Spraoi International Street Arts Festival has been staged in Waterford City since 1993. For three days each year, residents of this medieval city take to the streets and enjoy an international programme of street arts and spectacle. The majority of the events are free and suitable for all ages. Spraoi produces its own work for the festival, The Spraoi Parade, which features hundreds of costumed performers, exotic floats, live music, special-effects and is created by a core team of professional artists aided by a large corps of volunteers. dates to be confirmed.