TO mark the weekend of Dermot Morgan’s anniversary and also the weekend when Tedfest has taken place for the last 15 years, organisers have created the #TedfestCostumeChallenge. This will result in random hilarious scenes all over the country as various Fr Ted Characters appear taking their daily Covid compliant exercise in full Fr Ted Costume! They may be well-known characters like Fr Jack, Mrs Doyle, Fr Ted and Fr Dougal or randy milkman Pat Mustard or the downright obscure like cake jumpers, king of the sheep, crunchies in the car and lots more. The winner last year dressed as a fully stocked lingerie department complete with mannequins.
The challenge is simply to upload a picture or video to any social media platform on February 28th while out for your daily exercise in full Fr Ted Costume using #TedfestCostumeChallenge. The challenge also asks participants to donate the price of a pint to their favourite charity online.
“We felt we should do something celebratory on our traditional weekend, especially as this year the Sunday falls on Dermot Morgan’s anniversary on 28 February. So, in his honour we are inviting you all to take your Covid compliant daily exercise in your Sunday Best Father Ted costume. Up with that sort of thing!” said Peter Philips, Founder of Tedfest “And as you can’t buy yourself a pint – buy one for your favourite charity by donating the price of a pint on line.”
The annual TedFest on Inis Mór in the Aran Islands, which becomes the legendary ‘Craggy Island’ for a weekend of high-jinx every February, has been moved to 14-17th October 2021. Copious cups of tea and sandwiches, a lot of red tank-tops, nuns on the run, priests on the pull, map-cap costumes and of course a bishop getting a kick up the arse – TedFest is about as wild and wonderful as it gets!
Highlights of TedFest include the annual Lovely Girls Competition, Ted’s Got Talent, Blind Date with original cast member Eoin McLove (Patrick McDonell), The Celibate Olympics, Matchmaking with Nellie, The Priests Dance Off, The Nuns & Neon Old Grey Whistle Test Rave, Pat Mustard’s Shootout of Giant Tools, The Pan Asian Zen-Off, the Father Ted Prizeless Quiz, the Craggy Cup with original cast member Fr Damo (Joe Rooney), Trad for Trocaire and lots more.
All activity takes place at the Aran Islands hotel on Inis Mór to accommodate the Music Stages, the Craggy Craic Den and full extended line-up. Tickets for October are available at www.tedfest.org
