The Festival includes parades, street performances and numerous plays, musical concerts and comedy acts in towns and villages across County Donegal.

The line-up for the 2001 festival included The Undertones, Richard Thompson, John Herald, Johnny Vegas, Phil Kay, Louis de Paor, The Wrigley Sisters, Dan Crary and Beppe Gambetta.

Highlights included The Festival Carnival Parade and Village Fete in Letterkenny on 12 July, Quarterdeck, The Stunning, Mary Black, The Henry Girls, Bassekou Kouate and The Hot 8 Brass Band.

It included Josh Ritter, Backyard Devils, Clannad, Altan, Fidil, The Henry Girls & An Cosan Glas, Out to Lunch, In Their Thousands and LUXe.

The 2014 festival will feature Sharon Shannon, Frances Black and Mary Coughlan, Bombino, Eduardo Niebla, Melting Pod, Fishamble, LUXe, North West Opera, IMRAM, Dante or Die, and many other performances, exhibitions, workshops and drive-in films.