Joe Wicks and John Kavanagh? WellFest is looking pretty… HOT

WellFest – Ireland's only health and fitness festival – is coming back to Dublin's Herbert Park, and it already has a great line up.

Taking place on May 6 and 7, the festival is set to host some of the world's best-known fitness stars for talks, classes and demonstrations.

Some of the faces you'll see over the weekend are Joe Wicks, otherwise known as The Body Coach, John Kavanagh, Roz Purcell and Kathryn Thomas.

 

A post shared by Joe Wicks #Leanin15 (@thebodycoach) on Apr 9, 2017 at 11:46pm PDT

Herbert Park will be transformed into eight WellZones, which include the WellStage, WellFood, WellKids, WellTalk, WellMind, WellYoga, WellStrong and WellPilates.

If you fancy heading along, here's the line up for the whole weekend:

On Saturday, 6^th May, presenters not to be missed at WellFest will include:

• WellStage, 11.00 – 11.40am: Instagram Yoga sensation duo GypsyOn.
• WellStage, 12.00 – 12.40pm: International health and fitness icon, Joe Wicks ‘The Body Coach’.
• WellFood, 1 – 1.40pm: Cooking demo with Lucy Bee.
• WellTalk, 4.00 – 4.50pm: Q&A session with John Kavanagh, coach to MMA superstar Conor McGregor.
• WellStage, 4.00 – 5.30pm: Kathryn Thomas, founder of Pure Results Bootcamp, Ireland's premier all-inclusive fitness retreat and weight-loss bootcamp.

• WellFood, 5 – 6pm: Cooking demo with healthy eating guru and founder of Natural Born Feeder, Roz Purcell. 

 

A post shared by Coach Kavanagh (@coach_kavanagh) on Nov 12, 2016 at 10:43pm PST

For the second day of WellFest, Sunday, 7^th May, programme highlights include:

• WellStrong, 10.40 – 11.20am: The Fit Foodie Power House with Derval O’Rourke.
• WellStage, 11.00 – 11.40am: Bootcamp with Pat Divilly, who runs Ireland’s most successful personal training empire. 
• WellFood, 12.00 – 12.40pm: Healthy food enthusiasts The Happy Pear.
• WellStage, 1.00 – 1.40pm: ‘Vertue Method Bodyweight Blast’ with PT, author and yoga teacher Shona Vertue.
• WellTalk, 1.00 – 1.40pm: London based PT and doctor, The Food Medic.   
• WellStage, 2.00 – 2.45pm: Master Trainer of the renowned Barry’s Bootcamp – Faisal Abdalla.

 

A post shared by Rozanna Purcell (@rozannapurcell) on Mar 17, 2017 at 12:58am PDT

A limited number of tickets for the festival are still available at www.wellfest.ie. Weekend tickets cost €65, while day passes are available for €40. 

Tickets include unlimited access to classes, talks and workshops on health, fitness, nutrition, cookery, yoga, pilates, mindfulness, and more.  Kids under 12 go free.

Oh, and while we have you; don't forget to have your say in the inaugural SHEmazing Awards this May! It's time to vote, and you can do it right here!