor, and manager of magazines including Porter, Tatler, Hello!, InStyle and The World of Interiors. She is currently replanting native trees, and reestablishing organic and biodiverse methods on her small farm in Kinsale.

Lisa O'Brien | Producer
Conleth Teevan | PR & Publicity
Kerry Fitzgerald | Social Media
Hermione Tilbury/MinTInk | Design
Marie O'Leary | Assistant
Big thanks to Gemma Tipton

LET’S RECONNECT FASHION & FARMING

It’s time to make, better…

“This is one of the most important issues of our times”

— Fashion & Farming

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